Rail Wars...
Rail Wars spoke to me and said "Buy Me", so I did...
Although there is quite a lot of fan service in Rail Wars including some bare bottoms and a few bare breasts and the requisite inappropriate fondling, there are no actual naughty bits. And, while there is some action in the series including some hand-to-hand combat and even a few shots fired, there is, surprisingly, almost no red ink. Overall, Rail Wars, with its heavy focus on trains, is not for everyone, but, I found it very entertaining. I would give Rail Wars a 4 out of 5. Of course, you will need to read your anime, as Rail Wars is subtitled only.
By the way, after viewing Rail Wars, I was unable to locate a list of the trains and locales featured in the series, so, I re-watched the series two more times to gather the aforementioned list and some relevant screen captures. Then I spent a couple of days creating an Unnecessarily Complicated Slideshow Gadget for Blogger to display the screen captures. 😜
In Rail Wars, we follow the exploits of the members of security division K-4 as they protect and serve the passengers of the railroad. Rail Wars is a slice-of-life drama with some action that showcases some of the mundane and some of the not-so-mundane aspects of railroad service. There is actually quite a lot of fan service in the series including lingering views of female chests and quite a few low angle shots of female rear ends and panties. But, the unmitigated stars of the series are the trains and the stations which are lovingly portrayed in exquisite detail. Almost every episode features a different train or two or three and many stations and locales are featured. Below is a list of some of the trains and stations in the series:All train fanatic Naoto Takayama has ever dreamed of is becoming an engineer, but when he finally makes the grade and scores a trainee position with the JNR, his ambitions are totally derailed. Now, instead of the big front cab of his dreams, Naoto's stuck in the security division working with a squad of gorgeous girls and escorting pretty idol singers. Oh, what a nightmare!
Okay, so there are the occasional bomb threats, thieves, and members of the rogue railway privatization group RJ to deal with, but that's what trigger-happy harpy Aoi and Sho, the squad's only other male member, are for. And if Naoto's one-track mind could just see the light at the end of the tunnel, he might realize that he's already on an express train to paradise with multiple lovely cabooses. Will getting railroaded take on a whole new meaning? Find out as everyone gets off on the wrong side of the tracks in Rail Wars!
- C62 steam engine at National Railways Central Academy;
- EF82 Black Star leaving Tokkaido;
- JNR 231 Series from Tabata to Tokyo;
- Tsurumi Line at Umi-Shibaura Station looking out at Kaihin Canal;
- Odoriko Express using JNR 185 Series at Ito Station;
- KiHa 52 and KiHa 42 on Ashio Line;
- DE11 in tunnel near Gondo Station;
- Omiya Station exterior view;
- Akihabara Station exterior view;
- C57 steam engine at Museum of Transportation in Akihabara;
- EF63 at Usui Pass;
- ED42 at training facility at Karuizawa;
- EB42 Velocipede;
- EF81, DF51, Kani 24 Deisel Generator used for Hokutosie 3 at Ueno Station;
- EF68 Hayabusa at Fuji;
- EF63 Sherpa of the Mountain Pass;
- Shiogama Station exterior view;
- EF82 Black Star and DF51;
- ED79 Hamanasu arriving at Aomori Station;
- KiHa 381 leaving Aomori Station.
Although there is quite a lot of fan service in Rail Wars including some bare bottoms and a few bare breasts and the requisite inappropriate fondling, there are no actual naughty bits. And, while there is some action in the series including some hand-to-hand combat and even a few shots fired, there is, surprisingly, almost no red ink. Overall, Rail Wars, with its heavy focus on trains, is not for everyone, but, I found it very entertaining. I would give Rail Wars a 4 out of 5. Of course, you will need to read your anime, as Rail Wars is subtitled only.By the way, after viewing Rail Wars, I was unable to locate a list of the trains and locales featured in the series, so, I re-watched the series two more times to gather the aforementioned list and some relevant screen captures. Then I spent a couple of days creating an Unnecessarily Complicated Slideshow Gadget for Blogger to display the screen captures. 😜
