Important message related to Thomas and Friends (1/2) (Scroll down for part 2)
Looks like it’s official this time…
Britt Allcroft, The creator of Thomas & Friends, the now 40-year old television show adapted from the Railway series books, had passed away.
The show that had such active meme culture and sides of misunderstanding of what it’s meant to be. (according to me at least)
It happened this afternoon when I heard the news. And to think I was in Japan out of all places, one of...no…the BIGGEST Thomas place of Asia! They even have Thomas' face, AEG and Original on every station's control zone!
(I wish I can show you all proof since I went to Tokyo and Osaka but I can't take pictures because 1: This is a Wattpad Status message and 2: I'm not allowed to take pictures in the first place due to high restrictions)
So how does this affect Hybrid Pretty Cure: The Last Hope and my journey as a Thomas fan going forward? Well…it’s complicated.
I had discovered Thomas in the most obnoxious way possible: A HIT entertainment DVD that shows episodes from the TV company’s based on a certain theme. From there it branched out to so many other fandoms that have similar writing and action like Thomas. “Hi-5”, “My Little Pony”, “Pokemon”, “Love Live” etc. There were other shows from those kinds of DVDs that contribute to this like Barney but I can say I am able to gain my interest in Trains (as a verbal autistic myself) thanks to her.
And in return, I can see so, so many connections to Thomas thanks to the following: Musical numbers, story writing and of course, Train models.
Take the Happy Party Train MV by Aqours and the Love Live Sunshine movie for example. I can see Hiro through that MV and the musical styles in the movie.