The Monkey, Monk, and Monsters go west (2010) 西游记
Director: Gong Bins
Screenwriter: Huang Weijian / Shao Haowen / Zheng Zhongtai
Genre: Animation / Fantasy / Adventure
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Number of episodes: 104
Single episode length: 20 minutes
Also known as: Journey to the West
Adaptation: Reimagining
Summary:
The production cost of a single episode exceeds one million, making it a domestic animation blockbuster. At the Cannes TV Festival in France, it set a new record for an Asian cartoon with an episode price of US$100,000, successfully entering the mainstream European and American markets.
It won the gold medal at the South African International Film Festival, becoming the first Asian animation work to win an award at this festival. The whole play is humorous and full of imagination.
Theme song: “AOAEO Departure” Singer: Li Yuchun
Journey to the West (more distinguishably referred to as: Monkey, Monk, and the Monsters Go West) is Chinese animated adaptation of the famous novel of the same name, which ran from June 2010 to 2015 with a total of 52 episodes by Jiangsu Ciwen Ziguang Digital TV Co., Ltd. This particular adaptation is rather parodic in nature, and borrows many design and animation influences from Japanese anime in an attempt to better appeal to children.
