Talk:Jack the Ripper/@comment-2001:E68:5428:6320:71B7:C6BC:2B17:3C26-20180117193538/@comment-34208015-20180120164801

I can only disagree with what you say "Journey to the West" is considered as a top classical of Asian literature just like Mahabharat seems to be considered as a classical in India and culturally related countries. Mahabharat had also many TV adaptations but the thing is that  it didn't spread much outside Indian borders, it just was that sucessful compared to  "Journey to the West" (probably because Buddhism is geographically more expanded than Hindouism and also because this tale has more iconic protagonists). Mahabharat may be popular in India but from what I learnt from Internet, it doesn't seems to be that well-known outside Hindi sphere which isn't as big as what you said: Hindu sphere may represent 80% of south asia but that because Indian people represent nearly 80% of the south asia population. In comparaison  "Journey to the West" is rather well known even in western countries and outside the pure literature sphere.