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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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