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MONEY
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2 seasons · 52 episodes total · ~26 per season.
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Monkey
1978 2 seasons · 52 eps English
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BANGER
★8.1TMDB · 17
Action & AdventureComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
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Buddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. They have been sent by Buddha, and getting these scriptures will bring peace to the people of the world.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
Masaaki Sakai
Monkey
Masako Natsume
Tripitaka
Shiro Kishibe
Sandy
Tonpei Hidari
Pigsy
Shunji Fujimura
Horse/Yu-Lung
Takayuki Akutagawa
Narrator
David Collings
Voice of Monkey
Gareth Armstrong
Voice of Sandy
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ERA
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Aired from 1978 to 1980 — a 2-year run.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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ERA
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Show type: Scripted.
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WORLD
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Dialogue in English, Japanese.
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AWARDS
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Co-production across China, Japan.
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CAST
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Airs on Nippon TV.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 2
- Total episodes
- 52
- Premiered
- 1978-10-01
- Last aired
- 1980-05-04
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Countries
- China, Japan
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