Rail Wars!

Rail Wars [レール・ウォーズ ] is an upcoming anime adapted from the light novel by author Toyoda Takumi [豊田巧]. It will be directed by Sueda Yoshifumi [末田宜史] in his first TV anime director role, and animation production will be handled by Passione [パッショーネ] (Haitai Nanafa).

Rail Wars is scheduled to begin airing July 3, 2014 at 25:46 on TBS.

Rail Wars takes place in a world where Japan’s national railways were never privatized. High schooler Takayama Naoto’s dream job is to become a driver for Japanese National Railways. He begins on the job training with three other high schoolers as part of the Tokyo Central Railway Public Safety Department’s Fourth Security Force, also known as Keiyon [警四].

Main Characters

Takayama Naoto [高山直人] voiced by Fukuyama Jun [福山潤]
Sakurai Aoi [桜井あおい] voiced by Numakura Manami [沼倉愛美]
Koumi Haruka [小海はるか] voiced by Uchida Maaya [内田真礼]
Iwaizumi Shou [岩泉翔] voiced by Hino Satoshi [日野聡]
Sasshou Mari [札沼まり] voiced by Igarashi Hitomi [五十嵐裕美]
Gonou Hitomi [五能瞳] voiced by Nakahara Mai [中原麻衣]
Iida Nana [飯田奈々] voiced by Horie Yui [堀江由衣]

Read more about the characters on the official character page.

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The opening theme will be Mukaikaze ni Utarenagara [向かい風に打たれながら] performed by Chihara Minori [茅原実里], which will be available July 23. The ending theme will be OVERDRIVER performed by ZAQ, and will on sale August 20.

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