The staff of Tetsuryō! meet with Tetsudō Musume, a new original anime series based on the Tetsudō Musume (Railway Girls) characters, confirmed the anime’s fall 2026 premiere in a new promotional video. In addition, a new main key visual and two new cast members were also revealed.
The cast includes:
- May Tachibana as Misaki Sata
- Mao Shōji as Kodama Orihara
- Haruna Fukushima as Ushio Yagami
- Hika Tsukishiro as Usa Harutachi
- Fuka Izumi as Yayoi Nakano (new)
- Yukari Anzai as Arisa Nishiura (new)
TOMYTEC is credited for the original work on the Tetsuryō! meet with Tetsudō Musume in anime collaboration with I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level novel writer Kisetsu Morita. Misuzu Hoshino (Laid-Back Camp, Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!, The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious) is directing the anime at East Fish Studio. Aya Satsuki (Solo Camping for Two, “Ippon” Again!, Too Cute Crisis) oversees and writes the series scripts, and Hisanori Hashimoto (Laid-Back Camp Season 3) is the character designer.
The original anime series focuses on the four train-loving college students who are members of the Tetsudō Ryokō Dōkō-kai (Railway Travel Club), or Tetsuryō! for short. They go on a journey together throughout the world where hundreds of Tetsudō Musume work.
Tetsudō Musume characters “work” in railway companies and railway-related businesses all over Japan with real uniforms and work clothes. There are 114 Tetsudō Musume all over Japan, as of May 2025. Tetsudō Musume celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.