Saiyuki

A scrappy, bickering road trip through a demon-haunted world, mixing flashy fights with irreverent banter and a grim undercurrent.

Created by

Kazuya Minekura

Genres

Animation, Action & adventure

Starring

Koichi Yamadera, Kousuke Okano, Wataru Takagi

Overview

On present day Earth, the brotherhood of humans and demons (youkai) has been broken. A corrupt and evil demon, Gyumao, is performing experiments that combine human science and youkai magic, causing all demons to go crazy. Now, Genjo Sanzo, a trash-taking Buddist monk, is given a mission: Deliver a sacred scroll, the Maten Scripture, to India. For the journey, he is teamed up with Son Goku, a 500-year-old demon, Sha Gojyo, a red-eyed half demon human, and Cho Hakkai, a school teacher turned demon. Together, the four of them must travel to India, but the road ahead will surely be full of speed bumps, and demon attacks.

How it feels

Dark, tense, cynical and absurd. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Survival, friendship, violence, corruption

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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