New Saiyuki OVA Series Confirmed

Saiyuki manga author Kazuya Minekura confirmed at this past weekend’s Saiyuki Festa’09 -Saiyuki Series Dai-Genga-Ten- promotional event that the Saiyuki Gaiden manga will be adapted as an anime OVA series.

The Saiyuki Gaiden manga relays Goku’s origin 500 years before the events of  Saiyuki and was serialized periodically from 1999 until ending in June in Japan.