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The term bullet train (弾丸列車, dangan ressha) originates from 1939, and was the initial name given to the Shinkansen project in its earliest planning stages. [13] Furthermore, the name super express ( 超特急 , chō-tokkyū ) , used exclusively until 1972 for Hikari trains on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen , is used today in English-language ...
Bullet Train is a 2022 American action comedy film directed by David Leitch.It is based on the 2010 novel Maria Beetle (titled Bullet Train in the UK and US editions), written by Kōtarō Isaka and translated by Sam Malissa, the second novel in Isaka's Hitman series, of which the first novel was previously adapted as the 2015 Japanese film Grasshopper.
Bullet Train received "Rave" reviews according to the book review aggregator Book Marks based on seven independent reviews. [6] It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly [7] as well as Booklist, where Christine Tran described it as "a twisty, darkly hilarious game of musical chairs that draws out the train's hidden army of assassins and a strong dose of Machiavellian justice."
Japanese novelist Kotaro Isaka recently responded to backlash against the decision to cast non-Japanese actors in “Bullet Train,” the Hollywood adaptation of his 2010 novel “Maria Beetle.”
The main heroes of Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger.From left to right: Genba Bureki, Ishiro Meita, Taiya Hando, Sakito Homura, Mira Shifuto, and Jyo Akuse. The primary members of the eponymous Boonboomgers composed of Taiya, Ishiro, and Mira utilize the speedometer-like Boonboom Changer (ブンブンチェンジャー, Bunbun Chenjā) device, which is usually attached to their brace, in order to ...
The predecessor for the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines was originally conceived at the end of the 1930s as a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge dangan ressha (bullet train) between Tokyo and Shimonoseki, which would have taken nine hours to cover the nearly 1,000-kilometer (620 mi) distance between the two cities.
Diesel Ressha (ディーゼルレッシャー, Dīzeru Resshā): A diesel locomotive/freight train-themed Ressha and the oldest Ressha due to running on the imagination of internal combustion engines that is armed with the Diesel Missiles (ディーゼルミサイル, Dīzeruō Misairu). [16]
The original Shinkalion toy franchise was released as a spin-off of the Plarail franchise on March 16, 2015. The original toys released resemble regular Shinkansen trains complete with a front train, middle carriage and back train and that are compatible with any Plarail track. But the three components can transform and combine into a robot ...