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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. 
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User Ratings: 60 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: 19 votes (sub:19)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 104 users, rank: #5345 (of 10085)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.100 (Good), std. dev.: 1.3, rank: #3431 (of 10237)
Weighted mean: 7.096 (Good), rank: #3283 (of 10237) (seen all: 7.19 / seen some: 6.57 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.163 (Good), rank: #2806 (of 7689)
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
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Saiyuki Reload Blast (BD+DVD) 2018-07-24

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) 
Itto Sara (ep 1) 
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:
Akira Kimura 
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) 
Line Producer: Hiromichi Oishi 
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) 
Production manager: Hiroshi Seki 
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 Arrangement:
Luck Life (ED) 
Masaaki Iizuka (OP) 
Theme Song Composition:
Masaaki Iizuka (OP) 
PON (ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Kishō Taniyama (OP) 
PON (ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
GRANRODEO (OP) 
Luck Life (ED) 
Video Editing:
Saori Tadokoro 
Yusuke Orita 
Akira Ishida as Cho Hakkai 
Hiroaki Hirata as Sha Gojyo 
Sōichirō Hoshi as Son Goku 
Toshihiko Seki as Genjo Sanzo 

Hiroki Tōchi as Goujun 
Jin Yamanoi as Dokugakuji 
Kaho Kōda 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 Saitō 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 
Kenjirō Tsuda as Tenjin (ep 3) 
Kenyū 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) 
Shōko 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 
Music Production Assistance: APDREAM 
Paint:
Green Grass Factory 
TMS Photo (T.D.I.) 
Photography: Raretrick 
Sound Effects: Sound Box 
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jeremy Inman 
Script: J. Michael Tatum 
Translation: Michelle Tymon (Crunchyroll) 
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga 
Producer:
Bryan Ingram (Subtitles) 
Justin Cook 
Michael Harcourt 

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) 
Production Assistant:
Sally Haden 
Sharon Randall 
Trenton Jons 
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 
Distributor: FUNimation Entertainment 
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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