The Westward: Goodbye, Monkey King

The Westward: Good Bye, Monkey King is a 2020 Chinese animated film directed by Zhong Mulong. It serves as a prequel to the animation series "Journey to the West" (Xixing Ji), and is based on the same manga. The film tells the story of Princess Su Yi from the heavenly realm who falls in love with Sun Wukong in the mortal world. However, Sun Wukong is treated as a demon by other gods and is imprisoned under Five Fingers Mountain. Over the course of 300 years, Buddha helps Wukong find and pursue his sense of justice and righteousness. To save the world, Wukong accompanies Tang Sanzang to the West to retrieve the fire of creation. After many trials, they return only to discover a conspiracy that changes their fate. The movie was released on Tencent Video on May 4, 2020, and won the Best Breakthrough Online Film of 2020 award.