Monkey (1978–1979)
"Saiyûki" (original title)

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Monkey is the story by Wu Ch'êng-ên based on the ancient Chinese legend tracing the origins of Buddhism. It follows the adventures of Tripitaka and disciples Pigsy, Sandy and of course ... See full summary »

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1979 | 1978 | unknown

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Dankichi Kuruma
(25 episodes, 1979)
Masaaki Sakai ...
 Sun Wu-Kong (Monkey) (15 episodes, 1978-1979)
Shirô Kishibe ...
 Sha Wu-Jing (Sandy) (15 episodes, 1978-1979)
Masako Natsume ...
 Xuanzang Sanzang (Tripitaka) (15 episodes, 1978-1979)
Peter Woodthorpe ...
 Pigsy (14 episodes, 1978-1979)
Toshiyuki Nishida ...
 Zhu Ba-Jie (Pigsy season 1) (13 episodes, 1978)
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Monkey is the story by Wu Ch'êng-ên based on the ancient Chinese legend tracing the origins of Buddhism. It follows the adventures of Tripitaka and disciples Pigsy, Sandy and of course Monkey, on their journey from China to India to fetch the large vehicle holy scriptures which will save the world. Written by Matt Sephton <u5ms@csc.liv.ac.uk>

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1 October 1978 (Japan)  »

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Made with an ensemble cast and on low budget. Sets are clearly recycled from episode to episode, and the supporting cast can be the King one episode, a demon the next, and a gambler in the one after that. See more »

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Monkey: [after finding out that Buddha was female] I always thought Buddha was a fella!
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Version of The Magic Land of Alakazam (1960) See more »

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Monkey is Magic!
6 August 2003 | by (London, England) – See all my reviews

Warning - once you hear the theme tune to this show, you'll never totally get it out of your head!

Monkey Magic is probably the craziest and most enjoyable TV series of the 1970s and I have very fond memories of watching it as a small child, growing up. Recently, the videos became available and I bought one just to see if it was as fun as I remember - and it is!!

Monkey Magic rules!


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