Rail Romanesque

The year is 1989. After the nation of Hinomoto was destabilized during the past World War, the rise of new technologies has enabled its revitalization. Modern engineering has given birth to aircraft, gasoline engines, and geomagnetic technology—revolutionizing transportation. Railroads have been rendered nearly obsolete and replaced by more efficient modes of transit.

However, a group of lively "Raillords" aims to renew the railroads' former glory. The Raillords, personified as energetic and spirited girls, act as humanoid control modules for their assigned railways. They meet in Ohitoyo City for the Raillord Summit, headed by Suzushiro, a Raillord from Manoka Railways. Together, the group capitalizes on its teamwork to get the railroads back on track, ushering in a "new railroad age."

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Kiko

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Suzaki, Aya
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Beni

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Kurosawa, Tomoyo
Japanese

Shirogane

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Kamijou, Chihiro
Japanese

Ran

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Uchida, Aya
Japanese

Riiko

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Kubo, Yurika
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Suika

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Igasaki, Ayaka
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Iyo

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Furihata, Ai
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Kakaa

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Nagai, Mai
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Suzushiro

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Uesaka, Sumire
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Hirasawa, Hisayoshi

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Motomura, Kouichi

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	1: "Wonderful Rail" by Ayumi. (eps 1-4)
	2: "Singing Wheel" by Megu Sakuragawa (櫻川めぐ ) (eps 5-8)
	3: "Bon Voy@ge!" by Masayo Shinkai (新海雅代) (eps 9-??)

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Dec 19, 2020

dlxuniuniu

Mixed Feelings

“I like trains”
Got bad grades? I like trains!
Awkward date? I like trains!
(you know the music and the song!)

Trains! Without trains, we would all have big problems. There are so many kinds of them, and we use it every day. So why not make an anime with cute girls being Raillords ("humanoid control modules") for different kind of trains? The idea behind it is certainly good, but unfortunately it was not implemented ideally.

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The general setting takes place in Hinomoto, where our main character Suzushiro and her stepsister Hibiki set out to search for Hachiroku's lost locomotive. She unintentionally awakened the Raillord Hachiroku and with this action ...

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Dec 19, 2020

Grusomhed

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Rail Romanesque is a short, slice of life anime based on a visual novel. The series is made up of five-minute episodes that follow girls known as Raillords as they come up with merchandise ideas to advertise various rail lines in Japan. Well, you know about ship girls in Azur Lane, so Raillords are just like ship girls, but they are train girls. Japan is weird, cannot be helped. And that is pretty much what this anime is.

The main problem with that series on MAL is that whoever made this anime entry on MAL, picked the synopsis from the visual novel. So many users ...

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Dec 19, 2020

Luubie

Not Recommended

Another anime that uses girls with reference to some form of transport ... Have you ever thought how much locomotives can be a good attraction in your travels? Not? Well, I present you Rail Romanesque, the anime that will show you that learning more about railway lines can be cool.

Rail Romanesque, or Maitetsu, is a short anime that doesn't have a need to watch episodes in the correct order. It features 9 characters, known as "Railloads" and which has the function of looking for a solution so that there are more tourists in its facilities. The anime itself follows this proposal until the end, where ... basic things of our day to day are used as tools to increase the popularity of the railroads. In addition, some pairs were created, so that they could think and work together during their walks in the city where they were.

I have to say that Maitetsu's idea is already quite repeated in anime with little screen time, since the staff needs to speed up or lengthen some story so that it still remains interesting. I think they preferred the second option. Instead of proposing quicker suggestions that would allow us to see something new, they chose to use half an episode to develop a character proposal and the other half to see what some other group would see. The show ended up making mistakes due to this factor and made it an authentic and proper proposal, in another of the anime that committed the terrible structural error, which aroused disinterest in those who watched. The very beginning of my review is doubtful because of this.

In addition, we realized that the show wanted to put a large amount of text in a very short space of time. The clearest example of this is when character house posters are shown throughout the episodes, with additional information, in addition to references to the real world and the personality of each one. For those who are interested, it is cool to pause the anime and read a little of what is written, but I see that it makes the same mistake as some standard isekais. Like? Well, this way of inserting long texts is common in animes that prefer to approach the concepts of their world and care more about the adventures themselves. And isekais use this type of narrative a lot to persuade and get the public's attention, although it doesn't work in most cases.

However, the show is not a complete waste of time. He really has his cool side and manages to create fun and interesting gadgets to be seen. How delightful it would be to see a new city in the style of the 18th century. Even I wanted to go on a train in my country. It is a pity that in Brazil this is not so accessible ... In addition to giving us a brief desire to learn about other ways of life, some cultures from certain places in Japan and China are presented, which made me happy with the show. I did not imagine the wide variety of locomotives in both countries, especially in the highly technological world in which we live.

Overall, Rail Romanesque is not a bad anime, but it is also not as good as I expected. He previously transmits the elements he wants and manages to interest us, even for a few seconds. He is weak compared to the longest anime and will one day be forgotten by most. I must say that I will not forget Rail Romanesque anytime soon. It was a new and unique experience for me, so no matter how you rate this type of show, give the anime a try and enjoy another different and innovative type of show.

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