New Monkey Magic For 2006

[Mulboyne]

From Japan Zone:
A new version of the popular 70s series "Saiyuki" (Monkey) is to be broadcast from January 9 on Fuji TV, and will be the first Japanese drama to be shown at the same time in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. The show will feature SMAP star Katori Shingo in the lead role, supported by comedy duo Uchan Nanchan's Uchimura Teruyoshi. The show is sponsored by JAL and the PR event was held at Tokyo's Haneda Airport yesterday. JAL unveiled a jet decorated with Katori's Songoku character from the drama, a historical first. the theme song, "Around The World" is to be sung by the group Monkey Majik, made up of two Canadian brothers and two Japanese.

[Taro Toporific]

[SIZE="7"]"The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!"[/SIZE]
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Monkey's punky remake
NEWS.com.au, February 16, 2006
RIDICULOUS sideburns, preposterous sets, a fighting stick that can shrink to fit inside the human ear and a faithful sidekick called Pigsy.
For the whole of Japan and fans worldwide, it can mean only one thing: Monkey is back.
Fuji TV's bold and expensive project to remake the most successful Japanese television drama of all time has broken records: the new version of Monkey is the first to pull one in three Japanese viewers to each episode of the season.
The remake has generated a stir around the world.
Companies in Korea, Singapore and Taiwan are jostling to buy the rights to the new show, and inquiries are pouring in from China and Malaysia. A British TV company has already secured the UK rights to the new 11-episode run...more...
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[GomiGirl]

I have the whole original series (including the "lost episodes" on DVD!!!

Who wants a Monkey party????




We need a monkey smilie - maybe on a hover cloud!!!

[amdg]

That would be awesome!

I think they've done a reasonable job with the new series. I was worried that it wouldn't have the same feel as the original, but it kind of does.