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“Ordinary train worker Toru is mysteriously linked to a destructive ghost train, attracting dangerous pursuers seeking his power.”
Take the X Train
X電車で行こう
5.95
10,947 rank · 5,398 viewers · 12 favorites
Avant Garde
Mystery
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Ordinary train worker Toru is mysteriously linked to a destructive ghost train, attracting dangerous pursuers seeking his power.
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... (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
6.7
/10
What 7 viewers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 5
σ 2.25
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.25 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.71
Running avg · Jan 2016 → Jun 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Ignore the negative reception completely; this OVA is amazing. It's not "deep" or "high art for the elite" or any of those other pretentious descriptors, but it's a very inventive, experimental,...”
- 10 “Before you are fully able to understand 'Take the X Train', first, you'll need a little history lesson. In 1934, the great Miyazaki Kenji penned the story "Night on the Galactic Railroad". A story...”
- 7 “Take the X Train, a riff on Billy Strayhorn’s composition ‘*Take the “A” Train,’ was written by Kōichi Yamano as a tribute to the late Duke Ellington. This OVA is a fascinating thriller that is...”
Verbosity
Short · 14%
Medium · 43%
Long · 43%
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- Format 1 × 50′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 50m all episodes
- Aired Nov 1987 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-1798 catalog
Produced by
- Konami Producer