Help identifying an OLD anime - a scene where a kid is in a printing press picking metal block letters?

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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!

An anime from the early 90's is "old"? Damn, now you've made me feel ancient lol — System Down, Feb 25 '14 at 16:05
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, Feb 25 '14 at 19:51
@Mindwin oh I definitely understand. I don't think of 20 year old anime as old, which makes me feel prehistoric heh heh — System Down, Feb 25 '14 at 22:04

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '14 at 00:38

Night on the Galactic Railroad 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

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).

Help identifying an OLD anime - a scene where a kid is in a printing press picking metal block letters?

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