Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru (2025)

Table of Contents

Alternative Titles Information Statistics Resources Streaming Platforms Synopsis Background Visit MALxJapan MALxJapan -More than just anime- Characters & Voice Actors Giovanni Campanella Conductor Toudaimori Musengishi Gakusha Milkman Campanella's Father Kaoru Tadashi Staff Opening Theme Ending Theme Episode Videos Reviews Interest Stacks Recommendations Recent News Recent Forum Discussion Recent Featured Articles

Watch Episodes

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Japanese: 銀河鉄道の夜

English: Night on the Galactic Railroad

German: Night on the Galactic Railroad

More titles

Information

Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 13, 1985

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: Central Park Media, Discotek Media

Studios: Group TAC

Source: Novel

Genres: Award Winning, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Themes: Anthropomorphic, Historical

Demographic: Kids

Duration: 1 hr. 47 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: 7.35¹ (scored by 10,210 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #2562²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #4380

Members: 27,936

Favorites: 379

Resources

AniDB

ANN

Streaming Platforms

Crunchyroll

Details
Videos
Stats
Reviews
Recommendations
Interest Stacks
News
Forum
Clubs
Pictures

Top

Anime

Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

7.35

Ranked #2562Popularity #4380Members 27,936

MovieGroup TAC

Add to My List

Episodes: /1

Trailer

play

Synopsis

Giovanni is a young boy who lives on the outskirts of a small rustic village. His mother is bedridden and his father has not returned home since leaving to work on a fishing boat. An outcast at school, Giovanni has only one friend: Campanella, the mayor's son. During the town's Festival of Stars, Giovanni starts to daydream atop a hill and looks up to find a steam engine train floating in the air. He boards the train only to find his friend Campanella already there. And so, the two begin their journey through the stars where they come across unusual people and visit many beautiful and haunting places.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Edit

Background

Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru is based on the 1934 classic children's story by the esteemed author Kenji Miyazawa.

The movie won the Oofuji Noburou Award at the Mainichi Film Awards in 1985.

Edit

Adaptation (Manga)

Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

Adaptation (Manga)

Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru

Spin-Off:	Ihatov Gensou: Kenji no Haru (Movie)
Alternative Version:	Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru: Fantasy Railroad in the Stars (Movie)

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Check out colleize ー big catalog, rare items and worldwide shipping! 🛒 Get your novel adapted into manga by WIT STUDIO📚

More characters

Characters & Voice Actors

Giovanni

Main

Tanaka, Mayumi
Japanese

Campanella

Main

Sakamoto, Chika
Japanese

Conductor

Supporting

Kaji, Tetsuya
Japanese

Toudaimori

Supporting

Tokita, Fujio
Japanese

Musengishi

Supporting

Aono, Takeshi
Japanese

Gakusha

Supporting

Kaneda, Ryonosuke
Japanese

Milkman

Supporting

Kurazaki, Seiji
Japanese

Campanella's Father

Supporting

Naya, Gorou
Japanese

Kaoru

Supporting

Nakahara, Kaori
Japanese

Tadashi

Supporting

Fuchizaki, Yuriko
Japanese

More staff

Staff

Tashiro, Atsumi

Producer, Sound Director

Sugii, Gisaburou

Director, Storyboard

Freeman, Crispin

Script

Mashimo, Kouichi

Storyboard

Edit

Opening Theme

Preview

Spotify	Apple Music
Amazon Music	Youtube Music

No opening themes have been added to this title. Help improve our database by adding an opening theme here.

Edit

Ending Theme

No ending themes have been added to this title. Help improve our database by adding an ending theme here.

Episode Videos

Episode 1

Reviews

Write review

18 Recommended

6 Mixed Feelings

2 Not Recommended

All reviews (26)

Sep 7, 2009

klausfish

Recommended

This is a movie for dreamers. That's as simple as I can state it. It evokes strong interest and emotion from the viewer. I was on the edge of my seat. It is paced much like an odyssey-traveling along an ever changing magical landscape that you feel you are becoming part of. The artwork has a simplistic beauty that is extremely pleasing to the eye. There is a feeling of drama and intensity all throughout, even in the smallest of scenes you feel as if you are on the verge of-something, something big. This movie is for the fantasy, fairytale and visual experience fans. ...

Open

Gift

Report

Nov 17, 2008

Tenchio

Mixed Feelings

Night on the Galactic Railroad, or Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru, may be based on a children's book, but it's definitely a movie anyone can enjoy. To be completely honest, I think I would've been seriously scared had I watched this when I was younger - it's quite creepy at times. Almost all characters in NotGR are cats with human proportions for some reason. I don't know if this was the case in the original book, but I never felt like it mattered, actually. Judging from the synopsis, it was because the animators were lazy, and that may've been the case for all I know.

The story ...

Open

Gift

Report

Sep 20, 2013

That_Bulge

Not Recommended

Funny

-No spoilers are contained within this review-

Night on the galactic Railroad is quite the ride… to say the least. Before beginning this movie I had been given fair warning, yet I still proceeded giving it the benefit of the doubt.

Story (2/10)

Have you ever smoked acid? Me neither, but I’m pretty sure this story is something that might pop into your head if you did. Get ready for the ride of your life as you follow two cardboard cutouts into a cluster of strange and meaningless scenes. Usually stories have linear plots and character developments with a twist at the end that makes ...

Open

Gift

Report

More stacks

Interest Stacks

Must watch Anime films

by lainnvx

38 Entries·8Restacks

Anthropomorphic Animals and Animal People

by reacocard

39 Entries·31Restacks

Four anime per year, part 2

by Aegidrom

48 Entries·4Restacks

More recommendations

Recommendations

View All

Mawaru Penguindrum12 Users
Nekojiru-sou4 Users
Tenshi no Tamago4 Users
Giovanni no Shima3 Users
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi3 Users
Mitsuami no Kamisama2 Users
Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora2 Users
Neko no Ongaeshi2 Users
"Bungaku Shoujo" Movie2 Users
Guskou Budori no Denki (2012)2 Users
Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo1 User
Kaiba1 User
Gulliver no Uchuu Ryokou1 User
Kujira no Chouyaku1 User
Luo Xiao Hei Zhan Ji (Movie)1 User
Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka1 User
Ginga Tetsudou 9991 User
Chirin no Suzu1 User
Ginga Tetsudou 999 (Movie)1 User
Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu1 User
"Bungaku Shoujo" Memoire1 User

More news

Recent News

Q1 2015 Anime Licenses [Update 3/31]

In this thread, you'll find a comprehensive list of anime licensed in the first quarter (Jan-Mar) of 2015. Winter anime which were licensed before the quarter b...read more

Dec 30, 2014 6:57 AM by Snow | Discuss (74 comments)

More discussions

Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Night on the Galactic Railroad Episode 1 Discussion
Veethorn - Oct 11, 2009

34 replies

by bushman66 »»
Mar 16, 7:26 PM

Recent Featured Articles

Top 30 Best Anime Movies of All Time

You think you know anime movies? Have you seen all 30 of these movies on our best anime movie list? Our writer sets themselves a only-one-movie-per-director rule and comes up with 30 movies every anime fan must see.

by 5camp

790,429 views

Collection

Top 25 Best Kids Anime For "Kids" of All Ages!

Let's take a quick jog around memory lane and remember those anime you used to watch and enjoy as kids. Feel the nostalgia and see if your favorites made the list and discover more that other children enjoyed.

by lmearriola

524,208 views

RecommendationCollectionHeart-warming