Introduction
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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Audience reviews
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ShyNinjaGirl
Trains as waifus aren't really my thing, but they're actually pretty cute, given the art style.
Every girl is an anthropomorphized train, eating and drinking energy sources like coal, and gas, and everything else all in an effort to... look cute? Sell merch? Admittedly there's not really a whole lot that you can absolutely infer from the plot here other than "train girls are cute".
The music is okay, but the medium and the three-minute-per-episode limit really doesn't let you build much. But if you want to kill a half hour with cute girls acting cute, well, you could do a heck of a lot worse, but you could honestly do a heck of a lot better. Apparently there's also a VN about the franchise, but... it never made it over to the states so who knows if it's any good?
All in all, you might…
Read at the sourceSgtSalamander
Do you like trains? Now, do you LIKE like trains? Then have I got the anime for you! Rail Romanesque was an odd experience, and while it meets most standards of production quality, it's just so specific. It serves as a testament to the sheer variety of anime out there, and proves that if there's a niche to be filled then there's going to be something to fill it! Then when I found out this is a spin-off of an eroge visual novel, it felt as though I briefly lost my grip on reality. There are countless rabbit holes in the world of anime, a great many of them weird, and this is indeed one of them. It's a train waifu anime, presented to the viewer without a hint of irony. Beginning with the story, if you can call it that, there's not much to see really. It's a barebones concept, with the girls…
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You know, I don't know what I was expecting.
This is a really bizarre meta anime that seems to be about promoting... itself? I don't know it wasn't really clear what they were trying to promote. It's just a string of brainstorming sessions for how to promote... trains I guess.
I don't live in Japan, and I don't study or really care about the history of railroad systems there. I don't know who this was made for, but I'd guess it was the boy from Araburu Kisetsu who liked the trains. Like, he really liked trains. He would probably have sex with a train if he could, and in this anime it'd finally be possible.
It's the same kind of weird mix of genres that gives us stuff like KanColle or Upotte. Japan execs know that there is a subset of otaku who are obsessed with one niche history or mili…
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Rail Romanesque has very little positive to present, and that's it's biggest fault.
The story to Rail Romanesque follows several girls who've become conductors for their locality's trains. They meet to form a plan to revive the use of rail. The story is stupidly simple and presented over 12 - 5 minute episodes. Be expected to be shocked by what you get, as it's quite different from what you're thinking.
Art is average all around and there is nothing worth noting. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't memorable either. The same goes for sound. Acting is perfectly fine, but there is nothing worth noting. Music is completely unmemorable. The same applies to characters as well.
If you like trains, you'll find very little of it in this anime. If you're looking for a new Waifu, you may find it here, b…
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Before I began, I have not played the Visual Novel Maitetsu, however, this doesn't take away from my enjoyment of the 'series.'
As an avid railfan and buff, this cute little digestible show gives neat little tidbits about different railways and trains in Japan, China, and even Russia. Now as a 'series' as I keep putting in quotations, there isn't much here to digest. Each episode is just 3 minutes long and is usually about 2 or more of the girls at the railway summit to find a way to attract more passengers.
My major problem with the series is that it is so short. All in all the 'series' is about 36 minutes not including opening and closing. Now that the series is over, it's easy to watch but If you really want a train-centered anime, I recommend Rail Wars.
Read at the sourceManu404
Ohh Yes Japan At It again Making waifus Out of something That will Sound literally hilarious to, Guess what the culprit this time is No need to go far thinking its in the name of the anime itself they are trains. The characters as depicted in the anime does not seem very old(what we call legal-loli smh) But these are Very experienced girls Who work in The rail field or what we say related to trains. As we know this is a short anime so the content explored is little so don't go expecting a plot In this anime. This anime depicts A rail summit Conducted in-order to Increase the sales Regarding the Area of each raillord(the main characters are called this cause they are girls which are trains).We have a great moderator who handles the summit she is extremely charming and cute Not to mention sh…
Read at the sourceFreiaMyName
well, here we go,
Would be nice to see an actual story to this anime, that would teach you a little about these trains than a pop-up text that lasts 1 second.
Most of this anime was just about merch, which made the story confusing
And also half of this was about a girl looking for bugs
So we can conclude there was no real story for engagement.
The characters were not really developed but brought on a history of being a train, That's kinda it.
For real honesty most of the time watching this, I was spacing out
That is not a good pointer for this.
But In a positive factor, the characters look cute with their kinda looking traditional outfits
Overall would I recommend this Nope, not at all
Read at the sourceLuubie
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…
Read at the sourceIrrelevantGuy
As a person who isn't familiar with Maitetsu whatsoever, I didn't think I would enjoy Rail Romanesque. But surprisingly, I kinda did.
To put some context to it, Rail Romanesque is apparently a short spin-off to the fairly acclaimed visual novel Maitetsu. But one thing should be made clear: I don't think having prior experience of Maitetsu is needed to watch or enjoy this short. And that is coming from a person who knows almost nothing about the original visual novel but still enjoyed it.
The plot of Rail Romanesque is very bland. Simply put, it's about a bunch of "Raillords" (or "cute train-girls", if you will) trying to come up with ideas to make the railways more advanced and popular among the tourists. As you can see, there's not really a proper story here, and the characters aren't g…
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(TLDR Review at the bottom)
Hey Vsauce, NextUniverse here.
Anime fans. If you do a quick google search on "how many anime fans are there in the world". You may find that the first answer you get is 50 million. You will find this stat on Quora with the answer posted by Anime Motivation. Now for argument's sake, let's assume this is true. That is a lot of anime fans. That is 0.641% of the world population. And with this huge amount of fans around the world, there comes the culture that has been made within the community. One particular topic that will be focused on today is waifus and the theme "cute girls doing cute things" or "CGDCT".
Waifu is a term used by the anime community which has the meaning of "A fictional character, usually in anime or related media, that someone has great and…
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“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.
STORY:
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 becoming her owner. Now they are on a journey looking for her locomotive. That's basically the whole story...such a locomotive doesn…
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