Saiyuki
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[edit] Introduction
A manga series created by Minekura Kazuya. It is a retelling of the Journey to the West story, with a twist. The series follows the journey of the priest Genjyo Sanzo, the heretic Son Goku, Sha Gojyo and Cho Hakkai, as they journey to India to stop the resurrection of the demon king, Gyuumao.
Saiyuki is still going on at this time, and is presently in Saiyuki Reload.
There have been several drama CDS, a movie (Saiyuki Requiem), and three anime series (Saiyuki, Saiyuki Reload, Saiyuki Reload Gunlock) made for this series. The first anime series, Saiyuki, was licensed for North American distribution by ADV Films, along with the movie. The two Reload series were licensed by Geneon.
[edit] Canon
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[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
Numbers have been associated to the characters by the fans, thanks to japanese prununciation. Thus :
- 3 stands for Sanzo, since 3 = San in japanese (same kanji)
- 8 stands for Hakkai, since Hakkai sounds like Hachi = 8 in japanese; moreover Hakkai means "8 times" (it is written differently however, 八回 = 8 times "Hakkai"), one episode even mocks it ("how many times did Goku say "Hakkai"? -... Hakkai -"8 times")
- 5 stands for Gojyo, since 5 = Go in japanese
- 9 stands for Goku, since 9 = Ku in japanese.
These are often used to refer to pairs in fanfiction, 58 and 39 being the most frequent.
[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 1975
[edit] 2001
[edit] 2002
- On March 6, 2002, a Saiyuki web ring was created. [3]
- On July 17, 2002, the Minekura Kazuya LiveJournal short fan fiction community saiyuki was created. [4]
[edit] 2003
- On September 21, 2003, the Saiyuki Reloaded LiveJournal community saiyuki_reload was created. [5]
[edit] 2004
- On February 3, 2004, the LiveJournal community saiyukiwriters was created. [6]
- On February 6, 2004, the LiveJournal community saiyukiyaoi was created. [7]
- On May 12, 2004, the general LiveJournal community saiyuki_ikkou was created. [8]
- On August 7, 2004, the icon LiveJournal community saiyuki_icons was created. [9]
- On October 12, 2004, the icon contest LiveJournal community saiyuki_awards was created. [10]
- On October 26, 2004, the LiveJournal drabble community 100_roadtrips was created. [11]
[edit] 2005
- On February 6, 2005, the LiveJournal community saiyuki_dub was created. [12]
- On June 14, 2005, the smut fan fiction LiveJournal community saiyuki_smut was created. [13]
- On June 29, 2005, the LiveJournal community 1000_miles_west was created. [14]
- On July 27, 2005, an article about Minekura Kazuya was created on Wikipedia. [15]
- On September 5, 2005, the LiveJournal community saiyuki_gaiden was created. [16]
[edit] 2006
- On March 26, 2006, the LiveJournal community ask_the_ikkou was created. [17]
- On August 5, 2006, the fansite f a t e d {a Saiyuki fansite} was last updated. [18]
[edit] 2007
- On January 1, 2007, Saiyuki Yaoi Archive Minus Wave was opened. [19]
- In February, 2007, the bebo group songokuSAIYUKI was created. [20]
- On February 18, 2007, the LiveJournal community saiyuki_ratings was created. [21]
- On May 4, 2007, Saiyuki Extreme- Chapter 1 by saiyuki-lover became the first Saiyuki story published on FanLib. [22][23]
- On October 19, 2007, the LiveJournal community minekura_101 was created. [24]
[edit] 2008
- On February 20, 2008, the LiveJournal community saiyuki_manga was created. [25]
- On March 2, 2008, the doujinshi LiveJournal community saiyuki_doujin was created. [26]
- On March 13, 2008, the LiveJournal community saiyuki_time was created. [27]
- On March 21, 2008, a few Saiyuki LiveJournal communities like saiyuki_gaiden took part in a LiveJournal content strike. [28][29][30]
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] Influential fanworks
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[edit] Fandom members
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See also Category:Saiyuki fans.
[edit] National communities
There are a number of national communities in the Saiyuki fandom. They largely exist because of language and geography issues. Below are partial histories of some non-English speaking national communities.
[edit] France
On April 11, 2002, Liens de sang by Kirin1 became the first French language Saiyuki published on FanFiction.Net. [31][32]
On September 10, 2006, a French language article about Minekura Kazuyawas created on Wikipedia. [33]
[edit] Germany
On February 10, 2005, Ein Regentag by Paresse became the first German language Saiyuki published on FanFiction.Net. [34][35]
[edit] Italy
On April 26, 2003, Il bonzo e il demone by Bombay became the first Italian language Saiyuki published on FanFiction.Net. [36][37]
On September 21, 2006, an Italian language article about Minekura Kazuyawas created on Wikipedia. [38]
[edit] Portugal
On June 8, 2007, O que esses doces olhos de youkai sao capazes by Natyo-kun became the first Portuguese language Saiyuki published on FanFiction.Net. [39][40]
[edit] Spain
On February 29, 2004, El búho de plata by Zekhen-angel became the first Spanish language Saiyuki published on FanFiction.Net. [41][42]
[edit] Fandom size
[edit] March 2008
As of March 25, 2008, there are 6,007 stories on FanFiction.Net [43] and 10 stories, 2 poems and 2 videos on FanLib. [44]
[edit] Misc
See also Saiyuki fan fiction community size.
[edit] External links
- Nitro - Minekura Kazuya's official site. (Japanese)
- Saiyuki: FanWorksFinder
- Saiyuki: FanLib
- Saiyuki: FanFiction.Net
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.
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