New Journey to the West

New Journey to the West
Official poster for Season 8
Hangul
신서유기
GenreVariety show
Travel documentary
Written byLee Woo-jung
Choi Jae-young
Directed by
  • Na Young-seok
  • Shin Hyo-jung (season 1-6)
  • Park Hyun-yong (season 7-8)
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes64 (list of episodes)
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Production
Production locations
Running time5-10 minutes each video, 5 videos every release on Friday at 10 a.m. (KST) (Season 1)

80–90 minutes per episode (Season 1-8)
Original release
NetworktvNgo broadcast via Naver TVCast (Season 1~2)
tvN (Season 1–8)
Release8 April 2016 (2016-04-08) –
18 December 2020 (2020-12-18)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)
Korean name
Hangul
신서유기
Hanja
新西遊記
Revised RomanizationSinseoyugi
McCune–ReischauerSinsŏyugi

New Journey to the West (Korean신서유기) 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.