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The fall series Kino’s Journey is moving right along and as we get ready for the ninth episode on December 1st, 2017, NBC Universal Japan has remembered to promote the show by bringing out a teaser for it on their channel. Crunchyroll streams the series every Friday at 11:30am ET for their members. It’s available to viewers worldwide outside of Asia.
The show is being scheduled with Tomohisa Taguchi directing it based on the series composition by Yukie Sugawara. Ryoko Amisaki is on board for the character designs with Lerche handling the animation production. The two leads are made up of Aoi Yūki as Kino and Sōma Saitō as Hermes.
The light novels began back in 2000 and there are twenty volumes out as of last fall. A TV series was done back in early 2013 along with two feature films.
Nagi Yanagi will be handling both the opening and closing theme songs to the series.
Plot Concept: “Kino’s Journey -the Beautiful World-” is a story about Kino, who travels around the world with nothing but her guns (for protection) and talking motorcycle Hermes (for company). Kino travels to many mystical lands, each with its unique customs and people, and learns about the world through their stories, at some times conjuring humor and inspiration or other times piercing cynicism. However, Kino has her own custom, to stay no longer than three days in every town without exception, as she believes it is enough time to learn almost everything important about the place while still leaving time to explore new lands.