Kino no Tabi: Tower Country
キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- 塔の国 (Japanese)
Kino no Tabi -the Beautiful Wourld- Tou no Kuni (Japanese)
Kino no Tabi - Tower Country/Free Lance
Kino no Tabi episode 00
Kino's Travels
Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Vintage:
October 19, 2005
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Kino sets off to yet another country: Tower Country. Here all citizens work on the construction of a massive tower, without knowing what purpose it serves. The rather odd encounter with a young boy adds yet another twist to the story.
This special is obviously based off of the bible story about the tower of babel, though they have replaced the religious part of it with their own twist. And let me tell you this is so cleverly written. This special is even shorter than a regular episode. It´s only 14 minutes long(yes, you heard right), and in those 14 minutes they manage to tell their story, with beginning, middle and end, without making it feel rushed, or skipping over anything that needs to be in the story. How do you do that?! I can´t possibly convey how brilliant these writers are. You might ask me why with all this praise I´m only giving it the grade of good, and not excellent? Well, it is still based off of something that has come before, so therefore I can´t in good conciense give it excellent when the idea is not entirely original.