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Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express Film Opens in Hong Kong on May 7
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hong Kong film distributor Neofilms announced on March 27 that it will open Ginga Tokkyū Milky☆Subway Kakueki Teisha Gekijō Iki (Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express: Local Train to the Theater), the re-edited film for Yōhei Kameyama's Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express (Ginga Tokkyū Milky☆Subway) anime, in Hong Kong on May 7.
The film opened in Japan on February 6. It sold 109,500 tickets and earned 151,305,440 yen (about US$988,200) in its first three days.
The film is a re-edited version of the anime's 12 episodes with additional new content.
Momoka Terasawa and Anna Nagase returned for the film as Chiharu and Makina, respectively. The anime's additional cast also reprised their roles in the film. Yōhei Kameyama once again directed, wrote, and produced the sequel, and he also handled the character designs, modeling, animation, editing, and other duties mostly himself. Bit Grooove Promotion is credited as the film's sound company.
The anime premiered in Japan in July 2025.
The anime's English website describes the story:
Super human Chiharu and cyborg Makina got arrested for breaking space traffic laws.
They're stuck with a crew of misfits who got caught around the same time: Akane and Kanata, the super human pair; and Kurt and Max, the cyborg pals. Ryoko, the police officer, sentenced them to clean up the interplanetary train – the so-called “Milky☆Subway,” as their community service.
It should've been a simple job – until the train suddenly takes off into deep space! The crew scrambles in confusion as chaos unfolds onboard!
No purpose! No principle! No point!
A never-before-seen space-train spectacle, powered by nothing but pure momentum!
