Rail Wars!

Title:Rail Wars!
レールウォーズ (Japanese)
Overall:Unevaluated
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Notables: FUKUYAMA Jun
HINO Satoshi
IGARASHI Hiromi
NUMAKURA Manami
UCHIDA Maaya
The adventures of four friends who have begun their new jobs with Japan National Railways.

[TV series, 2014, 12 episodes, 25 min; based on an ongoing ↗Light Novel for male audience with 8+ volumes since 2012; a game for a handheld playstation about this story will be released later in 2014.]
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Unevaluated Stretch [series:2920#628]
(One episode watched):

I suspect that at one time, someone from Japan National Railways came to an anime studio and said "Here's a bunch of money for you to make an anime which acts as a veiled commercial for us". It was OK if other than the railroad setting the show was the usual blend of bouncing boobs, stereotypical characters, flat jokes, and guys tripping and falling on sexy girls in a suggestive manner. Maybe if you want to learn a little about how a railroad operates this show would have some appeal, but otherwise it is painfully generic. The characters have been recycled countless times before: the nice guy who is mistaken for a pervert; the aggressive tsundere girl; the muscular but relatively simple-minded guy; and the well-endowed, smart, but naïve girl. Some unrealistic action (like subduing a pair of purse snatchers) is inserted into what would in fact be a pretty uneventful job. It's hard to believe that modern-day employees are expected to learn how to operate a steam locomotive. The unusual railroad background might be a plus if the basic story and characters inspired any interest, but they don't and it can't deliver adequate entertainment by itself.

Last updated Wednesday, July 09 2014. Created Wednesday, July 09 2014.

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