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The Galaxy Railways (TV)

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Alternative title:
Galaxy Railways (French) 
Ginga Tetsudo Monogatari (Japanese) 
Storie delle Ferrovie Galattiche (Italian) 
Галактические железные дороги (Russian) 
銀河鉄道物語 (Japanese) 
Themes: aliens , military , space , trains 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: In the future, the planets are connected with a massive galactic railway system. The passengers of the railways are protected by two forces, the Space Panzer Grenadiers (SPG) and the Space Defense Force (SDF). This is the story of Manabu Yuuki, a new member of the Sirius Platoon within the SDF. He and his new crewmates meld together as a team through their dealings with escaped criminals, meteors, hostile aliens, a time vortex, ghosts and terrorists before defending mankind from its greatest peril yet. 
User Ratings: 269 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (dub:6, sub:6, raw:1)
 Excellent: 34 votes (dub:22, sub:10, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 64 votes (dub:34, sub:27, edit.dub:2, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 70 votes (dub:40, sub:26, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 42 votes (sub:22, dub:20)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:10, dub:7)
 Not really good: 6 votes (dub:4, sub:2)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 603 users, rank: #1878 (of 10083)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.848 (Good), std. dev.: 2.0265, rank: #4713 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 6.921 (Good), rank: #4248 (of 10235) (seen all: 7.27 / seen some: 6.65 / won't finish: 4.10)
Bayesian estimate: 6.946 (Good), rank: #3772 (of 7688)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 26 
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2003-10-04 to 2004-04-04 
Opening Theme:
"Gin Ga Tet Sudo wa HaruKaNaRi" by Sasaki Isao 
Ending Theme:
"Gin Ga no HiKaRi" by Sasaki Isao 
Official website:
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
The Galaxy Railways DVD 1 (Sep 13, 2005)
News: Show:
New Anime coming to Japan (Apr 14, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1)
    The Galaxy Railways - Ahead Full! (DVD 1) 2005-07-19 (from $15.26)
    The Galaxy Railways - Ahead Full! + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-07-19 (from $29.96)
    The Galaxy Railways - His Father's Son (DVD 2) 2005-09-13 (from $38.78)
    The Galaxy Railways - The Vastness Within (DVD 3) 2005-11-08 (from $10.82)
    The Galaxy Railways - Leaps of Faith (DVD 4) 2006-01-03 (from $9.76)
    The Galaxy Railways - Manabu's Decision (DVD 5) 2006-02-28 (from $5.01)
    The Galaxy Railways - Eternal Hope (DVD 6) 2006-04-25 (from $36.96)
    The Galaxy Railways - The Complete Series (DVD 1-6) 2007-02-06
    The Galaxy Railways - The Complete Series [The Viridian Collection] (DVD 1-6) 2008-02-26 (from $98.94)
    The Galaxy Railways - The Complete Series [S.A.V.E.] (DVD 1-6) 2014-03-04 (from $23.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Director: Yukio Nishimoto 
Series Composition: Hideki Sonoda 
Script:
Hideaki Sonoda 
Hideki Sonoda  (eps 1-2, 23, 26) 
Ichiko Washio (ep 8) 
Nahoko Hasegawa (eps 4, 9, 17) 
Ritsuko Hayasaka (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 13, 18, 21
)
 
Yasunori Yamada (eps 12, 15, 20) 
Yasuyuki Mutō (8 episodes
eps 6-7, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 25
)
 
Unit Director: Yasushi Muraki (OP) 
Music: Nozomi Aoki 
Original creator:
Hideo Aihara 
Leiji Matsumoto 
Character Design:
Fuminori Kizaki 
Itsuko Takeda 
Art Director: Yoshimi Umino 
Animation Director:
Fuminori Kizaki (OP; eps 3, 13, 22) 
Kunihiro Abe (ep 13) 
Michinori Chiba (6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 18, 22, 26
)
 
Yasushi Muraki (OP) 
Mechanical design:
Kōji Watanabe 
Takashi Hashimoto 
Director of Photography: Katsuyoshi Kishi 
Executive producer:
Hideo Aihara 
Hiroshi Kon 
Producer: Hiroshi Kon 

Animation Director Cooperation:
Itsuko Takeda (ep 3) 
Kunihiro Abe (ep 3) 
Michinori Chiba (ep 3) 
CG Design: Takafumi Arai 
Color design: Takuya Kawami 
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama 
Executive Supervisor: Leiji Matsumoto 
Key Animation:
Eiji Abiko (OP) 
Hideki Kakita (OP; eps 22, 26) 
Kazuo Takigawa (OP) 
Kunihiro Abe (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 18
)
 
Michinori Chiba (ED) 
Mitsuru Obunai (OP) 
Sōichirō Matsuda (OP; eps 18, 26) 
Takashi Hashimoto (OP; eps 1, 26) 
Yasushi Muraki (OP; ep 26) 
Line Producer: Yasuo Hasegawa 
Mechanical animation Director: Kunihiro Abe (ep 26) 
Music Director: Yoku Shioya 
Original Mechanical Design: Katsumi Itabashi 
Planning: Hiroshi Kon 
Series Structure:
Hideki Sonoda 
Ritsuko Hayasaka 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Koichiro Kameyama (OP) 
Nozomi Aoki (ED) 
Theme Song Composition:
Hideaki Takatori (ED) 
Ken Satō (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Hideaki Takatori (ED) 
Shiho Aikichi (OP) 
Animation Production:
Planet 
Studio Kuma 
Backgrounds:
Production ai 
Sung San Production (eps 21, 23, 25) 
Broadcaster: BS Fuji 
CG Production: Trilogy Future Studio 
Finish Animation:
AIC (eps 19, 24) 
Artland (8 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 12, 16-17, 19, 24
)
 
Decell (7 episodes
eps 9, 15, 18, 21-22, 25-26
)
 
E-cho (eps 11, 20) 
FAI (ep 17) 
feel. (ep 17) 
Frontline (ep 18) 
Hayashi (eps 8, 14) 
Hyoin Animation (eps 2, 9, 21) 
JEM (ep 5) 
M.S.C (ep 17) 
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 18, 22, 26) 
Mook Animation (ep 6) 
Mouse (ep 24) 
NARA Animation (eps 8, 14) 
Niandai Animation (10 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
 
Peacock (eps 1, 5, 7) 
SHAFT (ep 24) 
Studio Gimlet (eps 4, 12, 16) 
Studio Kuma (ep 13) 
Studio Rong (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 12
)
 
Studio Step (7 episodes
eps 4, 10, 12, 16-17, 19, 24
)
 
Sung San Production (4 episodes
eps 11, 20, 23, 25
)
 
Tamazawa Dōgasha (eps 4, 19) 
TASK (ep 11) 
Tatsunoko Production (ep 24) 
Tokyo Kids (ep 19) 
In-Between Animation:
Animaruya (ep 12) 
Artland (7 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
 
Decell (8 episodes
eps 5, 9, 15, 18, 21-22, 25-26
)
 
Delta Peak Production (eps 4, 10, 17) 
E-cho (eps 11, 20) 
FAI (ep 17) 
feel. (ep 17) 
Frontline (ep 18) 
Hayashi (eps 5, 8, 14) 
Hyoin Animation (eps 2, 9, 21) 
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 18, 22, 26) 
MI (ep 8) 
NARA Animation (eps 8, 14) 
Niandai Animation (10 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10, 12, 16, 19, 24
)
 
Project 4 (ep 4) 
Snow Light Staff (ep 17) 
Studio Angle (ep 5) 
Studio DEEN (ep 5) 
Studio Gimlet (ep 12) 
Studio Kuma (eps 1, 3, 7, 13) 
Studio MAT (ep 16) 
Studio Mu (ep 5) 
Studio Wanpack (ep 17) 
Sung San Production (4 episodes
eps 11, 20, 23, 25
)
 
Synergy Japan (ep 5) 
Tamazawa Dōgasha (eps 4, 19) 
TASK (eps 1, 11) 
Tatsunoko Production (eps 17, 24) 
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 17) 
ZEXCS (eps 4, 12, 17) 
Key Animation:
arp Japan (ep 6) 
Delta Peak Production (eps 4, 10, 17) 
E-cho (eps 11, 20) 
Garan (ep 19) 
Hyoin Animation (ep 21) 
MI (eps 8, 14) 
Nakamura Production (eps 1, 7, 22) 
NARA Animation (eps 8, 14) 
Studio Gimlet (eps 19, 22) 
Studio Kuma (4 episodes
eps 13, 18, 22, 26
)
 
Studio Rong (ep 19) 
Studio Wanpack (eps 18-19) 
Sung San Production (4 episodes
eps 20, 22-23, 25
)
 
Volcano High (ep 14) 
Photography: Studio Cosmos 
Production:
Galaxy Railways HQ 
Planet 
Production Cooperation:
AIC (ep 5) 
Artland (8 episodes
eps 4, 6, 10 uncredited, 12, 16, 17 uncredited, 19, 24
)
 
AZETA PICTURES (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 15, 21
)
 
Delta Peak Production (eps 4, 10, 17) 
Ginga Ya 
Studio Gazelle (eps 8, 14) 
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center 
Sound Production: Omnibus Production 
Video Editing: TOVIC 
Japanese cast
Naoki Yanagi as Manabu Yuuki 

Akio Ōtsuka as Schwanhelt Bulge 
Asami Sanada as Louis Fort Drake 
Hikaru Midorikawa as David Young 
Hitoshi Kubota as Narration 
Kazuhiko Inoue as Wataru Yuuki 
Kumiko Yokote as Julia F. Reinhart 
Naoko Suzuki as Sexaroid Yuki 
Ryūsaku Chijiwa as Ryusaku Murase 
Takehito Koyasu as Bruce J. Speed 
Yōko Asagami as Layla Destiny Shura 

Aki Nanbu as Sayaka 
Akira Ishida as Owen (ep 9) 
Asuka Tanii as Kate 
Atsuko Tanaka as Katarina (ep 11)  (ep 12) 
Atsushi Imaruoka as
José Antonio Valdivia 
Man (ep 3) 
Oiwa (eps 1-2) 
Bin Shimada as
Leon (ep 10) 
Reon (ep 10) 
Chikao Ōtsuka as Station Master (ep 12) 
Hikari Yono as
Kinuko Asai 
Mother (ep 1) 
Percy Shelly 
Hikaru Midorikawa as Mamoru Yuuki 
Hitoshi Kubota as Heigoro Todo 
Isao Sasaki as President  (eps 13-14) 
Izumi Koike as Miki 
Kayato Ohashi as
Brad 
Conductor (ep 4) 
Ken Uo as
505 Conductor (ep 2) 
Man A (ep 1) 
Kenta Miyake as Haideru (ep 14) 
Kenyū Horiuchi as Johanson 
Kiyomi Asai as Jane  (ep 4) 
Kōzō Mito as
Member A (ep 1) 
Pirate 1 (ep 5) 
Kōzō Shioya as
Ivonov Leonidovitch Berichkov 
Iwanofu 
Mayumi Shō as Raiza (ep 10) 
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Taro Akatsuki  (ep 8) 
Miyoko Asō as Ine (ep 12) 
Miyuki Sawashiro as
Berga (ep 9) 
Private Secretary Chris 
Rifl (ep 21) 
Miyuki Ueda as President's wife  (ep 14) 
Nachi Nozawa as Kinderikku (ep 17) 
Nanae Katō as Sarai (ep 9) 
Nobuo Tobita as Kou (ep 13) 
Rie Saitō as Irene Summer 
Ryūsaku Chijiwa as Conductor (ep 1) 
Sumi Mutoh as Karen (ep 4) 
Takeshi Aono as Whitman (ep 8) 
Tomato Akai as Ai Matsuura 
Vanilla Yamazaki as Girl (ep 1) 
Wataru Hatano as
Edwin Silver 
Pirate 2 (ep 5) 
Terry (ep 4) 
Yoichi Masukawa as Franz 
Yōji Ueda as
Guysander (ep 2) 
Moritz Schneider 
Old Man (ep 4) 
Yōko Asagami as Kanna Yuuki 
Yoshito Yasuhara as Kei Ohyama (ep 16) 
Yūji Kishi as Vittrio (ep 9) 
Yuu Urata as Shou Kashiwamori 
Yuuki Mitsugi as Maggie Redford 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Chris Cason 
Eric Vale (eps 11-12) 
Mike McFarland 
Sonny Strait (eps 6-8, 13) 
Translation: Steven J. Simmons 
ADR Script:
Carl Macek (eps 11-12)  (eps 9-10) 
Christopher Neel 
Executive producer:
Cindy Brennan Fukunaga 
Gen Fukunaga 
Assistant Talent Coordinator: Scott Garner 
Assistant Writer: Jacqueline Gilbert 
Audio Mixing: Nathanael Harrison 
DVD Producer: Carly Hunter 
Line Producer: Justin Cook 
Menu Design: Kris Pierce 
Production Coordination: Neil Weathersbee 
Script Supervision: Jeremy Carlile 
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams 
Video Editing:
Daniel Mancilla 
Jeremy Jimenez 
Chris Patton as Manabu Yuuki 

Amber Cotton as Yuki 
John Gremillion as Schawanheld Bulge 
Laura Bailey as Layla 
Luci Christian as Louis Fort Drake 
Markus Lloyd as David 
Matthew Thompkins as Ryusaku Murase 
Matthew Tompkins as Narration 
Mike McFarland as Bruce J. Speed 
Stephanie Young as Julia F. Reinhart 
Troy Baker as Wataru Yuuki 

Aaron Dismuke as Manabu Yuuki (Young; eps 1-2) 
Ace Winn as Saboru (Boy; ep 13) 
Alese Watson as Mother (ep 6) 
Andrew Rye as
Man B (ep 14) 
Trainee (ep 20) 
Andy Mullins as Commander (eps 10, 26) 
Anthony Bowling as Schnader 
Ashley Gonzales as Irene (ep 17) 
Bill Flynn as Ooiwa 
Brice Armstrong as Whitman (ep 8) 
Brina Palencia as Sarah  (ep 7) 
Caitlin Glass as
Ai 
Krista (ep 14) 
Carrie Savage as Liffle (ep 21) 
Charles Baker as Hijacker (ep 3) 
Chris Cason as
125 Conductor (ep 14) 
Robot Conductor (ep 16) 
Chris Forbis as Rigel Captain (ep 24) 
Chris Patton as
Heidel (ep 14) 
Makoto (ep 12) 
Christine Auten as General Forecis (eps 23, 25-26) 
Christopher R. Sabat as Leon (ep 10) 
Cindee Mayfield as Chiyo Murase (ep 19) 
Colin Ware as Silver (9 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 15, 19, 22-25
)
 
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Shelley (5 episodes
eps 6, 15, 19, 24, 26
)
 
Craig Dvorak as Commissioner A (ep 23) 
Cynthia Cranz as
Ine (ep 12) 
Liza (ep 10) 
Cynthia Martinez as
Boy (ep 25) 
Trille (eps 25-26) 
Dameon Clarke as President Drake (eps 13-14) 
Daniel Katsük as Franz 
David Trosko as Mamoru Yuuki 
Derek Garrison as Bartender (ep 16) 
Duncan Brannan as Guy Sander (eps 2, 4-5) 
Ed Blaylock as Kiyoji Murase (ep 19) 
Emily Hornsby as Miki 
Frank Ford as Brad 
Grant James as Ivonov Leonidovitch Berichkov (eps 21-25) 
Gwendolyn Lau as
Catalina (eps 11-12) 
Jane (ep 4) 
J Paul Slavens as Johansson (eps 20, 24) 
J. Michael Tatum as Trainee (ep 20) 
Jamie Marchi as Maggie Redford (7 episodes
eps 5-7, 15, 19, 24, 26
)
 
Jay Klein as SPG (ep 20) 
Jeff Johnson as Father (ep 25) 
Jennifer Seman as Kanna Yuuki 
Jerry Russell as Kenderick (ep 17) 
Jerry Zumwalt as José Antonio Valdivia 
Jim Foronda as Shaw 
Jim Johnson as Commissioner B (ep 23) 
John Swasey as SPG (ep 20) 
Jonathan C. Osborne as Humanoid A (ep 10) 
Justin Pate as
Saboru (ep 13) 
SPG (ep 20) 
Kara Howell as
Announcer (ep 10) 
Helga (ep 9) 
Kate Borneman as Sayaka 
Kevin M. Connolly as
Tech 1 (ep 21) 
Terry Goldman (ep 4) 
Trainee (ep 20) 
Kraig Thompson as Bartender (ep 15) 
Kyle Hebert as
Alien (ep 13) 
Bad Boy #3 (ep 13) 
Blond Man (ep 8) 
Death (ep 18) 
Dr. Talbert (ep 7) 
Guard Bot (ep 7) 
Old Man with Cat (ep 19) 
Train Announcer (ep 8) 
Laura Bailey as Shula 
Leah Clark as Female alien 
Linda Young as
Kinuko 
Kinuko Asai 
Lucy Small as Kate 
Lydia Mackey as Morgana (ep 17) 
Majken Bullard as Salye (ep 9) 
Majken Kunishima as Salye (ep 9) 
Mark Lancaster as
Cyber Guard (ep 14) 
Man A (ep 14) 
Mark Stoddard as Vittorio (ep 9) 
Matthew Thompkins as The Narrator 
Meredith McCoy as Karen (ep 4) 
Michael Sinterniklaas as
Filidh (ep 17) 
Owen  (ep 9) 
Monica Rial as Tina (ep 22) 
Nathanael Harrison as Trainee (ep 20) 
Orion as Hijacker (ep 9) 
Orion Pitts as Hijacker (ep 9) 
Paul Slavens as Johansson 
R Bruce Elliott as Akatsuki (ep 8) 
Sean Schemmel as Humanoid B (ep 10) 
Sean Teague as Ohyama (ep 16) 
Sean Michael Teague as Ohyama (ep 16) 
Sonny Strait as
Captain (ep 8) 
Robot Conductor (ep 13) 
Stephanie Nadolny as Charlie (ep 8) 
Steven Morris as
SPG (ep 20) 
Tech 2 (ep 21) 
Suzanne Ashlock as Female Alien (ep 18) 
Sydney Winn as
Mamoru (Boy; ep 13) 
Manabu Yuuki (Young; ep 13) 
Trina Nishimura as
Miki (eps 21-26) 
SPG (ep 20) 
Wendy Powell as Mrs. Drake (ep 14) 

English companies
DVD Authoring: Vision Wise, Inc. 
Internet Streaming:
Anime News Network 
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand) 
FUNimation Entertainment 
Joost 
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment 
Menu Audio:
Chainsaw 
Matthewmatics 
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Colette Noel 

Adaptation: Frédéric Roques 
Theme Song Lyrics: Jacques Ferchit (French adapt.) 
Theme Song Performance:
Bénédicte Lecroart (ED) 
Michel Barouille (OP) 
François Creton as Thomas (Manabu Yuuki) 

Frederic Popovic as Bruce (Blues Jay Speed) 
Isabelle Volpe as Cassiopée (Yuuki Sexaroïd) 
Nathalie Bienaime as Liz (Louis Fort Drake) 
Patrick Noerie as Wilson (David Young) 
Patrick Pellegrin as Capitaine Bulge 

Colette Noel as Lady Destiny 
Constantin Pappas as Léonard (ep 13) 
Fabrice Nemo as Nash (eps 6-7) 
Frederic Popovic as Allan (Mamoru Yuuki) 
Isabelle Volpe as Jane Goldman (ep 4) 
Mathieu Rivolier as Daneb (ep 8) 
Nathalie Bienaime as Thomas (jeune) 
Patrick Noerie as Marchab Wallace (Wataru Yuuki) 
Yann Pichon as
M.Hamilton (ep 16) 
Terry Goldman (ep 4) 
French companies
Broadcaster:
France 4  (from 17 April 2006) 
IDF1 
Distributor: Déclic Images 
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Yamato Video 
Internet Streaming: PopCorn TV 
Italian cast
(none)

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