AniWorthTaro's Toy Train
Introduction
A combination of live action, traditional animation, and stop motion animation. A father buys his son a toy train, which he loves. When the boy goes to sleep, the train comes to life and crawls into the bed with the boy, giving him a dream about proper train etiquette.
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 5.38/10 · 1152
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Audience reviews
4 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
MizunoYukiko
Watched it with background music.
Didn't expect real life footage at the start, thought I entered a wrong show.
Liked the stop motion clips too it was a surprising sight.
However with the animation itself isn't the best I've seen better ones in the older shows, it's similar to the "Animal Olympics" animation but worse.
The background music gave it a charming feel, it makes me feel younger in some way, but unfortunately not a single voice acting which I'm sure even a small Narrator action would make it way better.
Animals are funny, I would say it's better than a lot of modern cringy comedy, it respects my brain not whatever random brain rotting clips all around like nowadays comedy.
8 nyans out of 10, the best old show till now.
Read at the sourceSidewinder51
Rate an 8
Seen via English Subtitled on just the cartoon everything else raw
art film
silent production
Special Note: The cartoon itself is about 6 plus minutes.
Story
Memories, we have so many of them. The best memories one could have aside from their younger years is their children. More importantly making their day. A child has a strong desire for ___. He is reward with ____. As he is about to nod off his dream comes alive. To see that animation unfold along with that mini live show was a beautiful introduction to this cartoon. As for the ending it is what you would expect. Although, you get to see the part the kid played which was an interesting idea.
Art
-black and white
-From scenery to background no issues on clarity.
Sound
The version i saw had background music. Which blended we…
Read at the sourcekarlyn__kei
At first, I was thrown off, since it began with actual film and didn't quickly transition into animation. But when the animation began, I was delighted to find that for once, I wasn't the slightest bit creeped out by it. Normally, very old animation scares me a bit, but despite the odd looking faces on some of the animals, the different things done with the very few resources I'm sure were available at the time are outstanding. The story was cute and funny, too, which caused me to really enjoy it. I even laughed a couple of times, which is more than I can say for some of today's intentionally comedic short series/movies. The music is basically a repetitive loop, but there are some breaks in it which are nice. Additionally, the historical aspect is appealing enough for me to recommend any f…
Read at the sourceNessaChan
Tarou-san is a little boy who loves to play train with his friends. One day, his dad brings him home an electric train set. Overjoyed, he plays with it long into the night. When it is finally time for bed, Tarou cuddles up next to his new train set, and dreams he is on a train with many funny animals who cause various wacky hijinks.
This delightful little silent short combines live action with animation. A novel idea, and it works well. The retro animation lover or silent film nerd will both enjoy it equally. Even if you can't read the Japanese title cards, you can still understand the story.
The wacky animals are enjoyable and the story itself is very charming. This is a good start to see where Japanese animation began. Also, seeing the clothes & household of late-1920s Japan is very…
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