Irishchatter I have to say, I never expected to enjoy such a slow paced anime film, I'll tell ya it made me crave to watch even more! I even love Giovanni and Campanella's bromance throughout their journey on a train. I thought the English dub actors Veronica Taylor (who voiced Ash in Pokemon) and Crispin Freeman (who voiced Alucard in Hellsing) were absouletly excellent in voicing the cat's! There were some scenes that nearly made me cry which was the titanic scenes and Campanella abandoning Giovanni even if he promised that they'll stay together forever. With the titanic scenes, I have never expected this anime would show a bit of Irish tragedy because like most anime, it concentrates solely on Japan. Although this does concentrate on Japan but it managed to involve a European tragedy that's part of our history which is amazing but very sad! The children who boarded the train with Giovanni and Campanella were going to heaven. Honestly typing that last sentence there is making my eyes nearly water because so many children have lost their lives on that fateful day. When the 3 children left on the next stop to the heavens gate, my heart sank like i didn't want them to get off the train at all!As for Campanella, I was so mad and upset that he left Giovanni on the train. I know he had to attend to his mother and like it seems he didn't want to leave his buddy behind as he did cry when Giovanni considered him a best friend. I swear, them two are just the best kitties ever like i definately would name my cats if i ever get two named Giovanni and Campanella haha.I do have to say for this anime, I wouldn't recommend this to children younger then 12 because it is pretty slow moving and could get bored straight away. However it depends on every kids personality but in general, I would rather show this one to tweens in my personal opinon. Brilliant anime, it was very well done especially since I'm a cat lover lol. 9/10 I give it!

Cartoonreviews There have only ever been 2 movies that I had trouble sleeping that night due to the complete mind screw the movie gave me. And those movies were AI and this one. This movie is very surreal, but at the same time is AMAZINGLY boring. That is the biggest issue with this movie. I vaguely even remember the plot. The only thing I really remember from this film was being bored off my butt and then not being able to sleep afterwards. The music was unsettling, the animation was creepy, and I didn't like the sense of isolation the movie gave me. It kind of made me unnerved. Also it had space trains. I have come to hate space trains.This isn't a film to show your kids I will tell you that much. Then again, I wouldn't show this to my friends either. I honestly don't know WHO this movie is for, but I will tell you, it is not for me.

rossodell-871-150354 In researching this movie before I watched it, I noted some mention of Christian themes, and assumed that there would be some recurring religious motifs in it, something on the order of the Matrix. However, I was wholly unprepared for the almost abusively forward religious imagery that seems to randomly crop up. Accordingly, this is just a general warning to other viewers, that if giant galactic crosses and esperanto hymns aren't your thing, you may want to skip this. I can't in good conscience rate this lower than a 5, because (as every other reviewer has noted) this is still a terribly beautiful movie, with heart-wrenching scenes and a fine message. But seriously, the Christianity pops up all over the place, and just when you think "oh, that's not so bad, I can ignore that part," everyone starts talking about praising god again.

Misaomaki19 Kenji Miyazawa intended "Ginga tetsudo no yoru" as a book for children. But in it are truths that everyone big and small look to find. No one is comfortable with death. Everyone searches for answers. As I read the book before seeing the movie, I was amazed to see how accurately and wonderfully the director and animators were able to capture the feeling of this fantasy. It may be too arty for some, but I feel that more often than not, viewers will come away with a deeper sense of what death can do for life and what life can mean if given a chance.As for the cat characters, this seems to be a consistent image that surrounds Miyazawa. Some of the stories he wrote were populated by cats that would take human roles. Interestingly enough, in Kenji Miyazawa's biographical anime (Shoji Kawamori's Spring and Chaos) Miyazawa is portrayed as a cat. Maybe the cats exist to shield children from the pain that these harsh truths might bring. But not shield too muchSometimes it is easy to look at a work like Night on the Galactic Railroad and say, this is just a fantasy. Perhaps Miyazawa wanted us to think that, maybe at first anyhow. But the true beauty behind this animation is that by creating a fantasy world so wild and vibrant, it forces us to see who and what we really are.