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Kongo organizes a special team of monkey commandos to intercept the Celestial Heavens' warships. Capturing one of the ships, Kongo begins his attack upon the fleet.In the Celestial Heavens, the Prime Minister proposes an idea: "Appease Kongo by giving him a job in the Celestial Heavens!"
The series was distributed in the United States by Sachs Family Entertainment [1] and aired there in syndication from September 19 [2] to December 12, 1998, with reruns lasting until September 26, 1999. [3] Bandai Entertainment released Monkey Magic on VHS [4] and DVD [5] in the United States in mid-1999. [6]
Monkey Typhoon is a manga and anime series based on the Journey to the West saga, following a futuristic steampunk-retelling of the legend. Osomatsu-kun was a 1988 Japanese anime. Episode 64 and 65, are based on Journey to the West. Saint is a Hong Kong manhua created by Khoo Fuk-lung and loosely based on Journey to the West.
Monkey (孫悟空, Son Gokū), the title character, is described in the theme song as being "born from an egg on a mountain top", a stone egg, and thus he is a stone monkey, a skilled fighter who becomes a brash king of a monkey tribe, who, the song goes on to claim, was "the punkiest monkey that ever popped". [4]
While the series started off with viewership nearly reaching 30%, its rating gradually sank, barely making it at 20% at one point; the last episode finished off with 24.7%. Rather than producing a second season, Fuji TV and Toho produced a feature film version of Saiyūki , [ 1 ] that was released in Japan on July 14, 2007.
Monkey or Saiyūki (1978–1980), a live-action Japanese television series "Monkey Magic" (song), the show's theme song; Monkey Magic, a 1984 Commodore 64 game based on the television series; Monkey Magic, a 1979 arcade game released by Nintendo; Monkey Magic, a manga by Hakase Mizuki; Monkey Magic (British TV series), a magic TV show
A manga adaptation illustrated by Rio Akisaki began serialization on TO Books' Nico Nico Seiga-based manga service Comic Corona on February 3, 2020. [18] The manga's chapters have been compiled into nine tankōbon volumes as of January 2025. [19] The manga adaptation is also licensed in North America by J-Novel Club. [20]
"Monkey Magic" (モンキー・マジック, Monkī Majikku) is a song by Japanese rock band Godiego, serving as their 8th single. It is internationally known as the opening theme for the 1978 television series Saiyūki , known in the west as Monkey. The song peaked at #2 on the Oricon Charts and #4 on The Best Ten.