New Saiyuki Anime Confirmed

Following several weeks of speculation and rumor, Gensomaden Saiyuki manga creator Kazuya Minekura formally confirmed at this past weekend’s Saiyuki Festa’09 -Saiyuki Series Dai-Genga-Ten- promotional event that her Saiyuki Gaiden manga will be adapted into an anime OVA format. The Saiyuki Gaiden manga, which relays Goku’s origin, 500 years before the events of Gensomaden Saiyuki, was serialized periodically from 1999 until ending this past June.

Source: Anime News Network