Kino no Tabi: the Beautiful World
#199 All-Time Ranking
# All-Time Popularity
- Format
- TV
- Episodes
- 13
- Episode Duration
- 25 minutes
- Status
- finished
- Start Date
- 4-8-2003
- End Date
- 7-8-2003
- Season
- spring 2003
- Average Score
- 8.1
- Mean Score
- 8.1
- Studios
- A.C.G.T.
- Producers
- WOWOW Genco Sentai Filmworks
- Source
- light novel
- Genres
- Adventure Drama Fantasy Psychological Slice of Life
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.
Relations
Characters
Kino
main
Ai Maeda
Japanese
Hermes
main
Ryuuji Aigase
Japanese
Kino
supporting
Kazuhiko Inoue
Japanese
Shizu
supporting
Takashi Irie
Japanese
Riku
supporting
Houchuu Ootsuka
Japanese
Sakura
supporting
Aoi Yuuki
Japanese
Staff
Keiichi Shigusawa
Original Creator
Kouhaku Kuroboshi
Original Character Design
Ryuutarou Nakamura
Director
Youta Tsuruoka
Sound Director
Ryou Sakai
Music
Ai Maeda
Theme Song Performance (ED)
Recommendations
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Kino
main
Ai Maeda
Japanese
Hermes
main
Ryuuji Aigase
Japanese
Kino
supporting
Kazuhiko Inoue
Japanese
Shizu
supporting
Takashi Irie
Japanese
Riku
supporting
Houchuu Ootsuka
Japanese
Sakura
supporting
Aoi Yuuki
Japanese
Nimya Tchuhachkova
supporting
Ai Kobayashi
Japanese
Shishou
supporting
Junko Midori
Japanese
Shijin no Musume
supporting
Chiwa Saitou
Japanese
Yukio
supporting
Seizou Katou
Japanese
Aibou
supporting
Kyoshi
supporting
King
supporting
Seizou Katou
Japanese
20 Otoko
supporting
Keiji Fujiwara
Japanese
30 Otoko
supporting
Chafuurin
Japanese
40 Otoko
supporting
Takayuki Sugou
Japanese
Keiichi Shigusawa
Original Creator
Kouhaku Kuroboshi
Original Character Design
Ryuutarou Nakamura
Director
Youta Tsuruoka
Sound Director
Ryou Sakai
Music
Ai Maeda
Theme Song Performance (ED)
Mikuni Shimokawa
Theme Song Performance (OP)
Sadayuki Murai
Script
Tetsuya Endou
Episode Director (ep 8)
Ryuutarou Nakamura
Episode Director (OP, ED, eps 2, 5)
Ryuutarou Nakamura
Storyboard (OP, ED, eps 3, 5, 11-13)
Takuya Satou
Storyboard (eps 8, 9, 11, 13)
Hidetoshi Oomori
Animation Director (ep 6)
Ryou Sakai
Theme Song Arrangement (ED)
Ryou Sakai
Theme Song Composition (ED)
Kyle Jones
ADR Director (English)
Keiichi Shigusawa
Theme Song Lyrics (ED)
Haruo Sotozaki
Key Animation (OP, ED)
Akiyuki Shinbou
In-Betweens Check (ep 7)
Takashi Watanabe
Prop Design (ep 8)
Takashi Watanabe
Mechanical Animation Director (ep 8)
Takahiko Yoshida
Key Animation (eps 1, 3)
Takamitsu Kondou
Key Animation (eps 1, 2, 4, 9, 12)
Takamitsu Kondou
Prop Design (eps 1-13)
Kumi Ishii
Key Animation (eps 2, 3)
Total ratings: 18748
Total users: 78077