Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series is the second anime adaptation animated by Lerche and produced by Egg Firm based on the light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa and illustrated by Kouhaku Kuroboshi and is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, with Yukie Sugawara supervising scripts and Ryoko Amisaki designing the characters. The series aired on October 6, 2017. Crunchyroll is streaming the series with subtitles, and Funimation is streaming the series with an English Dub as part of their Fall 2017 Simuldub Line-up.
Plot[]
In an imperfect world, the stories make it beautiful. Meet Kino, a traveler exploring beyond the boundaries into unknown mystical places! With only their guns and talking motorcycle, Hermes, by their side, they learn about unique people and their customs through the fascinating stories they weave. But to see everything, they can only spare three days in each land before moving on to the next adventure.
Staff[]
- Director: Tomohisa Taguchi
- Series Composition: Yukie Sugawara
- Music: Yoshiaki Dewa
- Original Creator: Keiichi Sigsawa
- Original Character Design: Kouhaku Kuroboshi
- Character Design: Ryoko Amisaki
- Chief Animation Director: Ryoko Amisaki & Seiji Tachikawa
- Director of Photography: Ryuji Hirakawa
- Prop Design: Takao Takegami & Tomohito Hirose
- Sound Director: Satoki Iida
- Sound Effects: Tsutomu Ueno
- Theme Song Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
- Theme Song Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
- Color Design: Saori Gouda
English Staff[]
- ADR Director: Kyle Phillips
- Assistant ADR Director: Tabitha Ray
- ADR Engineer: Jeremy Woods
- Scripts: Aaron Dismuke
- Mixing Engineer: Gino Palencia
Cast[]
Character | Voice Actors
(Japanese) |
Voice Actors
(English) |
Note |
---|---|---|---|
Kino | Aoi Yuki | Lindsey Seidel | |
Hermes | Soma Saito | Derick Snow | |
Shizu | Yuichiro Umehara | Jeff Johnson | |
Riku | Kenichiro Matsuda | Chris Sabat | |
Ti | Ayane Sakura | Monica Rial | |
Photo | Inori Minase | Brina Palencia | |
Sou | Megumi Ogata | Greg Ayres | |
Shishou | Lynn | Caitlin Glass | |
Aibou | Kazuyuki Okitsu | Micah Solusod |
Theme Song[]
Opening Theme: "Here and There" by Nagi Yanagi
Ending Theme: "Satōdama no Tsuki" (砂糖玉の月) by Nagi Yanagi
External Links[]
Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series Official Website (Japanese)
Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series on Crunchyroll
Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series on Funimation
Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series on Anime News Network