00:00Every anime you love, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Jujutsu Kaisen, is inspired by the same ancient mythological story, Journey
00:08to the West, an epic Chinese tale from the 16th century, over 2,000 pages long.
00:13The protagonist we know best is Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, a super powerful and immortal being with all-seeing
00:20eyes, capable of multiplying himself, flying on a cloud, shape-shifting, and wielding a magical staff.
00:26He is literally the prototype for every shounen hero, but Sun Wukong isn't the only main character.
00:32There's also Tripitaka, a monk tasked with bringing Buddhism to the East, who gets kidnapped every two minutes and travels
00:38with a group of bizarre companions, dragon horse, pig demon, and a desert demon.
00:43Together, they face demons, spirits, and challenges that seem straight out of an anime, a village where magical water can
00:50even make men pregnant.
00:52Journey to the West is an epic, hilarious, and surreal tale that has inspired everything we love about anime.
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