Saiyuki Gaiden (2011)
| First Air Date: | 2011, March 25 |
| Last Air Date: | 2013, April 26 |
| Status: | Ended |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 4 |
| Episode Runtime: | 30 min |
| Countries: | Japan |
| Production: | dentsu, Frontier Works, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Pierrot, Anpro |
| Cast: | Akira Ishida, Toshihiko Seki, Hiroki Touchi, Soichiro Hoshi, Hiroaki Hirata, Minoru Inaba, Kaho Kouda, Rei Igarashi, Takao Ishii |
Overview:
500 years before Saiyuki, a heretic child with golden eyes is brought to Heaven and given into the reluctant care of a minor deity, Konzen, nephew of the Merciful Goddess, Kanzeon Bosatsu. Konzen eventually names him "Goku". Goku befriends two other minor gods, Marshal Tenpou and General Kenren of the Western Army of Heaven, and a boy who seems to be his age, the War Prince Nataku. Though Goku is happy in his new home, Heaven is not kind to heretics.