Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Section 23
• DVD Release Date: November 25, 2003
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000EMY90
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,257 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Adv Films Release Date: 11/25/2003 Run time: 100 minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars On Road Again (and Again), January 18, 2004

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Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saiyuki - Demon Rising (Vol. 6) (DVD)

Gensomaden Saiyuki is a retelling of a classic Chinese myth (Journey to the West) of a priest (Genjo Sanzo) and his companions (Gojyo, Hakkai, and Goku) who undertake a picaresque journey across a land filled with demons to stop a series of evils. In this version of the story, which has been updated to a more modern context, their primary mode of transportation is a white dragon disguised as a Jeep, and the participants smoke, drink, curse, and womanize with the same flair they use to slay their opponents.

This is much more than a hack and slash adventure story. While the emphasis is on the comic byplay between the characters, especially Goku (the monkey king) and Gojyo, there are many more thoughtful moments. Many of the episodes combine the heroic with an ambivalence that frequently displays unexpected sides to an issue.

These episodes move from teaching townsfolk to stand on their own to lessons from Genjo's own past. Whether muttering platitudes at the setting sun or suffering from permanent hunger, the lead characters, and even some of their opponents, each find their way into the spotlight and reveal some unexpected facet. In some ways the story echoes the work of another master of the picaresque, Miguel Cervantes.

There is not time like the present to point out that Saiyuki is not a standard 26 episode series. Inspired as it is by one of the oldest (and longest) of Oriental adventure stories, it is only fitting that the series let the story drive the length, rather than vice-versa - a total of 50 episodes. While this is a considerable strain on the collector's pocketbook, the timing of the story also allows considerable character development, one of the features of this telling which makes it much more than a simple adventure story.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For the Love of Kanon, November 24, 2003

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"chiefraz1" (Watervliet, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saiyuki - Demon Rising (Vol. 6) (DVD)

For the love of Kanon, Hakkai interfers in a villages sacrifice of a young woman to a demon who has the town under his sway with a large cannon. The rest of the episodes are equally as good with one being out and out hilarious. The fourth episode on the disc answers the question of why Sanzo carries a pistol, an answer both savage and sad.
Worth your time and money.

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect gift, for the right price, September 8, 2009

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C. Burrell "Game guru" (Boston, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saiyuki - Demon Rising (Vol. 6) (DVD)

When I first saw this product for such a cheap cost ($3 USD estimate) I almost couldn't beleive it. I thought this is to good to be true. My girlfriend had been looking for these to find and was having a tough time finding the final two and low and behold, here they were! I instantlly snagged them and within a week and a half received them new and in shrink wrap. I gotta say this was one gift that ddnt leave my wallet hurting.