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Saiyuki Reload Blast (TV)

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Alternative title:
最遊記RELOAD BLAST (Japanese)
Plot Summary: It's been two years since the holy monk Sanzo and his followers Goku, Gojyo, and Hakkai were presumed dead, but not only are they very much alive but also continuing their journey to the west.
User Ratings: 58 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:1, others:1
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Very good: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:4, others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Good: 18 votes (sub:18)
 Decent: 9 votes (sub:9)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 102 users, rank: #5140 (of 9509)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.121 (Good), std. dev.: 1.3141, rank: #3206 (of 9648)
Weighted mean: 7.111 (Good), rank: #3052 (of 9648) (seen all: 7.19 / seen some: 7.00 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.183 (Good+), rank: #2575 (of 7274)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2017-07-05
Opening Theme:
"Move on! Ibaramichi" (move on! イバラミチ) by GRANRODEO
Ending Theme:
"Refrain" (リフレイン) by Luck Life
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Saiyuki Reload Blast [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2020-01-28 (from $25.08)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Saiyuki Reload Blast (BD+DVD) 2018-07-24 (from $58.49)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hideaki Nakano
Series Composition: Kenji Konuta
Script:
Kenji Konuta (eps 1-12)
Storyboard:
Hideaki Nakano (OP,ED,Ura Sai; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 10, 12
)

Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 7)
Satoshi Saga (ep 11)
Shunsuke Machitani (ep 8)
Takashi Kobayashi (ep 3)
Yasuhiro Saiki (OP)
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (eps 5, 9)
Episode Director:
Hideaki Nakano (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 12
)

Hiroyuki Okuno (eps 1, 7, 9)
Ken Katō (ep 9)
Satoshi Saga (eps 4, 11)
Shunsuke Machitani (ep 8)
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (eps 3, 5)
Unit Director: Hideaki Nakano (OP,ED,Ura Sai)
Music: Tatsuya Katō
Original creator: Kazuya Minekura
Character Design: Yōko Satō
Art Director: Masaki Mayuzumi
Chief Animation Director:
Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Yōko Satō
Animation Director:
Kōji Ogawa (eps 2, 7, 10)
Mina Itou (OP; eps 1, 5, 9, 12)
Shinichiro Kajiura (eps 3, 6, 11)
Shinichiro Minami (eps 4, 8, 12)
Takurō Sakurai (eps 3, 6, 11)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (Ura Sai)
Yōko Satō (ED)
Sound Director: Hajime Takakuwa
Director of Photography: Shigeki Asakawa
Executive producer:
Daijō Kudō
Kazuya Takahashi
2D Design: Hitoshi Tokumaru
2nd Key Animation:
Atori Ozawa (OP; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8-9, 12
)

Chiaki Nakamura (ep 10)
Isuta (OP; ep 5)
Kenta Fukushima (ep 3)
Mina Itou (eps 2, 12)
Natsumi Yamashita (eps 5, 12)
Takanobu Katada (OP,ED; eps 5, 9-10, 12)
Takuya Mizukoshi (ep 3)
Tōru Yokoyama (ep 3)
Action Animation Director: Yasuhiro Saiki
Animation producer: Emi Yonezawa
Assistant Animation Director:
Ippeita Watanabe (ep 11)
Mina Itou (eps 2, 7)
Natsumi Yamashita (6 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 10-12
)

Shigenori Taniguchi (ep 11)
Shinichiro Kajiura (eps 9-10)
Shinichiro Minami (eps 2, 7, 10)
Yoshina Ikuta (ep 11)
Assistant Director of Photography: Yomogiko Murano
Assistant Episode Director:
Ken Katō (ep 12)
Shunsuke Machitani (ep 5)
Background Art:
Akie Nagata (Studio Jack; eps 1, 9)
Aoi Yonemura (Studio Jack; eps 1, 10)
Makiko Fujino (Studio Jack; OP; eps 1-12)
Masaki Mayuzumi (ED; Ura Sai)
Mayumi Usuda (Studio Jack; ep 1)
Tomomi Iwase (Studio Jack; OP; eps 8-12)
Chief Assistant Animation Director:
Natsumi Yamashita (ep 8)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (ep 8)
Yōko Satō (eps 6, 9)
Color setting: Aiko Yamagami
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
In-Between Animation: Takanobu Katada (Green Grass Factory; OP; Ura Sai 3-4; eps 1, 12)
Key Animation:
Aika Satō (eps 7, 12)
Akari Abe (eps 7, 12)
Aki Nakagawa (eps 4, 10)
Aki Yamauchi (OP)
Akira Shinoda (eps 2, 4, 8, 12)
Arisa Kajiyama (eps 2, 7)
Atsushi Tsukamoto (ep 7)
Ayataka Tanemura (OP; ep 5)
Ayumi Ogawa (Studio Victory; eps 2, 8, 12)
Ayumi Tsukamoto (ep 2)
Chie Ōtsuki (OP)
Chiho Fujiwara (ep 1)
Daiki Ōta (ep 7)
Eiji Kaneda (eps 2, 8, 12)
Fumino Fujii (ep 1)
Haruka Kaizumi (ep 7)
Haruka Sanefuji (Wish; ED; eps 4, 10)
Hazuki Nakawatari (eps 7-8)
Hikaru Kodama (OP; eps 8, 12)
Hina Kobayashi (Studio Wanpack; eps 4, 8)
Hiroaki Satō (eps 3, 6, 11)
Hirofumi Takahashi (eps 3, 6, 11)
Ippeita Watanabe (eps 3, 6, 11)
Isuta (Ura Sai 1-5,10-12; eps 1-2, 4, 9)
Junko Matsushita (ep 4)
Juri Saitō (ep 3)
Kae Kushida (ep 7)
Kanako Ono (OP)
Kanoko Sakurai (Angle; eps 7, 10)
Kaori Henmi (eps 4, 10)
Kaoru Nagakawa (eps 3, 6, 11)
Katsumi Hashimoto (ep 3)
Kazuyuki Ikai (eps 8, 12)
Kei Sakai (Ura Sai 7-8; eps 1, 5, 9)
Kenji Maeba (eps 3, 6, 11)
Kimiharu Obata (ep 11)
Kiyomi Itakura (Rising Force; ep 4)
Kōji Kataoka (eps 2, 7, 12)
Kōsei Kudo (ep 2)
Kou Kitakaze (eps 1, 5)
Manabu Kushibuchi (Be Loop; eps 4, 9)
Manabu Shioda (ED; ep 5)
Mao Kawaguchi (Angle; eps 4, 7, 10)
Masahito Wada (eps 3, 6)
Masato Okada (eps 5, 9)
Masaya Nozaki (OP; eps 8, 12)
Maya Uenishi (Angle; ep 4)
Michio Satō (eps 1, 5, 9)
Michitaka Yamamoto (eps 3, 6)
Mie Hashimoto (eps 3, 6, 11)
Miho Sekimoto (eps 2, 8)
Mika Kobayashi (ED; eps 4, 10)
Mina Itou (OP; eps 1, 5, 9)
Minoru Nara (eps 2, 8)
Miori Nomura (eps 3, 6, 11)
Motoi Nakamura (OP)
Motoki Yagi (ep 6)
Natsumi Yamashita (OP,ED; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7, 9
)

Noboru Kawamori (ep 7)
Pui Ki Pang (ep 7)
Reiko Fujita (eps 1, 5, 9)
Rie Ikegami (ep 10)
Rina Sugimoto (OP)
Ryo Kiyohara (ep 8)
Ryoko Kawamura (eps 2, 8, 12)
Ryuta Imaizumi (eps 3, 6, 11)
Sachiko Iwata (eps 3, 6)
Sayoko Murai (eps 8, 12)
Shigemi Aoyagi (eps 2, 7)
Shinichi Iimura (OP; eps 2, 7, 12)
Shiori Yamashita (Angle; ep 10)
Shōgo Nishi (Angle; ep 10)
Shōko Yasuda (ep 12)
Shuji Maruyama (ED)
Sun Hyun Hong (eps 8, 12)
Takaaki Tanabe (ep 4)
Takanori Suzuki (eps 6, 11)
Takuya Mizukoshi (ep 11)
Takuya Nishimichi (Be Loop; ep 4)
Taro Saiki (ep 11)
Tatsunori Sakamoto (ep 12)
Tatsuya Miki (ep 12)
Tetsurō Yamada (OP; 9 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12
)

Tetsuya Sunaga (Studio Victory; eps 2, 8-9, 12)
Tomomi Itō (Angle; ep 10)
Tomoya Kosakai (ep 4)
Tomoyuki Yamaguchi (ep 7)
Toshiaki Uchida (eps 3, 6, 11)
Toshihiko Masuda (ep 11)
Yasuhiro Saiki (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 8-9
)

Yasuko Takahashi (eps 4, 12)
Yohko Ariizumi (ep 8)
Yōko Iizuka (ep 4)
Yoshiaki Tomita (pes 6,11)
Yoshiko Takemoto (ep 10)
Yoshina Ikuta (eps 3, 6, 11)
Yūichirō Yamada (eps 5, 8)
Yukinori Kuwabara (ep 8)
Yumi Sudarehata (OP)
Yuri Hanazawa (Studio Wanpack; eps 4, 8, 12)
Music producer: Mai Kawashima
Paint:
Aiko Yamagami (TMS Photo T.D.I; ep 11)
Akari Kawano (TMS Photo T.D.I; eps 8, 12)
Akiko Kagiyama (TMS Photo T.D.I; 9 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 8-12
)

Junko Nagaoka (TMS Photo T.D.I; ep 11)
Noriyo Koike (TMS Photo T.D.I; ep 11)
Rieko Akamatsu (TMS Photo T.D.I; Ura Sai; eps 1-5, 7-12)
Yoko Tomizawa (TMS Photo T.D.I; 10 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-8, 10-12
)

Photography:
Emi Yamada (Rare Trick; eps 1-12)
Junichi Kakinuma (Rare Trick; ep 3)
Motoki Hoshino (Rare Trick; eps 2-3)
Shigeki Asakawa (Rare Trick; OP,ED,Ura Sai)
Yomogiko Murano (Rare Trick; Ura Sai)
Yukie Ōyagi (Rare Trick; eps 1-12)
Photography Production: Hitomi Hanaoka
Production Advancement:
Hiroyuki Seki (OP; eps 2-3, 6-8)
Mai Nagumo (Ura Sai 1-3; 5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 11-12
)

Rena Mitsui (ED; eps 4, 10)
Taishi Kawaguchi (ep 6)
Tomonori Ueda (eps 3, 6, 11)
Prop Design: Tomokazu Sugimura
Recording: Hitoshi Yamada
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa (Sound Box)
Special Thanks To:
Ayumu Hisao (Ura Sai 7-8,11)
Yōko Satō (Ura Sai 1)
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (Ura Sai 3)
Sub-Character Design: Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Theme Song Performance:
GRANRODEO (OP)
Luck Life (ED)
Akira Ishida as Cho Hakkai
Hiroaki Hirata as Sha Gojyo
Sōichiro Hoshi as Son Goku
Toshihiko Seki as Genjo Sanzo

Hiroki Tōchi as Goujun
Jin Yamanoi as Dokugakuji
Kaho Kouda as Crown Prince Nataku
Katsuyuki Konishi as Hassan
Kazuaki Itō as Jiroshin
Masako Katsuki as Sharak Sanzo
Rei Igarashi as Merciful Goddess
Takeshi Kusao as Kōgaiji

Akira Ishida as Field Marshal Tenpou
Chiwa Saito as Taruchie
Daiki Hamano as Eijin
Daisuke Takahashi as
Demon (eps 1, 3-4, 8-9)
Official (ep 6)
Squad Member (eps 7, 12)
Haruhi Nanao as Rei
Hiroaki Hirata as General Kenren
Hiroo Sasaki as Tamuro's Father (ep 1)
Ikuji Nose as
Demon (eps 1, 4, 8-9)
Guard (ep 5)
Monk (ep 12)
Official (ep 6)
Squad Member (ep 7)
Villager (eps 2, 11)
Junichi Suwabe as Saitaisai
Keisuke Ishida as Tentei
Kenjiro Tsuda as Tenjin (ep 3)
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Zakuro (ep 9)
Kimiko Jitsukawa as Sanbutsushin (eps 10, 12)
Masayuki Akasaka as
Demon (6 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 8-10
)

Guard (ep 5)
Official (ep 6)
Squad Member (eps 7, 12)
Villager (eps 2, 11)
Megumi Toda as
Child (ep 2)
Children (ep 7)
Mother (ep 3)
Village Woman (ep 1)
Villager (ep 11)
Woman (ep 8)
Minoru Inaba as Li Touten
Mitsuo Senda as Sanbutsushin (eps 10, 12)
Momoe Kishimoto as
Village Woman (ep 1)
Villager (ep 3)
Nao Fujita as
Child (ep 2)
Gojyo's Stepmother (ep 8)
Proprietress (ep 3)
Sara Matsumoto as Sha Gojyo (child; ep 8)
Shinobu Satou as Gyokumen Koushu
Shinya Fukumatsu as Village Chief (ep 2)
Shouko Yuzuki as
Beautiful Woman (ep 2)
Court Lady (ep 5)
Takashi Uezumiya as Demon (eps 1-2)
Takayuki Miyamoto as
Demon (ep 1)
Villager (ep 2)
Toshihiko Seki as Konzen Douji
Tsubasa Yonaga as Roshu
Yūki Kaji as Tamuro
Yurika Aizawa as Sanbutsushin (eps 10, 12)
Yuuki Sanpei as
Demon (eps 3-4, 8-10)
Monk (ep 12)
Official (ep 6)
Squad Member (ep 7)
Villager (ep 11)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Be Loop
Rising Force
TAP
Animation Production: Platinum Vision
Backgrounds:
Art Rain
Studio Jack
Finish Animation: Studio μ
In-Between Animation:
Green Grass Factory
Studio μ
Key Animation:
Be Loop (ep 4)
Rising Force (ep 4)
Studio Angle (ep 4)
Studio Wanpack (ep 4)
Studio μ (ep 4)
Wish (ep 4)
Music Production: Lantis
Photography: Raretrick
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jeremy Inman
Translation: Michelle Tymon (Crunchyroll)
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer:
Jamal Roberson (eps 3-5)
Jeremy Woods (eps 7-12)
Matt Grounds (eps 1-2)
William Dewell (ep 9)
Zachary Davis (ep 9)
ADR Supervisor: Peter Hawkinson
Assistant producer:
Samantha Herek
Zach Bolton
Editing: Megan Denton (Subtitles)
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead ADR Engineer: Jamal Roberson (eps 1-2, 7-12)
Mix Engineer:
Adrian Cook
Andrew Tipps (ep 5)
Gino Palencia (ep 3)
Quality Check: Zachary Carlysle (Subtitles)
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Special Thanks To: Gregory Lanson
Subtitle Timing: Edgar Cruz
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Translation Check: David Saylor
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
David Matranga as Genjo Sanzo
Greg Ayres as Son Goku
Ian Sinclair as Sha Gyojo
Micah Solusod as Cho Hakkai

Anastasia Munoz as Sharak Senzo
Clint Bickham as Prince Nataku
Josh Grelle as Dokugakuji
Shelley Calene-Black as Merciful Goddess
Vic Mignogna as Kougaiji

Aaron Roberts as Saitaisai
Alex Moore as Jien's Stepmother (ep 8)
Anthony Bowling as Egan
Barry Yandell as Tentei
Ben Phillips as Tenjin (ep 3)
Brandon McInnis as Goujin
Bruce Carey as Narrator
Christopher Wehkamp as Zakuro (ep 9)
David Matranga as Konzen Douji
David Wald as Hassan
Felecia Angelle as Hakuryuu
Greg Silva as Eijin (ep 8)
Ian Sinclair as General Kenren
Jarrod Greene as Li Touten
Julie Shields as Rei
Justin Briner as Tamuro
Kent Williams as Jiroshin
Kyle Phillips as Tamuro's Father
Micah Solusod as Tenpou Gensui
Monica Rial as Talche
Morgan Garrett as Lady Gyoukumen
Ryan Reynolds as Sha Gojyo (child)
Stephen Fu as Roshu

English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
FUNimation Entertainment (English Dub)
Hulu
Wakanim (Nordic countries and the Netherlands; dub-only)
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)

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