6th September 2005, 1:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 6th September 2005, 5:08 PM by Great Rumbler.)
Describing Kino's Journey is no easy thing since there's simply NOTHING to compare it to. It's unlike any anime I've ever seen, even Serial Experiments Lain. In fact, the two series have the same director: Ryotaru Nakamura. The best thing I've come up with to describe it is that it's like a course in human psychology, but more interesting.
To put it simply, Kino's Journey is about a person named Kino who travels with a talking motorad [or motorcycle] named Hermes. Kino merely observes other people and rarely makes judgement about their cultures and belief. However, it's not just a journey through different lands but a journey through the human mind, each episode focusing on a certain [fantasy] country and how the humans who live there...well...live. One episode is about a land where the people can read the minds of everyone else and another is about a land of peace but things are not what they seem. It's an episodic series with no real overall story arc, but that doesn't stop it from being one of the best anime series that I've ever seen.
The animation in Kino's Journey isn't too impressive on a technical level, but on the other hand it seems like a prosession of beautiful paintings. The music is some of the best I've heard and fits well in the series.
Final thoughts: For those who want an anime that makes them think and doesn't need action every five seconds to keep their attention will find Kino's Journey to be one of the greatest anime series ever made. It's that good.
To put it simply, Kino's Journey is about a person named Kino who travels with a talking motorad [or motorcycle] named Hermes. Kino merely observes other people and rarely makes judgement about their cultures and belief. However, it's not just a journey through different lands but a journey through the human mind, each episode focusing on a certain [fantasy] country and how the humans who live there...well...live. One episode is about a land where the people can read the minds of everyone else and another is about a land of peace but things are not what they seem. It's an episodic series with no real overall story arc, but that doesn't stop it from being one of the best anime series that I've ever seen.
The animation in Kino's Journey isn't too impressive on a technical level, but on the other hand it seems like a prosession of beautiful paintings. The music is some of the best I've heard and fits well in the series.
Final thoughts: For those who want an anime that makes them think and doesn't need action every five seconds to keep their attention will find Kino's Journey to be one of the greatest anime series ever made. It's that good.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.