| A scan from the January issue of Kogata Zenkoku Jikokuhyo, a magazine for Japanese train schedules, announced that an anime adaptation of the light novel series Rail Wars! Nihon Kokuyuu Tetsudou Kouantai (Rail Wars! Japanese National Railways Security Force) has been green-lit. Synopsis The "dream railway paradise entertainment" story is set in a parallel world where Japan did not privatize its national railways. Naohito Takayama is an ordinary high school boy who dreams of a comfortable future working for the top-rated Japanese National Railways. He is assigned as a trainee in the Railways Security Force full of odd characters such as Sakurai, a troublemaker who hates men. On top of that, an extremist group called "RJ" plots to privatize the Japanese National Railways. (Source: ANN) Promos for the light novel series can be found on the official site. Official site: Rail Wars Source: Yaraon News submitted by Stark700 Rail Wars! on MAL |
NaruleachJun 24, 2014 3:32 AM
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| Going off the PVs this could be a pretty interesting series. The character designs look awesome and it certainly is a story I haven't seen before in anime. Looking forward to finding out more info. |
| “News travels fast in places where nothing much ever happens.” ― Charles Bukowski |
| Interesting. This is the very first time I even heard of this LN before. There's quite a lot of volumes too and the premise sounds original. Definitely will be watching :D |
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GuiltyKing said: That concept is certainly... new. Not really. Library Wars also did those weird militarized public service thingy.... in an alternate Japan timeline. |
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| Mmmmm ecchi and action, looks like something GoHands would do. |
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| well, the chara design isn't bad...guess I could give it a shot? |
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| I'm definitely intrigued. This anime adaption might prove awesome so I'll look forward to it. But it's too early to be happy , I'll wait until the cast and studio is announced , lol. |
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| This seems to be pretty damn cool from the PV's |
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| I'm keen, I really like the sound of it from its synopsis. |
| First time I've heard of its light novel, but I'm certainly going to keep an eye on this for more info in the future. o_e I'm interested. |
| I know the art from vania600 (search at yande.re or any other image board your choice) and I always thought this looked quite nice. I hope the Anime will also look nice like drawings I have seen. At least the idea is a fresh, and new for me. |
| I'm intrigued, but I'm bothered that it's ecchi. The art reminds me of High of School of Dead though. |
| Worth a try. |
| Trains always remind me of Baccano! :3 PV looks good and the story sounds interesting. I'm giving this a try when it comes out~ |
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| Finally anime with trains. After Tetsuko no Tabi there's nothing to watch. |
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| The plot sounds good. I haven't heard of this light novel either. |
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| After watching the PVs, Wind_Sr said: Synopsis: He is assigned as a trainee in the Railways Security Force full of odd characters such as Sakurai, a troublemaker who hates men. it should be ".. full of odd females .." Ugh I hate when they do this, it feels like this show could not survive on itself without the charm of those females. I'll try it out but I can see myself dropping this already. |
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| I like de art style and the sound. I'll watch it! |
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| Oh man, this looks nice, I just saw the novel art was done by Vania600 and I love his/her artworks. The story seems a lot different too, I'll totally give this a try, I'm just hoping for a good studio to pick this up and reproduce the great art style as close as possible to its source. |
FaytzDec 24, 2013 6:30 AM
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| One of these days i really want to watch LN adaptations that isn't always about self-insert male lead being thrown into/surrounded by cute girls, in which this one has strong semblance of. I dunno why, but it somehow gives me impression that these LN authors borrow their writing style from eroge/VN given their strong preference at using certain type of characters and storytelling style that's often found in such medium. Not that it's bad, but it's getting to the point where i can hardly enjoy them anymore. --------------------- At first glance, the premise sounds indeed fresh and probably new to me, but how it's going to execute itself is still pretty worrisome to look forward to. Medium like LN has rarely impressed me since their storytelling and characterization are always constrained to some degree, which prevent them from becoming something compelling and involving, at least for somebody who put more emphasize on writing value like myself. Oh well, i'll just have to wait and see it by myself |
| The premise is certainly new to me. I'll give it a try but it doesn't seem very interesting. |
| Somehow, the synopsis sounds pretty interesting, even though I feel that this is going to be a "Military" anime... |
| The girl in official site's cover.. Looks like Shiina Mashiro xD In short .. it's another harem with train fetish? xD LN adaptation.. Somehow I just doubt this Well, there's no loss to try it a bit :) |
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| Anyone knows which studio animated the PV? |
| This premise is very original, I haven't read the LN but have heard a little about it. I'll watch it and see how it ends up. |
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Amiluhur said: One of these days i really want to watch LN adaptations that isn't always about self-insert male lead being thrown into/surrounded by cute girls, in which this one has strong semblance of. I dunno why, but it somehow gives me impression that these LN authors borrow their writing style from eroge/VN given their strong preference at using certain type of characters and storytelling style that's often found in such medium. Not that it's bad, but it's getting to the point where i can hardly enjoy them anymore. --------------------- At first glance, the premise sounds indeed fresh and probably new to me, but how it's going to execute itself is still pretty worrisome to look forward to. Medium like LN has rarely impressed me since their storytelling and characterization are always constrained to some degree, which prevent them from becoming something compelling and involving, at least for somebody who put more emphasize on writing value like myself. Oh well, i'll just have to wait and see it by myself While it's possibly true for majority, I think it's not always true... And it's not always a bad thing. For light novel, some examples would be HakoMari (currently #7 at MAL manga database) or Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita (surprisingly got an anime adaptation last year and got a very nice reception). They were even written by ex-VN writer, but it incorporates some of staple plot-centric VN tropes which is pretty far from common romcom tropes that you were expecting from moege VN. I could name some other unique gems that you can find on LN, but yeah most of them are not popular in mainstream audience. As for this series, it has good art and unique premise for sure. I hope it can deliver. |
| Oh god, this looks so good. Potential for awesomeness, I'm definitely checking it out. |
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| Might watch, kinda interested |
| It sounds like it has a lot of potential. The only genre hint on MAL right now is the action tag (plus the rumored ecchi of course) but I am really hoping for comedy to go along with those elements. |
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| Reminds me of Toshokan Sensou only with trains. Art definitely looks nice. |
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| Looks like it could easily be either great or mediocre. Will watch. |
| "Your argument is like a naked banana--it simply lacks appeal." |
| Sounds interesting. Definitely going to watch. |
| Wow. Hard not to get invested in a premise like this. I really can't wait to see the staff list. |
| Oh i already like this one count me on board this train. |
| This looks like it could be cool. But sounds like it will do nothing for me except make my eyes roll. |
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| This will either turn out really cool or end up being ridiculous. I think I might just give this one a ride. |
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