The Monkey King (manga)

The Monkey King
西遊奇伝 大猿王 (Saiyukiden Daienou)
Genre	Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Manga
Written by	Katsuya Terada
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Ultra Jump
Original run	18 October 2002 – ongoing
Volumes	1+
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The Monkey King (西遊奇伝 大猿王, Saiyukiden Daienō^?, literally - "Uncanny Journey to the West: The Great Monkey King"), also known as Katsuya Terada's The Monkey King, is a dark fantasy manga series, written and illustrated in full color by Katsuya Terada.

Story

Based on the 16th century Chinese fantasy adventure classic, Journey to the West (which also inspired Dragon Ball) Katsuya Terada's take on the legend of the Monkey King in a savage, lusty saga that The Portland Tribune calls "a Buddhist version of Conan the Barbarian.":^{[citation needed]}

External links

• The Monkey King's Manga site (Dark Horse Comics)
• The Monkey King (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia