I know that this is a long forgotten thread but I just wanted to voice my opinion if there is anyone else out there watching it might find it amusing.


well I found this anime by accident. I must say that I really enjoyed Gensou Maden Saiyuki and Saiyuki Requiem. The characters I fell in love with. There were plot holes in the storyline but the feeling I got from the anime made up for it and then some. I really enjoyed watching and identify with all the main characters. There were alot of things that can related to normal day life dispite the totally unrealistic story. And also the language uses was more realistic to the 21th century than anything else. It is a really good anime to watch.

But I was dissappointed by the Saiyuki Reloaded. They changed alot of little details and well the storyline was alittle crappy. There were alot of pointless episodes in reloaded. I especially hated the episode where there were doubles of the original sanzo party, what made it even worst is that they dressed them in the same outfits they had in Gensou Maden Saiyuki. I don't know if some other group took over the animation in reloaded but it felt like they were actually degrading the first part of the series. The original feeling I got from Gensou Maden Saiyuki wasn't felt in this part.

I think it could have been done better and the anime itself was wrong.