Difference between revisions of "Kino no Tabi"

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Kino no Tabi (キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- Kino's Journey) is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kohaku Kuroboshi. The series originally started serialization in volume five of MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp on March 17, 2000. The first bound volume of the series was published on July 10, 2000 by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko publishing label. As of October 10, 2008, twelve volumes have been published, and over 5.6 million copies of the novels have been sold in Japan.

Story Synopsis

The protagonist, Kino, accompanied by a talking motorcycle named Hermes, travels through a mystical world of many different countries and forests, each unique in its customs and people.

Translation

Registration

Those who wish to contribute are asked to first notify a supervisor beforehand.

Translators are asked to register which chapters they're working on

(It seems people don't understand what the above means. When we ask you to REGISTER, what we mean is, add your name on the REGISTRATION PAGE next to the chapter you will translate, so that we can know who translated it. That's it. So if there are people out there that would like to help translate these wonderful books, please don't hesitate, translate any chapters you like, in any order you like! Thank you to all who help with this project!)

Format Standards

Every Chapter (after editing) must conform to the general format guidelines.

General Format/Style Guideline

Updates

June 5, 2008 - Project started!
August 8, 2008 - Volume 11 Chapter 1 completed
August 13, 2008 - Volume 11 Frontispiece 1-2 and Chapter 2 completed
August 15, 2008 - Volume 11 Prologue and Epilogue completed
September 1, 2008 - Volume 11 Chapter 5 completed
September 12, 2008 - Volume 2 Prologue and Epilogue completed
October 25, 2008 - Volume 11 Chapter 6 completed
February 5, 2009 - Volume 11 Chapter 3-4 completed
February 8, 2009 - Volume 10 Chapter 2 and 5 completed
April 12, 2009 - Volume 10 Frontispiece 2, Prologue and Chapter 4 completed
December 26, 2009 - Volume 3 Prologue and Chapter 1 completed
January 16, 2010 - Volume 3 Chapter 2 completed
February 26, 2010 - Volume 3 Frontispiece 1 completed
March 30, 2010 - Volume 5 Prologue and Chapter 1 completed
April 4, 2011 - Volume 12 Chapter 1 completed
January 12, 2012 - Volume 14 Chapter 1 completed
April 6, 2012 - Volume 5 Chapter 4-5 completed
April 7, 2012 - Volume 9 Chapter 11 completed
April 14, 2012 - Volume 2 Chapter 6 completed
April 22, 2012 - Volume 6 Chapter 1 and Volume 7 Chapter 2 completed
April 29, 2012 - Volume 6 Chapter 5 completed

The Kino no Tabi series by Keiichi Sigsawa

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Volume 6

Volume 7

Volume 8

Volume 9

Volume 10

Volume 11

Volume 12

Volume 13

Volume 14

Volume 15

Project Staff

Translators

INACTIVE

Editors

All editors that speak English proficiently are welcomed.

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 *April 7, 2012 - Volume 9 Chapter 11 completed
 *April 14, 2012 - Volume 2 Chapter 6 completed
+*April 22, 2012 - Volume 6 Chapter 1 and Volume 7 Chapter 2 completed
+*April 29, 2012 - Volume 6 Chapter 5 completed
 ==The ''Kino no Tabi'' series by Keiichi Sigsawa==