Monkey! (TV Series)

aka: Volumes 1-6
Japan 1978- 1979, 6x130 minutes
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Television, Cult, Comedy / Fantasy, Martial Arts, Cult TV

Feat. Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shiro Kishibe, Masako Natsume

Aroview: Colourful, supernatural adventures in feudal Japan with the invincible Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka! This Japanese tele show became a favourite with youth around the world, with its unique combo of quirky characters, zany humour, loopy plots, surreal effects and gleeful pidgeon-English dubbing.

Thirteen volumes contain the complete 39 episodes originally screened on television in NZ.

Vol 1 : Monkey Goes Wild About Heaven, Monkey Turns Nursemaid, The Great Journey Begins.
Vol 2: Monkey Swallows the Universe, The Power of Youth, Even Monsters Can Be People.
Vol 3: The Beginning of Wisdom, Pigsy Woos a Widow, What Monkey Calls the Dog-Woman
Vol 4: Pigsy's in the Well, The Difference Between Night and Day, Pearls Before Swine
Vol 5 : The Minx and the Slug, Catfish Saint and the Shape-Changer, Monkey meets the Demon Digger
Vol 6 : The Most Monstrous Monster, Truth and the Grey Gloves Devil, Land for the Locusts