Journey To The West 1999 ✔

"Ba ga, ba ga, ba ga, ba ga…"

But that’s precisely why we love it.

The 1999 version embraced a visual language of xiaoshuo (fiction). It wasn't trying to be a Miyazaki film. It was a moving nianhua (New Year painting). The pastel skies of the Heavenly Court, the jagged rocks of the Flaming Mountains, the delicate pink blossoms of the Fruit and Flower Mountain—every frame felt like a storybook come to life. journey to the west 1999