Three girls on a subway. No plot to chase. Just the specific magic of moving through a city you're learning to know. Kyoto's geometry reveals itself in station names, glimpsed neighborhoods, the weight of walking from one place to another. This is what slice of life actually means: the comfort of being somewhere with people, noticing small things together, asking no big questions.
Three high school girls ride the Kyoto City Subway to explore Kyoto, taking the trains from place to place around the city. This single-episode slice of life short was crowdfunded and animated by GYORAI EIZO for the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau as part of its Get on! Kyoto City Subway promotional campaign. The short first screened at a special event at Live House Kyoto VOXhall on May 27, 2017, then had a theatrical run from late December 2017 into early January 2018 before being posted to the official YouTube channel in May 2018.
Streaming Chikatetsu ni Noru legally, as of the last catalog refresh. Availability changes by region.
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