Chikatetsu ni Noru

Synopsis

An animated short produced by studio GYORAI EIZO through crowdfunding, created for the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau's subway promotional initiative, the Get on! Kyoto City Subway campaign. The story follows three high school girls as they travel around Kyoto using the Kyoto City Subway system. Originally released in May 2017, it later had a theatrical run from December 23rd, 2017 to January 5th, 2018, and was subsequently uploaded to the official YouTube channel in May 2018.

Background

This special was crowdfunded and made as an advertisement for the Kyoto City Subway, with the three high school girls being the mascots for the subway since 2011. It premiered on May 27, 2017 at Live House Kyoto VOXhall.