New Journey to the West
Original title: 신서유기
- 2015 –2020
- Returning series
- 15
★ 8.8 TMDB Rating · 15 votes
Each member takes one of the characters from the classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West” as they go to different destination every season
- Created by
- Nah Yung-suk
- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes
- 89
- Episode length
- ~1h 30m
- First aired
- Sep 4, 2015
- Networks
- tvN
- Original language
- Korean
- Origin
- South Korea
Cast of New Journey to the West
Seasons
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Specials
Apr 5, 2016
15 episodes
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Season 1
Sep 4, 2015
27 episodes
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Season 2
Apr 22, 2016
9 episodes
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Season 3
Jan 8, 2017
10 episodes
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Season 4
Jun 13, 2017
11 episodes
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Season 5
Sep 30, 2018
5 episodes
In Season 5, Kang Ho-dong, Eun Ji-won, Lee Soo-geun, Ahn Jae-hyun, Mino and P.O (replacing Kyuhyun) travel to Hong Kong and Hokkaido. A totally new set of characters (Chucky, Kaonashi, Dracula, Chinese Vampire, Grim Reaper & Virgin Female Ghost) are introduced. The season started on 30 September 2018.
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Season 6
Nov 4, 2018
5 episodes
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Season 7
Oct 25, 2019
11 episodes
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Season 8
Oct 9, 2020
11 episodes
In this season, the show was filmed in South Korea with the Korean traditional fairytale theme, Tale of Hengbu. Kang Ho-dong plays Heungbu's son; Lee Soo-geun plays the gourd; Eun Ji-won plays the swallow; Cho Kyuhyun plays Nolbu's wife; Song Min-no plays Heungbu and P.O plays Nolbu.
