Kino's Journey (2003) Summary

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The story follows the travels of Kino, a young adventurer who rides a talking motorcycle named Hermes. They explore the people and cultures of different places throughout their adventures, spending only three days at each location. (Source: animenewsnetwork.com)

Synonyms: Kino's Travels: The Beautiful World, Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World

Rating: R - 17+

Media Type: Anime Series

Year: 2003

Episodes: 13

Genres/ Themes: Action, Adventure, Slice of Life , Psychological , Parables, Traveling

Commentary:

The genres/themes that fit this anime the most is adventure, parables and traveling.

Explanation:

Adventure, it's adventure of the physical body as well as the mind.

Parables, there a lessons in the episodes.

Traveling, the main character is on a journey.

Sources: myanimelist.net / animenewsnetwork.com

Kobato Summary

This anime made Havana's Favs.

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Kobato is a girl who came to earth to fulfill her wish, which is to go to a certain place. To fulfill that wish, she has to find a bottle and fill it wich* scarred hearts. Together with her "teacher", which is a stuffed animal, she search for the scarred hearts. However she may not fall in love with any person whom she cures the heart of. (source: animenewsnetwork.com )

Rated: PG-13

Media Type: Anime Series - 24 episodes

Genres/Themes: Comedy, Magic, Romance, Slice of life, School, Fantasy, Drama

Havana's Commentary:
Magic, Romance and Drama genres fits this anime the most.

Explanation:
Magic. her collecting scarred hearts is magic although it comes through her plain actions.
Romance, a love story.
Drama, although it has fantasy undertones it's still deal with elements of joy and pain which is what makes it worthy of being categorized as drama.

Sources: myanimelist.net / animenewsnetwork.com

*Given the context I'm assuming the meant 'with' instead of 'wich'.