Rail Wars!

Not to be confused with Rail War or Railroad Wars.

Rail Wars!
First light novel volume cover featuring the character Aoi Sakurai
RAIL WARS! -日本國有鉄道公安隊-
(Rēruu~ōzu! Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō Kōantai)
GenreAction[1]
Light novel
Written byTakumi Toyoda
Illustrated byVania 600
Published by
Imprint
  • Sohgeisha Clear Bunko (1–13)
  • J Novel Light Bunko (14–20)
DemographicMale
Original runJanuary 16, 2012 – December 14, 2020
Volumes20
Manga
Rail Wars! Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō Kōantai The Revolver
Written byTakumi Toyoda
Illustrated byKeiji Asakawa
Published byMag Garden
ImprintBlade Comics
MagazineBlade Online
DemographicShōnen
Original run2012 – 2015
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byYoshifumi Sueda
Produced by
  • Hiroyuki Tajima
  • Hiroyuki Yamamoto
  • Jun Fukuda
  • Junichiro Tanaka
  • Kenichiro Sakai
  • Takeshi Ishigaki
  • Tatsuya Ishiguro
  • Terushige Yoshie
Written byMasashi Suzuki
Music byYoshiaki Fujisawa
StudioPassione
Licensed by
Original networkTBS, SUN, CBC, BS-TBS
Original run July 4, 2014 – September 19, 2014
Episodes12
Light novel
Rail Wars! A
Written byTakumi Toyoda
Illustrated byDaito
Published byJitsugyo no Nihon Sha
ImprintJ Novel Light Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runMarch 12, 2021 – present
Volumes2
Light novel
Rail Wars! Exp
Written byTakumi Toyoda
Illustrated byVania 600
Published byJitsugyo no Nihon Sha
ImprintJ Novel Light Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runNovember 8, 2021 – present
Volumes2

Rail Wars! (Japanese: RAIL WARS! -日本國有鉄道公安隊-, Hepburn: Rēruu~ōzu! Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō Kōantai, lit. Rail Wars! Japanese National Railways Security Force) is a Japanese light novel series written by Takumi Toyoda with illustrations by Vania 600. 13 volumes have been published by Sohgeisha under their Sohgeisha Clear Bunko imprint; the series moved to Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha starting with the 14th volume; the 20th and last volume of the original series was published in December 2020.[2]

A side story book with an added character was first published on November 8, 2021.[3] There is a new series with a different main character and a new illustrator, first printed in March 2021.[4] The second new volume came out on January 20, 2022.[5]

A manga adaptation titled Rail Wars! Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō Kōantai The Revolver was serialized in Mag Garden's Blade Online from 2012 to 2015. An anime television series adaptation aired between July and September 2014.

  1. ^ Loo, Egan (December 24, 2013). "Rail Wars! Action Light Novels Get Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. ^ RAIL WARS! 20 日本國有鉄道公安隊/実業之日本社 [RAIL WARS! 20 Japan National Railways Public Security Corps] (in Japanese). December 14, 2020. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ RAIL WARS! Exp 警四☆トロピカル戦線！/ 実業之日本社 [RAIL WARS! Exp Keishi ☆ Tropical Front!] (in Japanese). November 8, 2020. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Rail Wars! A (1）/ 実業之日本社 [Rail Wars! A (1)] (in Japanese). March 12, 2021. Archived from the original on March 19, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Rail Wars! A (2）/ 実業之日本社 [Rail Wars! A (2)] (in Japanese). November 26, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)