Night on the Galactic Railroad
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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Details
Format
MovieSource
OtherRomaji
Ginga Tetsudou no YoruNative
銀河鉄道の夜Country
JPStatus
FinishedSeason
Summer (1985)Start Date
Saturday, July 13, 1985End Date
Saturday, July 13, 1985Studios
Group TACSynonyms
Nokto de la Galaksia Fervojo
Tags
Classic Literature
90%
Afterlife
90%
Trains
89%
Philosophy
87%
Primarily Animal Cast
79%
Tragedy
77%
Animals
73%
Space
72%
Anthropomorphism
70%
Mythology
62%
Male Protagonist
60%
Religion
60%
Bullying
26%
Historical
15%