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Kino's Journey —the Beautiful World— (キノの旅 —the Beautiful World— Kino no Tabi —the Beautiful World—), shortened to Kino's Journey, is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi. The series originally started serialization in volume five of MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp on March 17, 2000 before the first volume's official release on July 10, 2000 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko publishing imprint.

The first volumes was licensed and released by Tokyopop in 2006 before it was discontinued.

Synopsis[]

Destination is a state of mind. A tale of one girl and her bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, only staying in each country for three days. During their adventures, they find happiness, sadness, pain, decadence, violence, beauty, and wisdom. But through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom. They discover that because of the world's imperfections, it is actually a thing of beauty. "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is."

Characters[]

  • Kino
  • Hermes
  • Shizu
  • Riku
  • Tifana
  • Photo

Light Novel Volumes[]

Kino's Journey -the beautiful world-[]

Kino no Tabi 1
Kino no Tabi 2
Kino no Tabi 3
Kino no Tabi 4
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World
July, 2000
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World II
October, 2000
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World III
January, 2001
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World IV
July, 2001
Kino no Tabi 5
Kino no Tabi 6
Kino no Tabi 7
Kino no Tabi 8
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World V
January, 2002
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World VI
August, 2002
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World VII
June, 2003
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World VIII
October, 2004
Kino no Tabi 9
Kino no Tabi 10
Kino no Tabi 11
Kino no Tabi 12
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World IX
October, 2005
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World X
October, 2006
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XI
October, 2007
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XII
October, 2008
Kino no Tabi 13
Kino no Tabi 14
Kino no Tabi 15
Kino no Tabi 16
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XIII
October, 2009
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XIV
October, 2010
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XV
October, 2011
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XVI
October, 2012
Kino no Tabi 17
Kino no Tabi 18
Kino no Tabi 19
Kino no Tabi 20
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XVII
October, 2013
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XVIII
October, 2014
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XIX
October, 2015
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XX
October, 2016
Kino no Tabi 21
Kino no Tabi 22
Kino no Tabi 23
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XXI
October, 2017
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XXII
July, 2019
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World XXIII
November, 2020

Gakuen Kino[]

Gakuen Kino 1
Gakuen Kino 2
Gakuen Kino 3
Gakuen Kino 4
Gakuen Kino
July, 2006
Gakuen Kino (2)
July, 2007
Gakuen Kino (3)
June, 2009
Gakuen Kino (4)
July, 2010
Gakuen Kino 5
Gakuen Kino 6
Gakuen Kino 7
Gakuen Kino (5)
July, 2011
Gakuen Kino (6)
October, 2019
Gakuen Kino (7)
May, 2021

Manga Volumes[]

Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World[]

The first manga adaptation of the light novels: with art by Iruka Shiomiya. It was released under Kodansha's Magazine Edge KC from July 2017.

Kino no Tabi V01
Kino no Tabi V02
Kino no Tabi V03
Kino no Tabi V04
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 1
July, 2017
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 2
October, 2017
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 3
February, 2018
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 4
August, 2018
Kino no Tabi V05
Kino no Tabi V06
Kino no Tabi V07
Kino no Tabi V08
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 5
February, 2019
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 6
September, 2019
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 7
March, 2020
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 8
September, 2020

Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World (GOU)[]

The second manga adaptation of the light novel: with art by Gou. It was serialised in Dengeki Daioh and released under the Dengeki Comics NEXT imprint from October 2017.

Kino no Tabi GOU V01
Kino no Tabi GOU V02
Kino no Tabi GOU V03
Kino no Tabi GOU V04
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 1
October, 2017
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 2
June, 2018
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 3
August, 2018
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 4
June, 2019
Kino no Tabi GOU V05
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 5
February, 2020

Gakuen Kino[]

The manga adaptation of the Gakuen Kino light novel: with art by Ouwadan Dennou. It was serialised in Dengeki G's Magazine and released under the Dengeki Comics imprint from February 2011.

Gakuen Kino V01
Gakuen Kino V02
Gakuen Kino V03
Gakuen Kino Volume 1
February, 2011
Gakuen Kino Volume 2
October, 2011
Gakuen Kino Volume 3
June, 2012

Anime[]

There is two different anime adaptations of the light novel. The first was produced by A.C.G.T. and aired for 13 episodes between April 8, 2003 and July, 8 2003. It adapted chapters from the first 5 volumes of the light novel. The second adaptation aimed to adapt the most popular chapters of the light novel from a 2015 "favourite country" poll. It was produced by Lerche and aired for 12 episodes between October and December 2017.

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Light Novel Volumes

Manga Volumes

Anime Adaptation
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1997 Fortune Quest
2000 Boogiepop Phantom
2003 Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World - Dokkoida?!
2005 Starship Operators - Shakugan no Shana - Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu - Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
2006 Ballad of a Shinigami. - Inukami! - Venus to Mamoru - Looking up At The Half-Moon
2007 Shakugan no Shana II - BACCANO! - Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan 2
2008 Toradora! - Shigofumi - Spice and Wolf - Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu - Allison and Lillia (Allison / Lillia and Treize) - A Certain Magical Index - Our Home's Fox Deity
2009 Asura Cryin' - Asura Cryin' 2 - Shakugan no Shana S - Spice and Wolf II - Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza
2010 Durarara!! - Oreimo - Ladies versus Butlers! - A Certain Magical Index II - Okami-san and Her Seven Companions
2011 Oreimo (OVA) - C3 - Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere - Shakugan no Shana III - Ro-Kyu-Bu! - Heaven's Memo Pad
2012 Accel World - Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II - Sword Art Online - The Pet Girl of Sakurasou - Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Finale
2013 Oreimo 2 - Oreimo 2 (OVA) - Golden Time - Strike the Blood - The Devil is a Part-Timer! - Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS
2014 The Irregular at Magic High School - Sword Art Online II - Black Bullet
2015 Durarara!! x2 Shou - Durarara!! x2 Ten - Heavy Object
2016 Strike The Blood II - Alderamin on the Sky - Durarara!! x2 Ketsu - And you thought there is never a girl online?
2017 Eromanga-sensei - Grimoire of Zero - Angel's 3Piece! - Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World -the animated series-
2018 Strike The Blood III - A Certain Magical Index III - Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai - Sword Art Online: Alicization - Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
2019 Girly Air Force - Boogiepop and Others (2019) - Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld - ORESUKI: Are You The Only One Who Loves Me? - Rascal Does Not Dream of Dreaming Girl
2020 Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2 -Strike The Blood IV - Adachi and Shimamura - The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitors Arc - The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants
2021 86 - Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose - Sword Art Online Progressive The Movie: The Aria of the Night Without Stars - 86 Season 2
2022 Rust-Eater Bisco - Shine Post - The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc
TBC The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2 - The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants Season 2 - The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants Season 2 Part 2 -
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