, also known as ''Katsuya Terada's The Monkey King'', is a

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series, written and illustrated in full color by

Katsuya Terada , is a Japanese illustrator and cartoonist from the town of Tamano, Okayama. His alias is the portmanteau . Terada's prolific visual arts practice uniquely straddles the lines between manga, fine art, and digital design. His work ranges widely f ...

Story

The story is based on the 16th century Chinese novel ''

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''. 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

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References

External links

''The Monkey King''s Manga site (Dark Horse Comics)
* 1998 manga Adventure anime and manga Chinese mythology in anime and manga Dark Horse Comics titles Fantasy anime and manga Seinen manga Shenmo fiction Shueisha manga Works based on Journey to the West {{manga-stub