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, authored by
Keiichi Sigsawa and first published in March 2000, which has been adapted into an
anime series that premiered between
8 April 2003 and
8 July 2003.
BACKGROUND
In
Kino's Journey, the protagonist, Kino, accompanied by a talking
motorrad, a
Brough Superior motorcyclenamed Hermes, travels through a mystical world of many differentcountries and forests, each unique in its customs and people. Kino onlyspends 3 days and 2 nights in every town, without exception, on theprinciple that three days is enough time to learn almost everythingimportant about a place, while leaving time to explore new lands. Kinodoes say in The Land of Visible Pain this principle is probably a lie,specifically noting
"if I stay any longer, I'm afraid I will settledown."
A phrase repeated in the anime and novels is
"The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." Kino's Journey explores what the anime director
Ryutaro Nakamura described as
"a radical sense of 'beauty," [1]and brutality, loneliness, nonsense, oppression and tragedy are oftenjuxtaposed against compassion and a fairy-tale atmosphere.
For protection and hunting, Kino carries a .44 single action
revolver (called "the Cannon", based on Colt M1851) that uses liquid explosive in place of
gunpowder and a .22 automatic
pistol (named "the Woodsman", based on Colt Woodsman). Later in Kino's adventures in the novels, Kino also uses a semi-automatic
sniper rifle (called "the Flute", based on Arisaka type 99) along with a variety of other tools including
knives. Kino is an unusually quick draw and practices every day before dawn.
Technology in this world exists, sometimes to the level of
science fiction, although
anachronisms are common (for example, the same land that has talking
robots also appears to have
phonographs,yet simultaneously the world hasn't developed heavier-than-air flight).The level of technology also varies from country to country. The worldis not heavily magical (the only "magical" elements include land thatmoves, a talking motorrad, and a possibly talking dog), although it hasa certain fairy-tale quality.
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