Kino's Journey
Kino's Journey

Kino's Journey

2003 1 Season 7.8 Ended

In Kino's Journey, the protagonist, Kino, accompanied by a talking motorcycle named Hermes, travels through a mystical world of many different countries and forests, each unique in its customs and people. She only spends three days and two nights in every town, without exception, on the principle that three days is enough time to learn almost everything important about a place, while leaving time to explore new lands.

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Episodes

Together with their sentient motorcycle Hermes, Kino is a traveller who journeys from country to country, staying in each country for three days to ex...

Towards the end of winter, Kino comes across three starving men who are trapped in the snow. Deciding to save them forces Kino to choose their lives o...

People are always looking for meaning, adding depth to even the most abstract of writings and actions and turning them into rituals and traditions. As...

Kino was not always a traveler, nor were they always named Kino. As a child, they grew up in the Land of Adults, a place where adulthood and responsib...

As they make their way along an old railroad, Kino runs into a man who has been polishing the tracks for some fifty years. Stopping for a break, Kino...

When Kino stops off in a country reputed to be a beautiful and wondrous place, they find that the reality is far different from their expectations. Th...

Kino has made it to the semi-finals of the tournament, but now the real challenge begins, for Kino is determined that they will win without having to...

In the Land of Mages, worth and power are measured by a person's ability to increase crop production. In this agriculturally orientated land, however,...

Kino and Hermes make their way to the Land of Books, a country whose library gathers together all the books in the world, but locks away those conside...

While searching for a village where they can get Hermes' speedometer repaired, Kino stumbles across a family living in the woods, served by an old wom...

As Kino takes a boat downriver and enjoys a lazy fishing trip, they finds themselves recalling the people they have met on their travels — people who...

Kino and Hermes visit a land that prides itself on a being a peaceful nation, but on entering the country, they soon realize that all is not as it see...

When Kino hears of a land where travelers are shunned, they decide to visit anyway and experience the people's attitude for themselves. To their surpr...

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1 year ago

10/10

i found kino's journey late at night looking for an anime to start on my friend's jellyfin server. four episodes later, mind completely blown, new favorite media thing ever. it's my new hyperfixation and no one can take it from me.

kino's journey is a short yet thought provoking anime. what takes some getting used to is understanding that the protagonist is not a hero, they're a neutral force not trying to get too involved. the first couple episodes introduce their philosophy very well in a way the reboot never really touches on. but it got me to rethink the entire ideal of heroism in the first place.

every episode is a new land, a new story, a new dilemma. the pacing is quiet and slow, in a somber yet peaceful way. it feels very down to earth. the formula is similar to star trek, but less space policey, less focus on solving the issue, more just posing philosophical questions, and occasionally letting kino be a total badass with their persuader.

also good androgynous/agender representation in anime, if that's your thing. it's more spelled out in the first ova "in order to do something - life goes on."

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