Campanella was on the train because he drowned during the festival and was on his way to the afterlife, while Giovanni, still alive, was allowed on the journey with his friend. ![]() At the end of the story, Giovanni and Campanella part ways. While on this journey, they confront the nature of human connection, transience, and sacrifice. There, on the night of the annual Centuarus Festival, two boys, Giovanni and Campanella, are whisked away on the titular Galactic Railroad to tour the heavens. It takes place in the fictional fairy tale country resembling Italy. Night on the Galactic Railroad (1927) is a novella by Kenji Miyazawa. I would not recommend this movie to anyone and neither should you.Night on the Galactic Railroad, or the Apple, the Scorpion, and the Starsįrom a series on Mawaru Penguindrum’s literary influences. This movie was uncomfortable, horribly written, and everything about it made me want to turn it off. ![]() The sound scraped against my ears, the animation scraped against my eyes, and the story scraped against my soul. It does not matter what these characters go through, their facial expressions will not change in the slightest. This couple stares poker-faced as they see horrific sights and atrocities committed in front of them. The only other being that is as heartless as Giovanni is his prick friend Campanella. This ice cold cat stares without compassion as children drown before his eyes. There has never been a more cold hearted character as Giovanni. That’s basically the experience of watching these characters on the screen. Have you ever sat down and looked at a piece of cardboard covered in crayon scribble. This static music not only sounds bad but it breaks all illusion of immersion, destroying the atmosphere, which in all honesty is a breath of fresh air. The quality of the music is also a problem. Even if the characters are going through something heartfelt or loving the music would cut in and ruin everything. The soundtrack consists of nothing but scary, creepy, and unsettling music. For 113 minutes I squirmed in my seat out of discomfort. Never has there been a more disturbing sound track in anime. Almost every shot is either a panning shot or a series of recycled animation. Night on the Galactic Railroad was made in the mid 1980’s (38 years later) and the animation was terrible. Night on the Galactic Railroad is a tale that will leave you shocked at the fact that you just spent over an hour of your life watching nothing.īambi was made in 1942 and the animation still hold up to this day. ![]() Gisaburou Sugii throws all of that out the windows. ![]() Usually stories have linear plots and character developments with a twist at the end that makes Get ready for the ride of your life as you follow two cardboard cutouts into a cluster of strange and meaningless scenes. 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. Before beginning this movie I had been given fair warning, yet I still proceeded giving it the benefit of the doubt. Night on the galactic Railroad is quite the ride… to say the least. No spoilers are contained within this review.
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