Kinos Reise - Die wunderschöne Welt

Definitely worth a watch. Although some episodes are hit and miss on storytelling. (Episode 4 Ship Country - On the Beach)

I've been a fan of Kino No Tabi since I first saw the 2003 mini- series in 2013. It was a coincidence, with the passing of Ryūtarō Nakamura that same year.

Nakamura is also known for directing Serial Experiments Lain, so his style is easily recognizable. The reason I bring up Nakamura is that he set a high standard for Kino, even with his limited use of animation.

Kino No Tabi: The Animated Series tries to adapt some of his techniques from the 2003 series (something I've noticed). I am impressed to say that even with the different art style and voice actors, it still feels distinctly "Kino," as if Nakamura were involved in this production.

My hope is that this series will stay on the path of philosophical discussion. My favorite episodes from the mini-series are "A Tale of Feeding Off Others," and "A Kind Land," some stories that got me hooked on Kino for the depth of stories they present.

Regarding the art style of the 2017 series, it's a tad moe, and that can be off-putting for some people. But I feel it's in the line of art that Kuroboshi provided for the recent light novels. I also think their use of colors, especially for the op, is beautiful!

Some people complain about the excessive use of guns, but I don't have any complaints about that. It's a prominent theme throughout the light novels.

My only complaint as an avid Kino fan is that they didn't put Mikuni Shimokawa in the singing spot, or Ai Maeda (the original Kino) on the cast.

I dropped this series the episode after the episode "The country of liars". This series has fantastic animation and voice acing. The premise is also great along with the main character. There are just a lot of little things about this that kind of annoy me that aren't really problems that made me want to stop watching. Also, some of the countries are a bit boring. Overall, I would recommend this series.

A remake / follow up of the original 2003 series I recently reviewed, again we follow Kino, a talking motorbike riding traveler heading from country to country exploring different cultures and civilizations in a vast world. I had actually accidentally started this series thinking it was the original, until realizing a few episodes in. Now going back to finish it after the original, this series has many of the flaws of modern anime remakes, in that they use a very generic styling that's quite muted compared to the original's flare, and awkward looking 3D CGI renders of many scenes. In this series 12 episodes 3 of them are near identical remakes, but the rest take us to new countries. I frankly found many of the twists a bit lame or eye rolling, and was not particularly fond of the finale, it was perhaps my least favourite episode. Again, the whole thing felt a bit monotone and emotionless, especially after having watched the original it was based on so recently, and finishing left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. I would highly recommend the original, but I guess this is content if you must.

I personally quite enjoyed watching this show and found it somewhat not too uhhh what's the words it's like not too eh. It's just fun to watch and it's good what else can I say.