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When I first heard news of a new Journey to the West series, I was thrilled since I enjoyed the first two that TVB produced. But when I saw the poster hanging on the walls of the video store, I became skeptical. On the poster, it shows Dicky Cheung in a white costume with silver armor, Edmund Leung as the monk, and Eric Kot with Sam Lee as the other two disciples. Behind them was a plain cloud with Twins, Nicholas Tse, William So, Kristy Yeung, Sammi Cheng and other major Hong Kong stars. This reduced my high expectations for the serial.

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Though I had much hesitation at first, I decided to give this serial a chance to prove it's worth. A few weeks later, I regretted that decision.

Just to be clear, this review is not meant to be an in-depth analysis of the plot and characters (if there's even enough to search for depth) nor is it an episodic guide to the series. However, there are spoilers within so discontinue reading if you have not watched the serial.

For those who do not know, Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra is a Taiwan serial thats distributed by TVB. TVB is known for their reputation in creating really appealing serials and it's one of the bigger competitors in TV serial productions. So it was a wise choice to ask TVB to help distribute the serial in order to promote it.

This series had a budget of over a million dollars, making it the most expensive produced. With a million dollars, TVB would kill the ratings if they used it on a series. Heck, even ATV could! However, the Taiwan production company failed to make this series any good despite the great budget. Why, you ask? For one thing, most of the money was used on Asia's hottest superstars for cameo appearances, which brings up my first point as to why this series was such a disgrace.

This series was star-studded. The only other series in my mind that contained so many celebrities was Chor Lau Heung 2000 and that was a big flop. I can't understand why Taiwan keeps doing this. They always get big name stars to play cameo roles (Ekin Cheng, Dicky Cheung, Joey Meng, Kristy Yeung in Chor 2000) whereas any other no name actors could do the same and would have been much more cost and screen effective. Now many of you may ask, how can Nicholas Tse, Twins, William So, Sammi Cheng, and Andy Hui be a bad thing? They're so hot! Well that's the thing: looks are all they have. Over half of them have no acting experience and those who do, are mediocre (Twins in those mediocre teeny bopper movies). In addition, they're singers, not actors. That alone should already be logical enough to not hire them. Also if big name celebrities were to be cast, they should be given appropriate roles, William So does not strike me as the Dragon King of the Eastern Seas. Basically, all this money is wasted on stars whereas small name actors wouldve cost less and could've had the same if not better result.

Which brings me to my second point: the visual effects. They were just plain horrible. The spirits were in the form of colored balls of light. Any animal in the form of the demons were done by CGI; and even the final villain, the almighty, powerful and utmost evil Demon Lord was CGI. Most of the set was just a green screen and the stars (yes, I refuse to call them actors) just let the computer do all the work. And these poor effects were the result of low budget. But what happened to the million dollars, you ask? Well, I think hiring Nicholas Tse for the twenty minutes of screen time probably cost more than the effects combined. You get my point.

Another poor factor: costumes. Dicky's costume was a white jumpsuit with silver armor. The monk's costume was not much different in colour. Even his special toga is plain and not appealing to the eye. And there was one thing that really irritated me. The Monkey King's weapon, the Golden Baton; its not even gold, its silver. Half the time it's CGI and what's even more ridiculous is that it can transform into nunchucks. Although I must say, the costumes of the Gods were impressive.

Lastly, the plot and the pace of the story are disgusting. It took four tapes to explain the Monkey King's origin. Plus, those four tapes gave us a summary of La Ja's story from TVB's Gods of Honour. Some of the chapters moved so fast since it was practically a repeat of the chapters done in TVB's Journey to the West I and II. There's nothing interesting or refreshing about this series that keeps me wanting to watch. Some criticized that the Monkey King falling in love with the Purple Orchid is ridiculous since he's supposed to be hard on the subject of love. However, the way it's done here made it somewhat acceptable. The Moneky King is supposedly in his early stages of learning the ways of Buddha and the three hairs falling off of him before gaining enlightment justifies his love interest. Although the chemistry between Dicky and Charlene Choi is good, it's still not the same seeing the Monkey King all gushy. Remember Dicky's portrayal in JTTWI with Rain Lau???

The fight sequences were below average except for the fight in Heaven between Monkey King and La Ja. This was pure hand-to-hand combat, with very little magic used and no weapons. There were so many chances for great fight scenes that could've satisfied our questions regarding which God will prevail in a fight or which demon will take down which God etc. One such example was La Ja versus the Ox King but that fight was cut down to mere seconds showing next to nothing worth or fighting footage. Even the most interesting fight between Monkey King and the Yeung Jien, the Three Eye God consisted mostly of CGI.

The theme song was stupid for such a serial. Andy Lau and Dicky rapping to a mythical legend...enough said. The sub-theme was pretty good but not great. Mind you, I love that song and it's great for those who like easy listening but it's nothing special compared to other themes by artists such as Gallen Lo, Jacky Cheung, or William So.

And this pretty much summarizes the review. This serial was a disaster due to misuse of a large budget, horrible acting, mediocre CGI, unappealing costumes, slow plot that was repetitive, and some bad fight sequences.

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西遊記 Saiyūki
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)
Genre	Fantasy Shenmo Action Adventure Comedy
Created by	Wu Cheng'en
Written by	Motomu Furuta Hiroichi Fuse Hirokazu Fuse James Miki Moto Nagai Yooichi Onaka Mamoru Sasaki Eizaburo Shiba Yu Tagami Kei Tasaka Mutsuo Yamashita
Directed by	Toshi Aoki Jun Fukuda Kazuo Ikehiro Yusuke Watanabe Daisuke Yamazaki
Starring	Masaaki Sakai Masako Natsume Shiro Kishibe Toshiyuki Nishida Tonpei Hidari Shunji Fujimura
Voices of	UK dub: Burt Kwouk David Collings Maria Warburg Peter Woodthorpe Gareth Armstrong Miriam Margolyes Andrew Sachs
Theme music composer	Mickie Yoshino
Opening theme	'Monkey Magic' by Godiego
Ending theme	'Gandhara' by Godiego (s1) 'Holy and Bright' by Godiego (s2)
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Teisho Arikawa Tsuneo Hayakawa Yoji Katori Ken Kumagaya Kazuo Morikawa Tadahiro Nagatomi Muneo Yamada
Release
Original network	Nippon TV
Picture format	4:3
Original release	2 October 1978 – 4 May 1980

Saiyūki (西遊記, lit. 'Account of the Journey to the West'), also known by its English title Monkey, also commonly referred to as Monkey Magic (the show's title song), is a Japanese television drama based on the 16th century Chinese novel, Journey to the West, by Wu Cheng'en. Filmed in Northwest China and Inner Mongolia, the show was produced by Nippon TV and International Television Films in association with NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), and broadcast from 1978 to 1980 on Nippon TV.

Release[edit]

Two 26-episode seasons ran in Japan: the first season ran from October 1978 to April 1979, and the second one from November 1979 to May 1980, with screenwriters including Mamoru Sasaki, Isao Okishima, Tetsurō Abe, Kei Tasaka, James Miki, Motomu Furuta, Hiroichi Fuse, Yū Tagami, and Fumio Ishimori.

Saiyūki was dubbed into English from 1979, with dialogue written by David Weir. The dubbed version was broadcast under the name Monkey and broadcast in the United Kingdom by the British Broadcasting Corporation, in New Zealand by Television New Zealand and in Australia by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Only 39 of the original 52 episodes were originally dubbed and broadcast by the BBC: all 26 of series 1 and 13 of series 2. In 2004, the remaining 13 episodes were dubbed by Fabulous Films Ltd using the original voice acting cast, following a successful release of the English-dubbed series on VHS and DVD; later, these newly dubbed episodes were broadcast by Channel 4 in the UK.

A Spanish-dubbed version of Monkey aired in Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay and the Dominican Republic in the early 1980s. While the BBC-dubbed Monkey never received a broadcast in the United States, the original Japanese-language version, Saiyūki, was shown on local Japanese-language television stations in California and Hawaii in the early 1980s.

Plot summary[edit]

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'.^[1] He achieved a little enlightenment, and proclaimed himself 'Great Sage, Equal of Heaven'.^[2] 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 (観世音菩薩, Kanzeon Bosatsu) to undertake a pilgrimage from China to India to fetch holy scriptures. 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, 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. A dragon, Yu Lung (玉龍, Gyokuryū), who was set free by Guanyin after being sentenced to death, eats Tripitaka's horse. On discovering that the horse was tasked with carrying Tripitaka, it assumes the horse's shape to carry the monk on his journey. Later in the story he occasionally assumes human form to assist his new master, although he is still always referred to as 'Horse'. Monkey can also change form, for instance into a hornet. In Episode 3, The Great Journey Begins, Monkey transforms into a girl to trick Pigsy. Monkey's other magic powers include: summoning a cloud upon which he can fly; his use of the magic wishing staff which he can shrink and grow at will and from time to time, when shrunk, store in his ear, and which he uses as a weapon; and the ability to conjure monkey warriors by blowing on hairs plucked from his chest.

The pilgrims face many perils and antagonists both human, such as Emperor Taizong of Tang (太宗皇帝, Taisōkōtei) and supernatural. Monkey, Sandy, and Pigsy are often called upon to battle demons, monsters, and bandits, despite Tripitaka's constant call for peace. Many episodes also feature some moral lesson, usually based upon Buddhist and/or Taoist philosophies, which are elucidated by the narrator at the end of various scenes.

Soundtrack[edit]

The songs in the series were performed by the five-piece Japanese band Godiego. In Japan, the first series' ending theme 'Gandhara' (ガンダーラ, Gandāra), which was named after the ancient kingdom of Gandhara, was released by Columbia Music Entertainment on 1 October 1978, backed with 'Celebration'. This was followed by the release of the opening theme 'Monkey Magic' on 25 December 1978, with 'A Fool' on the B-side. Godiego also released the soundtrack album Magic Monkey on 25 October 1978, comprising all of the songs that the band had composed for the first series. The album became one of the group's highest charting releases, staying at #1 on the Oricon chart for a total of eight weeks from January through March 1979 (it was unseated for most of January by the Japanese release of Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture), and it was ultimately the #1 LP for 1979. For the second series, the ending theme of 'Gandhara' was replaced with 'Holy and Bright', which was released on 1 October 1979 (the two sides of the single featured a Japanese-language version on one side and an English-language version on the other).

In the UK, BBC Records released 'Gandhara' as a single in 1979 (RESL 66), with 'The Birth of the Odyssey' and 'Monkey Magic' on the B-side.^[3] The single reached #56 on the UK Singles Chart, eventually spending a total of seven weeks on the chart.^[4] A second BBC single was released in 1980 (RESL 81), this time featuring an edited version of 'Monkey Magic', along with 'Gandhara' and 'Thank You Baby', but this single failed to chart.^[5] The BBC releases of 'Gandhara' have one verse sung in Japanese and the other in English. BBC Records also released the Magic Monkey album under the simplified title of Monkey (REB 384) in 1980 but it failed to chart.

Masaaki Sakai, who plays Monkey in the series, also performed several of the songs for the series: 'SONGOKU', 'Ima de wa Oso Sugiru' (今では遅すぎる, 'It's Too Late'), 'Kono Michi no Hatemademo' (この道の果てまでも, 'To the End of the Road'), a Japanese version of Godiego's 'Thank You Baby', and '20 Oku Nen no Kurayami' (20億年の暗闇, 'Two Billion Years of Darkness').

Cult appeal[edit]

Monkey is considered a cult classic in countries where it has been shown, reaching as far as South America. Among the features that have contributed to its cult appeal are the theme song, the dubbed dialogue spoken in a variety of over-the-top 'oriental' accents, the reasonably good synchronization of dubbing to the actors' original dialogue, the memorable battles which were for many Western youngsters their first exposure to Asian-style fantasy action sequences, and the fact that the young priest Tripitaka was played by a woman, despite being male.

In 1981, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation debuted the BBC-dubbed Monkey at 6pm on week-nights. Since then, the show has been frequently repeated on the ABC, notably during the contemporary youth TV show Recovery which aired episodes of Monkey weekly from 1996-2000. When Recovery was put on hiatus, it was replaced with three hours of Monkey. The radio station Triple J often made references to Monkey and interviewed the original BBC voice actors on several occasions.

The British folk pop band Monkey Swallows the Universe took their name from an episode of Monkey.

In an episode of the cult Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, main character Tim Bisley mentions that as a child he wanted to be Monkey when he grew up.

Characters[edit]

Shunji Fujimura

Andrew Sachs

Bai Long Ma

Gyokuryū

Episode list[edit]

Series 1: 1978-79[edit]