2pints-mate 0 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Anyone seen that tv series that in English was called "Monkey". Very silly, but fun. It is like a cult program now in English, I'm wondering what the Japanese original is like. Do they still show it? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 That was on the TV when I was a kid I think, if its the same one I'm thinking about, but I thought it was Chinese??!! Monkey Magic or something like that Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 i remember it as monkey magic. i just looked it up and apparently it is actually japanese. quality show when i was a kid after school Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Thats a surprise, I thought it was Chinese. Mind you back then I didn't really make any distinction between the 2 and I guess its always just stuck in my brain that it was Chinese!! I remember me and my brother having monkey magic fights, flinging ourselves off of the sofa and kicking each other in the chest!! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 You talking about Journey to the West (西遊記)? There was a Japanese series made in Japan by Japanese about this epic Chinese story. The dubbing into English and aired in the western world will forever live in the collective western psyche. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Is it the one with the theme tune Monkey Magic. Wasn't one of the characters "tripitaka"? tripitake?? Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Damn you all! Now I got that stupid theme song stuck in my head! Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Fantasmalistic program. I always thought it was Chinese as well when I was a kid. Never seen it on Japanese tv here, I want reruns!! Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 And what a song. LIVE! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I never saw that! Sounds wild though. Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 One of my grandfather was in that series! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Watched it all the time! When we were in China end of last year a chinese version of the same was on TV - it was not a patch on the Japanese version! But yes, a Chinese story - that would be where the confusion lay for ya boys! Loved the "Monkey Magic" song and also the closing song from some of the later episodes ..it started off .."a long time ago..."...LOVED it! Link to post Share on other sites
AdRiAnO 0 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 What part did he play akibun? Link to post Share on other sites
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