A Kadokawa posted this promotional video for the original anime series online Shumatsu Train Doko and Iku? (Where Does the Doomsday Train Go?) which will premiere on April 1, 2024.
The animation is from EMT Squared (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, Urahara, Rainy Cocoa), directed by Tsutomu Mizushima (Girls und Panzer, Shirobako), the story is by Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin) and the character design is by Asako Nishida (Land of the Lustrous, Love Live! School idol project).
In the cast we have:
- Chika Anzai as Shizuru Chikura.
- Azumi Waki as Nadeshiko Hoshi.
- Hina Kino as Akira Shinonome.
- Erisa Kuon as Reimi Kuga.
Shumatsu Train Doko and Iku?
The story of the anime takes place in a not-so-ordinary country town, where a large and strange occurrence is happening to its residents. But a young girl named Shizuru Chikura has a strong desire to see her lost friend again. Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned train and head out into the outside world, where survival is not certain. What awaits them at the last stop of the “Final Judgment Train?”
A Kadokawa announced the anime in celebration of this year’s Railway Day, the 150th anniversary of Japan’s first railway.
A manga adaptation by Torimura will begin publishing for free on KadoComi on March 25th, telling the story from Akira’s perspective.
