Saiyuki: Complete Seasons 1 & 2
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Actor: Artist Not ProvidedBrand: ADV Films
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1250 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-31
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Adv Films
DVD Reviews of Saiyuki: Complete Seasons 1 & 2
DVD Review: Just stick to the manga version. Anime version is awful!
Summary: 1 Stars
If you are new to the Saiyuki series, you should start with the manga. If you are a fan of the manga, stick to it and never attempt to watch any of the anime version.
Why?
Well, for one thing, the animation quality is really awful. It is nothing like Kazuya Minekura's artwork. The animation also fluctuates sometimes, like it's obvious they where rushing it, or didn't care where it was going. At times, it seems like your watching a really cheap Saturday morning cartoon. Not to mention, some episodes have limited animation (yuck!). The characters designs in here are really bad, like I said, nothing like Ms. Minekura's beautiful art. Do not let the artwork displayed on the box fool you.
Most of the episodes (more than half, about like 35 of the 50 eps) are filler. Really awful filler. They have nothing to do with the story arcs in the manga and a lot of the time have the characters go way out-of-character. It is just atrocious and they're all boring to sit through. Very terrible script writing. The whole second half of the episodes (called "season 2") is totally filler. Homura and his posse are not in the manga.
A lot of things from the manga aren't kept in the animated version either. Blame it on censorship, I guess. The animated version does not have blood, where the manga version does - and a lot of it + gore(limbs and guts everywhere). Sanzo doesn't really "banish" the demons with his "exorcist gun", he really shoots them to death with his S&W. Hakkai's sister Kanan is not mentioned as such and, for some reason, Jeep is called "Hakuryu". There is a few other differences here and there, as well.
All the same can also be said about it's "sequel" animes: "Saiyuki Reload" & "Saiyuki Reload Gunlock". Its just not worth it to watch them. The movie is also something terrible in it's own league.
If you love to sit through very poor adaptations of manga that are mostly filler in nature, then you'd love this.
If you want to see Saiyuki for what it truly is, then start reading the manga ("Saiyuki" volumes 1-9, followed by "Saiyuki Reload" volumes 1-9* (*so far, is still ongoing).
DVD Review: An Entertaining Series But Also Somewhat Annoying As Well
Summary: 4 Stars
If you've seen the series on t.v.(Channel G4 on Cox Digital) you know most of the series is around the four characters Genjo Sanzo(A powerful spiritual priest with a nasty disposition and sarcastic mentality), Cho Hakkai(The most level-headed of the quartet who was once human but became a demon after killing the demon who raped his fiancee and his minions), Sha Gojyo(A half human/demon who is a great ladies charmer, drinker, and gambler but has a sad lonely past because his mother couldn't except his mixed heritage and hated him), and finally Son Goku(A demon whose appetite for food holds no limits he was imprisoned for an unknown crime an was freed by Genjo Sanzo). The short story plot is for some unknown reason the harmony between demons and humans has been shattered and now the demons are attacking humans everywhere as such the spiritual leaders order Sanzo and his friends to find the reason why this is happening and try an restore the harmony between demons and humans. The animation isn't bad as it's pretty clear and sharp but like some reviewers have said it's somewhat annoying when you see the fight scenes. What I mean is when you see them battle there is no actual movement to much but still cut-scenes like if Goku throws a punch it shows as Goku with his character drawn with his fist raised and the next scene his enemy on the his back on the ground but no other actual animation movements. So again don't expect to see any movement in the fight scenes to much but just still shots and the action sounds of the battle instead. Still if you don't mind that to much the rest of the series is still pretty good with a lot of other characters that you come to like through the series as well. The audio was great though I liked who they got to play the quartet for the dubbed version as well as the main villains as well and as always the Japanese voice actors did a superb job as well. So if you like your fighting animes with a touch of humor and drama this series might be a good pick for your collection... DVD Review: over-priced
Summary: 3 Stars
I use to be a big fan of Gensoumaden Saiyuki by reading the whole manga series of it.
To be honest though, the anime is kinda.. boring.
This set it over-priced is what I really want to say.
I got it for about $60 on ebay.
DVD Review: Bad Boys saving people?? Ok way not something New
Summary: 5 Stars
No extras so it's to much money for this. i want the extras.Ok I got this series long before it even came out to the US, but waited to make a review till I got the english version to. I loved the japanese version with the english subs. You often have to give it to the japanese voice actors, they can also do a outstanding job on showing the true emotions of the characters. I love this series so much. 4 hot bad a** guys are suppose to save the world and try to stay alive doing so day by day when demons attack. One is the priest and the other 3 are half breed demons. Kwel something worth watching that is funny, action pack and sometimes they show feelings. This series was so funny in english and japanese, but I normally watch in english bein that I can only understand that kind of language.DUH.
1). english version was a 6 out of 10.
I didn't like Hakkai's voice in english it should of been more gentle. the guy sounded to deep and it just didn't work for me, but everyone else was ok, but Sanzo did cuss alot more than in the japanese version. I really didn't feel for the english which was really weird dudes 7 chicks.
2) japanese with subtitles was 9 out of 10.
I loved the japanese version better really. The actors in the japanese version just moved me and drawed me in to everything they said. But they had subs for the english version subs and the japanese version subs. Awesome i thought them putting the real version that was made with the remake version subs was a good idea.
Good job ADV films. Everynow and then you guys can do a good job, but mostly not always and you guys always leave out the extras in the thin packs, like yet again this and even the anime series Getbackers which is pretty good but also recommend it mostly to girls really. It's got alot of hotty bad boy guys again in that series, but it was a good series.
All in all this series is something to watch but if you are a type of person who does both english and japanese languages please do the english first cause you probably get upset too, when you find out your sweet, nice guy with a smile, that his the perfect sweet gentle voice changes in a some what smart a** jerk that has a deeper sound and doesn't have that right feel for the character. Anyways GREAT ANIME and the MUSIC IS AWESOME for the first and second season I thought. I got the entire collections of cds which are hard to find now and rare cds. Check out my other reviews I also write about manga and you might see a cd in there every now and then. Ok later
I really laughed on this series and alot of action. the guys are awesome.
DVD Review: one of the many best anime series
Summary: 5 Stars
Saiyuki is probably one of many best series out there after full metal panic and gundam wings. Anybody whose a big anime fan that likes comedy, action and a well thought out storyline would definitely want to put this in their collection. Delivery was good i got it within a couple of days with another list of anime.
Description of Saiyuki: Complete Seasons 1 & 2
The Saiyuki franchise upholds the ideal of samurai anime: cool character design, a nonconformist loner lead, and razor-sharp violence. Great value and an exciting new package make this thinpack a must have!The long-running animated series Saiyuki (2000) is based on Minekura Kazuya's manga adaptation of the landmark Chinese novel "Journey to the West." But little remains of Cheng'en Wu's original tale of a spiritually powerful monk traveling to India to obtain the Buddhist sutras, attended by three supernatural beings. Instead, rogue monk Sanjo Genjo is dispatched to India prevent the resurrection of the demon-lord Gyumoah by his former mistress, the evil Gyukumen Koushu. Her efforts have destroyed the peace that reigned in Shangri-La, causing the demon inhabitants to attack the humans and vice-versa.?Genjo takes three obstreperous demons with him as companions/assistants: chain-smoking womanizer Sha Gojyo; Cho Hakkai, whose pet dragon turns into a jeep; and eternally hungry Son Goku. (The Dragon Ball continuity is also loosely based on "Journey.") The quarrelsome quartet travels from place to place, fighting demons and helping people.
? Their adventures offer lots of action and slapstick comedy, but little in the way of sustained storytelling or character development. Unlike Inu-Yasha and other picaresque anime adventures, the relationships among the characters in Saiyuki remain fixed. The animation clean-up artists did very sloppy work on this series: Genjo's features change noticeably from scene to scene. But these problems don't deter the show's many fans: Saiyuki ran for years in Japan, and spawned three direct-to-video sequels and a theatrical feature.?(Rated TV 14 VL, suitable for ages 13 and older: violence, profanity, risqu? humor, tobacco and alcohol use) --Charles Solomon
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