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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Saiyuki_1978_Title_Card.png) &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Monkey_Title_Card.png) Top: The Japanese title card for Monkey, reading Journey to the West Bottom: The title card used in the English-language dub | |
| Also known as | Monkey(UK) |
| 西遊記 Saiyūki | |
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| Created by | Wu Cheng'en |
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| Voices of | UK dub: |
| Theme music composer | Mickie Yoshino |
| Opening theme | "Monkey Magic" by Godiego |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52[1] (list of episodes) |
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| Network | Nippon TV |
| Release | 2 October 1978 – 4 May 1980 |
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Saiyūki (西遊記, lit. 'Account of the Journey to the West'), (titled Monkey in English, but often referred to as Monkey Magic due to the lyrics of its title music), is a Japanese television drama based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en.[2] Filmed in Northwest China and Inner Mongolia, the show was produced by Nippon TV and International Television Films and broadcast from 1978 to 1980 on Nippon TV.[3]
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- ^ "Monkey (Magic) explained: Ahead of the reboot, find out why '80s kids were so obsessed". Abc.net.au. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Flanagan, Damian (31 January 2018). "1970s Japanese TV series 'Monkey' had a magic that has never been matched". The Japan Times. Retrieved 19 April 2022.