Yo, Japan, I heard you like trains.

[Joshawott]

Source: http://kotaku.com/5835690/panties-and-l ... all-aboard

Japan love trains. Japan love K-On!. Put two and two together, and you get this advertisement.

I can't be the only one who'd be a bit embarassed knowing other people are watching me going onto a K-On! train, right?...well, as long as I don't try and get an upskirt of a drawing painted on a train.

 

[Professor Irony]

I came here expecting railway anime. I was disappointed

 

[jonno394]

I came here expecting trains in a train

 

[fabio de lunatico]

Otaku rejoice! You finally have a chance to ride Mio.

 

[Joshawott]

I came here expecting railway anime. I was disappointed

Just put in a few cute anime girls looking at the trains forelornly, and it will be done soon.

I came here expecting trains in a train

Why the hell would you want that? xD

 

[Rui]

I came here expecting railway anime. I was disappointed

I think Miracle Train is still on Crunchyroll...

The available-in-English manga series Train*Train is also excellent for general Japanese railway station trivia, if you can stand the overall genre.

R

 

[Professor Irony]

I came here expecting trains in a train

Why the hell would you want that? xD

I'm guessing he wanted to train while he trains.

I think Miracle Train is still on Crunchyroll...

The available-in-English manga series Train*Train is also excellent for general Japanese railway station trivia, if you can stand the overall genre.

R

I looked up both, but eh... afraid neither of them really float my boat. I've had a sort of masochistic desire to see Tetsuko no Tabi ever since they covered it on imagine nation, so I'll maybe just have a look at that instead.

Edit: Rintaro also did an OAV called "Take the X-train" which is allegedly quite good.

 

[Joshawott]

I came here expecting trains in a train

Why the hell would you want that? xD

I'm guessing he wanted to train while he trains.

If you gained experience points in the Battle Subway in Pokémon Black and White, I'd say we'd already have that...shame you don't.

 

[Animefreak17]

chu chu

 

[Joshawott]

chu chu

*Choo choo

=3

 

[Animefreak17]

chu chu

*Choo choo

=3

mines a japanese train chu chu

 

[Reevothemusefan]

At least that promotional is better than Million Dead's approach:

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/shouldstopbeingamusicnerd

 

[ayase]

Wouldn't it be better if UK train liveries were interesting like that, rather than having the names of the last failed franchise scraped off and the new doomed to failure franchise applied every few years?

I still miss the GNER trains. They looked classy, not like the "Tesco Value" East Coast that replaced them. Anything would look better than those.

 

[Professor Irony]

I think Virgin had the right idea, shame it was a one-off.

 

[MaxonTreik]

I came here expecting railway anime. I was disappointed

<object width="420" height="345"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DWQMOUmb3Ng?version=3&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DWQMOUmb3Ng?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="345" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

How about Initial D trains?

MULTI TRACK DRIFTING!?

Wouldn't it be better if UK train liveries were interesting like that, rather than having the names of the last failed franchise scraped off and the new doomed to failure franchise applied every few years?

I still miss the GNER trains. They looked classy, not like the "Tesco Value" East Coast that replaced them. Anything would look better than those.

For what it's worth, I think Virgin's trains look nice, and at least they're clean, unlike GNER's/East Coast's.

chu chu

*Choo choo

=3

mines a japanese train chu chu

"Chu chu" means "kiss".

 

[ilmaestro]

This is kind of awesome. Just a shame Kotaku are still in business.

 

[Joshawott]

st that replaced them. Anything would look better than those.

For what it's worth, I think Virgin's trains look nice, and at least they're clean, unlike GNER's/East Coast's.

chu chu

*Choo choo

=3

mines a japanese train chu chu

"Chu chu" means "kiss".[/quote]
And now, I am creeped out.

Think Thomas the Tank Engine, but with massive lips. I don't wanna be run over by any train, never mind that one!

 

[Sparrowsabre7]

 

[Animefreak17]

@Joshawott I thought chu means mouse in japanese

 

[GreenTango]

Love this, k-on seems to be branded on everything they can get it on, could only get away with this sort of stuff in japan =(