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Take the X Train (OAV)

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Alternative title:
X Densha de Ikō (Japanese)
Ｘ電車でいこう (Japanese)
Themes: absurdity
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A young man named Tohru working for a railway company is disinterested by the modern world, and is suddenly thrust into a chase across Japan when an old electric locomotive becomes possessed and bonds with him. As the government and media pursue him and the runaway ghost train, he is forced to examine what he really desires in this world, all set to the jazzy soundtrack of Duke Ellington.
User Ratings: 56 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 9 votes (sub:8, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
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 Good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:10)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:7, raw:1)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 86 users, rank: #5624 (of 9858)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.732 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.1255, rank: #8160 (of 10014)
Weighted mean: 5.694 (Decent−), rank: #8241 (of 10014) (seen all: 5.89 / won't finish: 0.60)
Bayesian estimate: 6.030 (Decent), rank: #6607 (of 7552)
Running time: 50 minutes
Vintage: 1987-11-06
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Rintarō
Screenplay:
Rintarō
Yoshio Urasawa
Music: Yōsuke Yamashita
Original creator: Koichi Yamano
Character Design: Yoshinori Kanemori
Art Director: Katsushi Aoki
Animation Director: Yoshinori Kanemori
Executive producer: Kagemasa Kōzuki
Producer: Tōki Udagawa

Assistant Director: Tatsuhiko Urahata
Background Art:
Akira Yamakawa
Junko Ina
Kyōko Naganawa
Masaki Yoshizaki
Naomi Sakimoto
Yōko Nagashima
Yutaka Itō
Color setting: Michiyo Iriomote
Editing: Harutoshi Ogata
Finish Animation:
Chikako Kamata
Hiroko Sugiura
Katsuko Masuda
Masahiko Tamaru
Miwako Nakamura
Saeko Okada
Harmony Art: Noriko Takaya
In-Between Animation:
Hideo Hayashi
Hiromi Nakai
Kiyomi Tomita
Kyōko Kikukawa
Satoshi Nishimura
Takeshi Koike
In-Between Check:
Masashi Kaneko
Reiko Eda
Key Animation:
Jirō Kanai
Kunihiko Sakurai
Makoto Itō
Masaki Takei
Seiji Muta
Shigeki Kuhara
Yutaka Okamura
Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi (Madhouse)
Production Advancement: Shunsuke Kawamoto
Production Affairs: Ayumi Hayashi
Production manager: Kazunobu Shimizu
Production Supervision: Yasuo Takahashi
Setting Producer: Masao Maruyama
Sound Effects: Kenichi Watabe
Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji
Theme Song Performance: Akiko Yano
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Animation Time
Studio CATS
In-Between Animation:
Anime Torotoro
Nakamura Production
Studio Dub
Studio Pokke
Photography:
Flame Pot
Hadashi Pro
Madhouse
Production: Konami
Production Cooperation: Project Team Argos
Recording: Nikkatsu Studio Center
Sound Effects: Toyo Sound

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