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ArthasReborn posted...

If you're familiar with both the LN and the anime, do you have any comparisons?

Well, it's pretty complicated, to be honest. The novels are like collections of short stories with each chapter being standalone, and the anime series chooses a few chapters to adapt.
It's also worth noting that three key stories included in the 2003 version was adapted again in the 2017 version, two of them due to being crucial to the main characters' origins.

The 2003 anime version cuts out a fair amount of details from individual stories but includes more of them by splicing stories with similar themes together in some episodes. Three of the stories were changed significantly, two for the better and one for worse.
I personally don't prefer how Kino is portrayed in this series though. Only shows the character's neutral, detached side for most of the time because of the chapters chosen, and Hermes isn't given as much attention as I'd like.

The 2017 anime is mostly a faithful adaptation, but two stories in particular are heavily abridged due to their length in the novel. The art style is more simple compared to the 2003 series, and the CG can be a bit jarring in some scenes (especially two particular shots in the first episode).
The stories included here shows the main characters in numerous different angles and doesn't shy away from showing their less sympathetic sides, which I really liked.

The other characters in the collab (Tiffana, Photo & Sou) only appear in the novel and the 2017 anime, so there's also that to consider.

And yeah, I've translated some of the LN. The first half of volume 1, two of the visual books, and a special chapter of the manga.
http://barnnn.blogspot.com/p/kinos-journey.html