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The tale of the Monkey King and the Buddha - Ji Hao

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After wreaking havoc across the heavens and being captured in a white-hot prison cell, the Monkey King freed himself once more and was itching for a fight. Desperate, the Jade Emperor called on the supreme power in all the heavens: the Buddha himself. But even in the face of this almighty opponent, Sun Wukong was not cowed. Ji Hao follows the Monkey King's quest to outwit the Buddha.

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Ji Hao
  • Director Mohammad Babakoohi, Yijia Cao
  • Narrator Adrian Dannatt
  • Composer Aron Fard
  • Sound Designer Amanda P.H. Bennett, cAMP Studio
  • Storyboard Artist Mohammad Babakoohi
  • Animator Javad Jafari, Abolfazl Mehtari, Hassan Norouzi, Shahryar Taghipour, Mahdi Nabati
  • Animation Supervisor Elahe Baloochi
  • Compositor Poorya Goodarzi
  • Art Director Yijia Cao , Mohammad Babakoohi
  • Produced by Gerta Xhelo, Abdallah Ewis
  • Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
  • Senior Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
  • Script Editor Iseult Gillespie
  • Fact-Checker Charles Wallace

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