{"id":35632,"date":"2014-07-16T17:35:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T21:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=35632"},"modified":"2014-07-16T17:36:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T21:36:10","slug":"%e3%80%90rocketnews24%e3%80%91emotional-anime-short-celebrates-tokyo-stations-100th-birthday%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/16\/%e3%80%90rocketnews24%e3%80%91emotional-anime-short-celebrates-tokyo-stations-100th-birthday%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010RocketNews24\u3011Emotional anime short celebrates Tokyo Station\u2019s 100th birthday\u3010Video\u3011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #222222\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/16\/emotional-anime-short-celebrates-tokyo-stations-100th-birthday%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35641 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tr-8-e1405545873470.png\" alt=\"tr-8\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222\">It\u2019s been 100 years since the opening of\u00a0<strong>Tokyo Station<\/strong>. For many people, it\u2019s more than just a rail hub, it\u2019s a symbol of the city and the lives of those who live in and around it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222\">With just about everyone in Japan\u2019s capital passing through sooner or later, Tokyo Station serves as the backdrop for a lot of nostalgic memories, not to mention some life-changing events for workers and travelers alike. So it\u2019s fitting that the\u00a0<strong>anime made to commemorate Tokyo Station\u2019s 100th birthday<\/strong>\u00a0is filled with both comforting looks back at the past and hopeful expectations for the future.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222\">Commissioned by Tokyo Station City, the shopping, dining, and entertainment complex attached to the station, the five-minute short was produced by\u00a0<strong>A-1 Pictures<\/strong>, which has been involved with such fan favorites as\u00a0<em>Big Windup!<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Black Butler<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Fairy Tail<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Blue Exorcist<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Sword Art Online<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b0HGHsRwNd0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/16\/emotional-anime-short-celebrates-tokyo-stations-100th-birthday%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35640 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/te-1-e1405545912496.png\" alt=\"te-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Titled\u00a0<em>Passage of Time \u2013Tokyo Station<em>\u2013<\/em><\/em>, although the Japanese kanji could also be translated as\u00a0<em>Through the Seasons<\/em>, the five-minute short focuses on a woman named<strong>Misaki<\/strong>, voiced by\u00a0<strong>Seiko Yoshida<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As the anime opens, we see Misaki hopping on the train for Tokyo Station. In her hand is the\u00a0<strong>pocket watch<\/strong>\u00a0that belonged to her\u00a0<strong>deceased father,<\/strong>\u00a0who used to work at the station, just like his father before him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/16\/emotional-anime-short-celebrates-tokyo-stations-100th-birthday%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/te-3-e1405545983234.png\" alt=\"te-3\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/16\/emotional-anime-short-celebrates-tokyo-stations-100th-birthday%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35638 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/te-2-e1405546023528.png\" alt=\"te-2\" width=\"500\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222\">Misaki alludes to a falling out between her and her father, which the two\u00a0don\u2019t seem to have been able to repair before he passed away. The pocket watch has been broken for many years, but Misaki seems determined to get it fixed, perhaps as a way of belatedly mending her relationship with her dad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/16\/emotional-anime-short-celebrates-tokyo-stations-100th-birthday%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35637 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/te-4-e1405546233809.png\" alt=\"te-4\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222\">Unfortunately, Misaki is informed that the repair shop her father used to frequent has gone out of business, which sends her scurrying about the area in a search for another place that can fix the watch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/16\/emotional-anime-short-celebrates-tokyo-stations-100th-birthday%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35636 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/te-5-e1405546285426.png\" alt=\"te-5\" width=\"500\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222\">Finally, through a twist of fate, Misaki find what she\u2019s looking for, plus a little something more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/16\/emotional-anime-short-celebrates-tokyo-stations-100th-birthday%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35635 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tr-6-e1405546314796.png\" alt=\"tr-6\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222\">Aside from the English version above, the anime can be viewed with\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #333399\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I1K3yACyMls&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">traditional Chinese<\/a>or\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #333399\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nprJzBrTSXM&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">Thai<\/a>\u00a0subtitles, as China and Thailand continue to send increasing numbers of travelers to Japan. An\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #333399\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NDSOxDaLzOA\" target=\"_blank\">uncaptioned version<\/a>\u00a0is also available here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222\">Misaki\u2019s search is accompanied by a ballad by singer\u00a0<strong>Yu Sakai<\/strong>. Like the anime\u2019s story itself, the song is a little bittersweet, yet ultimately comforting and uplifting, plus a reminder that as busy as we sometimes get running about in our daily lives, we\u2019re often more connected to one another than we think.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/16\/emotional-anime-short-celebrates-tokyo-stations-100th-birthday%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35634 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tr-7-e1405546341971.png\" alt=\"tr-7\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222\">\n<p style=\"color: #222222\"><em>Source:\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #333399\" href=\"http:\/\/animeanime.jp\/article\/2014\/06\/25\/19218.html\" target=\"_blank\">Anime Anime<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Images:\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #333399\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NDSOxDaLzOA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;padding-left: 30px\"><strong>More from RocketNews24<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/17\/the-tricky-game-of-wits-that-sometimes-lurks-behind-a-kyoto-grannys-compliment\/\">The tricky game of wits that sometimes lurks behind a Kyoto granny\u2019s compliment<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/16\/experience-a-day-at-tokyo-disneyland-in-110-seconds-of-time-lapse-video\/\">Experience an entire day at Tokyo Disneyland in just 110 seconds of time-lapse video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2014\/07\/16\/little-boy-comforts-scared-girl-at-school-is-manlier-than-your-fully-grown-adult-boyfriend\/\">Little boy comforts scared girl at school, is manlier than your fully grown adult boyfriend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been 100 years since the opening of\u00a0Tokyo Station. For many people, it\u2019s more than just a rail hub, it\u2019s a symbol of the city and the lives of those who live in and around it. With just about everyone in Japan\u2019s capital passing through sooner or later, Tokyo Station serves as the backdrop for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[1290,191,1116,1289],"class_list":["post-35632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-writers","tag-100th-anniversary","tag-japan","tag-rocketnews24","tag-tokyo-station"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-9gI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35632"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35644,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35632\/revisions\/35644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}