Chuo Line Goes Bishonen

The “Miracle Train Project” has unveiled its plans to create a multimedia franchise based on anthropomorphizations of Tokyo train stations located along the Chuo line. The Miracle Train ~Chuo-sen e Yokoso~ (Miracle Train: Welcome to the Chuo Line) project includes an online 4-koma manga (similar to Hetalia Axis Powers’ anthropomorphization of countries), and serialized novel that will premiere on the 16th. The character designs of the five train stations personified as young men were created by Tomohisa Kai (Sentimental Graffiti, Marginal Prince).

In 2006 the East Japan Railway Company’s Fastech train, with its distinctive color scheme and “cat-ear” air brakes, was anthropomorphized into a cat girl figure by toy company Yuuyu.

Source: Anime News Network