rail & train in japanese cinema

[Joanne Bernardi]

  This might have been mentioned already as its another pretty obvious
one, but the first film I thought of was Taro Rin's animation GALAXY
EXPRESS 999, based on Reiji Matsumoto's manga, now being serialized in
_Animerica_. In another _Animerica_ issue a few years back, Matsumoto
acknowledged Kenji Miyazawa's play "Night on the Galactic Raiload" and
also by his experience growing up near railroad tracks as a boy. The
Galaxy Express is especially interesting in the context of the film of
course because of it's nostalgic appeal.

Joanne Bernardi
U of Rochester

On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Brett Johnson wrote:

> Anime trains:
> "Night on the Galactic Railroad" features a spectoral train that takes the
> protagonist on a jouney through the stars with many stops along the way.
> 
> Real Trains:
> "Eki" was also the name of a 12-part TV series in 1996 that featured young
> train conductors.
> 
> 
> 
> At 01:08 PM 1/7/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >As far as I remember a railway employee is the main character in Noboru
> >Nakamura's Shiokari Pass from 1977, and the title refers to a railway pass
> >somewhere in Hokkaido. As for amine, there is a well crafted train chase
> >sequence in Miyazaki Hayao's Tenku no shiro Rapyuta (Laputa: Castle in the
> >Sky) from 1986, and a short train scene in his Majo no takkyubin (Kiki's
> >Delivery Service) from 1989.
> >	Regards
> >	Christian
> >
>