An adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.An adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.An adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.
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- TriviaOriginally transmitted in Japan as two series of 26 episodes, this was changed to three series of 13 episodes when transmitted in the UK. The final 13 episodes (the second half of series 2) were never translated into English, until Fabulours Films translated them for DVD release in 2002.
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[opening narration]
Narrator: In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order, but the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four worlds formed again and yet again, as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of Heaven, the moisture of the Earth, the powers of the Sun and the Moon all worked upon a certain rock old as creation, and it magically became fertile. That first egg was named Thought. Tatagatha Buddha, the father Buddha said "With our thoughts, we make the world." Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch. From it then came a stone monkey... The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!
- ConnectionsReferenced in Lupin the 3rd: Lupin's Big Saiyuuki (1979)
- SoundtracksThe Birth of the Odyssey - Monkey Magic
Written by Mickie Yoshino, Yoko Narahashi and Yukihide Takekawa
Performed by Godiego
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- Jun 7, 2000
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