Take the X Train

Take the X Train

1987 · 51 min · ★ 5.7 · Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction

Ishihara Toru is an everyday guy with an on-and-off girlfriend and a position working for a train buff. Things become complicated when a ghostly vehicle dubbed the X Train begins to ride the rails, destroying everything in its path. Somehow, it seems that Toru is connected with the X Train by a strange power, which draws the attention of some very dangerous and power hungry people who would wield it for their own...

Directed by Rintaro · Written by Yoshio Urasawa

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