Journey To The West Anime Series
Cctv released the entire series online on youtube and in addition has an edited ve.
Journey to the west anime series. Xi you ji is a 1999 chinese animated series which was broadcast on cctv. The series became an instant classic in china and was praised for being one of the most original and faithful interpretations. Saiyuki 最遊記 saiyūki is a manga series by kazuya minekura which was serialized in g fantasy from 1997 to 2002. Journey to the west anime these anime are directly or loosely based on the journey to the west novel by wu cheng en.
The english language version of the show was produced by cinar. The series was first broadcast on cctv in china on 1 october 1986. The main plot structure is the same in that goku wrecks havoc in heaven gets saved by sanzo hoshi and they go on a journey to fetch the scriptures picking up hakkai and gojyo along the way. The four protagonists from left to right.
It was followed by a 1998 sequel journey to the west ii starring benny chan as sun wukong. It spawned multiple manga sequels anime adaptations video games and other media. The whole series was later released on a 26 disc vcd set. See all anime tags.
There are 26 episodes in total with a duration of about 22 minutes each along with a 75 minute prequel television film. Journey to the west legends of the monkey king is a 2000 chinese canadian animated series produced by china central television and cinar. Boku no son goku my son goku was a manga created by the famous osamu tezuka known as the father of anime based on journey to the west. It is based on the 16th century novel journey to the west.
Journey to the west 西遊記 xīyóujì in mandarin chinese and saiyūki in japanese is a 16th century chinese legend and one of the four great classical novels of chinese literature which dragon ball is loosely based upon. Journey to the west a 1996 hong kong television series produced by tvb starring dicky cheung as sun wukong. Journey to the west which melds xuanzang s historical travel westwards towards india with elements of chinese myth and folklore is attributed to the writer wu cheng en. Journey to the west is a chinese television series adapted from the classic 16th century novel of the same title.
It first aired on teletoon in canada in 2000 and was later aired on the cookie jar toons block on this tv in. Unadapted portions of the original story were later covered in the second season which was released in 1999.