The Monkey King (manga)

西遊奇伝大猿王 (Saiyukiden Daienou)
The Monkey King
Genre	Action, Fantasy, Shenmo
Manga
Written by	Katsuya Terada
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	^NA Dark Horse Comics
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Ultra Jump
Original run	18 October 2002 – 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 dark fantasy manga series, written and illustrated in full color by Katsuya Terada.

Story

The story is based on the 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.":

External links

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

Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West

Characters	Sun Wukong Xuanzang Zhu Bajie Sha Wujing Red Boy Baigujing Princess Iron Fan Others

Films	The Cave of the Silken Web (1927) Princess Iron Fan (1941) Alakazam the Great (1960) Havoc in Heaven (1961) Princess Iron Fan (1966) The Cave of the Silken Web (1967) Doraemon: Nobita's Parallel "Journey to the West" (1988) A Chinese Odyssey (1995) A Chinese Tall Story (2005) Saiyūki (2007) Monkey King vs. Er Lang Shen (2007) The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) The Monkey King (2014) Monkey King: Hero Is Back (2015) The Monkey King 2 (2016) Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2 (2017) The Tales of Wukong (2017) The Monkey King 3 (2018) Journey to the West (TBA)

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

TV	Gokū no Daibōken (1967) Monkey (1978) Science Fiction Saiyuki Starzinger (1978) Journey to the West (1986 and 1999) Journey to the West (1996) Journey to the West II (1996) Monkey Magic (1998) Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King (1999) Shinzo (2000) Sunny Piggy (2000) The Monkey King (2001) The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (2002) Saiyūki (2006) Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West (2010) Journey to the West (2010) Journey to the West (2011)

Stage	Monkey: Journey to the West (play)

Manga & Comics	Dragon Ball Saiyūki Patalliro Saiyuki Monkey Typhoon Saint The Monkey King Xin American Born Chinese

Games	Ether Saga Online Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Fantasy Westward Journey Ganso Saiyūki: Super Monkey Daibōken Legend of Wukong Monkey Hero Monkey Magic Saiyuki: Journey West SonSon Westward Journey Online II Whomp 'Em Yūyūki

Literature	Griever: An American Monkey King in China Tripmaster Monkey Four Great Classical Novels

Places	Gao Village Gao Village Arc Mount Huaguo Shuilian Cave Tepe Narenj

Other	List of media adaptations of Journey to the West Monk's spade Ruyi Jingu Bang Journey to the West (album)

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