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Night on the Galactic Railroad

Night on the Galactic Railroad(1985)

🙂 73%

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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Anime details
Format
MOVIE
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
108 minutes
Status
finished
Start Date
Jul 13, 1985
End Date
Jul 13, 1985
Season
summer 1985
Average Score
72%
Mean Score
73%
Popularity
10847
Favorites
392
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

Characters

Giovanni
MAIN
Mayumi Tanaka
JAPANESE
Campanella
MAIN
Chika Sakamoto
JAPANESE
Zanelli
SUPPORTING
Junko Hori
JAPANESE
Marceau
SUPPORTING
Miyuki Ichijou
JAPANESE
Giovanni no Haha
SUPPORTING
Yoshie Shimamura
JAPANESE
Zakkaya no Shujin
SUPPORTING
Ryuuji Saikachi
JAPANESE
Rouba
SUPPORTING
Reiko Niimura
JAPANESE
Sensei Gakusha
SUPPORTING
Ryuunosuke Kaneda
JAPANESE
Toritori
SUPPORTING
Chikao Ootsuka
JAPANESE
Toudaimori
SUPPORTING
Fujio Tokita
JAPANESE

Watch

Night on the Galactic Railroad (Subtitled)
Night on the Galactic Railroad (Dub)

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Ihatov Gensou: Kenji no Haru
Guskou Budori no Denki (2012)
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Giovanni no Shima
Genji Monogatari