#21c jttw

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21st Century Journey to the West manhua’s  

Sun Wukong: 

Tang Sanzang:

Nezha:

Erlang Shen:

Bodhisattva Guanyin:

21st Century Journey to the West in English 

21世纪取经录 in Chinese 

By Xian Dao (咸刀) 

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From the first chapter of 21st Century Journey to the West 

Several thousand years ago, in order to propagate the teachings of Buddhism through the Central Plains, Tang Sanzang traveled to Sukhavati to seek the scriptures. But in the end, at the very last moment, he failed. After experiencing countless cycles of samsara, it is now the modern era. No one knows if Tang Sanzang’s reincarnation can successfully obtain the scriptures in this lifetime…

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Erlang Shen and Xiao Tian Quan the Howling Sky Dog 

By 咸刀 Xian Dao. x  x  x  (Bu Xian on Weibo 不咸__)

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The pilgrims in 21 Century Journey to the West by 咸刀 Xian Dao. 

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21 Century Journey to the West post. 

Here is 咸刀 Xian Dao’s art on Weibo (Weibo name: Bu Xian)

咸刀 Xian Dao’s art on Lofter. 

PS: They ship JianKong really hard. 

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hi!! so I've been back on a jttw kick for the first time in YEARS because i was looking for content and ran into your post about xixingji (hope that's the right spelling. there's almost NOTHING i can find about it and i think the version i found is very behind lol). I've really enjoyed both that and Saiyuki (currently looking for the new monkey king animated film but... haven't found an english version yet), and I was wondering if you had further jttw related movie/comic/show recs?

Sure! Xixingji was one of my absolute favs for a while, "What if the gang had to go west again, but this time backwards, wearing stilts, and on fire." It's on its third season now but from what I've read of the english translations, they're really good, if a bit behind.

I'm sure there are a few here you're already aware of, but here are a few recs.

Return of the Demon King that came out recently -- this one is a fun romp in jttwland, the best parts are about the interactions between the pilgrim bros, but story-wise it's a bit weak and tonally inconsistent.

Nezha Reborn focuses on the character Nezha in steampunk-1920s-fantasy-Shanghai, but there are a few cool cameos of other gods and deities -- one being a jttw character in disguise that is a must see!!

Otherwise there's always the classics, Uproar in Heaven that can be viewed on youtube, where a lot of modern monkey king iconography came from. Another classic gem is The Monkey King Conquers the Demon, which fuses a few great jttw stories together on the journey west.

The success of 2015 Monkey King: Hero is back is one of the films that basically opened the doorway to today's booming Chinese animation industry. It's about Sun Wukong and a de-aged Tang Monk. It's a B movie at best, but at the time this movie brought Sun Wukong back to animation and for that, it rocks.

Definitely also try out the three Black Myth: Wukong game concept trailers, which features incredible world building and really fun development gameplay for a future console/pc game.

Another fun one is 21st Century Journey to the West, a bit like Saiyuki in that every jttw character is imagined HOT. Also, it takes place in the 21c. Unfortunately I couldn't find a more up to date eng translation, but there are only 6 chapters out so far.

Lastly there's Lego Monkey King, where all the jttw characters are legos and the main character gets tutored by lego Sun Wukong to fight lego Red Boy and his lego demon family. Definitely aimed at kids, but there is some excellent animation!

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Xian Dao......made Emperor Taizhong of Tang.....HOT AS WELL. 

Chapter 6 of 21c Jttw updated. (Raw)