Milky☆Subway is an indie CG anime franchise that began as a graduation project and now has a re-edited film streaming on Netflix, a new version with added scenes screening in Japanese theaters, and a bathhouse collaboration running through early July.
Milky☆Subway originated as a solo project by Yohei Kameyama, who directed, wrote, produced, and handled character designs, modeling, and animation mostly alone. The 12-episode CG anime averages 3.5 minutes per episode and can be watched in 44 minutes, or 48 with its prequel short. Anime News Network reviewed the series, praising its natural, overlapping dialogue and efficient character development.
The re-edited film version, Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express, opened in Japan on February 6 and earned over 151 million yen in its first three days. Netflix began streaming the film in the U.S. on June 1. A new version with added scenes, titled Extra Service Milky☆Subway Local Train to the Theater, will screen in Japan starting June 12 in MX4D, 4DX, and 2D formats.
The franchise is also collaborating with the Gokurakuyu and RAKU SPA bathhouse chain for an event titled 'The Most Totonou in the Galaxy!? ~Getting Off at Gokurakuyu~.' The campaign runs June 18 to July 7 at 25 locations nationwide, featuring newly drawn goods, themed baths, collaboration menu items, and in-store voice dramas.
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Galactic Express Milky☆Subway is collaborating with the Gokurakuyu and RAKU SPA bathhouse chain for an event titled 'The Most Totonou in the Galaxy!? ~Getting Off at Gokurakuyu~.' The campaign runs June 18 to July 7 at 25 locations nationwide, featuring newly drawn goods, themed baths, collaboration menu items, and in-store voice dramas.
Netflix announced on Tuesday that it will stream the re-edited film version of Yohei Kameyama's indie CG anime Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express in the U.S. starting June 1. The film, which opened in Japan on February 6 and earned over 151 million yen in its first three days, is a compilation of the 12-episode series with new content. It follows super human Chiharu (voiced by Momoka Terasawa) and cyborg Makina (Anna Nagase) who are sentenced to clean an interplanetary train as community service. Alongside this title, Netflix listed seven other anime beginning U.S. streaming in May and June: BLUE LOCK VS. U-20 JAPAN and My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 on May 25; Assassination Classroom Season 2, Shangri-La Frontier Season 2, One Piece: Whole Cake Island 6 and 7, and Akane-banashi on June 1. The Milky☆Subway film is a follow-up to Kameyama's 2022 short Milky☆Highway, which started as a graduation project and has accumulated over 8.7 million views on YouTube. Kameyama directed, wrote, produced, and handled character designs, modeling, and animation mostly alone. A new version with added scenes, titled Extra Service Milky☆Subway Local Train to the Theater, will screen in Japan starting June 12 in MX4D, 4DX, and 2D formats.
The staff for Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express announced a new version of the re-edited film with added scenes, titled Extra Service Milky☆Subway Local Train to the Theater, will screen in Japan from June 12 in MX4D, 4DX, and 2D formats.
Anime News Network reviews Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express, a 12-episode CG anime averaging 3.5 minutes per episode. The review praises its natural, overlapping dialogue and efficient character development, noting the series can be watched in 44 minutes, or 48 with its prequel short.