Undersea Super Train: Marine Express
A charity anime film uniting Tezuka characters against environmental disaster.
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Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (海底超特急 マリン・エクスプレス, Kaitei Chōtokkyū Marin Ekupuresu) is an anime television film created for the Nippon Television Network's annual 24-hour charity program, Ai wa Chikyū o Suku, which roughly translates to 'Love Saves the Earth'. The film features a large ensemble of characters from manga creator Osamu Tezuka's notable works, each with individual, intertwining stories. The film emphasizes the dangers of environmental destruction and the idea that such disasters can be overcome by banding together.
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Background
The plot of Marine Express is described in two parts. The first and longer part focuses on the people boarding the train and the problems they encounter on it. The second part takes place after the train has stopped at its half-way point, an island that used to be home to an ancient civilization millennia ago.
The story takes place in the year 2002, when construction of the Marine Express is complete. The train can take passengers from Los Angeles, California to Japan through glass tunnels. To celebrate the completion, a test run is arranged with many of the train's founders and their families on board.
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- Wikipedia: Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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