Kino's Journey

Wow, all I can say is this is one incredile ride, it's everything I've come to love about a series, it's thought-provoking, intellegent, immersive story with a hint of comedy here and there, I really enjoyed it enough to actual buy the light novel and all, very great anime, it's probably actually my favorite anime series and possibly my favorite series next to Dead Like Me.

Oh yea, for those who wondering what it's actually about, it's basically about a girl and her talking motorcade traveling from country to country learning as much as they can about each in three days, sounds simple, but trust me, once you get down to watching it it transforms into more.

Sounds intriguing. I mean it when I say that I'll definitely get around to watching it, probably right after we finish with the second season of Kaleido Star. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll get back to this thread.

Are there any other series that it's similar to?

We watched the first 2 volumes of Kino's Journey. Not as quick or attention grabbing as most anime series, but I was somehow expecting that. There doesn't seem to be an easily noticeable direction or development, either. They had an excellent episode with the back story on how Kino met Hermes, which was probably my favorite episode thus far, but it still doesn't seem like I could look forward to learning too much about Kino, but more of what she encounters. There are times when her situations or the characters she meets seem to reflect her life, but I can't tell if that is how it is or if I'm trying to connect it that way. I can't seem to find her motivations or something.

Still, it's refreshing to have such a anime after all the cutesy stuff I've been watching lately. This is much more mysterious, eerie, and seemingly multi-layered. The characters don't interest me too much so far, but there are other aspects I've been enjoying, such as how thought-provoking it is.

And it was strange how many of the voices I actually noticed. There were two voices I recognized from the Kaleido Star series (Hermes is totally Sora Naeghiro!).

Finished Kino's Journey, entirely. It didn't grow on me as it went along like other animes, such as Fruits Basket or Kaleido Star, do. Still, the many different and fascinating cultures Kino encountered on her journey were fun to discover and often so mysterious. The very last one that got covered with lava would probably have to be my favorite. Drastic change in attitude and I still wondered whether or not they were truly nice or mean up until the very end. I'm not sure if a world as interesting as Kino's world would be fun/interesting or not. Probably not. Too dangerous.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Well, I enjoyed each episode, but the characters and story didn't grow on me much. Basically, I cared for the final episode as much as I did the first. I learned a bit about Kino along the way, but I didn't seem to grow very attached. It was starting to look forward to some more back-story when they did little flashbacks of when she got the gun and all, but it didn't really fulfill what I was hoping for. I still enjoyed it, nevertheless. It was refreshing and interesting. I'd totally watch more suggestions from you without hesitation.

No way. That's cool. I look forward to that. I was thinking that there might be more in the future. Is it like a second season? I wouldn't expect it in a movie form. Very curious about that.

And watching anime on Youtube doesn't do it for me. Everyone who lives here with me sits down and watches them too, so it's best to wait for it to get on DVD. Much easier to get into it that way. I'll research it and find out when it'll be out here.

Ahh, Kino's Journey. One of my favourites ever! Im still hunting down the box set, but man did I love that show! It really turned me on to non-main stream anime.

..Is this the same as a book Kino No Tabi? (Kino's journey) I recently picked up the book a while ago from my language arts teacher.

Yeah, oh I didn't do the translation right it was Kino the traveler. Oh, I didn't know it had a series, I'll look up on it.

I got the music soundtrack a few days ago. It has a lot of good music that I barely noticed while watching the anime. Must've not been distracting.

"Repeating (from Pachelbel's Canon)" has become my favorite song from the soundtrack. Great lullaby. I don't recall where it was in the actual anime so I don't have that visual.

I don't think so. I'd think I would recognize it if it were. I'm not sure what song that is. I must not have it.