Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru
Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

Based on a short story by the popular children’s writer Kenji Miyazawa, Galactic Railroad offers viewers a slow-paced, dreamlike journey through space and time. When Giovanni, a lonely boy in a hill town, goes to get milk for his ailing mother, he finds himself crossing the Milky Way on a faster-than-light steam railroad. The stations he visits in various constellations, like the planets explored by St. Exupery’s Little Prince, offer curious adventures and an assortment of human "types." Reality and fantasy blur aboard the train, and its travels across the light-years sometimes suggests the journey through life. The characters are depicted as cats, presumably to avoid the problems of animating humans.

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Data

  • Format

    MOVIE

  • Episodes

    1

  • Episode Duration

    108 minutes

  • Status

    FINISHED

  • Start Date

    Tue Aug 13 1985

  • End Date

    Tue Aug 13 1985

  • Season

    SUMMER 1985

  • Average Score

    72%

  • Mean Score

    73%

  • Popularity

    12451

  • Favourites

    426

  • Studios

    Group TAC

  • Producers

    TV Asahi

    Nippon Herald Eiga

    Asmik Ace

    Asahi Shimbun

  • Source

    OTHER

  • Genres

    Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

  • Romaji

    Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

  • English

    Night on the Galactic Railroad

  • Native

    銀河鉄道の夜

  • Synonyms

    Nokto de la Galaksia Fervojo

Tags

  • Afterlife

    94%

  • Philosophy

    88%

  • Trains

    88%

  • Classic Literature

    87%

  • Anthropomorphism

    84%

  • Astronomy

    79%

  • Primarily Animal Cast

    79%

  • Travel

    79%

  • Space

    76%

  • Animals

    76%

  • Tragedy

    75%

  • Religion

    74%

  • Mythology

    67%

  • Male Protagonist

    62%

  • Kids

    60%

  • Cosmic Horror

    40%

  • Bullying

    30%

  • Historical

    30%

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Relations

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    ALTERNATIVE

    Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

    MANGA · FINISHED

  • Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

    ALTERNATIVE

    Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

    MANGA · FINISHED

  • Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

    ALTERNATIVE

    Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

    MANGA · FINISHED

  • Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru

    ALTERNATIVE

    Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru

    MANGA · FINISHED

Characters

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Staff

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  • Crispin Freeman

    Crispin Freeman

    Script (English)

  • Michael Sinterniklaas

    Michael Sinterniklaas

    ADR Director (English; Discotek)

  • Kouichi Mashimo

    Kouichi Mashimo

    Storyboard

  • Hiroshi Masumura

    Hiroshi Masumura

    Original Character Design

  • Yasuhiro Nakura

    Yasuhiro Nakura

    Key Animation

  • Gisaburou Sugii

    Gisaburou Sugii

    Director

  • Gisaburou Sugii

    Gisaburou Sugii

    Storyboard

  • Kenji Miyazawa

    Kenji Miyazawa

    Original Creator

  • Hideki Araki

    Hideki Araki

    In-Between Animation

  • Tsuneo Maeda

    Tsuneo Maeda

    Chief Animation Direction

Status Distribution

  • CURRENT

    166 Users

  • PLANNING

    6874 Users

  • COMPLETED

    5234 Users

  • DROPPED

    76 Users

  • PAUSED

    101 Users

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