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Japanese manga series

西遊奇伝大猿王 (Saiyukiden Daienou)
The Monkey King
Genre	Adventure, fantasy
Manga
Written by	Katsuya Terada
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Dark Horse Comics
Magazine	Ultra Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1998 – present
Volumes	2+

The Monkey King (西遊奇伝大猿王, Saiyukiden Daienō, literally - "Legendary Journey to the West: The Great Monkey King"), also known as Katsuya Terada's The Monkey King, is a fantasy manga series, written and illustrated in full color by Katsuya Terada.

Story

The story is based on the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West. Katsuya Terada's take on the legend of the Monkey King in a savage, lusty saga that The Portland Tribune calls "a Buddhist version of Conan the Barbarian.":

References

"Katsuya Terada's The Monkey King Vol. 1 TPB". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved July 29, 2018.

External links

The Monkey King's Manga site (Dark Horse Comics)
The Monkey King (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West

Characters

Films

Animated

Princess Iron Fan (1941)
Alakazam the Great (1960)
Havoc in Heaven (1961)
Starzinger (1979)
The Monkey King Conquers the Demon (1985)
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (1988)
Saiyuki: Requiem (2001)
Monkey King vs. Er Lang Shen (2007)
Monkey King: Hero Is Back (2015)
The Monkey King (2023)

Live action

The Cave of the Silken Web (1927)
Princess Iron Fan (1966)
The Cave of the Silken Web (1967)
A Chinese Odyssey (1995)
A Chinese Tall Story (2005)
Saiyūki (2007)
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
The Monkey King (2014)
The Monkey King 2 (2016)
A Chinese Odyssey Part Three (2016)
Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017)
Wu Kong (2017)
The Monkey King 3 (2018)

Sequels

A Supplement to the Journey to the West (c. 1640)

Animated	Gokū no Daibōken (1966) Science Fiction Saiyuki Starzinger (1978) Monkey Magic (1998) Journey to the West: Legends of the Monkey King (1998) Saiyūki (1999) Shinzo (2000) Monkey Typhoon (2002) Patalliro Saiyuki! (2005) Lego Monkie Kid (2020) SD Gundam World Heroes (2021)
Live action	Monkey (1978) Journey to the West (1986) Journey to the West (1996) Journey to the West II (1996) Sunny Piggy (2000) The Monkey King (2001) The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (2002) Saiyūki (2006) Journey to the West (2010) Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West (2010) Journey to the West (2011) A Korean Odyssey (2017) The New Legends of Monkey (2018)

Stage

Monkey: Journey to the West (play)

Manga and comics

Patalliro Saiyuki! (1978)
Starzinger (1979)
Dragon Ball (1984)
Saiyūki (1997)
The Monkey King (1998)
Shinzo (2000)
Monkey Typhoon (2001)
Xin (2003)
American Born Chinese (2006)
Saint

Games

Literature

Monkey (1942 novel)
Griever: An American Monkey King in China (1986 novel)
Tripmaster Monkey (1989 novel)
Four Great Classical Novels

Places

Other

List of media adaptations of Journey to the West
Monkey King Festival
Ruyi Jingu Bang
Journey to the West (2008 soundtrack)

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