Monkey | |
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![]() ![]() 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 |
Ending theme |
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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]