BONUS EPISODE! Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)

About this episode

The episode discusses Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad in the context of previous discussions on Mawaru Penguindrum.

After repeated reference to Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad throughout our Mawaru Penguindrum episodes, we finally decided to talk about it.

People in this episode

Host: Imagine Me & Utena

Topics covered

• anime
• film analysis
• Mawaru Penguindrum
• Japanese literature
• Kenji Miyazawa

Keywords

• Night on the Galactic Railroad
• Kenji Miyazawa
• anime
• Mawaru Penguindrum
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Night on the Galactic Railroad

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