This beautiful world gets a bit larger with each passing day.
Earlier today, the official Kino’s Journey -the Beautiful World- anime website updated with a new promotional video. The 90-second trailer features a glimpse of the show in action. Aoi Yuuki narrates the teaser in-character as Kino.
Several character visuals were also unveiled, which you can check out below:
Kino’s Journey -the Beautiful World- is slated for an October 2017 première. Crunchyroll confirmed that they will stream the series as part of their Fall simulcast lineup.
The series is a follow-up to 2003 anime series Kino’s Journey. Both projects adapt Keiichi Sigsawa and illustrator Kouhaku Kuroboshi’s light novel series of the same name.
Tomohisa Taniguchi is directing the project at studio Lerche, with Ryoko Amisaki (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School: Future Arc, Isshoni Sleeping: Sleeping with Hinako) providing character designs. Yukie Sugawara (Overlord, Hina Logi: from Luck & Logic) is in charge of series composition. Egg Firm is attached as a producer.
Nagisa Yanagi will perform the show’s opening and closing theme songs.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Kino: Aoi Yuuki
- Hermes: Soma Saito
- Shizu: Yūichirō Umehara
- Riku: Kenichiro Matsuda
- Tii: Ayane Sakura
- Shishō (“Master”): Lynn
- Aibō (“Partner”): Kazuyuki Okitsu
The original Kino’s Journey anime was released in North America by ADV Films. The series was rescued by Section23 Films after ADV’s closure.
Source: Ota-suke
