Monkey Magic

Monkey Magic (モンキーマジック) is a CG-animated television series adaptation of the original Journey to the West novel. It was created by Group TAC which aired on TV Tokyo from December 31, 1999 to March 25, 2000, before its airing in the US on UPN.

Sunsoft produced a PlayStation video game based on the anime.

Plot
Long, long ago, in a country far, far away...

From out of the fires of space he was born... a stone monkey named Kongo was magically brought to life.

Obsessed with a desire to gain knowledge and power, Kongo leaves his family on Flower-Fruit Mountain in search of ancient knowledge and arcane wisdom. Having mastered the magic Jet Cloud as his first trick, he returns to his adopted home just in time to take out the humans laying claim on his territory. Claiming over his first victory, Kongo proclaims himself King of Flower Fruit Mountain.

But it was also a declaration the Gods from above will not accept and launch an attack on Flower Fruit Mountain to teach Kongo a lesson, but unbelievably-it is the gods who learn the lesson- the lesson of defeat!

Seemingly unstoppable, Kongo the Conqueror is invited to the Celestial Heavens where the gods make the mistake of humiliating the monkey and unleashing his full wrath! Before the battle is over, the Celestial Heavens lay in ruin and Kongo has not only gained immortality, but a new, unbeatable weapon as well, stolen from the very heart of the Heavens!

With the Power Rod at his command, can anyone or anything stop Kongo in his quest for universal domination? The universe's only hope lies in The Guardian, the supreme power of the universe, but is it even too late for even it?