Yellow Robe Demon vs. Zhu Bajie (Episode 19 唐僧变老虎) 天堂有路你不走，地獄無門你闖進來 translates to Heaven has a way, you don't go, hell has no door, you break in Sounds epic in Mandarin, frighteningly epic in Cantonese This is one of my favorite Chinese animation since long ago when I got the VCDs. I have watched in both Cantonese and Mandarin, I can speak both. Cantonese is the best dub for me, best voices and the language-based humor of the script is off the roof. The show is cool and kickass, it's got amazing art. I find this Sun Wukong is the most handsome/sexy Monkey King in all Journey to the Westadaptations.

Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie are both big trolls. Jade Emperor is a funny habitual liar troll too. Ever since Sun Wukong crashed his court 500 years ago for his injustice, he still don't do the right stuff. He ostracizes Sun Wukong, acting like the too good for you calm prick god he is, and then he's here when Sun Wukong holds him to his responsibilities. He is really scared of the destruction Sun Wukong causes. I like the literature, it shows the deities above or below are also flawed or imperfect.

Sun Wukong is close to a deity himself, The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal 齐天大圣, Zhu Bajie himself was once a Heavenly Navy General of 80,000 Heavenly Soldiers 天篷元帅 banished into a pig, and Sha Wujing the 3rd disciple another banished Heavenly General 卷帘大将. For redemption of punishment, their powers are used on a pilgrimage to the west to protect the monk Tang Sanzang (from evil demons that want to cook and eat his flesh for immortality) to bring back Buddhist scriptures.

The long journey to be completed on foot is a sacred test observed by Buddha to see if they can overcome the many trials and if their wisdom for it is seeked, aided by the Bodhisattva powers to cast off evil. Faithful and so fun to watch adaptation of the classic Journey to the West literature.