Underplayed Gems

Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King (2000)

Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King poster
Original title
西游记
Genre
animation
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
1 season, 26 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This animated series follows the Monkey King on his epic journey based on the classic Chinese novel. He battles demons and goes on adventures with his companions.

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What happens

Journey to the West: Legends of the Monkey King is a 1999 animated series produced by China Central Television and the Quebec-based CINAR Corporation. It is based on the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. There are 26 episodes (52 segments) in total, with a duration of about 22 minutes each (11 minutes per segment), along with a 75-minute prequel television film. In the original 1999 Chinese edition of the series, there are instead 52 episodes with each segment being extended to a full, half-hour episode with added animation and dialogue, and the prequels making up episodes 1–7. The English-language version of the show was produced by Cinar (now WildBrain, previously Cookie Jar Group and then DHX Media). It first aired on Teletoon in Canada in 2000, and was later aired on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV in the U.S. from 2009 to 2010. In Indonesia, it was broadcast by Indosiar in 1999 to 2000 every Monday morning. The production began in 1992. It has since been regarded as a classic of Chinese animation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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