Английская Википедия:Gensomaden Saiyuki

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Шаблон:Nihongo is a Japanese anime television series based on Kazuya Minekura's manga series Saiyuki . Set in Shangri-La, an earthy paradise where humans and youkai (demons) cohabit peacefully. The world is invaded by "Minus Waves", which are created by the mixing of scientific research and magic in an attempt to resurrect an ancient, powerful and evil god named Gyumao. The youkais return to their bestial habits, killing and devouring humans. Goddess Kanzeon sends Buddhist monk Genjo Sanzo and his acolytes Son Goku, Sha Gojyo, and Cho Hakkai to Tenjiku (India) to stop the curse and prevent Gyumao's resurrection.

The series is produced by Studio Pierrot, directed by Hayato Date, written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa and composed by Motoi Sakuraba. Gensomaden Saiyuki serves as the first season of the Saiyuki anime series.

The season initially ran from April 4, 2000 to March 27, 2001 in Japan on TV Tokyo, spanning 50 episodes. In July 2001, ADV Films licensed the series in North America until 2009. Enoki Films holds the U.S. license to Gensomaden Saiyuki under the title Saiyuki: Paradise Raiders.

Madman Entertainment announced its license of the series in October 2009 for Australasia. The episodes was released at a rate of one a day for all 50 episodes and will remain online until 20 January 2010. in North America AEsir Holdings licensed the anime, released the complete collection of Saiyuki, containing all 50 episodes on DVD in February 2013 and April 2015 and on Blu-ray in March 2019.

Four pieces of theme music are used for the episodes—two opening themes and two ending themes. The first opening themes is "For Real" by Hidenori Tokuyama, used for the first twenty-six episodes and the second opening themes is "Still Time" by Hidenori Tokuyama used from episode twenty-seven to fifty. The two ending themes, "Tightrope" by Charcoal Filter and "Alone" by Mikuni Shimokawa.

Voice cast and characters

Character	Japanese	English
Genjo Sanzo	Toshihiko Seki Yuko Kobayashi (Kouryuu, Young Genjo Sanzo) Masako Kobayashi (Kouryuu)	David Matranga Kevin Corn (Kouryuu, Young Genjo Sanzo)
Son Goku	Sōichirō Hoshi	Greg Ayres
Sha Gojyo	Hiroaki Hirata Kayu Suzuki (young; Episode 36, 47)	Illich Guardiola
Cho Hakkai	Akira Ishida	Braden Hunt Nyl Stewart (young; ep 37)
Hakuryu	Kaoru Morota	Kelli Cousins
Kougaiji	Dai Matsumoto	Vic Mignogna (Episode 5-18) Mike MacRae (Episode 21-50)
Dokugakuji	Jason Miesse	Jason Miesse
Yaone	Yūko Minaguchi	Shelley Calene-Black
Lirin	Kaoru Morota	Hilary Haag
Ni Jianyi	Hōchū Ōtsuka	Tommy Drake
Gyokumen Koushu	Shinobu Satou	Kaytha Coker
Prince Nataku	Kaho Kōda	Tony Oller
Homura	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Jason Douglas
Zenon	Jin Horikawa	John Swasey
Linchei	Ai Orikasa	Christopher Riley
Shoryu	Akiko Kimura	Ty Mayberry (episode 33)
Instructor Wang	Ben Pronsky	Atsushi Ii (episode 23)
Koumyou Sanzo	Ken Narita	Chris Patton
Kanzeon Bosatsu	Ikue Otani	Karen Coffer Shawn Taylor (episode 7, 20-21)
Jade Emperor	Bakuto (episode 1-44)	Andy McAvin
Jiroushin	Takao Ishii	Todd Waite
Shien	Hiroshi Yanaka	Spike Spencer
Fake Sanzo	Takuma Suzuki (episode 10 and 32)	Alex Stutler
Fake Goku	Chō (episode 10 and 32)	Chris Patton
Fake Gojyo	Eiji Yanagisawa (episode 10 and 32)	Jason Douglas
Fake Hakkai	Takehiro Murozono (episode 10 and 32)	John Swasey (episode 31) Mike Vance (episode 32)
Gojun	Kazuhiro Yamaji	Jason Konopisos
Kenren	Hiroaki Hirata	Illich Guardiola
Konzen Douji	Toshihiko Seki	David Matranga
Tenpou	Akira Ishida	Braden Hunt
Rin Rei	Nobutoshi Canna	Monica Rial
Shuuei	Shigeru Ushiyama	Jay Hickman
Boy	Maki Mizuno (episode 20, 22)	Sam Foster (episode 22)

Home media release

Japanese

Broadcast area	Broadcasting station	Broadcast period	Broadcast date	Broadcast series
Kanto area	TV Tokyo	April 4, 2000 - March 27, 2001	Tuesday 18 :30 - 19:00	TV Tokyo series
Hokkaido	TV Hokkaido
Aichi Prefecture	TV Aichi
Osaka Prefecture	TV Osaka
Okayama Prefecture and Kagawa Prefecture	TV Setouchi
Fukuoka Prefecture	TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting
All over Japan	BS Japan	December 6, 2000 - November 23, 2001	Wednesday 18:55 - 19:25	TV Tokyo series BS broadcasting
Mie Prefecture	Mie Television	October 2000 - 2001	Monday 17:00 - 17:30	Independent Station
Shiga Prefecture	Biwako Broadcasting	June 29, 2000 - 2001	Thursday 19:00 - 19:30
Miyagi	Tohoku Broadcasting	July 7, 2001 - ?	Saturday 17:30 - 18:00	TBS Series
Fukushima Prefecture	TV You Fukushima	November 2000 - 2001	Tuesday 0:50 - 1:20 (Monday midnight)
Shizuoka Prefecture	Shizuoka Broadcasting	July 29, 2000-2001	Saturday 2:05-2:35 (Friday midnight)
All over Japan	AT-X	October 29, 2002 - May 2, 2003	Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 (with repeat broadcast)	CS broadcasting
	Kids Station

Reception

Gensomaden Saiyuki won Animage magazine's Anime Grand Prix Award in 2000 and Genjo Sanzo won the best male character category. On January 17, 2001, "Gensomaden Saiyuki" was ranked second on AnimageШаблон:'s list of 100 most-important anime ever published. In May 2002, Gensomaden Saiyuki was ranked fourth as chosen by AnimageШаблон:'s reader's poll of Top 20 Picks Best of 2001, and in August 2001, the series was ranked ninth in Newtype website's poll of top 10 Anime, and Genjo Sanzo was sixth in the top ten male characters.

In October 2004, It was reported research has shown in recent years, Saiyuki anime has become extremely popular among Japanese young women. In September 2005, Japanese television network TV Asahi broadcast a popularity poll based on a nationwide survey in which Saiyuki was placed 96th of the channel's Top 100 Anime. In October 2006, Japanese television network TV Asahi broadcast a popularity poll based on a nationwide survey in which Saiyuki was placed 24th of the channel's Top 100 favorite Anime. In 2007, a large-scale survey by TV Asahi voted Gensomaden Saiyuki as the 27th-most-appreciated anime in Japan. In August 2020, Japan’s biggest ranking site Goo Ranking published its list for the most popular anime that debuted in the last 20 years. Among these titles, Gensomaden Saiyuki was ranked eighth. In March 2022, Cheyenne Wiseman of Comic Book Resources chose ten of the best anime based on novels, Gensomaden Saiyuki was ranked ninth.

Critical response

Sage Ashford of Comic Book Resources wrote that the series look brand new even after two decades and provides a new spin on the journey to the west. Enoch Lau of THEM Anime Reviews gave the series a three-out-of-five-star review, describing the series as a low-budget presentation that is entertaining and fun, which mixes mythology and religion beyond recognition. theOtaku.com rated the series 9.5 out of 10, praised the English dubbing and called the voice actors superb, stating the series is full of morals and life lessons and explains one of the reasons for its popularity. they described the visual effects as excellent, the episodes full of seriousness and heart-felt emotion, mixing a great variety of humor and the only problem is "filler" episode that neither advances the story nor shows the strengths of the characters. Manga News wrote that the series suffers from several flaws, especially in the beginning But they appreciates the initiative of including the Gaiden part in the series. Zac Bertschy of Anime News Network criticized the anime series but gave an above-average score to DVD 7: The Gods of War praised the art, described the show with a brightly-colored, well-designed world, admires its cinematic moments and fight scenes, and considers the character design to be the best. compares the improvement of the series to Rurouni Kenshin, which is becoming a great show over time. Darius Washington of considers the anime to be completely pedestrian. he felt it like Ninja Scroll with a Weiß Kreuz complex But he criticizes the English dubbing.

Layla Lawlor and Barb Lien-Cooper of Sequential Tart give an above-average score to Saiyuki Volume 1: The Journey Begins. Fellow ST reviewer Sheena McNeil gave a 9-out-of-10 grade to first volume, praised the art and animation, which has new styles of overlapping frames and the use of static such as shading. considers its story excellent with a new twist on the relationship between humans and demons who coexist peacefully, and also tries to combine the quest with a "good vs. evil" battle, calls the themes and characters as "fascinating." Later volumes of anime were also praised; ST's Sheena McNeil praised the art style, gave a high score to Saiyuki Volume 3: Confronting Their Demons, loves that the main characters have dark pasts and aren't entirely "good guys", and stating that the art techniques used for the background, flashbacks, are seen differently from other anime Fellow ST reviewer Barb Lien-Cooper, reviewing Saiyuki Volume 6: Demon Rising, graded 8 out of 10, said that the plot is interesting with varying tones, some unexpected twists and turns, and the characters, the audience can see the depths of the characters and understand them. it interprets the themes of the anime completely allegorically and in a kind of enlightening "good choice."

Sandra Dozier of DVD Verdict said that Saiyuki sort of resembles a very pretty, stylistic Dragon Ball Z. called the eighth volume as very enjoyable, it's stories a little exciting with a nice, calm drama that allows the stories to unfold without rushing. The fight scenes are great and attractive, but very little in this particular volume. In her reviewing of the ninth volume, she sees a good collection of episodes that dealt with the childhood memories of the four main characters. said that the past censorship as very harsh and pessimistic. it's interesting to see some of the past events for these characters and to see the very vulnerable side of Gojyo. In her reviewing of the tenth volume, she cited its animation in a shiny and gorgeous way and the fight scenes are very advanced, but in this episode, she found it difficult to connect with the main characters

External links

• Official TV Tokyo Gensomaden Saiyuki website Шаблон:In lang
• Official Studio Pierrot Gensomaden Saiyuki website {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org
• Шаблон:Anime News Network

Шаблон:Pierrot (company)