Xi You Ji
西游记
Journey to the West is a Chinese television series adapted from the classical novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on CCTV in China on 1 October 1986. The series became an instant classic in China and is still being praised as the best and most authentic interpretation of the novel. Unadapted portions of the original story were later covered in the second season, which was released in 1999.
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Jun 3, 2026, 10:45 PM
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CourScore
42.6
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: Medium • Updated 3 minutes ago
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 63.3
- Production pipeline confidence - In active production
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Tencent Penguin Pictures, BYMENT) historically renew 0% of productions
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 17 | Apr 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 46 | Mar 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 2 | Apr 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 394 | Apr 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 9,140 | Apr 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 64.7 | Apr 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 1,691 | Nov 16, 2025, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 2 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 62 | May 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.37 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 105 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 65 | Jun 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | May 31, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 24.38 | Jun 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |