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Haruhi Nanao & Yuuki Kaji Join Saiyuki Reload Blast Anime Cast

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Two new folks are coming in for an absolute blast this summer.

Yesterday, the official Saiyuki Reload Blast anime website updated with two new role reveals. The following will join the show’s cast:

  • Rei: Haruhi Nanao
  • Tamuro: Yuuki Kaji

Visuals for the new characters were also released, which you can check out below:

Saiyuki Reload Blast will hit Japanese TV this on July 5. The full broadcast schedule is as follows:

  • AT-X: 7/5/2017 at 22:30 (7/5/2017 at 10:30PM)
  • Tokyo MX: 7/6/2017 at 24:00 (7/7/2017 at midnight)
  • Sun TV: 7/7/2017 at 23:30 (7/7/2017 at 11:30PM)
  • BS11: 7/9/2017 at 25:30 (7/10/2017 at 1:30AM)
  • TV Aichi: 7/10/2017 at 27:05 (7/11/2017 at 3:05AM)

This will be the first Saiyuki anime that isn’t animated by Studio Pierrot. Hideaki Nakano (Aoharu x Machinegun, SerVamp) will direct the project at Platinum Vision, with Youko Satou (Dog & Scissors, Pipopapo Patrol-kun) providing character designs. Kenji Konuta (Blood Lad, Library War) will oversee the show’s scripts.

Previously, Nakano and Konuta worked together on Aoharu x Machinegun and SerVamp.

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Cho Hakkai: Akira Ishida
  • Sha Gojyo: Hiroaki Hirata
  • Son Goku: Souichiro Hoshi
  • Genjo Sanzo: Toshihiko Seki
  • Dokugakuji: Jin Yamanoi
  • Crown Prince Nataku: Kaho Kouda
  • Merciful Goddess: Rei Igarashi
  • Kōgaiji: Takeshi Kusao
  • Taruchie: Chiwa Saito
  • Saitaisai: Junichi Suwabe

Kazuya Minekura’s Saiyuki Reload Blast began publication in Ichijinsha’s Comic Zero-Sum magazine in 2009. The series has been serialized irregularly since 2013 due to Minekura’s declining health.

The original Saiyuki manga spawned a 1999 OVA and 2000 TV series, along with a sequel film, Saiyuki Requiem: A Requiem for The One Not Chosen, and OVA series Saiyuki: A Sin of Hope. TV series Saiyuki Reload aired in Fall 2003, while Saiyuki ReLoad GunLock hit Japanese TV in Spring 2004.

Most recently, OVA series Saiyuki Gaiden hit Japanese stores in 2011.

Two promo videos for Saiyuki Reload Blast were released to promote the series. You can check these out below:

Source: Animate Times

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Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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