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“Children pilot transforming bullet-train robots to defend Japan from a jet-black train monster.”
Bullet Train Transforming Robot Shinkalion The Animation
新幹線変形ロボ シンカリオン THE ANIMATION
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5,739 rank · 5,033 viewers · 35 favorites
Sci-Fi
Mecha
Kids
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Synopsis
Children pilot transforming bullet-train robots to defend Japan from a jet-black train monster.
Hayato Hayasugi (his last name is a pun on the words for "too fast") and other children will serve as conductors to pilot the Shinkalion. The Shinkalion robots are various models of real-life Japanese bullet trains (shinkansen) that transform into robots to fight an unknown evil to protect the safety and peace of Japan. The children must work together with the adults of the Shinkansen Ultra Evolution Institute (SUEI) to defeat a monster that looks like a jet black bullet train. (Source: TBS Global Business)
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9.8
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 0.43
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σ 0.43 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.25
Running avg · Jul 2019 → Oct 2021
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Simply great kids anime and as a teen I really enjoyed this too as a Shinkansen fan to combine them with mecha is super cool the plot is surprisingly fun and good paced. Wish they could include...”
- 10 “If you like mecha with good visuals and fun, also for people that want to start mecha, get to have a chance to learn more about Japan and the trains/RAILWAY,there too, you in for some badass...”
- 10 “(Spoiler Warning) Okay, this needs to be addreased first. Kento Shinoyama can be a GOOD writer when it's not Toei's stupidity making him feel misrable. Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The...”
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Long · 50%
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- Format 76 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 30h 24m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2018 – Jun 2019 Winter 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-13279 catalog