Olympics 2008 Monkey Movie - BBC Sport

[dakayvakid]

anyone have the lyrics for this song?

[SilentArtist269]

Jamie Hewlett you absolute LEGEND!! As a Gorillaz nutcase I, like some of you others, can't help but be reminded of the Gorillaz in those characters. The monkey is like 2D, the pig has to be Russel hands down and the water guy for some reason I feel is a cross between Murdoc and Noodle.

[Music7590]

this monkey gone to heaven :)

[ewriken]

wukong



[Bigg0207]

When does he go super saiyan?

[BanzaiLang]

@Bigg0207 Funny you say that since Goku in Dragon Ball is based of Wukong

[FrogMcFroggeh]

Happy 112th birthday Wan Bros. Sorry I missed the other 111.

[Seriix12]

If only this song was longer :( ...

[imahydra]

Another reason why i love Gorillaz :D

[ScorpionNani]

This is where Wukong was created.

[TheGamezillaz]

@ScorpionNani no, wukong was created YEARS ago, long long time ago by i think it was the wan brothers, not sure

[NineSkullsOriginal]

Hey isn't this how Kim Jong-Il was born?

[PocketBeemRocket]

Cant wait to see what the BBC will whip up for this year's Olympics.

[NeonKidz]

gorillaz???



[Jamerific]

Reminds me of the Gorillaz music videos

[iswearnothing]

@Jamerific Because it's the same animator. Jamie Hewlett :)

[primateification1]

Done by Jamie Hewlett

[thefoxstudios1]

this strangely reminds me of Gorillaz

[vVoytheek]

WUKONG! srsly even same moves !

[DarkC4ve]

@vVoytheek @vVoytheek u know Son wukong/ Son Goku The monkey king? He is from a China legend a saga from the 7th century. there are 1000 copys like this. The most famous? Dragonball Son Goku, Wukong from LoL (i guess u mean him^^) is also a copy from this fictive Character... ofc Riot took some classic movements and gorillaz also.

Wukong with his magic stick (which can extend) and his cloud(which can fly).

[pisnyp]

damn' at 00:30, just so good.!

[TheLegoWizzard]

can anyone translate this plz?

[BatmanSucksMyBanana]

journey to the west ftw

[dylanparrin]

Gives me the chills everytime. LOVE IT so f*****g much!!!!

[zippo360]

WHAT! WHAT!!!! THATS SOOO BADASS!!!!!!!!!!

[C4misado]

Yeah, this video would have gone very well with a Gorillaz song.

[conorwith2ns]

@C4misado Technically is a Gorillaz song, it was written and produced by Damon Albarn, and the art was done by Jamie Hewlett...

[C4misado]

@conorwith2ns Yeah, saw it after posting my comment. :)

[karlmarvinpogi14]

FYI this is where the author got the inspiration for dragon ball the journey to the west, in fact most of the anime also use this story for reference, one piece, naruto etc

[fireilluminator]

@karlmarvinpogi14 well, it IS a hugely successful, 500 year old story after all... who wouldn't take snippets from it?

[manuli2D]

This monkey looks like 2D :D

[MishkaSky]

AWESOME!!!

[CeaseFireTheAncient]

No olympics animation will top this.

[TheRuud17]

lool like chinese Gorillaz

[Filby]

@TheRuud17 It's the same art director.

[8lue8unny]

@TheRuud17 Ya Cause... Jamie Hewlett Did this.

[foreverstar1995]

jamie hewlett is great!

[kokocipher]

this reminds me of Guko from Dragonball xD

[pguy203]

@kokocipher Goku is based on Sun Wukong, the main character from Journey to the West. In fact, the japanese spelling of Sun Wukong is Son Goku

[EdTheBadass]

omfg

AKUUUUUUUUU!!!! I will return to the past and stop you!!!!!

[rockingrobot5]

Those are Chuck Norris's pets.

[thierryhotdogboy]

thumbs up if you want this back for 2012

[PurpleRacoon]

What's the name of this song? :C

[Ekolius]

what i listen to when i play wukong

[Tubrista]

Does this not seem like one of the biggest acid trips ever?

[drapermovies]

I use to have this as my ringtone 

[Rusechot]

monkey= 2D

Spirit woman= Noodle

Pig= Russle

River gaurdian= Murdoc

My mind=blown

[CyborgAET]

@Rusechot i was gonna say same thing then i seen your comment while taking a arrow to the knee

[theuglyhairmonster2]

the one for this country is gona be a man in a bowler hat goin around london on a bus

[ENNTEERZ]

monkey totally looks like jamie:)

[Bloodshotshatterbone]

Seriously. All the dislikers need a shuffle to the head.

[qazzy]

Jamie Hewlett needs to make more.

[TheLegoWizzard]

can someone translate this please?

[Thoraxsis]

The tale of Wukong,

[UnfortunatelyAretha]

You guys, this was made by Jamie Hewlett, co-creator and designer of Gorillaz

[deputy98]

Reminds me of Gorillaz.

[zwillredeye]

I'd love if this was a movie.

[Runawaybreaks]

@zwillredeye It is. Dragonball. Lol

[Dieguux8]

@Runawaybreaks no

[domiedesign]

this is great, except the music

[Commonwealth96]

@domiedesign

The music is fantastic!

[amberwhite100]

I used to get up and watch the olympics every morning just to see this animation. To this day sport bores me.

[Dieguux8]

@amberwhite100 You're my hero

[glitterfreeze1111]

OH MY GAWD.

[AlexHWalker]

I don't think any Olympic intro will ever beat this.

[CBD670]

@TehDocc

oh ya Damon and Jamie guess i just needed to look into the box

[CBD670]

the art and everything reminds me of the Gorillaz

[TehDocc]

@CBD670 It's the same guy who did this I believe

[bassist357]

anyone know this song? the drop is siicckk

[Gavrek]

@bassist357 I think it was written for the video. I just ripped it from this video and named it "Olympics". There's a whole album of stuff like this by the same guys, it's called "Monkey: Journey to the West". Written for a play that was artistically directed by the guy who animated the video above.

[Archerboy666]

@bassist357 dude finally some commented that!! That drop is power

[LeafDropStudios]

man i love all the subtle Olympic sports portrayed in all the actions!

[Ruttie2]

China rocks, it's a shame they followed the german nazi ritual...

[Johannasmirror]

I wish...I had any idea what was happening.

[genelin1995]

@Johannasmirror It the Journey to the West, a very famous literature in China. Generally a fantasy tale that is quite interesting.

[invader4life36]

i love to draw this wend i have the time

[SuperiorDragonkAQW]

i love the thirid person

[TheXboxReviewer]

Looks like the Gorillaz

[MalaHalaH]

@TheXboxReviewer That's because the animator of Gorillaz, Jamie Hewlett, and the main man behind the band, Damon Albarn created this!

[3eyedwonderkid]

@TheXboxReviewer same artists :)

[ItsAllAboutDaJourney]

o.o well it defiantly beats Japanese music ._. j-pop is fucking dogs under water.

[FpsKing2011]

I WANT A LONGER SONG!

[BiiLyBong94]

Thumbs up if league of legends brought you here

[TheChech64]

i love this story, i would listen to it all the time, it was one of my favorite childhood memories

[rahu112092]

Its Wukong

[RozzaCello1112]

monkey was air, pig was earth, man was water and the flame was fire. neat ;-)

[badman4723]

any one else recall a tv show that they used to show that involved a monkey a staff a cloud that was not dragon ball z if u know it replie

[viraltang]

@badman4723 Monkey Magic.

[ts2101]

@viraltang that show was horrible!..... I watch all of it...

[lukthere2]

somehow this reminds me of "gorilazz" style of videos

[sredna224]

@lukthere2

Its because its the same creator as in the gorillaz videos

[lukthere2]

@sredna224

realy?? well i love it! =D

[sredna224]

@lukthere2

Me too :D

[ItsAllAboutDaJourney]

@lukthere2 same animator :D

[gDisk13]

I NEED TO KNOW WHO SINGS AT 0:30 HER VOICE IS SOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL

[yotmbtengounblog]

this is kind of a monkey king thing because of the last olimpics and it represents a journey to the west or iam just tripping and i love jaime?

[paulo25061996]

name of the song??

[Smithburg01]

@paulo25061996 it was made for the video

[Radioactive1080z]

I always preferred china to japan

[Pingijno]

lyrics please

[silnetofsn]

love the song!

[Drianko]

Wukong <3

[DjGodaryD86]

Chinese Gorillaz :) Anyway sweet animation :)

[klondikemonster]

These are the same animators that worked on the animated videos for the Gorillaz

[AranyAgyar]

Beautiful animation!

[sedwared]

Why am I now in the mood for dragonball after watching this!? ^_^ lmfao

[metavash]

@sedwared I'll tell you why. Have you noticed that it is about a monkey boy that knows martial arts that rides on a cloud with a magic staff that travels with a pig? Sound familiar? It sounds like dragonball right? The reason why they are alike is because the story of Journey to the west inspired Akira Toriyama to make Dragonball. The story they are parodying is called Journey to the west.

[sedwared]

@metavash No duh that's why I wrote it dude, I was joking around!! ^_^ lol

[ClassicToonFan64]

And as usual, Xuanzang was not paid any attention, poor guy never takes a break. Thanks for the video, this is true art.

[jac4510001]

This is off an incredible chinese story called monkey this is an abbriviated version but this this comes from

[9Chasestudios]

Awesome :D

[Lukos0036]

Jamie Hewlette?

[NAVEMAN3]

This looks like the story 'Journey to the west'.

[reknae]

@NAVEMAN3

it is...

[okalsdi]

its wukong !!

[PolerCoasters]

odnt chinese people get tired of their music

[LookStunting]

She said "Congratulations, Wukong (monkey)"

[SecretGas]

this is not the story -.-

[PolerCoasters]

Goku was baced off the mokey king, but than dragon ball z happend and screwed it up

[heylister]

@hollyslash *runs away crying*

[whotookCheesusChrist]

@Kazoo4U From what I understand the first part of the Dragon Ball saga (and I don't mean Dragon Ball Z or anything, I'm talking about the thing before that) was very loosely based on a Japanese folk-tale. Goku is Sun Wukong, the monkey king. Look it up and it may make more sense.

[myanobi]

@whotookCheesusChrist *Chinese folktale

[whotookCheesusChrist]

@myanobi Oops. Silly me!

[myanobi]

@whotookCheesusChrist Not silly at all :)

[jthotshot]

also known as journey to he west

[CocoWhy]

0:15 2D?

0:29 Noodle?

1:00 Russel?

1:26 Murdoc?

[sookieisgod]

this looks like gorillaz the band

[MissdWoo]

@sookieisgod That's because it was made by the same people who do Gorillaz :3

[DarthJamie1]

yay!

[CocoWhy]

gorillaz can make ANYTHING epic

[ShebaLover333]

...what

[astral903]

I get goosebumps watch this video and listening to the music

[astral903]

I get goosebumps watch this video and listening to the music

[oiawsome99]

NIMBUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oiawsome99]

NIIMBBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS­SSSSSSS!

[masterpanos1990]

Is it my imagination that makes the monkey look like 2D from gorillaz?

[robbykhu]

@masterpanos1990 nah. jamie hewlett who does art work for gorillaz did this too.

[masterpanos1990]

@masterpanos1990 your'e right it doesnt.But it does has the same style though

[danniro8888]

The animation and music were specially produced by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn. <33

[gamejestor]

yeah... if only the olympics was that cool

[smellyd00m]

that looks like 2D in monkey form.

[nagohsemaj]

Why is Goku so furry!?

[darkli111]

Son Goku's always been furry!!

[bowy2bob]

wukong, jax, xin

[Chunmeista]

Wukong the Monkey King!

[Himawari98xx]

i ACTUALLY liked this? i understood how they did the events in order to get to the stadium but that big old water dragon fish thing was dayyyymmn freaky

[guymoron]

looks like the style used to draw Gorillaz

[honeybeefox]

@guymoron That's because its by the artist who draws for the Gorillaz  :]

[IWasThere1039]

1:31 I can see where Jamie got the idea for Noodles hair in phase 1

[HunterAero]

This remind anyone esle of dragon ball kinda?

[HappyRussians]

@HunterAero Dragon Ball is based on this chinese legend.

[11Tiph]

It must have been a privalage 2 do that. i love the gorillaz and blur.

[celticspark]

is there one with eng sub ? love it

[MrAVEREX]

To those wondering, yes, this was by Damon Albarn, creator of Gorillaz, look up Jorney to the West, he made the music for the stage adaptation, as well as the accompanying soundtrack.

[Ograws]

Is this meant to remind me of a Gorillaz video?

[RyanEpicRoot]

Animation reminds me of the gorillaz stuff

[Atheneastro]

Jamie Hewlett!! Awesome!

[KinyoobiYoru]

I always try to count the number of olympic sports in this animation, and I always get distracted by the beautiful music and art. Today, after watching it 5 times, I managed to count 14. Now I can watch it again just for fun!

[HologramKS]

GRASSY!!!!

[pbdq21]

it's very very weird...in my opinion ,i grew up with the monkey!they r our childhood memories!

[humanlifeisanguish]

Does ANYBODY know the name of this song? Is it on the Monkey album or is it seperate?

[animate24]

@humanlifeisanguish: The title is Monkey Bee, track number 21 of the disc. Keep in mind it is a completely different version of the song.

[dreamteampwns]

@animate24 where can i dl this version?

[theXoddXfox]

YES, People, this animation and artwork was made by Jamie Hewlett, the artist for Gorillaz. I noticed right away as well, but I remember reading up about this on his wiki page. So yes, he did animate this.

[transmission610]

BBC propaganda to distract from the truth of the 'Genocide Games' of 2008. Want to know what you weren't told by mainstream media? Go to Transmission 6-10.....then inform others!

[scareglare]

does anyone know what the lady is singing in chinese? what it means?

[scareglare]

holy crap. also it's like CRYSTAL CASTLES and CHINESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC smashed together. LEGIT

[scareglare]

This totally looks like the Gorillaz music videos! Perhaps the same artist? (:

[SukoSeiti]

@scareglare yeah...thought the same...

[scareglare]

@SukoSeiti omg i did research and IT'S MADE BY THE MAKERS OF GORILLAZ! no duhhh haha

[SukoSeiti]

@scareglare even the beat seems like gorillaz... =]

I think the music was kinda with them too...

[Toootie100]

Can't believe this was just the BBC titles... Should have been the official Olympic them!!

[KinyoobiYoru]

Thumbs down. Too short. Should have lasted 100000000 minutes.

[AgentBO]

Journey to the West?!?! You're going the WRONG WAY, Beijing is the other way!

[cornyBandit]

605 people have some taste issues

[CatchingElectricCity]

jamie hewlett kicks some serius ass.

[Hellrizza123]

Hooray for Jamie Hewlett.

look life goliaz :))