I don’t know what Kino’s Journey is

Oh man, you are in for a treat. It ranks up there as one of my favorite series ever. It is an anthology series where the main character, Kino, travels from nation to nation with their companion, talking motorcyle, Hermes. So, each episode typically is a self-contained story that takes place in one nation with not that much that connects the different episodes other than an occasional returning character. I didn’t watch Train to the End of the World, but Kino’s Journey seems like it would be a different kind of tone. Kino’s Journey is very serious and sometimes extremely dark in tone.

If you do decide to check it out, there are two different anime adaptations. The first adaptation is from 2003 and is very good, but the visuals do definitely feel dated by modern anime standards with heavy use of scan line filters and the like. The second adaptation is from 2017 and is also very good. I usually recommend people start with the 2017 show if they are coming in fresh because it looks gorgeous. Because of the anthology nature of the series, the two shows adapt some of the same stories and some different ones. So, if you really like one, then you will likely enjoy the other as well.