Ginga Tetsudō Monogatari

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Ginga Tetsudō Monogatari
Original title 銀河 鉄 道 物語
transcription Ginga Tetsudō Monogatari
genre Science fiction
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2003
Studio Planet Entertainment
length 24 minutes
Episodes 26th
Director Yukio Nishimoto
First broadcast October 4, 2003 on BS Fuji
synchronization
Anime television series
title Ginga Tetsudō Monogatari ~ Eien e no Bunkiten ~
Original title 銀河 鉄 道 物語 ～ 永遠 へ の 分岐 点 ～
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2006
Studio Planet Entertainment
length 25 minutes
Episodes 24
Director Tsuneo Tominaga
First broadcast October 4, 2006 on CBC
Original video animation
title Ginga Tetsudô Monogatari: Wasurerareta Toki no Wakusei
Original title 銀河 鉄 道 物語 ～ 忘 れ ら れ た 時 の 惑星 ～
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2006
Studio Planet Entertainment
length 25 minutes
Episodes 4th
Director Hideaki Oba
music Nozomi Aoba
synchronization

Ginga Tetsudō Monogatari ( Japanese 銀河 鉄 道 物語 ) is an anime television series produced in 2003 and a remake of the manga series Galaxy Express 999 by Leiji Matsumoto . The series comes closer to Matsumoto's original inspiration: the railway network of the metropolis Tokyo , which appeared to be the only functioning one in Japan after the Second World War. In 2006 a sequel followed as a second television series and four-part original video animation .

action

The story takes place in an alternate future where trains can travel interplanetary. The Galaxy Railways fleet is protected from intergalactic terrorists, meteor storms and vicious extraterrestrial life by the Space Defense Force (SDF).

In the series, it appears that the Galaxy Railways act as both an institution and government in a large part of the galaxy. The railways are made up of a series of large rings that form energy shields to protect the trains that move between them and to form the tracks that the trains follow. The railroads are under the rule of the Supreme Commander, but appear to be more actively managed by a lower commander, the Commander. The headquarters of Galaxy Railways conducts the SDF and the SPG (Space Panzer Grenadiers, an elite defense force) as well as all passenger operations.

At the beginning of the story, the main character, Manabu Yūki, always had dreams of joining the SDF and following in his father's and brother's footsteps. Since both his brother and father died while serving in the SDF, his mother tries to prevent Manabu from joining the SDF. Nevertheless, Manabu is determined to take part and gets on the train to Destiny Station to join the group. Manabu trains hard and despite the conflicts between Captain Bulge, Bruce and other characters, he joins the Sirius Platoon that his father once commanded.

The Sirius Platoon train is led by a steam locomotive called the Big One. The locomotive itself is based on the Union Pacific Big Boy locomotives (4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement) built by the American Locomotive Co. of Schenectady, New York. The Sirius Platoon is the primary focus of the Galaxy Railways, although the Spica and Vega Platons also show up and get more involved towards the end of the series.

Production and publication

The 24-episode series was created in 2003 by Planet Entertainment studio and directed by Yukio Nishimoto . Hideki Sonoda wrote the scripts . The character design was created by Fuminori Kizaki and Itsuko Takeda and the artistic direction was Yoshimi Umino . The mechanical design comes from Koji Watanabe and Takashi Hashimoto .

The 26-minute episodes were first broadcast from October 4, 2003 to April 4, 2004 by BS Fuji in Japan. This was followed by publications in English, French and Italian.

In 2006 the same studio produced a second series of 24 episodes under the direction of Tsuneo Tominaga . The main author was Yasunori Yamada and the character design was created by Akira Kano . The series aired on October 4, 2006 through March 28, 2007 on CBC .

Also in 2006 a four-part short series was published as an original video animation. The production of Planet Entertainment was directed by Hideaki Oba and written by Yasuyuki Muto . The responsible producer was Hiroshi Kon . The anime was also released in English from the Crunchyroll platform after its Japanese release .

synchronization

role Japanese speaker
Manabu Yūki Naoki Yanagi
Louise Fort Drake Asami Sanada
Schwanhelt Bulge Akio Ōtsuka
Bruce J. Speed Takehito Koyasu
David Young Hikaru Midorikawa
Yuki Sexaroid Naoko Suzuki
Killian Black Akira Ishida
Wataru Yūki Kazuhiko Inoue
Julia F. Reinhart Hyo-sei
Percy Shelly Hikari Yono
Maggie Redford Yūki Mitsugi
Ai Matsuura Tomato Akai
Ryūsaku Murase Ryūsaku Chiziwa
Edwin Silver Wataru Hatano
José Antonio Valdivia Atsushi Imaruoka
Moritz Schneider Yōji Ueda

music

The music for the series comes from Nozomi Aoki . The opening credits of the first series is Gin Ga Tet Sudo wa HaruKaNaRi , the credits are underlaid with Gin Ga no HiKaRi , both songs were sung by Sasaki Isao . The opening title of the second series is Carry The Light by JA ・ JA and the closing song is All Of Us by Maki Goto . All Of Us was also used for the credits of the OVA.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 214 .

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