To all the brave folks at LiveeviL and AonE;
Thank you for subbing and distributing Galaxy Railways! This show has all the makings of a classic! All my favorite Matsumoto themes: Follow your Dreams; Never Quit despite The Odds; It's the Journey, Not the Destination... oh, and Bad-Ass Spaceships!^_^
I don't know what I can do to help with this project, but if there's anything I can do to keep it going let me know. This show ROCKS DA HOUSE! I eagerly await episode 2.
About the tech in the show: Back in GE999, we found out that in this time (circa 29th century), engine and life-support technology far outstrip what we know here in the ancient past. Form no longer follows function, and energy generation is so great and cheap that spacecraft can be designed according to the owners' esthetics.
The Galaxy Express ships use special fields both for propulsion and life support. The green glow around the trains as they enter atmosphere is the ionization caused by this "binder field". It provides limited interia control (so the trains can take "curves" without breaking up), as well as defense ability (note that the enemy gunfire glances off the field, rather than the train itself). The field effect also keeps a bottle of atmosphere around the train, so don't be surprised if somebody opens a window in the series...
In short, it's Matsumoto "black box" technology that requires going back in the stacks to get snippets of information (as I show my age by saying I've seen the GE999 series).^_^
Anyway, this show is DA BOMB, and it's got all the makings of the next Space Cruiser Yamato in popularity! Domo Arigato Gozaimasu to L-E and AonE for bringing this show to us!!!
-Newt
