A buddhist monk enlists the help of a magical monkey on a flying skateboard, a pig with a bazooka, and some creature out of a Ralph Bakshi movie to put some Buddhist stickers on "monsters" and send them back to their maker. All of this happens on a post-apocalyptic earth where mideval Korean villages seem to exist seamlessly alongside modern society.
In other words, it's insane. What more can I say.
The show is brimming with imagination, action, and humour. It stands alongside the best of US and Japanese productions (at least if you compare it to the best before the 90's although quality really shot up in that decade).
It has its weak points. The character development is a little quick and sloppy and it suffers from superman syndrome where the main character is so powerful as to se invincible, which ends up making it boring to know how things are going to end every time.
It's good overall, but I'm not surprised it never made it out of Korea. Although it certainly is quality and very entertaining, its aesthetic might have been a little too Asian to warrant distribution companies wanting to take a risk on it. Just look at the symbol on the monk's crown, for example.
Honourable Mentions: Fist of the North Star. The post apocalyptic world is very reminiscent of that in Fist of the North Star. Except this ones a bit more of a hodgepodge since many of the places they visit are actually in a pristine pre apocalyptic state. The tone is completely different though. Fist if the North Star was a somber affair and this one is heavy on the humour and silliness.
In other words, it's insane. What more can I say.
The show is brimming with imagination, action, and humour. It stands alongside the best of US and Japanese productions (at least if you compare it to the best before the 90's although quality really shot up in that decade).
It has its weak points. The character development is a little quick and sloppy and it suffers from superman syndrome where the main character is so powerful as to se invincible, which ends up making it boring to know how things are going to end every time.
It's good overall, but I'm not surprised it never made it out of Korea. Although it certainly is quality and very entertaining, its aesthetic might have been a little too Asian to warrant distribution companies wanting to take a risk on it. Just look at the symbol on the monk's crown, for example.
Honourable Mentions: Fist of the North Star. The post apocalyptic world is very reminiscent of that in Fist of the North Star. Except this ones a bit more of a hodgepodge since many of the places they visit are actually in a pristine pre apocalyptic state. The tone is completely different though. Fist if the North Star was a somber affair and this one is heavy on the humour and silliness.
