Alakazam the Great (1960)

Original title

西遊記

Directed by

Osamu Tezuka

Genre

anime, fantasy film, fantasy, fantasy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A monkey king goes on a journey to the west with a group of animal companions. They face magical challenges and demons along the way.

whimsicalmusicaladventurousplayfulfantasticalretrolightheartedmythic

What happens

Alakazam the Great, known in Japan as Saiyūki (西遊記; lit. "Journey to the West"), is a 1960 Japanese anime musical film, heavily based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. It was one of the earliest anime films to be released in the United States. Osamu Tezuka was named as a director of the film by Toei Company, but Tezuka later stated that the only time he was in the studio was to pose for publicity photos. His involvement in promoting the film, however, led to his interest in animation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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