Before we tell you explicitly about New Journey To The West Season 9, here is some information about the concept of the show in general. With a total of 8 seasons, New Journey To The West is a travel-reality show. It is based on a Chinese novel called ‘Journey To The West’. The concept of the show is fairly simple. The seven cast members must dress themselves up in character and travel to look for a dragon ball. Wishes will be granted for all seven members if they manage to collect seven dragon balls. In order to retrieve these dragon balls, the members need to complete certain given tasks.
New Journey To The West Season 9 – Everything We Know So Far
New Journey To The West started in 2015 with season 1. The last season – season 8 premiered on television between October and December 2020. The episodes in every season were mostly aired on tVN. Exceptions were season 1 and 18 episodes of season 2 and 2.5, which were aired in Naver TVCast. Nothing much about New Journey To The West Season 9 has been revealed so far. However, K-Netz are speculating that the 9th Season will premiere sometime in the fourth quarter, probably October, of the year. On the 11th of June, 2020 several K-media outlets reported that the New Journey To The West Season 9 will begin filming this summer. If you are wondering about the latest cast of the 9th season, we have you covered there too. Get excited to see some of your favorite stars back. We will see – Kang Ho Dong, Lee Soo Geun, Eun Ji Won, Super Junior’s Kyuhyun, WINNER’s Song Min Ho, Block B’s P.O, and Ahn Jae Hyun. The show will begin filming officially in August 2021. We will see it on TV right after ‘Six Sense 2’ finishes its television run. All the members of the New Journey To The West Season 9 are greeting their fans through a spin-off series called ‘Spring Gang’. Stay tuned to this page with further updates of the New Journey To The West Season 9. Also Read: Top 15 Slice Of Life K-Dramas You Should Watch
New Journey To The West Season 1 – 8
Here is a short recap of what we have seen in the last 8 seasons of the show to give you a clearer idea. In the first season, the cast members went to Xi’an in China to collect the seven dragon balls. The trip was four nights and five days long. The various characters in this season were a Buddhist monk, a monkey character, a pig character, and a celestial being. All the seasons between 2 and 4 again had similar concepts. This time, the cast traveled to China and Vietnam. The theme of the 4th season was ‘Apocalypse of Hell’, and the activities certainly did stand up to this theme. The tasks were more extreme in comparison to the previous seasons. It took place in Vietnam. However, seven dragon balls were ultimately collected, and the wishes of the cast members were all granted. Seasons 5, 6, and 6.5 were shot in Hokkaido, Japan, and Hong Kong. The 7th and 8th seasons of the show were entirely shot in South Korea. New Journey To The West won the Best Content Award in the Variety Category in the tvN10 Awards of 2016. The show has a total of 10 spin-offs. Two of the most recent ones from 2021 are ‘Don’t Look Back’ and ‘Spring Camp’. All the spin-offs were originally aired on tvN. ‘Spring Camp’ is the only one to be aired on TVING. New Journey To The West is directed by one of the most popular directors and producers in the South Korean television industry – Na Young Seok. Recently he collaborated with the record-breaking band BTS for their variety show – Run BTS.
New Journey To The West Season 9 Release Date
We are expecting New Journey To The West Season 9 to release by December 2021, once the official word is out, we will update you for the same. Also Read: 10 Best Korean Variety Shows To Watch Right Now