BBC Sports is using an interesting bunch of mascots for their Olympics coverage — much more original than the usual snoozefest montage of slo-mo athletes and trumpet fanfares. Based on the 16th Century Chinese novel Journey to the West, and created by British musician Damon Albarn and British artist Jamie Hewlett (co-creators of the virtual rock band Gorillaz), this animated spot features the characters Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy, who use their skills in fighting and magic to defeat their enemies. This cartoon is itself an adaptation of Albarn and Hewlett’s opera version of the novel that features Chinese opera singers, acrobats and martial artists.
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Ally McAlpine says:
July 29, 2008 at 7:35 am (UTC 0)
It looks like the BBC are getting blanket applause for this better than the run-of-the-mill usual tripe we are expected to watch. When will entertainers realise that the human kind want something different. Instead we are treated to re-runs and re-makes. Bravo to the BBC!