The various manga series also inspired four television anime series, an anime film, three original video anime (OVA) series, and several stage musical productions.
The official Twitter account for Saiyuki Reload -ZEROIN-, the television anime of the “Even a Worm” arc from Kazuya Minekura’s Saiyuki Reload manga, posted the anime’s first full promotional video on Sunday.
Saiyuki, the original 1997 “fantasy road movie” manga series loosely inspired by the Chinese novel Journey to the West (Saiyuki in Japanese), has spawned the Saiyuki Gaiden and Saiyuki Ibun manga spinoffs.
The Saiyuki Reload Blast anime premiered in July 2017.