Monkey - Season 1 (1978)

Monkey - Season 1
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Medium level violence, adult themes

Director: Yusuke Watanabe
Actors: Masaaki Sakai, Shirô Kishibe, Masako Natsume, Toshiyuki Nishida, Mieko Takamine, Tonpei Hidari, Shunji Fujimura

The complete Monkey collection! Includes all 52 episodes. Primal chaos ruled the worlds before Monkey. Monkey was born of time, of Heaven and Earth, sun and moon, out of a stone egg. He was irrepressible! The place was like ancient China and the time might have been a thousand years ago. They fought - and they thought - then, as now. Holy Tripitaka prayed. One disciple, Sandy, is a fish-spirit. Pigsy, expelled from Heaven for greed, is a spirit of a pig. He is changing. Everything changes. There is a horse, once a dragon, now evolving into human form. Monkey, Horse, Sandy, Pigsy and Tripitaka are all upon a journey as long as life.

DVD Boxset
Status: LongWait
Run time: 130mins
Origin: JAPAN
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Member Reviews (10)

10 Member Reviews
mrtrik
says
im 40 years old and i still remember when iwas watching monkey magic back in the late 70,s early 80,s i loved it then and wstching it now is just as enjoyable.
Posted Thursday, 23 February 2012 See my other reviews
M. Wright
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Oh, Monkey! this is a classic show that has become a cult classic, I grew up on this, whats amazing is all the little adult jokes that go right over kids heads but teens( like when I was when this used to be on tv)will get them, a few shocking Japanese sex jokes & themes, like Pigsy with his greed not only for food but his greed for lust(women) even Monkey will sometimes chase the ladies(when drunk!) Pigsy would always say " Oohh monkey, I smell a woman!" but this grown up humour will go by without the kids even noticing, It's a shame they never made any movie versions or a new series based years later as this show was a huge hit around the world. every episode has a moral lesson to learn thru Buddhist philosophy like Tom C said in his review, It takes you to another world.
Posted Friday, 19 August 2011 See my other reviews
Chris G.
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I never saw this as a kid and this show is pretty bad. So bad it's actually good,, or if nothing else it is funny. You have to enjoy bad special effects, bad fight scenes and bad dubbing to enjoy this show.
Posted Wednesday, 6 May 2009 See my other reviews
Tom C.
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An entertaining journey through Buddhist philosophy.
Posted Tuesday, 19 August 2008 See my other reviews
Adrian H.
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I watched monkey as a kid and now my boy can watch it Truely a cult classic
Posted Thursday, 1 March 2007 See my other reviews
Adrian H.
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I watched Monkey as a kid now my boy is
Posted Tuesday, 27 February 2007 See my other reviews
John O.
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The first 3 eps are a little slow for younger kids (the rest are more "typical", I know) but still brimming with humour and (cheap but effective) action and set-ups.
Posted Wednesday, 21 September 2005 See my other reviews
Linda Craig
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A great start to this classic TV series.
Posted Saturday, 29 January 2005 See my other reviews
Jeremy Heathcote
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Posted Tuesday, 23 November 2004 See my other reviews
ross
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monkey was one of the great tv show i grow up watching. i think it's still cool today.