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

    71%

  • Mean Score

    72%

  • Popularity

    10261

  • Favourites

    364

  • 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

    93%

  • Classic Literature

    91%

  • Trains

    90%

  • Philosophy

    88%

  • Anthropomorphism

    80%

  • Tragedy

    80%

  • Astronomy

    79%

  • Travel

    79%

  • Primarily Animal Cast

    79%

  • Space

    75%

  • Animals

    74%

  • Religion

    70%

  • Mythology

    67%

  • Male Protagonist

    62%

  • Bullying

    25%

  • Kids

    20%

  • Historical

    16%

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  • Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

    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

Characters

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Staff

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  • Crispin Freeman

    Crispin Freeman

    Script (English)

  • Kouichi Mashimo

    Kouichi Mashimo

    Storyboard

  • Hiroshi Masumura

    Hiroshi Masumura

    Original Character Design

  • Gisaburou Sugii

    Gisaburou Sugii

    Director

  • Kenji Miyazawa

    Kenji Miyazawa

    Original Creator

  • Hideki Araki

    Hideki Araki

    In-Between Animation

  • Kazushige Yusa

    Kazushige Yusa

    Key Animation

  • Takaya Mizutani

    Takaya Mizutani

    Storyboard

  • Gisaburou Sugii

    Gisaburou Sugii

    Storyboard

  • Makiko Futaki

    Makiko Futaki

    Key Animation

Status Distribution

  • CURRENT

    137 Users

  • PLANNING

    5749 Users

  • COMPLETED

    4234 Users

  • DROPPED

    60 Users

  • PAUSED

    81 Users

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