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Two more first episodes down, but unfortunately I’m not much more excited for the new shows this season than I was before. Miracle Train isn’t quite the comedy I had figured it would be, but it’ll probably sell to fangirls like pocky to con-goers. Nyan Koi on the other hand could have some potential if [...]
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uho! ii otoko So… according to the show itself, the Miracle Train is some kind of legendary train that only shows up to lost ladies and it’s filled with bishies that will “help you with your problems and put your mind at ease”. Now, all of this makes it sound kinda creepy so you can just [...]
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A show about personifications of train stations is wtf enough, without actually getting into the real premise of Miracle Train. There is an urban legend in Japan about an underground subway line that moves without limitations. The rumor is only gorgeous men ride a train that is known as the MIRACLE TRAIN. And if you were [...]
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With eight simulcasts remaining to be announced, Crunchyroll has crossed two more off the list by announcing Miracle Train ~Oedo-sen e Yokoso~ from Yumeta Company and Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza from Diomedia today. The first series is based on the moe male mascot characters created to represent various stops along the Tokyo subway line being [...]
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Enough super serious posts and let’s turn this back to an anime blog again! I wonder if you’ve heard of this urban legend… There’s said to be a subway in Tokyo Underground that knows no bound. And in this subway is a train filled with no one else but BEAUTIFUL SPARKLY SMEXY MEN. It goes by the name of [...] No related posts.
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  Miracle Train ~Ooedo-sen he Youkoso~ is an anime that features Japan's Chuo train line anthropomorphized as pretty boys. Boymoe abounds! And now we have a cast to go with those oh-so-pretty boys. Let's check 'em out, shall we? And I do mean that in the naughtiest of senses.   Fumi Roppongi: Our hero is a slightly shy guy who happens to specialize in hacking. Voiced by KENN (Yu-Gi-h!'s Yuki Judai; Tower of Druaga's Jil)     Saki Tochou: The leader of Ooedo-sen, and the steady, calming voice amongst the young men. Voiced by Tomokazu Sugita (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's Kyon, Gintama's Gintoki)      Rintarou Shinjuku: A free-spirited guy for whom troubles roll off his back like water on a duck. Voiced by Ryoutarou Okiayu (Bleach's Byakuya, Gundam Wing's Treize)      Izayoi Tsukishima: The gentle peace-keeper who loves reading. Voiced by Daisuke Ono (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's Itsuki Koizumi, Air's Yukito Kunisaki)     Iku Shiodome: The young, innocent, but occasionally sharp-tongued railroad otaku. Voiced by Yuuki Kaji (Yozakura quartet's Akina, Kiroshitsuji's Finny)        Itsumi Ryougoku: A slightly OCD history-lover and a true Tokyoite. Voiced by Masakazu Morita (Bleach's Ichigo Kurosaki, Sengoku Basara's Maeda Keiji) Sounds like the show could be a (ahem) pretty good time. Eh? By which I mean, you know, I think the cast looks...fine. Yes?
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New show to air this fall is the anime adaptation of an internet meme webmanga: Miracle★Train. Catch the first look on what this is all about~ The previously announced anime adaptation of Miracle Train, the anthropomorphization of Tokyo’s train stations, will premiere on Japanese television under the name Miracle Train ~Ōedo-sen e Yōkoso~ (Miracle Train: Welcome [...]
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This October, get to see Miracle Train! Smexy guys.. I wonder whether there’ll be yaoi? (Because I see pretty boys. LOL) The moe boy characters based on the the heavily travelled Japan Railways train line that runs east to west through the heart of Tokyo. The first version of the Miracle Train project focused on the stations [...]
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Two new series have gotten the green light for TV anime series with one being about train bishies and another featuring pretty cat girls. The first series is titled ‘Miracle Train: Welcome to the Chuo Lines’ and will star the moe bishie mascot quintet that debuted recently as the mascot characters for the Chou train [...]
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I don't know how many of you remember the Miracle Train, featuring danshi moe (“boy moe”) personifications of the Chuo train lines...but Moon Phase now reports that the marketing concept is actually being developed into an anime project. No fooling! Yumeta Company is going to animate the series, and a cast has already been selected:Rei Tokyo: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Blood+'s Kai, Gundam 00's Allelujah/Hallelujah)Shintarou Shinjuku: Ryoutarou Okiayu (Bleach's Byakuya, Fullmetal Alchemist's Scar)Riku Nakano: Hiroshi Kamiya (Gundam 00's Tieria, Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei's Itoshiki-sensei)Takuto Kichijouji: Miyu Irino (Gundam 00's Saji Crossroad, Tsubasa's Syaoran)Rune Tachikawa: Kouki Miyata (Tsubasa's Yukito, RahXephon's Souichi)Bit of an all star cast (not to mention a Gundam 00 reunion), don't you think? There are already manga and novel adaptations in the works; the new anime is to be titled Miracle Train: Welcome to the Chuo Line (Chuousen e Youkoso) and a website has already opened up as well.Moon Phase also notes that there appears to be a moefication boom, what with series like Akikan! and Hetalia: Axis Powers around. What do you think? Do you like it when real life objects are made into anime characters, or does it feel too much like pandering?
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Tokyo's Chuo line is used primarily to from Tokyo to Nagoya, but on its route it passes through Shinjuku, and you start to see a marked presence of Japan's subcultures-- i.e. signs of otakudom. The latest of these signs appears as the newest mascots for the train line, five beautiful men who are part of a project called Miracle Train. Fusing “danshi moe” (or as I've called it, boy-moe) and trains (or possibly fangirls and train otaku?), these men are mostly designed to appeal to women, since most of the growing series of mascots and gimmicks featuring anime (or anime-style) characters are aimed at men. But I wonder if it's more aimed at the nation's own otaku, or foreign tourists? Hmm!...
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