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Kino's Journey (TV)

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© KEIICHI SIGSAWA • MEDIA WORKS / "KINO'S JOURNEY" PRODUCTION COMMITTEE


Related anime:
    Kino's Travels -life goes on.- (movie) (prequel)
      Kino's Travels - the Beautiful World: Byouki no Kuni -For You- (movie)

Alternative title:
Kino no Tabi - the Beautiful World - (Japanese)
Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World
Kino's Travels - the Beautiful World -
L'Odyssée de Kino (French)
Путешествие Кино - прекрасный мир (Russian)
رحلة كينو (Arabic)
キノの旅 - the Beautiful World - (Japanese)
키노의 여행 (Korean)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: The story follows the travels of Kino, a young adventurer who rides a talking motorcycle named Hermes. They explore the people and cultures of different places throughout their adventures, spending only three days at each location.
User Ratings: 1796 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 653 votes (sub:470, dub:162, Spa.sub:5, Rus.sub:4, raw:3, ?:2, Rus.dub:2, Ger.dub:2, Ita.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 529 votes (sub:391, dub:123, ?:3, raw:3, Por.sub:2, Spa.sub:2, Ger.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Very good: 311 votes (sub:224, dub:73, Spa.sub:3, raw:3, ?:2, Por.sub:2, Rus.edit.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Good: 141 votes (sub:109, dub:27, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, ?:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Decent: 57 votes (sub:40, dub:14, Ger.dub:1, raw:1, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 51 votes (sub:32, dub:17, raw:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 19 votes (sub:16, dub:2, raw:1)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:3, raw:2)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:5, dub:3, raw:2)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:3, Por.sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2753 users, rank: #186
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.636 (Excellent-.36), std. dev.: 1.6402, rank: #97
Weighted mean: 8.619 (Excellent-.38), rank: #78 (seen all: 8.81 / seen some: 7.24 / won't finish: 4.78)
Bayesian estimate: 8.613 (Excellent-.38), rank: #32
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 14
Vintage:
2003-04-08 to 2003-07-08
2005-01-23 (Ep 1-4, Italy - Future Film Festival)
2007-04-19 to 2007-05-07 (USA - ImaginAsian TV)
Opening Theme:
"All the Way" by Mikuni Shimokawa
Ending Theme:
"The Beautiful World" by Ai Maeda
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
Based on a series of novels by Keiichi Sigsawa.
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Related releases:
    Kino's Journey - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-02-03 (from $23.99)
    Kino's Journey - Idle Adventurer (DVD 1) 2004-02-24 (from $5.00)
    Kino's Journey - Idle Adventurer + Artbox (DVD 1) 2004-02-24 (from $22.99)
    Kino's Journey - Emerging Lanes (DVD 2) 2004-04-06 (from $16.99)
    Kino's Journey - Warning! Curves Ahead (DVD 3) 2004-05-18 (from $17.48)
    Kino's Journey - Not Without Reservations (DVD 4) 2004-06-29 (from $16.99)
    Kino's Journey - Thinpak Collection (DVD 1-4) 2005-10-25 (from $27.19)
    Kino no Tabi - Book One of The Beautiful World (Novel 1) 2006-10-10 (from $36.34)
    Kino No Tabi - Book Two: Where Nothing Is Written (Novel 2) 2007-02-13

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Ryutaro Nakamura

Script: Sadayuki Murai

Storyboard:
Heisaku Wada (eps 7, 10, 13)
Kooji Kobayashi (eps 2, 4, 6)
Ryutaro Nakamura
Takuya Sato (eps 8-9, 11, 13)

Episode Director:
Kooji Kobayashi (5 episodes

eps 3-4, 6, 10, 13
)
Ooki Kusumoto (ep 11)
Ryutaro Nakamura (eps 1-2, 5)
Tetsuya Endo (ep 8)
Yasuo Ejima (eps 9, 12)
Yutaka Hirata (ep 7)

Music: Ryo Sakai

Original creator: Keiichi Sigsawa (novel)

Original Character Design: Kouhaku Kuroboshi

Character Design: Shigeyuki Suga

Art director: Masayoshi Banno

Animation director:
Fumio Matsumoto
Hidetoshi Oomori (ep 6)
Mio Tsumoto (eps 12-13)
Naomi Miyata (ep 8)
Ooki Kusumoto (ep 11)
Saburo Masutani (ep 9)
Takaaki Fukuyo (eps 10-11)
Takashi Watabe (ep 8 mecha)
Takuya Matsumoto
Yoshiaki Ito (ep 7)
Yukiko Tsukashita (eps 12-13)

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Naoyuki Ohba

Producer: Nobuhiro Osawa

Assistant director: Tagatsugu Kobayashi

Color Coordination: Michiyo Iriomote

Editing: Takeshi Imai

Planning: Tatsuo Sato

Prop Design: Takamitsu Kondou

Setting Production: Yoshitaka Nakamura

Sound Design: Koji Kasamatsu

Theme Song Lyrics: SIN (OP)

Theme Song Performance:
Ai Maeda (ED)
Mikuni Shimokawa (OP)

 

Ai Maeda as Kino

Ryuji Aigase as Hermes

Chafurin as Man in His 30s (Trader B) (ep 2)

Ai Kobayashi as Nimya (ep 8)

Aoi Yabusaki as Sakura (ep 13)

Atsushi Godai as Guard (ep 3)

Chiwa Saito as Daughter (ep 3)

Fumihiko Tachiki as Tank (ep 9)

Hiroshi Kitazawa as Man (ep 5)

Hiroshi Matsumoto as Boarder Machine (ep 1)

Hiroshi Naka as Vagrant author (ep 9)

Hiroto Torihata as Townsperson 2 (ep 13)

Hitomi Matsuno as Little Girl (ep 3)

Houchu Ohtsuka as Riku (eps 6-7)

Jin Yamanoi as Sakura's father (ep 13)

Jun Hazumi as Father (ep 4)

Junichi Endou as Chief librarian (ep 9)

Junko Midori as Shishou (master)

Juurouta Kosugi as Groom's father (ep 13)

Kachiko Hino as Cabinet minister (ep 9)

Kazuhiko Inoue as Traveler (ep 4)

Kazuomi Ikeda as Old gentleman (ep 12)

Keiji Fujiwara as Man in His 20s (Trader A) (ep 2)

Kenichi Morozumi as Old gentleman (ep 9)

Kenji Nomura as Commanding officer (eps 6-7)

Kikumi Umeda as Voice (ep 1)

Koji Yusa as Salaryman (ep 5)

Kousuke Meguro as Assassin (ep 6)

Kumi Sakuma as Mother (ep 4)

Marika Hayashi as Miss Rose (eps 6-7)

Masaharu Satou as Immigration officer (ep 12)

Masako Isobe as Curator (ep 12)

Masashi Hirose as Commander (ep 12)

Masato Funaki as Comrade B (ep 9)

Mayumi Ichikawa as Porter Board (ep 5)

Michitoshi Seki as Person (ep 8)

Mie Sonozaki as Female Examiner (ep 3)

Mika Itou as Girl A (ep 3)

Miki Itou as Sakura's mother (ep 13)

Minako Ichiki as Townsperson

Misa Kobayashi as Voice (ep 9)

Miyuki Uehara as Person (ep 8)

Naoki Makishima as Chief (ep 8)

Naoko Shirakami as Librarian (ep 9)

Norihiro Inoue as Man (ep 1)

Otoya Kawano as Collapsed man (ep 9)

Rintarou Nishi as Mercenary (ep 6)

Ryuji Mizuno as Railway Track Polisher (ep 5)

Ryuji Nakagi as
Inspector (ep 4)
Scholar (ep 3)

Seizo Katou as King (ep 7)

Shingo Hiramatsu as Old man Smith (ep 13)

Shinpachi Tsuji as Gunman (eps 6-7)

Shun Miyasato as Townsman F (ep 4)

Tadahisa Saizen as Soldier (ep 3)

Takashi Irie as Shizu

Takayuki Fujimoto as Comrade A (ep 9)

Takayuki Sugo as Man in His 40s (Trader C) (ep 2)

Taku Kurohi as Townsman D (ep 4)

Takuya Kirimoto as Fiance (ep 8)

Tomoyuki Terai as
Comrade C (ep 9)
Waiter Machine (ep 1)

Toru Ohkawa as Trucker (ep 6)

Toshihide Tsuchiya as Teacher (ep 4)

Tsuyoshi Koyama as
Guide soldier (eps 6-7)
Townsperson (ep 4)

Yoshiko Asai as Old Woman (ep 3)

Yoshimi Akiba as Moving Board (ep 5)

Yoshinori Endo as Railway Track Dismantler (ep 5)

Yoshito Ishinami as Soldier (ep 6)

Yoshiyuki Kaneko as Railway Track Repairman (ep 5)

Youhei Oobayashi as Townsperson 1 (ep 13)

Yuji Mikimoto as Poet (ep 3)

Yutaka Shimaka as Southern Priest (ep 3)

Yuto Endo as Townsman E (ep 4)

Yuu Sugimoto as Information Machine (ep 1)

Yuzuru Aoyama as Boatman (ep 3)

Japanese companies 

Animation: Studio Wombat

Broadcaster: WOWOW

Music Production:
Flight Master (OP)
Pony Canyon

Production:
A.C.G.T.
GENCO
MediaWorks
WOWOW

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Kyle Jones

Translation:
Feng Xiong
Masumi MacLeod

ADR Script:
Chris Griffin
Kyle Jones

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Producer: Kyle Jones

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio

DVD Coordination:
Anthony Benavides (Thinpack)
Janice Williams
Mariela Ortiz

DVD Menu:
Adeleye Lufadeju
Bill Newton

DVD Menu Design: Russell Etchen (Thinpack)

DVD Producer: Thomas Meerbott

Editing:
Bill Newton
Neil O'Sullivan
Robert Marchand

Graphics:
Adeleye Lufadeju
Bill Newton

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Mix: Wade Shemwell

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Carole Pavlik
Maki Nagano
Marta Bechtol
Miyuki Kamiya
Robert Marchand

Project Translator: Joe Congdon

Recording engineer: Matt Wittmeyer

Senior Translator: Shoko Oono

Sound Design: Wade Shemwell

Subtitle Script & Timing:
Dwayne Jones (Thinpack)
Neal Barnes (Thinpack)

Subtitling: Feng Xiong

 

Cynthia Martinez as Hermes

Kelli Cousins as Kino

Allison Sumrall as Mother (ep 10)

Alyson Irene Edman as Bride (ep 13)

Amanda Nanawa as Woman A (ep 7)

Andrew Klimko as Assasin (ep 6)

Andy McAvin as Porter Bot (ep 5)

Andy Nelson as Takatan (ep 12)

Brooke Sinclair as Jin (ep 11)

Carl Wormley as Young Wise Man (ep 11)

Chris Ayres as
Bartender (ep 11)
Man A (ep 13)

Chris Nelson as Guard B (ep 3)

Chris Patton as The Traveler (ep 4)

Christine Auten as
Female Examiner (ep 3)
Older Woman (ep 3)
Young Nanny (ep 10)

Clint Bickham as Shizu (eps 6-7)

Cynthia Martinez as Girl B (ep 8)

Dan Mackey as Policeman B (ep 9)

David Born as Survivor (ep 5)

David Parker as Railway Track Demolisher (ep 5)

Eric Opella as Policeman (ep 9)

Gabi Chennisi as
Little Girl (ep 3)
Young Kino (ep 4)

Hal Rawley as Railway Track Layer (ep 5)

Hilary Haag as Lily (ep 13)

Illich Guardiola as
Man in His 20's (ep 2)
The Author (ep 9)

James Faulkner as Trucker

Jason Douglas as Poet (ep 3)

Jay Hickman as
Soldier A (ep 3)
The Lonely Man (ep 1)

Jennie Welch as Master (ep 11)

Jessica Boone as
Chosen Girl (ep 3)
Greeting Machine (ep 1)

Jim McClellan as Father (ep 10)

John Gremillion as Working Stiff (ep 5)

John Kaiser as Southern Priest (ep 3)

John Swasey as
Father (ep 4)
Hotel Manager (ep 3)

John Tyson as
Porter Machine (ep 1)
Professor (ep 3)

K.C. Jones as
Boy (ep 8)
Girl A (ep 8)
Gun Salesman (ep 3)
Information Machine (ep 1)
Soldier A (ep 4)

Kim Prause as Sica (ep 11)

Lidia Porto as
Boy A (ep 12)
Mrs. Sakura (ep 13)

Luci Christian as Nimya

Marcy Bannor as
Mother (ep 4)
Nanny (ep 10)
Supplies Saleswoman (ep 3)

Marcy Rae as Miss Minister (ep 9)

Marty Fleck as
Colonel (ep 6)
Wise Man (ep 11)

Matt Culpepper as Escort Soldier (ep 6)

Matt Wittmeyer as
Soldier B (ep 4)
Waiter Machine (ep 1)

Michael Callahan as Collection Man (ep 3)

Mike Kleinhenz as Man in his 40's (ep 2)

Mike Vance as
Escaped Man (ep 9)
Soldier B (ep 9)

Monica Rial as Su (ep 11)

Paul Locklear as
Fiance (ep 8)
Flatbed Bot (ep 5)

Paul Sidello as Chief (ep 8)

Phil Ross as Railway Track Polisher (ep 5)

Philip Lehl as
Boatman (ep 3)
Frightened Man (ep 1)

Randy Sparks as
Guard (ep 3)
Old Man Believer (ep 3)

Rebecca Ayres as Son (ep 10)

Rick Burford as Inspector (ep 4)

Rick Piersall as
Northern Priest (ep 3)
Officer A (ep 8)
Teacher (ep 4)

Sandra Krasa as Mother (ep 8)

Sarah LaFleur as Narrator

Serena Varghese as Poet's Daughter (ep 3)

Tad Hathaway as Brock (ep 11)

Tejas Englesmith as Riku (eps 6-7)

Vic Mignogna as
Groom (ep 13)
Hypnotist (ep 11)
Male Examiner (ep 3)
The King (ep 7)
Trader A (ep 2)

Vicki Barosh as
Curator (ep 12)
Old Woman Believer (ep 3)

Wade Shemwell as Officer B (ep 8)

Chip Schneider

Chris Nelson

Daniel Scruggs

Lidia Porto

Logan Haire

Melissa Cybele Sparks

Patrick Givens

Rob Mungle

Roberto Garcia

Stacy Slanina

Ted Pfister

Thomas Meerbott

English companies 

ADR Production: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
iaTV
The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by:
ADV Films
TOKYOPOP

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

French staff 
French cast 

Adaptation: Frédéric Roques

 

Gwenäelle Julien as Kino

French companies 

Distributor: Kaze

Italian staff 
(none)
Italian companies 

Distributor: Mediafilm

Italian cast 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Isabelle Höpfner as Kino

Jesco Wirthgen as Hermes

Markus Haase as Shizu (eps 6-7)

Peter Flechtner as Reisender (ep 4)

Rubina Kuraoka as Kino als Kind (ep 4)

Astrid Bless as Kuratorin (ep 12)

Axel Lutter as
Barkeeper (ep 11)
Hauptmann (eps 6-7)

Eberhard Prüter as Gleisarbeiter 1 (ep 5)

Erich Räuker as
Hypnotiseur (ep 11)
Lehrer
Wache 2 (eps 6-7)

Esther Barth as
Reisende (ep 11)
Rose (eps 6-7)

Eva-Maria Werth as Nanny (ep 10)

Frank Muth as
Kino's 1. Gegner
Rebel 3 (ep 9)

Frank Schröder as Fianeé (ep 8)

Georg Tryphon as Gaukler (ep 7)

Gerald Paradies as
Ace (ep 11)
Rebel 1 (ep 9)

Gerald Schaale as Bürgermeister (ep 8)

Hans Hohlbein as Mann (ep 5)

Hans-Jürgen Dittberner as
Dichter (ep 3)
König (eps 6-7)

Hans-Werner Bussinger as
Kinos Vater (ep 4)
Sakuras Großvater (ep 13)
Schriftsteller (ep 9)

Jennifer Weiss as Mädchen (ep 3)

Jörg Döring as Kino's 2. Gegner

Karl Schulz as
Gleisarbeiter 3 (ep 5)
Mitreisender (ep 11)

Klaus Lochthove as Riku (eps 6-7)

Lutz Schnell as
Chefbibliothekar (ep 9)
Herrscher der zerstörten Stadt (ep 5)
Takatanier (ep 12)

Marco Kröger as
Hausherr (ep 10)
Sakuras Vater (ep 13)

Peter Flechtner as Mann (ep 11)

Reinhard Kuhnert as Rebel 3 (ep 9)

Reinhard Scheunemann as
Soldat (ep 9)
Wache 1 (ep 6)

Robin Kahnmeyer as Soldat/Fremdenführer (ep 12)

Rubina Kuraoka as
Des Dichters Tochter (ep 3)
Sakura (ep 13)

Samia Little Elk as
Gedichtaufsagerin (ep 3)
Nimya

Silvia Missbach as
Hausdame (ep 10)
Sakuras Mutter (ep 13)

Thomas Petruo as
Informationsroboter (ep 1)
Mann (jüngster) (ep 2)

Walter Alich as
Portier (ep 12)
Revolverheld (eps 6-7)

German companies 

Annouced:
ADV Films (DT)
Universum-Films

Dubbing: Deutsche Synchron Filmgesellschaft mbH

 
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