Night on the Galactic Railroad

Overview

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. (Source: AniDB)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Campanella

MAIN

VA: Chika Sakamoto

Giovanni

MAIN

VA: Mayumi Tanaka

Toritori

SUPPORTING

VA: Chikao Ootsuka

Gyuunyuuya

SUPPORTING

VA: Seiji Kurazaki

Toudaimori

SUPPORTING

VA: Fujio Tokita

Keisatsu Shochou

SUPPORTING

VA: Tatsuyuki Jinnai