Rail Wars! Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō Kōantai is a Japanese light novel series written by Takumi Toyoda with illustrations by Vania 600. 13 volumes have been published by Sohgeisha under their Sohgeisha Clear Bunko imprint; the series moved to another publisher starting with the 14th volume and 17 volumes in total have been released as of December 2019. A manga adaptation titled Rail Wars! Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō Kōantai The Revolver was serialized in Mag Garden's Blade Online from 2012 to 2015. An animetelevision series adaptation aired between July and September 2014.
Plot
The series takes place in an alternate version of Japan where the nationalized railway system was never privatized. Naoto Takayama is an ordinary high school student who aspires to a comfortable life working at Japanese National Railways. He ends up working as a security force trainee, where he unwillingly has to deal with his strange colleagues as well as RJ, a group of extremists who are fighting to privatize the railway.
Rail Wars! began as a light novel series written by Takumi Toyoda, with illustrations by Vania 600. The first novel was published by Sohgeisha on January 16, 2012 under their Sohgeisha Clear Bunko imprint, and 17 volumes have been released as of July 19, 2019.
Manga
A manga adaptation, titled Rail Wars! Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō Kōantai The Revolver and illustrated by Keiji Asakawa, began serialization in Mag Garden's Blade Online magazine on November 30, 2012. The first tankōbon volume was released on November 9, 2013.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation animated by Passione aired on TBS from July 3, 2014, to September 19, 2014. The opening theme is titled "Mukai Kaze ni Utarenagara" and is sung by Minori Chihara. The ending theme is titled OVERDRIVER and is sung by ZAQ. The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks.
Episode list
Video game
An adventure game developed by 5pb. for the PlayStation Vita was announced that was originally due for a November 27, 2014 release, until it was delayed. On January 28, 2016, 5pb. and :ja:MAGES.|Mages. Inc. announced that the PlayStation Vita game was cancelled due to the game's development falling behind schedule and other "various circumstances".
