The New Legends of Monkey

The New Legends of Monkey
Genre
Based onJourney to the West
by Wu Cheng'en
Written by
Directed byGerard Johnstone
Starring
ComposerPeter van der Fluit
Country of origin
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
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Production
Producers
  • Rachael Gardner
  • Robin Scholes
Cinematography
  • D.J. Stipsen
  • Dave Garbett
Editors
Running time24 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release28 January 2018 (2018-01-28) –
7 August 2020 (2020-08-07)
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The New Legends of Monkey is a fantasy adventure television series inspired by Monkey, a Japanese production from the 1970s and 1980s which garnered a cult following in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and South Africa. The Japanese production was based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West.[2] This new series is an international co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, New Zealand's TVNZ and Netflix.

The first season, consisting of ten episodes, premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Me television channel in Australia on 28 January 2018, and later debuted outside Australia and New Zealand on Netflix on 28 April. A second season, also ten episodes, was released on Netflix on August 7, 2020.[3]

  1. ^ "Watch the New Legends of Monkey | Episodes | TVNZ OnDemand". Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ Lodderhouse, Diana (20 April 2017). "See-Saw & Jump Team On 'Legend Of The Monkey' For ABC Australia, Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. ^ "'The New Legends of Monkey' Season 2 Coming to Netflix in August 2020 - What's on Netflix". 10 July 2020. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.