Journey to the West

A bright, fast-moving cartoon adventure full of magic tricks and monster-of-the-week scrapes, easy for young viewers to follow.

Genres

Animation

Starring

Dongjin Ga, Billy Bob Thompson, Bill Rogers

Overview

An animated retelling of the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. A stone monkey is born on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, learns magic from an immortal, and is imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha after causing havoc in Heaven. Five hundred years later the Tang Monk frees him, and Wukong becomes the first of three disciples sworn to protect the monk on his journey west to fetch the true scriptures.

How it feels

Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Friendship, loyalty, rebellion, faith

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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