<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_on_the_Galactic_Railroad#Animated_film" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Night on the Galactic Railroad</a> is a classic Japanese novel from the 1920s that got an anime adaption in 1985 which has such a scene:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/l18Zp.jpg" alt="typesetting scene from the anime"></p>

<p>The only thing that makes me doubt whether it's correct is that the protagonist is in fact a cat (as are all other characters).</p>

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2014-03-13T00:38:50.230Z
2014-03-13T00:38:50.230Z
Michael Borgwardt
<p>I watched it in the early 90s, there is only one scene that I remember and was fascinated by.  A young boy was working at a printing press, picking out individual metal stamps and filling up a tray to prepare for each page to be printed.</p>

<p>For a better understanding of what I mean, it is also known as "movable type" or in Japanese "活版印刷機".</p>

<p>Thank you very much in advance!</p>

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2014-02-25T16:05:38.557Z
An anime from the early 90's is "old"? Damn, now you've made me feel ancient lol
System Down
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2014-02-25T19:51:16.373Z
Early nineties is TWENTY years ago. Try and remember how you felt about Disco when you were a child in the nineties, and you will get it.
Mindwin Remember Monica
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2014-02-25T22:04:06.030Z
@Mindwin oh I definitely understand. I don't think of 20 year old anime as old, which makes me feel prehistoric heh heh
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Help identifying an OLD anime - a scene where a kid is in a printing press picking metal block letters?
# Help identifying an OLD anime - a scene where a kid is in a printing press picking metal block letters?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-02-25
I watched it in the early 90s, there is only one scene that I remember and was fascinated by. A young boy was working at a printing press, picking out individual metal stamps and filling up a tray to prepare for each page to be printed.

For a better understanding of what I mean, it is also known as "movable type" or in Japanese "活版印刷機".

Thank you very much in advance!
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: An anime from the early 90's is "old"? Damn, now you've made me feel ancient lol  
> **username_2**: Early nineties is TWENTY years ago. Try and remember how you felt about Disco when you were a child in the nineties, and you will get it.  
> **username_1**: @Mindwin oh I definitely understand. I don't think of 20 year old anime as old, which makes me feel prehistoric heh heh  
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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-03-13. Score: 3
[Night on the Galactic Railroad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_on_the_Galactic_Railroad#Animated_film) is a classic Japanese novel from the 1920s that got an anime adaption in 1985 which has such a scene:

![typesetting scene from the anime](https://i.sstatic.net/l18Zp.jpg)

The only thing that makes me doubt whether it's correct is that the protagonist is in fact a cat (as are all other characters).
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