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I have ridden that train a number of times, runs (ran?) from the airport on a manmade island to Namba. There were alpha and beta services, alpha being limited stop. Just an ordinary local EMU when you take the helmet off, still pretty cool though.

 

The last time I was on it was 15 years ago sadly.

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....... what a shame it was hit WALLOPED so many times with the ugly-stick!

 

http://inventorspot.com/articles/japans-nankai-electric-railway-animates-transportation-blazing-r

 

"there's no accounting for taste"

 

Looks like perfectly acceptable Jules Verne to me.

 

Interestingly, Wiki describes it as both futuristic and retro!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapi:t

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they are very open about their culture even though it is often looked on as "kids cartoons"

 

its a common thing over there to do things like this for anime, like putting the characters all over the sides

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or on army helicopters

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and on cars & vans, there is particular name for mini vans with anime girls all over it but i cant remember

https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=isch&q=anime+car&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuhKPwpcrWAhWPb1AKHaFWA64QBQhXKAA&biw=1600&bih=779&dpr=1#imgrc=_

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They modified a complete Shinkansen as a humanoid robot from the Evangelion TV series.

 

The outside of the train had a full colour wrap applied and I think the interior of at least three cars were modified.

I cannot see anything like that happening in the UK.

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Things have certainly changed since I left Japan in 1999 after living there for 18 years.

 

Can't remember anything as shown in these pictures, all I can recall are the manga comic books which had quite a large following. First meeting with anime for me was a couple of years or so ago when I attended a Japan Society function in Manchester. Could not believe what I was seeing at first.....

 

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stations associated with anime have full size cardboard cut outs of characters

 

Oarai has Girls und panzer

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@36.3149579,140.5631449,3a,37.3y,312.57h,93.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCtHHAx93wk5R8zv_uG-miw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

another train and a cutout at a station, i dont know love live as i dont watch idol anime

http://mikehattsu.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/love-live-sunshine-train.html

 

its interesting as the majority of the japanese loath the anime industry and the "otaku" whiah is a Derogative term for anime and manga fans such over here you might find it un settling if you met someone who was a huge fan of kids cartoons and watching them was their main hobby but the japanese government does see that anime and manga is one of the country main exports and it has a strong world wide culture and following

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stations associated with anime have full size cardboard cut outs of characters

 

Oarai has Girls und panzer

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@36.3149579,140.5631449,3a,37.3y,312.57h,93.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCtHHAx93wk5R8zv_uG-miw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

another train and a cutout at a station, i dont know love live as i dont watch idol anime

http://mikehattsu.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/love-live-sunshine-train.html

 

its interesting as the majority of the japanese loath the anime industry and the "otaku" whiah is a Derogative term for anime and manga fans such over here you might find it un settling if you met someone who was a huge fan of kids cartoons and watching them was their main hobby but the japanese government does see that anime and manga is one of the country main exports and it has a strong world wide culture and following

I have become aware of the manga and anime world through my daughter's interest in the films of Myazake and her love of street fashion as depicted in a series of books called 'Fruits', but that interest has waned as she has gradually developed her own style. Always been fascinated by Japan and its culture, but since reading the book 'Lost Japan' it would appear that a lot of its heritage is disappearing as the cities grow and the typical home becomes smaller?

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Tetsudofan I respect someone who has lived in Japan for so long. For a country that has history in abundance it it a shame that so much is changing over there. My interest in Japan started in the 1970s when I was learning Karate; but the language and writing character barrier made study difficult. Thank goodness for translation software making the language easer to understand. They had some great train designs though.

 

Aren't there manga and anime based on many of the individual railways of Japan too?

 

IIMHO if the Virgin East Coast Class 800 "Azuma"s were being introduced in Japan there would probably be a manga, anime, mascot and a model ready to go for the service launch. You could probably eat your lunch out of a box based on the train's design too. Virgin is missing a marketing opportunity.

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