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“A rogue priest and three demons journey west to prevent the resurrection of the evil Gyumao.”
Saiyuki
幻想魔伝 最遊記
7.53
2,140 rank · 59,328 viewers · 806 favorites
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Fantasy
Shounen
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Synopsis
A rogue priest and three demons journey west to prevent the resurrection of the evil Gyumao.
Many years ago, humans and demons lived in harmony. But that unity ended when demons started attacking humans and plotted a mission to unleash Gyumao—an evil demon imprisoned for thousands of years. Now, Genjo Sanzo, a rogue priest, must team up with three demons—Sha Gojyo, Son Goku, and Cho Hakkai—and embark on a perilous journey to the west to stop these demons from resurrecting Gyumao and restore the balance between humans and demons on Earth. (Source: ANN)
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Community consensus
Derived from 24 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 24 viewers settled on.
89%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.95
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.95 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.9 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 3.5
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Score over time
↓ 1.71
Running avg · Nov 2006 → Nov 2023
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “The story is fantastic, but that and the fun characters were pretty much it for me. I couldn't get over the lack of action in the fights, things were very slow moving, and still shots of things...”
- 7 “A badass, gun-toting priest (Sanzo) has to team up with two equally badass demons (Hakki and Gojyo) and a really freaking annoying monkey demon (Goku) to prevent the resurrection of a terrible...”
- 10 “There are so many words to describe Saiyuki but i will try to keep it as short as possible. Saiyuki grabbed you from the first episode and it dident let go throught the whole series (Plus OVA's)...”
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Long · 25%
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- Format 50 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 19h 10m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2000 – Mar 2001 Spring 2000
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-0109 catalog