Review of Zaiyuki (2023)

Moving picture, 9 minutes

Seen in 2025.

I’ve seen four episodes, which is all that had been released as of January 2025.

A talentless kappa boy, with the Greek letter kappa on his shirt, wins the lottery but falls in with a pair of ruthless treasure hunters.

A pet project by the comics artist Murata Yūsuke (One Punch Man), released online with limited animation and no sound at all. As the name implies, it’s a free adaptation of the 16th-century Journey to the West.

Japanese production animation fiction moving picture series