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Tetsuko no Tabi
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Main Title Tetsuko no Tabi (a5197)
Official Title ja
Synonym Tetsuko`s Travels, 铁子之旅
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Kawashima Tokuyoshi as Ishikawa Masahiko
Oota Tetsuharu as Kamimura Masaki
Tomisaka Akira as Kikuchi Naoe
Hiyama Nobuyuki as Yokomi Hirohiko

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Original Work: Kikuchi Naoe Yokomi Hirohiko
Direction: Nagaoka Akinori
Series Composition: Souma Kazuhiko
Character Design: Kudou Yuka
Music: SUPER BELL"Z Watanabe Cheru
Animation Work: Group Tac
* Based on a seinen manga by Kikuchi Naoe and Yokomi Hirohiko, serialised in Ikki.

A manga artist is asked by her boss to accompany him and a travel-writer on various train trips around Japan and draw a manga about it.

The travel-writer turns out to be a super train-otaku who has vast knowledge of the train network, but also micro-manages all their trips, planning every detail down to the second. He cares mostly about following the schedule and successfully achieving his planned goals, e.g. visiting all stations on a line in an unusual order to accommodate infrequent trains. The mangaka does not really care about trains; she is cynical, sarcastic, and rather lazy. She mainly just looks forward to the next eki-ben. This difference in personality and interests inevitably lead to bizarre conflicts.

— written by Miles Bader (edited)

Note: The anime is actually completely non-fictional — the creator really did go on all these trips, and the manga simply records what happened, thus presenting various out of the way and interesting Japanese train lines and stations.

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approx. 5h 25m

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by sailormatlac on 2013-07-25 19:08
Tetsuko no Tabi production value is rather low, story quite simplistic, but don't be fooled, what it portrays, railfans, does exist all around the world. There's no story, just travels and it must be watched with this mindset. For railfans, visuals and sounds are done with lots of care when depicting trains, stations and vista. On that respect, there's no place for improvisation. To watch if you want to see a neglected side of real-life Japan.
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by dokudokugwoni on 2011-04-05 08:07
I've only seen 2 episodes since Frostii started to sub it, but I've really enjoyed both of them. I can only describe it as a really fun show to watch... you laugh, you take in the knowledge of the Japanese rail system, and enjoy each of the characters and how they work together.
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Credit Name in Episodes Comment
Original Work (原作) Kikuchi Naoe
Yokomi Hirohiko
Direction (監督) Nagaoka Akinori
Series Composition (シリーズ構成) Souma Kazuhiko
Character Design (キャラクターデザイン) Kudou Yuka
Design Works (デザインワークス) Baba Yoshiko
Music Direction (音楽ディレクター) 吉田聖
Music (音楽) SUPER BELL"Z
Watanabe Cheru
Music Producer (音楽プロデューサー) Andou Takeshi
Music Work (音楽制作) Attic Arcade
Sound Direction (音響監督) Ogawa Nobuhiro
Sound Work (音響制作) Jinnan Studio
Sound Effects (音響効果) Koyama Yasumasa
Editing (編集) Oka Yuuji
Art Direction (美術監督) Kawai Shinji
Colour Design (色彩設定) Arakaki Junko
Photographic Direction (撮影監督) Tachi Shin`ichirou
Animation Producer (アニメーションプロデューサー) Oonishi Tsutomu as 大西力
Producer (プロデューサー) Ogawa Takeshi
Sakurai Hiroshi
Shimazu Takehiko
Yamane Hiroyuki
小原千枝
山崎愛理
Planning (企画) Takahashi Naoko
Ueda Fumio
Yamada Masako
Planning Assistance (企画協力) Egami Hideki
Family Gekijou
Gekkan Ikki Henshuubu
Kamimura Masaki
Animation Work Assistance (アニメーション制作協力) Studio Matrix 1, 3, 5 as Matrix (マトリックス)
Dream Force 2, 6, 13
Drop 4
Liberty Ship 7
Asia-dou 7, 9, 11
Triple A 8
Studio Rong 10
Animation Work (アニメーション制作) Group Tac
Work Assistance (制作協力) Horipro
Tetsudou Fan 交友社
TOMIX
ギルドB
ジョルダン
Production (製作) Attic Arcade
Group Tac
Ishii Tooru
Kamei Osamu
Miyamoto Kenji
Ninomiya Kiyotaka
Saitou Yutaka
Shogakukan
Shogakukan Productions
Tashiro Atsumi
Toei Video
Touhoku Shinsha
『鉄子の旅』製作委員会
Script/Screenplay (脚本) Souma Kazuhiko
Storyboard (絵コンテ) Nagaoka Akinori 1-2, 13, ED1
Hirata Yutaka 3
Shigino Akira 4
Tsuji Shin`ichi 5-6, 10
Kobayashi Osamu 7, 9, 11
七条寺貴 8
Yamato Naomichi 12
Sugii Gisaburou OP1
Episode Direction (演出) Hashimoto Naoto 1, 5
Fukuda Takayuki 2, 6, 13
Mikamoto Yasumi 3
Kuboyama Eiichi 4
Satou Yutaka 7
Okuno Kouta 8
Narikawa Takechika 9
Andou Ken 10
Inoue Akane 11
Yoshimoto Tsuyoshi 12
Nagaoka Akinori ED1
Tsuji Shin`ichi OP1
Animation Direction (作画監督) Nagasaka Kanji 1, 5
Takeuchi Akira 2, 6, 13
Jo Eun-ju 3
Ryu Dong-gyun 3
Jang Haen-gen 4
Yoshizaki Makoto 7
Hattori Kenji 8, 12
Endou Yasuhiro 9
Matsuoka Kenji 10
Kawauchi Hideo 11
Kudou Yuka OP1

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Storyboard (絵コンテ) Nagaoka Akinori 1-13
Episode Direction (演出) Nagaoka Akinori 1-13
Art (美術) Furuya Akira 1-13
Background Art (背景) Furuya Akira 1-13
Animation (作画) Atomura Takeshi OP1
Kawaguchi Nobuyuki OP1
Kitayama Sayuri OP1
Art (美術) Furuya Akira ED1
Kawai Shinji OP1
Background Art (背景) Furuya Akira ED1
Kawai Shinji OP1
Film Editing (ビデオ編集) Suzuki Masami 1-13
小池雅輝 1-13
Film Editing Studio (ビデオ編集スタジオ) Mitomo VTC 1-13
Recording Assistant (録音助手) Kizawa Hideaki 1-13
Yoshihara Hiromi 1-13
Recording Adjustment (録音調整) Yamashita Hiroyasu 1-13
Recording Studio (録音スタジオ) Studio T&T 1-13
Publicity Assistance (宣伝協力) Bizenjima Mikito 1-13 Shogakukan (小学館)
K.Press 1-13
Design Manager (設定制作) Sekihara Yukie 1-13

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12.07.2013 m.3.3.w complete
13 1 ja en DVD N/A (1) 1
10.10.2011 Frostii stalled
4 0 ja en DVD N/A (2) 0
18.09.2007 S^M dropped
12 0 ja DTV N/A (0) 3
22.07.2007 One Time Fansubs [OTF] dropped
1 0 ja en DTV N/A (4) 1
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