The Flying Superboard (1990) 날아라 슈퍼보드
Producers: KBS
Genre: Animation
Country/Region of Manufacture: South Korea
Language: Korean
Date: 1990-08-21 (Korea)
Episodes: 36
Single episode length: 22 minutes
Also known as: New Journey to the West / Fantasy Journey to the West / 21st Century Monkey King / Variety Monkey King / 新编西游记 / 幻想西游记 / 二十一世纪孙悟空 ／ 百变孙悟空
IMDb: tt4938396
Adaptation: Alternative Universe
Summary:
As a punishment for causing havoc in Heaven, Sonogong is locked in a huge iron mass for 500 years until Samjang Bupsa, an old priest embarking on a mission to rid the world of evil and spread peace throughout the land, rescues him. Sonogong becomes Samjang’s disciple. He meets Saojung who enviously eyes Sonogong’s amazing Superboard, and a brute swine oil seller Jopalgye. After several twists and turns, they join on Samjang’s journey. Wherever they go, they meet overwhelming enemies and get into trouble. But they don’t get frustrated and find ingenious way to defeat monsters.
This Korean Journey to the West can be said to be a modern version of Journey to the West. Tang Seng drives a small car, Somersault Cloud turns into a super skateboard, Wukong wields a nunchuck, and Bajie uses a hot weapon bazooka. These innovative designs make it hard for those who have seen it to forget. Remember the plot, but forget the name. The name of the animation is “Monkey King”. “Journey to the West” is the friend of every child born in the 80s. From childhood to adulthood, how many versions of Journey to the West have we seen, I guess you can’t remember.
“The Ever-changing Monkey King”, also known as “New Journey to the West”. This Korean animation is quite innovative. It is still the story of Tang Monk’s master and apprentice, but it is no longer about going to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. Tang Seng’s task is to eliminate evil in the world and seal all kinds of monsters. In addition to the changes in the plot, great changes have also been made in the character settings. Wukong: The Wukong we are familiar with wears a tight hoop on his head, holds a golden cudgel, and steps on somersaulting clouds. In “Variety Changes”, the tight hoop turns into a helmet, and the chanting of the tight hoop spell turns into a wooden fish. The golden cudgel became a nunchuck (still very heavy), and the somersault cloud became a skateboard. Wearing hand and knee pads on his hands and feet, Wukong is like a hip-hop boy playing a skateboard.
Bajie: Bajie’s back was changed into a fiery pig holding a rocket launcher and driving a motorcycle. Wujing: Wujing is not hearing very well (his ears grow under the skin), and he wants to steal Wukong’s super skateboard. Use a small hammer, when fighting, shout one, two, three, four, hit with the hammer, and then it will explode. The dubbing of Wujing is very interesting, it is Stephen Chow’s queen dubbing Shi Banyu.
Many people call “Monkey King” a toothbrush version of Journey to the West, because Monkey will recite a spell when he transforms, and he will change every time he changes. Later, for some reason, Wukong lost his memory and did not remember how the seventy-six changes. They gave him a toothbrush, and as soon as Wukong brushed his teeth, he chanted a spell and transformed, to be funny. Speaking of transformation, the animation has a very spoof of personal transformation. That person has 6 nose hairs (the extra-long ones), and if you pull out one nose hair, you can change it once, and you can change it 6 times in total.
Source: https://myanimelist.net/anime/32136/Narara_Superboard
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