The official website for Saiyuki Reload -ZEROIN-, the TV anime adaptation of the "Even a Worm" arc from Kazuya Minekura's Saiyuki Reload manga has released two new key visuals, a new PV, a character video for Genjo Sanzo, the main staff and the anime's premiere schedule.
GRANRODEO will be performing the opening theme song titled, "Kamino Hotokemo" and Shugo Nakamura will be performing the ending theme song titled, "Ruten."
Saiyuki Reload -ZEROIN- is set to premiere on January 6, 2022 on AT-X, TOKYO MX, and BS11. Then on MBS on January 8.
NEW KEY VISUALS:
NEW PV:
GENJO SANZO CHARACTER VIDEO:
The four main cast members from the previous series: Saiyuki, Saiyuki Reload, Saiyuki Gunlock, and Saiyuki Reload Blast TV anime series are reprising their roles:
Toshihiko Seki as Genjo Sanzo
Sōichiro Hoshi as Son Goku
Hiroaki Hirata as Sha Gojyo
Akira Ishida as Cho Hakkai
Toshihiko Seki as Genjo Sanzo
Sōichiro Hoshi as Son Goku
Hiroaki Hirata as Sha Gojyo
Akira Ishida as Cho Hakkai
Additional cast includes:
Koichi Tochika is cast as Hazel Grouse, Rikiya Koyama as Gatti "Gat" Nenehawk, and Hochu Otsuka as Ni Jianyi.
Misato Takada is directing the anime at LIDEN FILMS. Michiko Yokote and Aya Matsui are overseeing the series scripts, and Noriko Ogura is the character designer, prop designer, and chief animation director. Yūsuke Shirato is composing the music at Lantis.
TEASER VISUAL:
Crunchyroll streams the SAIYUKI RELOAD BLAST anime, and the original manga is now available from Kodansha Comics. They describe it as:
Genjo is a Buddhist priest in the city of Shangri-La, which is being ravaged by yokai spirits that have fallen out of balance with the natural order. His superiors send him on a journey far to the west to discover why this is happening and how to stop it. His companions are three yokai with human souls. But this is no day trip—the four will encounter many discoveries and horrors on the way, and on the road, Genjo will wonder … can he really trust his supernatural companions?
Genjo is a Buddhist priest in the city of Shangri-La, which is being ravaged by yokai spirits that have fallen out of balance with the natural order. His superiors send him on a journey far to the west to discover why this is happening and how to stop it. His companions are three yokai with human souls. But this is no day trip—the four will encounter many discoveries and horrors on the way, and on the road, Genjo will wonder … can he really trust his supernatural companions?