Oddaptations - Journey to the West → Dragon Ball
And each of these telephone book sized tomes is a volume one. Some people like to complain about the inevitable changes that occur when a story is adapted from one medium to another. But let's be honest, sometimes the less faithful an adaptation is, the more memorable it is. So, in this series I'll be taking a look at adaptations where creators took one look at the source material and said, "FUCK THAT NOISE!" and whether they still work. Today's Oddaptation: Journey to the West (c 1592 CE) often attributed to Wu Cheng'en adapted into Dragon Ball (1984-1995) by Akira Toriyama So, how much of one of China's Four Classic Novels (six if you count the satirical one and erotic one) made its way into the manga/anime sensation that my freshman year roommate watched literally every day on Toonami? Let's take a look: The Original: Loosely based on the true history of the 7th century monk Xuanzong, Journey to the West relates the story of the monk T...