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Postby Sammy Boy » Tue May 31, 2011 6:44 am

My wife and I borrowed the whole series from our local library and just finished watching it tonight.

We enjoyed it thoroughly. It was kinda different to what we were used to, but interesting in its own way. Some of the episodes really made us think about the ways people treat each other in the world.

Give this series a try if you haven't seen it, you may be pleasantly surprised. :)
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Postby TWWK » Tue May 31, 2011 7:48 am

Kino's Journey is AMAZING. It took me a while to get into it, but by the end I was totally entranced. Definitely very different from a typical series.

I did a review of the series for a Secret Santa thing, and boy was I ever glad that this was selected for me.
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Postby Atria35 » Tue May 31, 2011 8:11 am

Fabulous series. I would totally watch it again- if I had the time! xD I'd love to read the light novels it was based off of. Yes, definitely made me think, and I enjoy it whenever a series does that.
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Postby ABlipinTime » Tue May 31, 2011 11:24 am

Is there anywhere to watch this online?
I don't think CrunchyRoll or youtube have it, as far as I know.
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Postby MightiMidget » Tue May 31, 2011 11:31 am

Hulu has the first two episodes up. =) They're in dub, and I watched one and didn't mind the voice acting at all. :)
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Postby Wolf-man » Tue May 31, 2011 6:51 pm

I love Kino's Journey! It is one of my favorites. Such a great show! So many interesting philosophical points to it. Along with fun comedy and good action it makes for a wonderful short series. The dub and sub are both good so if you only find it in dub don't let that dissuade you from watching. Also for those you love the show there are two movies that were never released in America. Life Goes On which is a prequel showing what happened to Kino after she left her village and For You which is new story adapted from the novels.
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Postby SailorDove » Tue May 31, 2011 9:45 pm

After a friend recommended it to me, became a fan of this little known series. I like how it portrayed certain things and it was creativly different from what I usually watch.

Wolf-man (post: 1482113) wrote:Also for those you love the show there are two movies that were never released in America. Life Goes On which is a prequel showing what happened to Kino after she left her village and For You which is new story adapted from the novels.


Thanks for the tip! I've always kinda wish could see more of her story or whatever the same people created.
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Postby TWWK » Tue May 31, 2011 11:31 pm

MightiMidget (post: 1482073) wrote:Hulu has the first two episodes up. =) They're in dub, and I watched one and didn't mind the voice acting at all. :)


I really, really recommend the subtitled version, if its available. Kino's voice in the dub is good, but the rest of it is just...off. Besides Hermes' voice (which is painfully comedic - think Puchan from Best Student Council), there's just something about the dub that just isn't right...I found the series to be much more enjoyable with subtitles, and I'm no dub hater.
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Postby Sammy Boy » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:03 am

TWWK (post: 1482049) wrote:Kino's Journey is AMAZING. It took me a while to get into it, but by the end I was totally entranced. Definitely very different from a typical series.

I did a review of the series for a Secret Santa thing, and boy was I ever glad that this was selected for me.


Your review was one of the factors in my decision to borrow the series from our local library (other than the fact that it cost us nothing to watch it). :)
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Postby TWWK » Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:51 am

Sammy Boy (post: 1482179) wrote:Your review was one of the factors in my decision to borrow the series from our local library (other than the fact that it cost us nothing to watch it). :)


Woh. That's a first! It makes me really happy that I encouraged you to check it out. Awesome! :)
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Postby Blitzkrieg1701 » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:26 pm

This was one of the first anime I made my roommate watch. It then became the first anime he ever bought :)
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Postby KhakiBlueSocks » Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:25 am

[font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][color="RoyalBlue"]"Kino's Journey" is an awesome series. The story is very capturing, the characters are endearing, and the animation style strikes a nice balance between being realistic yet somewhat other-worldly. I know many people may not care for the dub, but I really had no problem with it; I think Kelli Cousins plays the androgynous Kino perfectly and Cynthia Martinez does an excellent job as Kino.

I feel the need to mention that I actually used an episode of "Kino's Journey" to describe the resent "end of the world" prediction made; specifically Episode 3 when the entire population of a city Kino visited believed the world was going to come to an end the next day. Suffice it to say, the world did NOT end, and the explanation the priest gave as to his error was a textbook case of art imitating life. [/color][/SIZE][/font]
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Postby TWWK » Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:09 am

KhakiBlueSocks (post: 1482818) wrote:I feel the need to mention that I actually used an episode of "Kino's Journey" to describe the resent "end of the world" prediction made][/SIZE][/font]


AH! Yes, what a great connection! I can't believe I missed this...I think I'll blog on it, if you don't mind. I'll credit you, of course. :)
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Postby KhakiBlueSocks » Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:54 am

TWWK (post: 1482835) wrote:AH! Yes, what a great connection! I can't believe I missed this...I think I'll blog on it, if you don't mind. I'll credit you, of course. :)


[font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][color="RoyalBlue"]Sure! Lemme know when you write it up! I would be interested in reading it!
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Postby TWWK » Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:17 pm

KhakiBlueSocks (post: 1482850) wrote:[font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][color="RoyalBlue"]Sure! Lemme know when you write it up! I would be interested in reading it!
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Postby Wolf-man » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:49 am

KhakiBlueSocks (post: 1482818) wrote:[font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][color="RoyalBlue"]
I feel the need to mention that I actually used an episode of "Kino's Journey" to describe the resent "end of the world" prediction made][/SIZE][/font]

lol yeah I kept thinking of that episode when they were talking about the whole end of the world stuff.
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