is a sequel and the third season of the '' Saiyuki'' anime television series produced by

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. Adapted from the manga of ''

Saiyuki Reload is a Japanese manga series that is a sequel to the series '' Saiyuki'', which Kazuya Minekura wrote and illustrated. ''Saiyuki Reload'' began serialization in Ichijinsha's manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Zero Sum'' from March 2002 to ...

'' by

Kazuya Minekura is a Japanese manga artist widely known for the '' Saiyuki'' series. Biography Kazuya Minekura was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and still resides there. Her other manga series include ''Wild Adapter'', ''Shiritsu Araiso Koto Gakko Seitokai Shik ...

, the series is directed by Tetsuya Endo, written by Tetsuya Endo and composed by Daisuke Ikeda. The series is the sequel of ''

'', premiered on

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in North America, A total of seven DVDs of the ''Saiyuki Reload Gunlock'' anime series were released by Geneon, along with an Artbox DVD which was published on May 2, 2006. Geneon released the first volume on April 25, which include the first four episodes of the 26-episode series, also a Special Edition of the first volume released on May 2, 2006. A Complete box set was originally solicited for November 20, 2007, but never released due to Geneon cancelling DVD sales. AZN TV aired the series on October 29, 2007 to December 25, 2007. On March 10, 2021,

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added the series for streaming. On September 27, 2022,

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licensed the anime for a Blu-ray release in standard definition. A new OVA has been released by Studio Pierrot, which covers the "Burial" arc of the ''Saiyuki Reload'' manga; it is called '' Saiyuki Reload: Burial''. An anime television series adaptation of the ''

Saiyuki Reload Blast is a Japanese manga sequel to Saiyuki Reload and the final part of '' Saiyuki'' series written and illustrated by Kazuya Minekura. It began serialization in Ichijinsha's manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Zero Sum'' since December 2009, with ...

'' manga series aired from July 5 to September 20, 2017, on

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, BS11, Sun TV. It ran for 12 episodes. Also, a new anime series produced by

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titled '' Saiyuki Reload: Zeroin'' has been announced on January 10, 2021. It aired from January 6 to March 31, 2022, on AT-X and other networks. Three pieces of

theme music Theme music is a musical composition which is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at ...

are used for the episodes—one opening themes and two ending themes. The opening themes is "Don't look back again" by WAG. The two ending themes, "Mitsumeteitai" by flow-war and "Shiro no Jumon" by doa. __TOC__

Episode list

Reception

In 2005, at the 27th Anime Grand Prix Award, ''Saiyuki Reload Gunlock'' was ranked the seventeenth-best anime title.

References

External links

''Saiyuki Reload Gunlock'' website

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