List of Kino's Journey light novels

First volume of the original Japanese release of Kino's Journey

Kino's Journey is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa, and illustrated by Kohaku Kuroboshi. The series premiered in the sixth volume of Dengeki hp on March 17, 2000.[1] The first volume of the series was published on July 10, 2000, under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko publishing imprint. As of October 2017, around 8.2 million copies of the novels had been sold in Japan.[2] 23 volumes have been published as of November 2020.[3]

Tokyopop licensed the novels for an English language release in North America.[4] The first volume was published on October 3, 2006. Tokyopop released the series under its rōmaji title of Kino no Tabi and rearranged the chapters of the first volume. Due to issues with the licensor, the remaining volumes have been canceled. The light novel series has also been translated into Chinese, Korean, and German. An additional volume entitled Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World- Country of Theater -Kino- (キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- 劇場の国 -KINO-, Kino no Tabi -the Beautiful World- Gekijō no Kuni -KINO-) was released as a promotional gift for the second animated movie.

A spin-off of the regular series under the title Gakuen Kino was also created. The first volume of the spin-off series was released on July 10, 2006, under Dengeki Bunko; the fifth volume was released on July 8, 2011. Volume six was released in October 2019 and seven in May 2021.[5] The series is a collection of parodies originally published in three spin-off magazines of Dengeki hp: Dengeki p, Dengeki h, and Dengeki hpa. The spin-off features Kino as a magical girl in a school setting.

  1. ^ "Dengeki hp volume 6" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on January 17, 2006. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  2. ^ "'Kino's Journey' Ninki Ranobe ga Futatabi Terebi Anime ni Kino to Erumesu ga Tabi ni" 「キノの旅」 人気ラノベが再びテレビアニメに キノとエルメスが旅に ['Kino's Journey' New TV Anime Based on Popular Light Novel]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). October 5, 2017. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "キノの旅XXIII" [Kino's Journey XXIII] (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "Tokyopop's official Kino's Journey website". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference spin7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).