Kadokawa has released a new short promotional video for the upcoming Train to the End of the World (known in Japanese as Shumatsu Train Doko e Iku?) original TV anime series. The anime is scheduled to premiere on April 1, 2024 in Japan.
The 41-second promotional video is titled “Unknown World?” and features narration from different characters in the series, matched with scenes from the anime.
Tsutomu Mizushima (Girls und Panzer, Shirobako, Mayoiga) is directing the anime, with Michiko Yokote (Call of the Night) as series screenwriter, and Asako Nishida (Land of the Lustrous) as character designer. EMT Squared is handling the animation production for the series.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast includes:
- • Chika Anzai as Shizuru Chikura
- • Azumi Waki as Hoshi Nadeshiko
- • Erisa Kuon as Reimi Kuga
- • Hina Kino as Akira Shinonome
A manga adaptation was launched by original series creator apogeego and illustrated by Torimura for Kadokawa Shoten’s free website KadoComi on March 25, 2024. The manga is told from the perspective of Akira Shononome.
Crunchyroll is streaming the Train to the End of the World anime series. The story takes place in a town situated in a not-so-ordinary countryside, where strange things are affecting its residents. A young girl named Shizuru Chikura desires to find and reunite with her long lost friend. Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned train to set out to the outside world, where their survival is not guaranteed.
