The movie "Densha Otoko" (Train Man) is to be shown in several countries in East Asia, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, following sales efforts at the recent Cannes Film Festival. The movie is based on a supposedly true story that played out on the Channel 2 web site, Japan's most popular BBS. It tells of an "otaku" (nerd), played by Yamada Takayuki (21), who comes to the rescue of a woman (Nakatani Miki, 29) being groped on a train. Not knowing how to pursue his newly found love, he turns to the Web for help and advice. The love story was turned into a best-selling book and has the subject of a lot of publicity over the last year, and has publishers scouring the Web looking for the next big hit. The biggest question that remains is whether it's really a true story of innocent love triumphing or just a clever marketing ploy. The movie opens on June 4.
http://www.trainman-movie.com/story.htm
> Based on true events that took place on a popular Internet Relay Chat (IRC) website in Japan called "2ch"
( ﾟ -ﾟ) ...
That's a kind of kaomoji(Emoticon), I guess.
You can see other variations at Wikipedia too.
They're awesome!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaomoji
(cited from wikipedia)
Users from East Asia (particularly Japanese language speakers those who visit 2channel) popularized a style of emoticons known as verticons (顔文字, kaomoji?, literally "face characters"), which can be understood without turning one's head to the left. These styles of faces roughly resemble the style commonly found in Japanese anime and manga comic books.
The Japanese language is usually encoded using double-byte character codes. As a result there is a bigger variety of characters that can be used in emoticons, many of which cannot be reproduced in ASCII. Most kaomoji contain Cyrillic and other foreign letters to create even more complicated expressions analogous to ASCII art's level of complexity. To type such emoticons, the input editor that is used to type Japanese on a user's system is equipped with a dictionary of emoticons, after which the user simply types the Japanese word (or something close to it) that represents the desired emoticon to convert the input into such complicated emoticons. Such expressions are known as Shift JIS art.
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Basic examples
m(_ _)m bowing
(`ヘ´) annoyed
（´・ω・｀） deflated
（ ´Д｀） yelling, or panting
（ ﾟДﾟ） surprised, or loudmouthed
┐('～`；)┌ don't know the answer
（´∀｀） carefree
（ ´_ゝ`） indifferent
Σ(゜д゜;) shocked
(*´Д`) heavy breathing
＇へ＇凸 flipping someone the bird
╮(─▽─)╭ "who cares?"
ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━!!!!! "It's here", a general expression of excitement that something has appeared or happened.
We know what it is...
（ ﾟДﾟ ）Another link in their links page! Right next to 2channel too. T_T
http://www.trainman-movie.com/links.htm
Their manga cafe links appear to be 404. :/
To get back on topic, does the movie follow the original story more closely than the TV drama?
That's what I've heard. (^o^)
Have you read Project Densha translation yet?
http://www.rinji.tv/densha/train1.htm
> Internet Relay Chat (IRC) website
> Internet Relay Chat (IRC) website
> Internet Relay Chat (IRC) website
>>408
It would be a shame if they opted for a vB/phpbb style forum when a 2ch style one, kareha or otherwise, would make such a perfect tie-in to the movie. However, it might be difficult fitting it into the site layout.
As if a phpbb forum ever fit into a site design anywhere.
Well, except for the kind of site that actually uses the same kind of insecure-sexuality white-and-blue look.
I was waiting for the translations to be finished before I watched the TV series. Once I finished reading it, I got through the series in a couple of nights, my Keroro Gunso hand puppet stained with tears. Hot damn that show is good.
i've read the copy of densha's conversation on the board..
though it wasn't exactly as miracleous as the tv show,but man, that was surely a blow.
i mean, how in the world that could go that smooth
orz
orz
anyone knows the real densha ?
or any site exploit teh real densha and hermes,
i really wanna see the real densha.
Aside from the unsourced "according to FujiTV they're still together" bit from wikipedia, I don't think anyone in the general public knows who he really is (if he's real at all). All the posts were collected by someone else, and it's public domain, so the companies took the story freely.
I'm not sure I'd want to know about the real guy. The story is most powerful as a modern day fable... at most, I'd like to know how he's going. shrug (Who knows, maybe we'll hear from him on the one year reunion special)
Funnily enough, the reason I found this place is because I was interested in an anonymous discussion board after watching this show. Regular forums are starting to annoy me, what with the names and personalities and such.
(sorry for the offtopic)
>>413 Same here, I searched to see if there was a similar setup for a forum as on the show...
They're giving away posters..I'd like one...
http://www.trainman-movie.com/news.htm
The "official" US premeire is in New York on Friday, July 14. Since it's at a big film festival, keep an eye out in case there's an article about it somewhere!
Cant' wait! ｷﾀ━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━...
Densha forum is open, and it fails. OTL
http://www.trainman-movie.com/phpbb/
Ooo, I seem to have stumbled upon a mirror site. This must be the company doing the web design.
http://www.katodesignstudio.net/trainman/news.htm
and now something completly random
I was just thinking... wouldnt it be amazing if your love story would be known in many countries?! I think it would be extremely special!! If this event really happend and they are still together (i guess they would have been married by now) im hoping the two of them grow really old together and later in life write a book about it or something lol (^_^) im just verry curious about what happened afterwards in their lifes <3
I read that they're still together in a japanese news paper.
>>422
if you believe everything you read you better not read....
>Based on true events that took place on a popular Bulletin Board website in Japan called “2ch,”
( ﾟ ヮﾟ)They fixed it!
For those who can't read/are too lazy to read the 2ch threads, here's a nice translation:
Hmm.. I think this Densha fits the role (just on appearance, I don't know how good an actor he is). But, I liked the Hermes from the TV show better than this actress. Just my humble oppinion.
>>426
I think the TV actor is more beleivable as a nerd in physical appearance. The movie one looks more well-groomed. I'm undecided on Hermes.
episodes > Movie
I couldn't stand the TV series...
Why is there a mosiac over Densha and Hermes' adult kiss?
I know that anime can be quite liberal with sexual content, but why is live-action usually more conservative?
It's a joke. Too hot for TV!
the most funniest thing were the a-channel residents (TV series) XD
i loved those over exagerrated reactions and when they were all fainting and moved spastic behind their computers loooooooool
Wouldn't you act the same way if you were involved in the event
>>433
dude..... thats called acting, acting mostly over exagerrate things.... dont freaking tell me your being the same behind your computer... LOOOOOL
I would. Sometimes I speak to myself when I type. lol, joking.
Can you read without moving your lips?
I don't understand why such a boring story became popular with so many people.
I cried a couple of times during it. It wasn't boring at all. Although some things were overly long.
>>437
You think its boring, it's not like you speak for all people in the world.
Anyone saw densha at otakon 2006?
it was a sweet story, and i guess it's so popular because there's so many people who are on 2ch
I wish I could be there...
Another Densha movie review:
http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=14766&reviewer=371
This was the last film I saw at Fantasia before having to head home, and it was kind of a good place to stop. After a steady diet of serial killers, zombies, vampires, and other monsters, a film like "Train Man" supplies a different, but just as vital, fantasy, with the "based on a true story" making the world seem a brighter place.
it's a nice comment.
Okay so I just saw the movie.
HOLY SHIT THAT WAS SO HORRIBLE
OH GOD
I WANT TO FUCKING GO BACK IN TIME AND ABORT MYSELF SO I DON'T HAVE TO SEE THAT GARBAGE.
It might have been better had I not seen the (fantabulous!) miniseries beforehand, but GOD DAMN that was shitty.
to honest the tv-series is the best compared to the movie but still for me the movie is still good..
It really is a shame what bad casting can do to a film. The guy who played densha was very unconvincing. Hell, the whole movie felt like that simpsons running joke about Ranier Wolfcastle playing a nerd (or a elementary school teacher)! It was just plain wrong.
Advice for those who only watched the TV series, don't bother watching the movie. I only wasted money hunting down and buying a copy. STICK WITH THE TV SERIES. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.
I couldn't stand tv series. The movie was different, but still good.
You think it's shitty, but it's not that horrible. just different.
Your comment IS garbage (-_-) > 446
I couldn't agree you more!>450
I couldn't agree you more!>448
I just finished watching Densha Otoko, and by finished I don't mean I watched all the episodes, I mean I just couldn't keep watching. I read the original posts, and no matter wether it was a faker or perhaps even several, the movie and the tv-series completely massacered it.
In the original posts, both Densha and Hermes are cute, interesting, and what happens is very believable, but due to all the added crap nothing of that survives for the shows, IMO. The series made Densha into a fucking I don't know what and Hermes made completely boring. The original textual descriptions of her have more appeal than both the movie and the series interpretations.... Put together.
Bah, totally fucking dissapointed, but I still very much enjoyed reading the original posts. Indeed inspired, no matter if it was a superior hoax or a fairy tale come true.
Does anyone else feel the same way about the original posts vs. TV/movie adaptation?
I need to get around to reading the original thread translation.
I didn't like the movie as much as the tv drama version. I'm starting to read the translated originals at this moment. hopefully its as good as what 454 said.
I liked this comment:
http://4-ch.net/love/kareha.pl/1131445880/11
Women like confident men, and he showed it....sorta.
Why on earth is this shitty thread always on top at Film & TV?
because every once in a while we like to bump it up. we are just balancing the world for ya. so dont complain.
Man, I've just finished reading the translation of the 2ch thread... What can I say?
Densha Otoko Movie -> Crap
Densha Otoko TV Series -> O_O OMG LoL \o/
Densha Otoko 2ch Thread -> Perfect.
The original thread sometimes is more interesting than the TV series 'cause of the "realism" that's passing by. It don't try to push a diferent idea, just tell what happened and how happened ^^ And that's good, 'cause there lots of people talking out there about Densha Otoko is fake and all... I'm just trying to convince myself that's the real love story of someone =) Does anyone knows if the real densha/hermes was ever contacted(I've known people that swore that the Akihabara incident actually occured like the TV Show O.o
Sorry for the big post o/
I liked movie better than tv...
The Series are pretty cool!
Next 2channel real story Manga
ttp://passionate1842.web.infoseek.co.jp/manga4.htm
I do want to believe that it's real
The Truth is Out There.
True Story
Densha otoko is a Fantastic movies & tv series.. But i prefed tv series,which is much funnier then movies..
I am currently watching the TV with my girlfriend, I cry because now I can relate even more. She also loves it. The show has a mass appeal ( ﾟ ヮﾟ)
Oh woooowwww...
just finished watching the TV show earlier todai
it is a true story, you can find the dictations of the original Japanese posts from 2-ch and their translations online
excellent story, should watch/read it if you get a chance~
>>470 it does, right? I love watching the show! I have to let my boyfriend watch the show too!
I want dis film or tv series continue to next episode not 11 with spesial ending or last crusade[23 Sept 2006 on Air ]
I realy like this film
>>29 peppermint
the book is out now, published in the UK by Constable and Robinson
http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9781845293512
it has an epilogue that you won't find in the densha project
it's a great read.
I don't like Hermes in the film. I don't think she is that pretty. But Hermes in the tv show (Itou Misaki!!!) is sooo cute
The actress playing Hermes in the film is Nakatani Miki. Supposedly, she got the role just because the "real" Densha said that Hermes look a lot more like her. Now..., Nakatani Miki was 29 when she starred in the film. But when she was younger, her beauty, i dare say, was unparelled. And Misaki-san is going to be 30 next year. Not bad for an obaasan (well, almost an obaasan).
Does anyone think that the beautiful Ito Misaki looks awfully similar to Audrey Hepburn? Anyone? Or is it just me? Well maybe not the acting but the looks...
Woah i didnt know they had the book translated, I am quite the fan of Densha but i cant read japanese. Quite the good thing.
North Korea thinks that I sell a nuclear weapon to Islam radical group from lack of funds at last.
I think that it is a crisis of a nucleus for U.S.A.
The whole story of "Densha Otoko" is simply inspirational. The entire series of BBS threads prove that there are good people on the Internet who want to help others.
I haven't read the entire thread, so I apologize ahead of time. But has there ever been any sort of update regarding how Densha and Hermes are doing today? With how well this romance has been built up, it would almost be heart breaking to hear if they weren't together anymore.
According to people who made the TV show/ Film (i forgot which) Hermes and Densha are still together to this day.
Amazing isn't it?
What are the chances of such a thing happening?
It would be nice to think that they were still together. Whether they are or not, i dont think we'll ever know. By the way... 214 Couch potato, where did you get that image?
I wanna know cause that girl looks like Isoyama Sayaka, my favourite idol ━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━
some news about densha
In the January 2007 issue of Wired there is an article "Love Train" about our favorite "true love story" 「電車男」(Densha Otoko). Writer Brian Ashcraft gets a special interview with the "man" behind the phenomenon. Not in person, of course. Observe:
Some say he's real, others insist he was cooked up by some clever 2Channel posters. The book's publisher, Shinchosha, agreed to set up an email interview with Train Man, but acted as an anonymizing go-between."I don't think I could've done it without 2Channel," writes Train Man, who says he's still dating the pretty girl. So far, his life hasn't changed much: He works at the same company, visits Akihabara, buys comics, and watches anime. And, of course, he still posts about stuff like videogames on 2Channel. Once an otaku, always an otaku.It seems to be Korean common sense
Jesus Christ is a Korean
Tom Cruise is a Korean
Carl Lewis is a Korean
Michael Jordan is a Korean
Queen Elizabeth is a Korean
American ancestors are Koreans
A Korean forges it
i just bought the actual Densha Otoko novel, its in chinese. the format of the book is the message board style! really good
Ito Misaki does not look like hepburn. It's just your imagination by watching "Breakfasat at Tiffany's" too much.
but it dosen't matter Ito Misaki Is so hot.
It's a very cute story and I still can't believe that it was based on a true story. I watched the movie and the Densha-kun in it was adorable. X3
I spent almost 24 hours watching this fine drama...2 times back-to-back.. cried when densha passes out in the rain (ep 7 perhaps). the scene when one of the channelers ( the bodybuilder i think) spraying his armpit is also hilarious!
if there's really a real densha otoko out there, i want to wish him best of luck and treasure his "hermes"...^^
and now i started to like j-dorama. lol
oh...and
Itoh MISAKI ruLES!!!
oh, and anyone here knows where 2 get subs for densha otoko F2 special? greatly appreciated ^^
like... sage or something.
The movie was really good. Better then watching some other crappy movie on your free time.
>>494
You fail at life. This is not an imageboard. Saging is a polite thing
http://4-ch.net/wiki/ Read the UsingSage one.
excerpt:
"Sage is not a insult.
Contrary to popular belief, sage should never be considered as a rude gesture or insult. In fact, someone writing insults or trolls to the thread and posting with sage are doing a good thing, since their useless post won't be brought to the attention of the rest of the board. The idea of sage being an insult came from imageboards, where filling up a thread with enough posts would get it removed. However, threads on channel4 take one thousand posts before they are closed, so the effect doesn't work here."
Densha movie sucks- the girl isn't that much better than the guy
dis show rockx!!!
The movie was awesome! I loved it:)
I don't know if this has been said, since I have just found 4-ch but saw Densha about a year ago..
anyway...
I just wanted to say Jinkama-san is sooo moe~~~~~~
forget hermes, Jinkama-san all the way