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The New Legends of Monkey

Network
ABC ME
Genre
Fantasy
Premiered
28 January, 2018
The New Legends of Monkey

The New Legends of Monkey is an Australian-New Zealand television series inspired by Monkey, a Japanese production from the 1970s and 1980s which garnered a cult following in New Zealand, Australia, the U.K. and South Africa. The Japanese production was based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. The series is an international co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, New Zealand's TVNZ and Netflix. The first season, consisting of ten episodes, premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Me television channel in Australia on 28 January 2018, and later debuted outside Australia and New Zealand on Netflix on 28 April. A second season, also ten episodes, was released on Netflix on August 7, 2020.

Genre Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Written by Jacquelin Perske, Craig Irvin, Samantha Strauss
Directed by Gerard Johnstone
Starring Chai Hansen, Luciane Buchanan, Josh Thomson, Emilie Cocquerel
Composer(s) Peter van der Fluit
Country of origin Australia, New Zealand
Original language(s) English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 20
Producer(s) Rachael Gardner, Robin Scholes
Cinematography D.J. Stipsen, Dave Garbett
Editor(s) Mat Evans, Dany Cooper, Nicole La Macchia
Running time 24 minutes
Production company(s) See-Saw Films, Jump Film and TV
Original network ABC Me (Australia), TVNZ 2 (New Zealand), Netflix (Other territories)
Netflix ID 80184682

Over The New Legends of Monkey

Based on the Japanese television series Monkey, the adventure series co-produced by ABC Me, TVNZ and Netflix is a new take on Monkey King, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka the monk's journey to restore the world.

Prestaties van The New Legends of Monkey

The original Japanese production which inspired the show was originally based on the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West. 

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