Bull Demon King
Bull Demon King (
Bull King is a major antagonist of the novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en, and its multiple adaptations. He can be considered the main antagonist in the remake of Journey to the West, despite his limited appearances. He also appears as the main villain in the 2014 film The Monkey King and as the main antagonist in Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West. He is one of the most popular Journey to the West villains, alongside his wife Princess Iron Fan, his son the Red Boy, the Six Eared Macaque, and the Baigujing.
He was possibly influenced by Ox-Head, one of the guardians of hell in Chinese mythology.[citation needed]
In Journey to the West
In the early chapters of the novel, he becomes sworn brothers with
In the ensuing fight against Sun Wukong and
Adaptations
- Bowser, the main antagonist of the Mario video game franchise, was inspired by the Ox-King. Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that he first envisioned Bowser as an ox, basing him on the Ox-King from the 1960 anime film Alakazam the Great.[5]
- In the adaptation in the 1996 Journey to the West series, the Bull King and the Princess Iron Fan have already known Monkey since childhood (they went to the same school that taught Monkey his fighting abilities) and were willing to give him the fan. But their obnoxious son, Red Boy, refuses to let his mother give the fan, thus forcing Monkey to enter her belly to force her to give him the fan.
- In the 1988 film Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West as the main antagonist. In the film, he becomes ruler of Japan after Doraemon and Nobita accidentally release monsters from a 22nd-century game based on Journey to the West. As a result, the protagonist's loved ones are also converted into demons. In order to save Japan, they travel in time to prevent this from happening.
- In the 2014 film The Monkey King, the Bull Demon King (Aaron Kwok) is waging war on Heaven. Much of Heaven is destroyed during the battle, and the Bull Demon King faces off against the Jade Emperor (Chow Yun-fat), the ruler of Heaven. The Bull Demon King is defeated but before the Jade Emperor can kill the Bull Demon King.
- In the LEGO theme Steven Blum.
- In the Ox King, is a human with incredible physical attributes, and is the father of the Iron Fan Princess instead of her husband, who is known as Chi-Chi.
- In the 2017 film Journey to the West: Bull Demon King (西游之牛魔王), Bull Demon King was portrayed as the main protagonist.[6]
- Portrayed by Louis Fan in the 2023 film Nui Mo Wang (牛魔王之魔王再临), as the main protagonist.[7]
- Portrayed by Leonard Wu in the 2023 American television series American Born Chinese.
See also
References
- ^ "西游趣谈:牛魔王与铁扇公主真的是夫妻关系吗?_手机搜狐网". Sohu (in Chinese). 27 June 2017.
- ISBN 9788791114649.
- ^ "牛魔王的书房为何有道家经典?他与太上老君究竟是什么关系?". Sohu (in Chinese). 12 July 2018.
- ISBN 9780226971421.
- ^ David Oxford. "Iwata Asks:The Birth of Bowser". Ds.Kombo. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
- ^ "《西游之牛魔王》定档3月23日 粉碎性改编再度来袭-中国新闻网". 中国网 (in Chinese). 17 March 2017.
- ^ "《牛魔王之魔王再临》定档3月26日 樊少皇携西游IP回归 再掀高燃神魔大战 - 中娱网". 中国娱乐网 (in Chinese). 22 March 2023.