Talk:Night on the Galactic Railroad

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[edit] On the novel

As the novel is virtually unknown outside Japan, the presence of the novel and (in my personal opinion,) the influence it had in the Japanese society seems to be underestimated. Please do not ignore the presence of the novel before the release of the heavily-edited anime. --朝彦 (Asahiko) 03:22, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. The picture next to the page should definitely be a cover from one of the novel publications. I'll see if I can find mine, and scan it in. LionKimbro 08:25, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Can someone tell me why there are no references on this article?? It's very strange. I have a collection of articles and such available about Miyazawa, but nothing here is referenced, which makes it essentially useless... Cinnamingirl (talk) 12:51, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

It looks like someone erased the References section. I edited it back in. --朝彦 (Asahiko) (talk) 14:42, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inspired GE999?

"The idea of a steam locomotive running through the stars inspired Leiji Matsumoto to create his famous manga, Galaxy Express 999."

I understand the temptation to see GE999 as an offshoot from Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru.

That said, I seem to recall Leiji Matsumoto stating emphatically, in response to an interviewer, that he had not been inspired by Ginga Tetsudou no Your. (I think he said he didn't even know about it at the time..!) Surprising and dodgy, I know-- but, this might be something to do some fact checking on.

If I run across the cite in my anime books again, I'll be able to back this up. In the meantime-- caution! LionKimbro 08:25, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't know, LionKimbro. No one has challenged the corresponding statement in the Japanese article ja:銀河鉄道999 despite its many edits, and a Google search like, for instance "galaxy express 999 miyazawa kenji" etc. only turns up statements like [1] which supports the connection between the two. However, if Leiji did say something like that, it'd be a valuable thing to add to the article. If you find anything in your books, please edit it in. --朝彦 (Asahiko) 08:56, 13 July 2007 (UTC)