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Night on the Galactic Railroad is the first play the titular character of the manga Kasane performs in by stealing her friend's face for one night, when she's a high school student. The play and the character's stellar performance as Giovanni will impact future developments and be referenced several times in the story afterwards.
Night on the Galactic Railroad (銀河鉄道の夜, Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru, alternately Nokto de la Galaksia Fervojo in Esperanto) is a 1985 Japanese anime film directed by Gisaburo Sugii, based on the 1934 fantasy novel of the same name by Kenji Miyazawa. The film's screenplay was written by Minoru Betsuyaku.
The overall concept was inspired by the classic novel Night on the Galactic Railroad written by Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa, who lived in Hanamaki, Iwate. [3] Externally, the coaches were painted blue, evoking the night sky, with constellation and animal designs on the sides. [ 3 ]
Hiroshi Masumura (Japanese: ますむらひろし, Hepburn: Masumura Hiroshi, born October 23, 1952) [1] is a Japanese manga artist.He is best known for his adaptations of Kenji Miyazawa's children novels, including his work on the anime film Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985), and for several manga series set in the fantasy universe Atagoul.
Night on the Galactic Railroad, a Japanese novel by Kenji Miyazawa, written around 1927; Galaxy Express 999, a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto, and the anime based on it; The Galaxy Railways, a sci-fi anime series produced by Leiji Matsumoto; Iwate Ginga Railway Line, a railway line running between Iwate and Aomori Prefectures, in Japan
The locomotive itself is based on the Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotives, built by the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, New York. [3] The Sirius Platoon is the primary focus of the Galaxy Railways, but the Spica and Vega platoons also make appearances and become more involved towards the end of the series.
As in the Night on the Galactic Railroad anime, the main characters are depicted as cats. The Japanese culture and lifestyle television show Begin Japanology aired on NHK World featured a full episode on Miyazawa Kenji in 2008. The JR train SL Ginga (SL銀河, Esueru Ginga) was restored with inspiration from and named in honor of his work in ...
Goro Hoshiwatari (星渡 ゴロー, Hoshiwatari Gorō): Protagonist of the series.He works in YAT to clear off damage costs he had inadvertently caused for the company. Like many shounen heroes, Goro is very brave and has an innate sense of righteousness, along with his longstanding goal of searching for his missing fat