Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World - the Animated Series

Kino's Journey —the Beautiful World— the Animated Series (キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series, Kino no Tabi - the Beautiful World- the Animated Series) is a 2017 anime series based on the light novel series of the same name written by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi. This remake was animated by Lerche and produced by Egg Firm. The series is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, with Yukie Sugawara supervising scripts and Ryoko Amisaki designing the characters. The opening theme is "Here and There" and the ending theme is "Satōdama no Tsuki" (砂糖玉の月), both by Nagi Yanagi.

The anime series was animated by Lerche, produced by Egg Firm, directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, and it premiered in Japan from October 6, 2017 to December 22, 2017, consisting of 12 episodes.

Funimation produced a SimulDub of the series for their streaming service FunimationNow, which premiered on October 26, 2017.

Synopsis

"The world is not beautiful, therefore it is."

A story about Kino, who travels around the world with nothing but guns for protection and the talking motorcycle Hermes. Kino travels to many mystical worlds, each with its unique customs and people, and learns about the world through their stories, at times conjuring humor and inspiration or other times piercing cynicism.

However, Kino's own custom is to stay no longer than three days in every town without exception, as it is enough time to learn almost everything important about the place while still leaving time to explore new lands.

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Kino	Aoi Yūki	Lindsay Seidel
Hermes	Sōma Saitō	Derick Snow
Shizu	Yūichirō Umehara	Jeff Johnson
Riku	Kenichirō Matsuda	Christopher Sabat
Ti / Tifana	Ayane Sakura	Monica Rial
Photo	Inori Minase	Brina Palencia
Master	Lynn	Caitlin Glass
Partner	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Micah Solusod

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep.
Regal	Hidekatsu Shibata	Garrett Schenck	1
Woman	Kana Marutsuka
Young Man A	Eiji Takeuchi
Young Man B	Daichi Endō	Brandon Potter
Old Woman	Mami Amano
General Store Manager	Masashi Nogawa
Examiner	Shuuhei Ikawa
Child B	Ikumi Hasegawa		2
Woman	Harumi Sakurai
Old Man	Kanehira Yamamoto
Traveling Woman	Mai Nakahara
Giant	Ryō Sugisaki
Middle-aged Soldier	Toshiharu Sakurai
Young Gatekeeper	Yoshiyuki Shimozuma
Child A	Miho Wataya		3
Child C	Asuna Tomari
Diplomat	Mitsuru Ogata	Larry Brantley
President	Miki Itō	Wendy Powell
Faculty Member	Naoko Komatsu
General	Tetsu Inada	Mark Stoddard
Operator	Makoto Kaneko
Soldier A	Yukitoshi Kikuchi
Soldier B	Yoshiaki Hasegawa
Elder	Ikuya Sawaki	Barry Yandell	4
Tower Clan Chief	Nobuo Tobita	Bill Jenkins
Tower Clan Member A	Kazumasa Nakamura
Tower Clan Member B	Ryōko Maekawa
Resident A	Nozomi Furuki
Boy	Risae Matsuda	Madeleine Morris	5
Child	Chiemi Tanaka
Friend	Itaru Yamamoto
Guide	Harumi Sakurai	Skyler McIntosh
Man	Akira Ishida
Motorrad	Atsushi Ono
Resident B	Eiichirō Tokumoto
Soldier A	Hiroyuki Endō
Woman	Kaori Nazuka
Master	Jin Urayama	Kenny Green	6
Master's Wife	Ayano Taira	Janelle Lutz
Master's Son	Mai Fuchigami	Kristen McGuire
Middle-aged Woman	Airi Ōtsu
Child	Madoka Asahina
Older Man	Kenji Nomura	Bryan Massey
Younger Man	Eiji Miyashita	Eric Vale
Old Man	Ikuji Nose		7
Female Caster	Kaede Horikawa
Police Officer A	Toshiki Iwasawa
Police Officer B	Shūichi Nishitani
Clerical Officer	Sō Takeuchi
Old Master	Toshiko Sawada
Middle-aged Officer	Tsuyoshi Koyama
Female Employee	Kaede Yuasa		8
Policeman A	Makoto Kaneko
Policeman B	Yūya Hirose
Police Chief	Nobuyuki Hiyama
Middle-aged Man	Yūki Sanpei
Deputy Chief	Eiichirō Tokumoto	Sonny Strait
Mother	Ryōko Maekawa	Steph Garrett
Chef D	Hiromichi Tezuka		9
Chef E	Eiichirō Tokumoto
Chef A	Junichi Yanagita
Old Man	Kenyū Horiuchi
Bandit Elder	Mugihito	Randy Pearlman
Bandit Boy	Shintarō Asanuma	Newton Pittman
Chef C	Toshiki Iwasawa
Young Mother	Yoshimi Watanabe
Narrator	Akinori Egoshi	Matt Shipman	10
Captain	Kōichi Sōma	Christopher Wehkamp
Child	Asuna Tomari
Middle-aged Man	Toshiki Iwasawa
Middle-aged Woman	Misa Katō
Persuader Smith	Kazuhiro Yamaji
Old Man	Isato Yamamura	Justin Briner
Sakura	Kokoa Amano	Ariel Graham
Sakura's Father	Tarusuke Shingaki	Chris Cason
Sakura's Mother	Yuka Keichō	Kristi Kang
Young Man	Yūki Ishikari
Traveler Kino	Daisuke Ono	Chris Patton	11
Mother	Fumiko Orikasa	Mikaela Krantz
Father	Mitsuo Iwata	Chris Cason
Leader	Masaki Terasoma	Steve Powell
Adult A	Shinnosuke Ogami
Adult B	Ryūnosuke Watanuki
Adult C	Shinya Takahashi
Child A	Tomomi Mineuchi
Child B	Rarisa Tago Takeda
Sheep A	Masumi Asano		12
Sheep B	Yū Kobayashi
Sheep C	Tomoko Kaneda
Sheep D	Risae Matsuda
Immigration Inspector	Tarō Kiuchi	Aaron Dismuke

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Notes[]

Even though much like with the Japanese cast the English dub cast was also recasted however, Chris Patton was the lone voice actor to reprise his role as Traveler/Original Kino from the Seraphim Digital dub of the original series.