Software:Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express

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Short description: Japanese animated short series
Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express
Key visual
銀河特急 ミルキー☆サブウェイ
(Ginga Tokkyū: Mirukī Sabuwei)
Created byYōhei Kameyama
Original net animation
Milky Highway
Directed byYōhei Kameyama
Produced byYōhei Kameyama
Written byYōhei Kameyama
Music byKōhei Doi
Shunpei Ishiguro
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2022 (2022-02-28)
Runtime4 minutes
Anime television series
Directed byYōhei Kameyama
Produced byYōhei Kameyama
Written byYōhei Kameyama
Music byyuugen6
Kōhei Doi
Shunpei Ishiguro
StudioShin-Ei Animation
Titan Productions
Original networkTokyo MX
YouTube
English networkYouTube
Original run July 3, 2025 (2025-07-03) – September 18, 2025 (2025-09-18)
Episodes12

Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express (Japanese: 銀河特急 ミルキー☆サブウェイ, Hepburn: Ginga Tokkyū: Mirukī Sabuwei; stylized as Milky☆Subway) is a Japanese animated short series directed, written, and produced by Yōhei Kameyama. It is a sequel to Milky Highway (ミルキー☆ハイウェイ, Mirukī Haiwei; stylized as Milky☆Highway), a 2022 original net animation also created by Kameyama. The series aired from July to September 2025, broadcast simultaneously on television and YouTube. A theatrical edit of the series is also in development.

Premise

Arrested for violating space traffic laws, the genetically enhanced "super human" Chiharu and cyborg Makina are sentenced to perform community service alongside four other convicts aboard the Milky Subway, a train used for interplanetary travel. When the train is suddenly activated, the group must scramble together to resolve the situation.

Characters

Chiharu Kujo (九条 千春, Kujō Chiharu)
Voiced by: Mizuki Fumitsuki (short film), Momoka Terasawa (series)[1] (Japanese); Anja Taljaard (English)
A 23-year old super human gyaru. She is cheerful and easygoing, but also careless and prone to being taken advantage of by others. She sports pink skin, long ears, and antennae, and is capable of surviving in the vacuum of space, traits shared with other super humans.
Makina Kurusu (来栖 真希奈, Kurusu Makina)
Voiced by: Kana Kobayashi (short film), Anna Nagase (series)[1] (Japanese); Nancia Dorland (English)
A 23-year old cyborg gyaru who is childhood friends with Chiharu. She is sullen with a violent and impulsive temperament, which has resulted in multiple assault convictions. She has an advanced robotic body with a turquoise LED screen face, and is equipped with various weapons in her arms.
Ryoko Kanzaki (勘崎 両子, Kanzaki Ryōko)
Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu[2] (Japanese); Bella Draper (English)
A human parole officer at the Ginkyo Prefecture Police Department. Formerly a delinquent, she is strict towards offenders but motivated to understand and help change their criminal behavior.
Akane Daidoji (大道寺 朱音, Daidōji Akane)
Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto[2] (Japanese); Bella Draper (English)
The super human boss of a bōsōzoku motorcycle gang. She has a tall, intimidating figure and a quiet but fierce personality. She is overprotective of her subordinate Kanata, caring for him but having little faith in his capabilities.
Kanata Iwao (岩男 鉄多, Iwao Kanata)
Voiced by: Makoto Koichi[2] (Japanese); Jada Dreyer (English)
A super human member of Akane's gang. He is aggressive but physically lacking, suffering humiliating pratfalls as a result. He is a skilled mechanic, but has few opportunities to utilize his skills due to teaching them to Akane.
Kurt Cramer (カート・クレイマー, Kāto Kureimā)
Voiced by: Koki Uchiyama[2] (Japanese); Conradie van Heerden (English)
A cyborg and retired soldier who works for a legally questionable protection service. He has an impassive personality and powerful mechanical arms suited for combat.
Max MacCallister (マックス・マカリスター, Makkusu Makarisutā)
Voiced by: Yoshitaka Yamaya[2] (Japanese); Clayton Alexander (English)
Kurt's cyborg co-worker, also a retired soldier. He is upbeat and specializes in computer hacking. His face is an inexpressive black screen with glowing eyes.
O.T.A.M.
Voiced by: Yuri Fujiwara (Japanese); Nancia Dorland (English)
The Milky Subway's deprecated animatronic train attendant, whose artificial intelligence is linked to the train's mainframe computer. Her name is an acronym for "Outer-space Transportation Animatronics Manager".
Minami Minase (水無瀬 ミナミ, Minase Minami)
Voiced by: Haruka Sasaki (short film), Yukari Tamura (series)[3]
A popular human idol singer who is beloved by Chiharu and Makina.

Production

On March 19, 2025, it was announced that Milky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express would be developed as a sequel series to Milky Highway, a short film created by Yōhei Kameyama. Much of the series' production is handled by Kameyama himself, who serves as director, writer, producer, character designer, modeler, animator, and editor.[1][4] The series premiered on July 3, 2025 on Tokyo MX, with simultaneous streaming on YouTube, including dubs in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, French, Hindi and Russian.[2] "Gingakei made Tonde Ike!" by Candies is used as the series' theme song.[2][5] The final episode also features an insert song, "Tokimeki Meteostrike" (ときめき★メテオストライク, Tokimeki Meteosutoraiku), performed by Yukari Tamura in-character as Minami Miyase.[3]

Film (TBA)

On September 18, 2025, it was announced that the series would receive a re-edit with additional content. It is scheduled for a theatrical release in Japan.[6]

Reception

Kara Dennison of Otaku USA Magazine wrote positively about the series. On the setting, which she describes as "at once futuristic and retro", she noted that "We can believe that the characters have lived, worked, and commuted within this world for all their lives and consider it 'normal,'" adding that the use of "Gingakei made Tonde Ike!" as the theme song "brings some honest-to-goodness Showa era feel to this Reiwa-era production". She also praised the "natural feel" of the dialog, writing that the main characters "sound like real people, less beholden to the conventions of anime voice acting".[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 19, 2025). "Yōhei Kameyama's Milky☆Highway CG Anime Short Gets Sequel in July". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03-19/yohei-kameyama-milky-highway-cg-anime-short-gets-sequel-in-july/.222544. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Cayanan, Joanna (June 25, 2025). "Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express CG Anime Short's 2nd Trailer Reveals More Cast, Theme Song, July 3 Debut". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-06-25/milky-subway-the-galactic-limited-express-cg-anime-short-2nd-trailer-reveals-more-cast-theme-song-/.225982. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cayanan, Joanna (July 1, 2025). "Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express CG Anime Casts Yukari Tamura". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-07-01/milky-subway-the-galactic-limited-express-cg-anime-casts-yukari-tamura/.226199. 
  4. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in Japanese). March 19, 2025. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/616281. 
  5. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in Japanese). June 25, 2025. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/629478. 
  6. ↑ Mateo, Alex (September 18, 2025). "Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express CG Anime Gets Theatrical Edit With New Content". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-09-18/milky-subway-the-galactic-limited-express-cg-anime-gets-theatrical-edit-with-new-content/.228948. 
  7. ↑ Dennison, Kara (July 17, 2025). "Milky Subway: Your New Favorite Bite-Sized Anime". https://otakuusamagazine.com/milky-subway-your-new-favorite-bite-sized-anime/. 



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