Kinos Journey: Tower Country

This is a complete episode listing for the anime series Kino's Journey (キノの旅, Kino no Tabi?), which is based on the first volume of the light novel series written Keiichi Sigsawa and illustrated by Kohaku Kuroboshi. Produced by A.C.G.T and Genco, and directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura, the thirteen episode series was aired weekly on the WOWOW satellite television network between April 8, 2003 and July 8, 2003. It was also broadcast on the anime satellite television network Animax, which also aired the series on its networks in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and South Asia. The episodes were released to Region 2 DVD between June 18, 2003 and November 19, 2003. Spanning six volumes, each volume contained two episodes except the first which had three. The series was re-released in two, three volume bundles on January 19, 2005 and February 16, 2005. In addition to the main series, there is also a twelve-minute long prologue entitled "Episode 0: The Tower Country -Freelance-" which was released as an original video animation with the first animated movie's DVD release on October 19, 2005.

The thirteen-episode anime series was licensed for North American distribution by ADV Films. The episodes were initially released on four DVD compilations released between February 24, 2004 and June 29, 2004; the first volume contained four episodes, while each of the subsequent volumes contained three episodes. The first DVD volume was sold in two editions, with the difference between the two being a series box all four DVDs could fit inside. A DVD box set entitled Kino's Journey: The Complete Collection was released on October 25, 2005 containing three discs.

Two pieces of theme music were used for the anime: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "All the way" by Mikuni Shimokawa and the ending theme is "the Beautiful World" by Ai Maeda; both singles were released on June 18, 2003.

Source: Wikipedia