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Hangul | 신서유기 |
Genre | Variety show Travel documentary |
Written by | Lee Woo-jung Choi Jae-young |
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Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 64 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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Running time | 5-10 minutes each video, 5 videos every release on Friday at 10 a.m. (KST) (Season 1) 80–90 minutes per episode (Season 1-8) |
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Network | tvNgo broadcast via Naver TVCast (Season 1~2) tvN (Season 1–8) |
Release | 8 April 2016 18 December 2020 | –
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 신서유기 |
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Hanja | 新西遊記 |
Revised Romanization | Sinseoyugi |
McCune–Reischauer | Sinsŏyugi |
New Journey to the West (Korean: 신서유기) is a South Korean travel-reality show that airs on tvN. This program started broadcasting on September 4, 2015 and has currently aired for 8 Seasons.
New Journey to the West's cast members are Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, Eun Ji-won, Ahn Jae-hyun, Cho Kyu-hyun, Song Min-ho, and Pyo Ji-hoon. Inspired by the famous Chinese novel Journey to the West, in each season every cast member was dressed as a certain character and traveled to places on a mission to find mystical dragon balls. They must complete a task in order to receive dragon balls. If the members successfully gather seven dragon balls, their wishes would be granted. Over the years, this program has gained popularity and garnered high viewer ratings with its fresh ideas, fluid storyline, varying roles, and fun costumes.