Does anyone remember this bizarre japanese TV show, Monkey?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

http://www.monkeyheaven.com/

I do, clearly.

On edit - Apparently it may have only been shown in the UK and Australasia.

[EarlG]

1. Sure do

That was one weird show. I was pretty young when it was on TV, so I can't remember what happened in any of the episodes, but I can remember Monkey, Pigsy, the dude who was a sea dragon or something, and the androgynous monk.

Monkey used to fly around on a cloud. Good stuff.

[BurtWorm]

2. Sounds like my college dorm freshman year.

:hippie:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. It seems that it was all based on old Buddhist texts.

Mind you, I was about seven, so all I knew was that it was cool that he was born out of a rock.

[Khephra]

4. It's based on "Journey into the West" (Or is it the "East"?)

Same source material as Dragonball.

It was played here in the USA in a few select markets, but mine was never one of them. I hear you can get copies at local comic shows.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

5. That was on in Canada.

"Journey to the West" was a European (I think) animated show based on old Chinese legends. The monkey king, a trickster and sorcerer, is charged with protecting a monk as he journeys to India to retrieve a set of scrolls written by the Buddha. Teletoon used to air it in syndication, but that was years ago.

A bit more recently, there was an anime show (called "Monkey Magic" in English, IIRC) based on the same legend. The animation was good, but the story was pretty lame.

[derby378]

6. That's a new one to me

I've seen stuff from Turbo Ranger, Super Jockey, and a few other goofball Japanese shows, though, along with a hefty dose of 90's anime - I'm a sucker for both Akira and Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro). I even have the soundtracks for both.