Monkey (TV series)

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Monkey
	; 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)
	西遊記; Saiyūki
Genre	Action; Adventure; Comedy; Fantasy; Shenmo;
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; Yoshiyuki Kuroda;
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	Japanese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Teisho Arikawa; Tsuneo Hayakawa; Yoji Katori; Ken Kumagaya; Kazuo Morikawa; Tadahiro Nagatomi; Muneo Yamada;
Production companies	Nippon Television; International Television Films;
Original release
Network	NNS (NTV)
Release	2 October 1978 –; 4 May 1980

Saiyūki (西遊記; lit. 'Account of the Journey to the West'), (titled Monkey in English, but often referred to as Monkey Magic due to the lyrics of its title music), 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 Television and International Television Films and was broadcast from 1978 to 1980 on NTV and its affiliates.

Monkey
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)
西遊記 Saiyūki
Genre	Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Shenmo
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 Yoshiyuki Kuroda
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	Japanese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Teisho Arikawa Tsuneo Hayakawa Yoji Katori Ken Kumagaya Kazuo Morikawa Tadahiro Nagatomi Muneo Yamada
Production companies	Nippon Television International Television Films
Original release
Network	NNS (NTV)
Release	2 October 1978 (1978-10-02) – 4 May 1980 (1980-05-04)