{"id":83615,"date":"2024-04-04T21:32:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T04:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=83615"},"modified":"2024-04-04T21:32:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T04:32:25","slug":"train-to-the-end-of-the-worlds-opening-animation-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/04\/04\/train-to-the-end-of-the-worlds-opening-animation-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Train to the End of the World&#8217;s Opening Animation Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">KADOKAWA has uploaded the opening animation for the unique original anime <em>Train to the End of the World<\/em>, which begin airing on April 1 and is being streamed by Crunchyroll.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Set to <strong>Rei Nakashima<\/strong>&#8216;s laidback &#8220;GA-TAN GO-TON,\u201d the opening animation evokes various moods with its color and compositing, with nostalgia, melancholy, eeriness, and surreality all in the mix. The sequence is storyboarded by Maxilla&#8217;s <strong>Kazuya Futagoishi<\/strong> (<em>Paradox Live The Animation<\/em> opening director et al.), and unit directed by Futagoishi with fellow Maxilla colleague <strong>Naoya Murakawa<\/strong> (<em>Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch!<\/em> Episode 7 and 11 director). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30aa\u30ea\u30b8\u30ca\u30ebTV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u300e\u7d42\u672b\u30c8\u30ec\u30a4\u30f3\u3069\u3053\u3078\u3044\u304f\uff1f\u300f\u30ce\u30f3\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30cb\u30f3\u30b0\uff5c\u4e2d\u5cf6\u601c\u300cGA-TAN GO-TON\u300d\u3010TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u306f\u597d\u8a55\u653e\u9001\u4e2d\uff01\u3011\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q_adhS3FPJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">KADOKAWA also released <em>Train to the End of the World<\/em>&#8216;s ending animation, which is storyboarded and directed by the series&#8217; director <strong>Tsutomu Mizushima<\/strong>. The ending song is &#8220;Eureka&#8221; by <strong>Rokudenashi<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Crunchyroll describes the anime as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text--gq6o- text--is-l--iccTo expandable-section__text---00oG\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In a seemingly ordinary rural town, something strange is happening to the residents. But Shizuru Chikura is more concerned for her missing friend. Determined to find her, Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned train and travel to the outside world, unsure if they\u2019ll make it back alive. As they venture toward the unknown, the question looms: What awaits them at the final stop?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30aa\u30ea\u30b8\u30ca\u30ebTV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u300e\u7d42\u672b\u30c8\u30ec\u30a4\u30f3\u3069\u3053\u3078\u3044\u304f\uff1f\u300f\u30ce\u30f3\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8\u30a8\u30f3\u30c7\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\uff5c\u30ed\u30af\u30c7\u30ca\u30b7 \u300c\u30e6\u30ea\u30a4\u30ab\u300d\u3010TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u306f\u597d\u8a55\u653e\u9001\u4e2d\uff01\u3011\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CJcHQm-zA4Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer:\u00a0<strong>Michiko Yokote<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Call of the Night<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer:\u00a0<strong>Asako Nishida<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Land of the Lustrous<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Original character designer:\u00a0<strong>namo<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Art director:\u00a0<strong>Masanobu Nomura<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Cyberpunk Edgerunners<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Art director:\u00a0<strong>Yumi Horikoshi<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>86 Eighty-Six<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Color designer:\u00a0<strong>Tomoko Koyama<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Beast Tamer<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Compositing director:\u00a0<strong>Jiro Tazawa<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Lupin the 3rd Prison of the Past<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Music composer:\u00a0<strong>Miho Tsujibayashi<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Restaurant to Another World<\/em>\u00a0co-composer)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production:\u00a0<strong>EMT Squared<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Chika Anzai<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0Shizuru Chikura<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Azumi Waki<\/strong>\u00a0as Hoshi Nadeshiko<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Erisa Kuon<\/strong>\u00a0as Reimi Kuga<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Hina Kino<\/strong>\u00a0as Akira Shinonome<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Nao Toyama<\/strong>\u00a0as Yoka Nakatomi<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022<strong>\u00a0Kazuyuki Okitsu<\/strong>\u00a0as Zenjiro<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> KADOKAWAanime YouTube channel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KADOKAWA has uploaded the opening animation for the unique original anime Train to the End of the World, which begin airing on April 1 and is being streamed by Crunchyroll. 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