Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion

is a Japanese anime television series based on the 'Shinkalion' line of toys by Takara Tomy. The series premiered on TBS on January 6, 2018.

Plot
Hayato Hayasugi is just an ordinary grade-schooler and railfan whose father is a trains museum curator. One day, he accidentally stumbles into his dad's secret research and discovers an E5 bullet train. There he learns his father is part of an organization called "Shinkansen Ultra Evolution Institute" (SUEI) and is one of the project developers to build transformable bullet-train robots called Shinkalion, in order to combat the mysterious enemy called the Bachigami and protect the safety and peace of Japan. Despite initial concerns from the organization about having children as pilots, Hayato willingly pilots the Shinkalion followed by other children serving as the Shinkalions' conductors.