As one of the commemorative projects, it looks like a wrapped train has started running, featuring characters from classic baseball manga connected to Koshien, including “Dokaben” and “Touch”.
Here it is↓
※Captured from the Hanshin Koshien Stadium 100th Anniversary website
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Here are real photos
The actual wrapped Hanshin train↓
There’s only one train set, so if you get to see it, you’re pretty lucky.
There was something like this inside the train. They were collecting memorable photos of Hanshin Koshien Stadium〜.
→Koshien 100-Year Memories Created with You
A full Hanshin train wrap with classic works and iconic scenes!
A special Hanshin train decorated with characters from classic baseball manga and numerous photos tracing the history of Koshien Stadium will be running〜!
Service Overview
Operating section: Hanshin Main Line (Osaka-Umeda to Motomachi), Kobe Kosoku Line (Motomachi to Nishidai)
※ Due to through-service operation, it is also scheduled to run on the Sanyo Electric Railway Line (Nishidai to Sanyo-Himeji).
※Added on August 8↓
The weekly “Koshien Stadium 100th Anniversary Wrapped Train Schedule” is now being posted on the Hanshin Electric Railway website〜!
Classic anime featured in the collaboration
- “Dokaben” ©Mizushima Productions
- “Star of the Giants” ©Ikki Kajiwara・Noboru Kawasaki／Kodansha
- “Ace of Diamond” ©Yuji Terajima／Kodansha
- “Ace of Diamond actⅡ” ©Yuji Terajima／Kodansha
- “Touch” ©Mitsuru Adachi／Shogakukan
- “H2” ©Mitsuru Adachi／Shogakukan
- “MIX” Mitsuru Adachi／Shogakukan Gessan
- “Play Ball” ©Akio Chiba／Shueisha
- “ROOKIES” ©Masanori Morita・Studio Hitman／Shueisha
They’re all classics, so you’ve probably read at least one of them, right〜?（I remember reading H2 and Touch〜♪ And I used to admire the name Minami〜）
※Captured from the Hanshin Koshien Stadium 100th Anniversary website
Seeing the logos really brings back memories, doesn’t it?😚 I thought, “Wasn’t ROOKIES on TV pretty recently?” but when I looked it up, it was 2008😅
Wrapping designs
※Captured from the Hanshin Koshien Stadium 100th Anniversary website
The anniversary website introduced 12 different designs〜! It seems to be a six-car train set!
There’s only one train set, but it will be running for quite a long time, so you might spot it at one of the Hanshin Railway stations!?
A special video featuring 9 classic baseball manga works
A special video bringing together the above 9 classic works connected to Koshien is available on the anniversary website〜!
According to the site, the video is “made up of carefully selected famous scenes and lines related to Hanshin Koshien Stadium from all 269 collected volumes of the featured works. It conveys the intensity of high school baseball and the excitement of being right there at Koshien”〜♪
As of August 1,
NO.01 The Sacred Ground: Koshien Edition
A video of about 2 minutes and 10 seconds had been released〜😊 It features famous scenes with Hyuma Hoshi (Star of the Giants) and Tatsuya Uesugi (Touch).
More videos will apparently be released from time to time♪
Finally
The anniversary website also features the 100-year history of Koshien Stadium and behind-the-scenes stories about Koshien〜.
The Hanshin Koshien Stadium 100th Anniversary website is here
