Or maybe, I should say train fans. Whichever! Nice eye. Or eyes.
On a recent episode of anime Sound! Euphonium, the character Kumiko is shown riding a train—a train that looks very slick.
[via Yaraon]
Like something you would only see in an anime? Um, no.
A train that, as commenters pointed out online in Japan, looks exactly like the inside of the Keihan 13000 series, which runs in Kyoto.
[Photo: Tetsudo Hobidas]
The photo originally appeared on rail fan blog Tetsudo Hobidas in 2012 and the following year, appeared in a 2ch thread on nice trains in Japan’s Kansai region.
Here’s the full comparison:
[via Yaraon]
Of course, this sort of thing isn’t new in anime—or manga, for that matter.
Top photo: Yaraon
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