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Stam Fine Reviews Monkey (Saiyuki), also known by some people as ‘Monkey Magic.’ A late 70’s live-action Japanese take on a Chinese story about a trip to India dubbed into English and shown as a kid’s show in the UK, Europe and Australia (among other places).
Monkey recounts the adventure of the Monkey King as he and fellow pilgrims- Tripitaka, Pigsy, and Sandy- travel to India to fetch some holy scriptures. Lots of hijinks, and martial arts action ensues as they encounter monsters and demons along the way.
Journey to the West is a story that’s been adapted many times, but for some people of a certain age and in certain counties, etc, this late 70’s Japanese live-action series was one that all others are measured by. “Yeah, but it’s no Monkey Magic.”
As mentioned in the video, here’s an archival clip looking out at another series- The Water Margin- as it was dubbed into English by a lot of the same people who would later work on Monkey using the same methodology.
https://youtu.be/L0EZLlRrgeg
0:00 Introduction
0:42 Monkey Magic
3:23 Tripitaka
3:46 Sandy
4:18 Pigsy
4:55 Monkey
7:26 Yu Lung/ Dragon/ The Horse
9:26 Episodes
13:05 Journey to the West
14:00 Saiyuki
15:35 English Version
16:04 The “Missing” Episodes
18:04 English Version Voice Cast
19:39 Music by Godiego
21:06 Enduring Popularity
23:00 Summary
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Watched reviews of Monkey before but this is Fantastic! as a kid in the UK going into Primary school the next morning in the playground the chat was…. Did you watch Monkey last night? being Monkey and summoning the cloud, Tripitakkaaaaa, Piiigssyyyyy etc running around having fun… it was one of the best shows at that age for sure! Theme tune pops in my head often and has never left me, high quality Japanese Tv and well worth its worldwide release… " Born from an egg on a mountain top…" ;O)
Classic!!👍🏻👍🏽👍
Loved watching this growing up.
Very entertaining, thanks.
Always funny, when the whole body changes but the voice stays the same, what doesn't even make sense, since the sound of the voice comes from the body. So they change everything but not their throat?
My parents and my sister used to watch it late at night in the early 90s on ITV along with Prisoner Cell Block H. There was remake of Monkey on Netflix which was pretty good.
Born in 76, watched this growing up. Refer to it at least once a week! Love it. 🙌🏼🇦🇺👊🏻
I loved this show pigzy and monkey so funny all the fights magic and demons.
This TV show was brilliant, loved it as a kid…….
Here qo auasie wanker tryimg to be a rooo
Finally I’ve been waiting for this one since you started your channel 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
This is the best adaptation I've ever seen of "Journey to the west".You can't beat Masaaki Sakai's performance as Sun Wukong the monkey king, He's the best in my opinion😂🤣
9:23 Yo, Zhu Bajie: what the hell, pig man? xD
Wiki says:
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". He achieved a little enlightenment, and proclaimed himself "Great Sage, Equal of Heaven". After demanding the "gift" of a magical staff from a powerful dragon king, and to quiet the din of his rough antics on Earth, Monkey is approached by Heaven to join their host, first in the lowly position of Master of the Stable (manure disposal), and then—after his riotous complaints—as "Keeper of the Peach Garden of Immortality".
Monkey eats many of the peaches, which have taken millennia to ripen, becomes immortal and runs amok. Having earned the ire of Heaven and being beaten in a challenge by an omniscient, mighty, but benevolent, cloud-dwelling Buddha (釈迦如来, Shakanyorai), Monkey is imprisoned for 500 years under a mountain in order to learn patience.
Eventually, Monkey is released by the monk Tripitaka (三蔵法師, Sanzōhōshi), who has been tasked by the Boddhisatva Guanyin (観世音菩薩, Kanzeon Bosatsu) to undertake a pilgrimage from China to India to fetch holy scriptures (implied to be the region of Gandhāra in the song over the closing credits). The pair soon recruit two former members of the Heavenly Host who were cast out and turned from angels to "monsters" as a result of Monkey's transgressions: Sandy (沙悟浄, Sa Gojō), the water monster and ex-cannibal, expelled from Heaven after his interference caused Heaven's Jade Emperor's (天帝, Tentei, Shangdi) precious jade cup to be broken (his birthname is also later revealed to be Shao Chin, having been abducted as a child, but meets his long-lost father, in "The Beginning of Wisdom"), and Pigsy (猪八戒, Cho Hakkai), a pig monster consumed with lust and gluttony, who was expelled from Heaven after harassing the Star Princess Vega—the Jade Emperor's mistress—for a kiss.
'Monkey' was a must watch, prime time TV. Loved it and we all would discuss, at school the next day.
There was a C64 Monkey game, I don't think it was any good though.
I met this lovely Asian lady I blew on finger see had a beautiful smile 😊 your talking about monkey I said yes he's summoned his flying carpet still love monkey for ever🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wukong
"There they go." hehe
Here in U.K, my older brothers loved & watched this show in the 70s. But I caught it when it was re-ran on Sky TV 📡 in 1990. You should’ve seen their reaction – They squealed with delight when they saw it again for the first time in years.
These videos always make me sad as I always wonder what happened to the beautiful actress Masako Natsume that played Tripitaka, only to be reminded that she died at the tragically young age of 27 to leukaemia.
😢😢😢😢😢
This looks like fun. I'll have to see if I can find it.
Shit I remember this😂