Saiyuki's Kazuya Minekura Reveals Spinal Canal Stenosis Diagnosis, Upcoming Surgery

Minekura’s Saiyuki Reload manga is inspiring a new television anime titled Saiyuki Reload: ZEROIN, which will cover the manga’s “Even a Worm” arc.

The various manga series also inspired four television anime series, an anime film, three original video anime (OVA) series, and several stage musical productions.

Minekura underwent several surgeries in 2010 for ameloblastoma, a noncancerous tumor on her right upper jawbone.