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“Stone-born monkey befriends RinRin, becomes king, seeks wisdom, trains as Son-Goku, then joins monk's journey to India.”
Alakazam the Great
西遊記
6.21
9,524 rank · 4,010 viewers · 9 favorites
Adventure
Mythology
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Stone-born monkey befriends RinRin, becomes king, seeks wisdom, trains as Son-Goku, then joins monk's journey to India.
Upon a mountain, a monkey is born from stone—nameless, parentless, and friendless. That is, until one day, he encounters a young female monkey named RinRin, who offers to be his friend. Through RinRin's encouragement, he becomes king after a test of bravery; however, his personality sours. When RinRin tells him that humans are the most intelligent creatures on Earth, the monkey vows to become smarter than them. He leaves RinRin behind and trains with a mountain hermit who gives him the name Son-Goku. Following Goku's imprisonment for using his newfound powers to steal a celestial fruit from heaven, he is rescued by a monk. In exchange, he is asked to accompany the monk on a journey to India. This journey will prove to be yet another challenge for the monkey to overcome.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
6.7
/10
What 6 viewers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.70
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.8 pts
Recommenders 7.8 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 2.33
Running avg · Jun 2010 → Mar 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I've seen this anime about 30 years ago. I still remember watching this movie on a Sunday afternoon. It was part of the Sunday matinee on TV. At the time I had no idea it was a Japanese cartoon,...”
- 7 “Saiyuuki, aka Journey to the West, is not a great film by modern standards. But it's an important one in the history of anime. It's only the sixth anime feature film ever made and the first one to...”
- 8 “Based off the Monkey King character from the classical Chinese epic novel Journey to the West (Journey of the West being the inspiration for other cartoons like Dragon Ball Z), this is the story of...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 33%
Long · 17%
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A Movie Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 88′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 28m all episodes
- Aired Aug 1960 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-3657 catalog