The Saiyuki manga series is written and illustrated by Kazuya Minekura. The original Saiyuki manga was serialized in Enix's Monthly GFantasy from 1997 to 2002 and was collected into nine tankōbon volumes. Ichijinsha subsequently reprinted the nine volumes between October 26, 2002, and June 25, 2003.
In 2015, Ichijinsha published a five-volume bunkoban edition of the original nine-volume manga.
The first English-language edition was licensed by Tokyopop, which published all nine volumes between March 2, 2004, and July 12, 2005.
Madman Entertainment subsequently published all nine volumes in Australia between October 3, 2007, and October 9, 2008.
Beginning in 2020, Kodansha published a new English-language edition of Saiyuki in four large-format hardcover volumes with new translations. The edition was completed in January 2021.
The subsequent manga series Saiyuki Gaiden, Saiyuki Reload, Saiyuki Ibun, and Saiyuki Reload Blast are listed separately below.
Saiyuki Gaiden
Saiyuki Gaiden is a prequel series set approximately 500 years before the main story. It began serialization in Monthly GFantasy in 1999 and was later transferred to Ichijinsha's Comic Zero Sum WARD. The series concluded in May 2009 and was collected into four volumes.
The fourth and final volume was released on July 25, 2009.
Saiyuki Reload
Saiyuki Reload is the sequel to the original Saiyuki series. It was serialized in Monthly Comic Zero Sum from 2002 to 2009 and was collected into ten Japanese volumes. Tokyopop published nine English-language volumes in North America.
Saiyuki Ibun
Saiyuki Ibun is a prequel series focusing on the youth of Koumyo Sanzo. It began serialization in 2009 and received its first collected volume on April 25, 2013.
The series went on hiatus after its first collected volume.
Saiyuki Reload Blast
Saiyuki Reload Blast began serialization in Monthly Comic Zero Sum in 2009. The manga resumed in March 2012 after a hiatus.
Ichijinsha describes Saiyuki Reload Blast as the final chapter of the main Saiyuki series.
Volume list Saiyuki (Enix Edition)
Saiyuki (Ichijinsha Edition)
Saiyuki (Ichijinsha New Edition)
Saiyuki Anthology
Saiyuki Gaiden (Enix Edition)
Saiyuki Gaiden (Ichijinsha Edition)
Saiyuki Gaiden (Ichijinsha New Edition)
Saiyuki Gaiden Anthology
Saiyuki Reload (Ichijinsha Edition)
Saiyuki Reload (Ichijinsha New Edition)
Saiyuki Ibun
Saiyuki Reload Blast
Saiyuki Reload Blast (two limited edition, one special)
Saiyuki Reload Blast Anthology
Novels Movie version Gensoumaden Saiyuuki-Requiem for the Unselected (G Fantasy Novels)
The first official novel of Saiyuki, written by Misagi Hijiri (Author), Kazuya Minekura (Illustrator) was published by G-Fantasy / Square Enix in 1999
Kazuya Minekura (Original/Illustration), Misagi Hijiri (Author) "Saiyuki" Ichijinsha Zero-sum Novels
Saiyuki Omnibus - published July 23, 2010 by Ichijinsha
Saiyuki Korotengi - published April 25, 2011 by Ichijinsha
Related books
Saiyuki Character Book
Original Perfect Guide Saiyuki Series
References
External links
Official/ "Saiyuki" CD official website "World is Mine -mine- website "Saiyuki Reload Blast website "Minekura.net website