By: Fernando RamosSeason Premiere: October 4, 2009Director: Kenichi KasaiAnime Production: Yumeta CompanyStory: There exists an urban legend about the Miracle Train that is only visible to troubled young women. Those who board the Miracle Train are to be visited by six tall handsome young men embodying six major stations on the Oedo Tokyo Subway Line. There’s gentle-yet-playful Fumi Roppongi; cool and narcissitic Rintaro Shinjuku; uber-polite yet insecure Saki Tochou rounded by Izayoi Tsuishima, Iku Shiodome and Itsumi Ryogoku.  Watch as our bishonen heroes battle the forces of self-induced teenage melodrama and teach you about trains the process!Impressions:Many sites have been comparing Miracle Train to last season’s Axis Powers Hetaria and not for lack of just cause: both shows feature pretty boy characters personifying and lampooning traits of the things they’re personified by. However, far from beginning with Hetaria, Miracle Train is just another manifestation of a trend of loving our inanimate objects too much and really little different from sad girls dying in the snow or giant robots punching each other.  Similar to the delightful antics of Bishi-America or Busty-Windows-XP, most of the fun of the show comes from being familiar with the train stations in question. 　
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