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Kino's Journey

Kino no Tabi: the Beautiful World · キノの旅 -the Beautiful World-

TV · Finished · Spring 2003 · 13 episodes · 25 min

Based on a hit light novel series by Keiichi Sigsawa, the philosophical Kino's Journey employs the time-honored motif of the road trip as a vehicle for self-discovery and universal truth. Deeply meditative and cooler than zero, the series follows the existential adventures of the apt marksman Kino along with talking motorcycle Hermes as they travel the world and learn much about themselves in the process. Imaginative, thought-provoking, and sometimes disturbing, Kino's journey is documented in an episodic style with an emphasis on atmosphere rather than action or plot, though still prevalent.

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Psychological, Slice of Life

Tags: Philosophy, Episodic, Travel, Foreign, Denpa, Iyashikei, Meta, Motorcycles, Achronological Order, Dystopian, Agender, Guns

Studio: A.C.G.T.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1: Land of Visible Pain
  2. Episode 2: A Tale of Feeding Off Others
  3. Episode 3: Land of Prophecies
  4. Episode 4: Land of Adults
  5. Episode 5: Three Men Along the Rails
  6. Episode 6: Coliseum (Part 1)
  7. Episode 7: Coliseum (Part 2)
  8. Episode 8: Land of Wizards
  9. Episode 9: Land of Books
  10. Episode 10: A Tale of Mechanical Dolls
  11. Episode 11: Her Journey
  12. Episode 12: A Peaceful Land
  13. Episode 13: A Kind Land

Reviews

“The world is not beautiful; and that, in a way, lends it a sort of beauty.”

Someone once told me that watching the birds made them want to go on a journey.

Shows us outside-looking-in just how odd, yet mesmerizing, the world can be.