Animation : The Monkey King - from the public domain by Mike Boas

I'm also interested in checking it out to compare with American Born Chinese, the Disney show that also riffed on Journey to the West.

This is so cool, Mike Boas! Thank you for sharing!

Great advice. Have me thinking what public domain stories I can take advantage of now. I saw the latest monkey king movie from Netflix. I really enjoyed it. I need to finish American born Chinese now.

I'm a big fan of Monkey King. In my opinion, they never really do his story well. I'm excited for the upcoming game Black Myth: Wukong. There are a lot of cultural myths that I think would make great movies, TV shows, and games, but there's also something to be said about cultural appropriation for profit. It's one thing when it's fun stories that hold no religious significance, but what about when it's a serious topic. Like I played a game called Raji: An Ancient Epic. It's about Hindu/Indian gods. I was so intrigued by the myths included in that game and thought it would be amazing to see a God of War style game about that pantheon. But then I realized that for me this is all fiction so I would find it entertaining. But that would be very different and possibly offensive for an Indian or Hindu person to see a game about a character slaughtering their gods, when using God of War as an example. Hindus still exist in large numbers. You can get away with killing Zeus in a game, because Hellenism is a mostly dead religion. You're not going to see a game where someone beats up Jesus. In either case, I was not impressed by the Monkey King trailer, so I haven't pursued trying to watch it.

I've heard about several people developing Monkey King over the years. Excited to see how they've brought this to life (or to animated life). Thanks for sharing, Mike Boas!