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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 July 2012, fifteen volumes have been published, and over 6.5 million copies of the novels have been sold in Japan.

Series Information

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Japanese Title: キノの旅 -the Beautiful World-
English Title: Kino's Journey: the Beautiful World
Author: 時雨沢恵一 (Keiichi Sigsawa)
Illustrator: 黒星紅白 (Kōhaku Kuroboshi)
Volumes: 15
Status: Ongoing

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.

Awards

このライトノベルがすごい! 2006 Best Female Character, 1st place (Kino)
このライトノベルがすごい! 2006 Best Novel Series, 2nd place
このライトノベルがすごい! 2007 Best Novel Series, 5th place
このライトノベルがすごい! 2008 Best Novel Series, 6th place
このライトノベルがすごい! 2009 Best Novel Series, 12th place
このライトノベルがすごい! 2010 Best Novel Series, 22nd place
このライトノベルがすごい! 2011 Best Novel Series, 21st place
このライトノベルがすごい! 2012 Best Novel Series, 20th place

More Information

Kino's Journey - Wikipedia
Kino no Tabi - Official Website (Japanese)

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

Older updates can be found on the Kino no Tabi Updates.

June 3, 2012 - Volume 5 Epilogue, Volume 3 Epilogue, and Volume 8 Chapter 1 completed
June 10, 2012 - Volume 6 Chapter 2, Volume 3 Chapter 5, and Volume 5 Chapter 3 completed
June 17, 2012 - Volume 6 Chapter 4, Volume 8 Frontispiece 1 and 2 completed
June 24, 2012 - Volume 4 Chapter 1, Chapter 6, and Chapter 7 completed
July 1, 2012 - Volume 4 Chapter 8 and Chapter 10 completed
July 5, 2012 - Added illustrations for Volumes 2 to 5, added navigation links for volumes 2 to 6, added Series Overview section in homepage
July 6, 2012 - Volume 7 Chapter 3 completed
July 7, 2012 - Added illustrations for Volumes 6 to 8
July 8, 2012 - Volume 2 Anecdote completed
July 15, 2012 - Volume 7 Chapter 5, Volume 9 Frontispiece 1/2, Prologue and Epilogue completed
July 22, 2012 - Volume 4 Chapters 4 and 5 completed
July 27, 2012 - Volume 6 Chapter 8 completed
July 28, 2012 - Volume 4 Chapter 11 completed
July 29, 2012 - Volume 4 Chapter 9 completed
August 5, 2012 - Volume 3 Chapter 3 completed
August 8, 2012 - Volume 5 Author's Notes excavated from Volume 10 Chapter 5 history

The Kino no Tabi series by Keiichi Sigsawa

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Volume 5

Volume 6

Volume 7

Volume 8

Volume 9

Volume 10

Volume 11

Volume 12

Volume 13

Volume 14

Volume 15

Project Staff

Project Administrator:
Project Supervisor:

Translators

ACTIVE

Ella (One mid-sized chapter every Sunday)
Dammitt (Slow)

INACTIVE

Editors

All editors that speak English proficiently are welcomed.

Series Overview

Kino no Tabi Volume 1 - キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- (July 10, 2000) ISBN 978-4-8402-1585-5
Kino no Tabi Volume 2 - キノの旅 II -the Beautiful World- (October 10, 2000) ISBN 978-4-8402-1632-6
Kino no Tabi Volume 3 - キノの旅 III -the Beautiful World- (January 10, 2001) ISBN 978-4-8402-1709-5
Kino no Tabi Volume 4 - キノの旅 IV -the Beautiful World- (July 10, 2001) ISBN 978-4-8402-1844-3
Kino no Tabi Volume 5 - キノの旅 V -the Beautiful World- (January 10, 2002) ISBN 978-4-8402-2013-2
Kino no Tabi Volume 6 - キノの旅 VI -the Beautiful World- (August 10, 2002) ISBN 978-4-8402-2155-9
Kino no Tabi Volume 7 - キノの旅 VII -the Beautiful World- (June 10, 2003) ISBN 978-4-8402-2386-7
Kino no Tabi Volume 8 - キノの旅 VIII -the Beautiful World- (October 10, 2004) ISBN 978-4-8402-2832-9
Kino no Tabi Volume 9 - キノの旅 IX -the Beautiful World- (October 10, 2005) ISBN 978-4-8402-3172-5
Kino no Tabi Volume 10 - キノの旅 X -the Beautiful World- (October 10, 2006) ISBN 978-4-8402-3580-8
Kino no Tabi Volume 11 - キノの旅 XI -the Beautiful World- (October 10,2007) ISBN 978-4-8402-4025-3
Kino no Tabi Volume 12 - キノの旅 XII -the Beautiful World- (October 10, 2008) ISBN 978-4-04-867263-4
Kino no Tabi Volume 13 - キノの旅 XIII -the Beautiful World- (October 10, 2009) ISBN 978-4-04-868068-4
Kino no Tabi Volume 14 - キノの旅 XIV -the Beautiful World- (October 10, 2010) ISBN 978-4-04-868967-0
Kino no Tabi Volume 15 - キノの旅 XV -the Beautiful World- (October 8, 2011) ISBN 978-4-04-870962-0

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