Monkey Magic

Genre

gods and demons fiction

Country

Japan

How it feels

A monkey born from a stone gains magical powers and sets off on a quest. He joins a monk and other companions to travel westward and retrieve sacred scriptures.

whimsicaladventurousfast-pacedlight-heartedfantasticalretroplayfulfolkloric

What happens

Monkey Magic (モンキーマジック, Monkī Majikku) is an animated television series produced by B-Factory and animated by Group TAC. The story is an adaptation of the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. To avoid religious implications, the Buddha was named "The Guardian". The series was distributed in the United States by Sachs Family Entertainment and aired there in syndication from September 19 to December 12, 1998, with reruns lasting until September 26, 1999. Bandai Entertainment released Monkey Magic on VHS and DVD in the United States in mid-1999. Additionally, the series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from December 31, 1999 to March 25, 2000. Sunsoft produced a PlayStation video game based on the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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