The New Legends of Monkey
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| Based on | Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en |
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| Directed by | Gerard Johnstone |
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| Composer | Peter van der Fluit |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Running time | 24 minutes |
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| Release | 28 January 2018 – 7 August 2020 |
The New Legends of Monkey is a fantasy adventure television series inspired by Monkey, a Japanese production from the 1970s and 1980s which garnered a cult following in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and South Africa. The Japanese production was based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. This new 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 7 August 2020.