Monkey Typhoon

Monkey Typhoon, otherwise known in Japan as Association Robot Goku (アソボット戦記五九, Asobotto Senki Gokū), is a Japanese manga written by Jōji Arimori and illustrated by Romu Aoi as a steampunk version of the the original "Journey to the West" novel. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine between 2001 and 2002.

An anime TV series adaptation produced by Avex and Studio Egg premiered between October 1, 2002 and September 30, 2003 on TV Tokyo before it was broadcast worldwide on Animax.

Plot
A millennium after the 1st century, where the world becomes post-apocalyptic and populated by Asobots (human-like robots whose name is a portmanteau of the words "association" and "robot"). A boy named Sanzou wakes up from his 100-year cold sleep to find the world in ruins and a one-year deadline to find the legendary 49 keys and reach their eastern destination at Jipang. To assist him in his quest is human girl named Suzie, and a trio of Asobot Bandits named Goku, Tongo, and Joe, in which Goku is a 1st-generation Asobot.