Train to the End of the World

Train to the End of the World is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Kadokawa, animated by EMT Squared, and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, with Michiko Yokote handling series composition, Asako Nishida handling character designs based on namo's original designs, and Miho Tsujibayashi composing the music. It aired from April to June 2024. A manga adaptation illustrated by Torimura was serialized on Kadokawa's KadoComi manga website from March 2024 to June 2025.

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Plot

After the catastrophic launch of an experimental 7G cellular network warps reality, Japan is left devastated, with civilization collapsing and being reduced to scattered, isolated settlements. The launch, known as the 7G Incident, has also caused strange phenomena and affected the surviving population, such as the residents near Agano Station transforming into intelligent animals once they turn 21. Two years after the 7G Incident, student and Agano resident Shizuru Chikura finds evidence that her missing friend and classmate Yoka Nakatomi is alive and in Ikebukuro. With the landscape too dangerous to travel on foot, Shizuru and her friends commandeer an abandoned Seibu 2000 passenger train, which they later name the "Apogee", to follow the Seibu Ikebukuro Line to Ikebukuro and reunite with Yoka.

Characters

Main characters

;Shizuru Chikura
;Nadeshiko Hoshi
;Reimi Kuga
;Akira Shinonome

Supporting characters

;Yōka Nakatomi
;Zenjirō Taira
;Pochi-san
;Makoto Angstrom Gappa
;Neko
;Mito Kuroki
;Sū-chan
;Old Man

Antagonists

;Poison Pontarō
;Pochi
;The Boss
;Chaos

Media

Manga

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Torimura and told from Akira's perspective, was serialized on Kadokawa's KadoComi manga website from March 25, 2024, to June 30, 2025. Three volumes were released from June 21, 2024, to July 23, 2025.

Anime

The original anime television series was announced on Railway Day on October 14, 2022, which celebrates the 150th anniversary of Japan's first railway. It was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and written by Michiko Yokote, both of whom had previously worked on the anime series Shirobako and The Magnificent Kotobuki, and features animation production by EMT Squared, original character designs by namo, animation character designs by Asako Nishida, and music composed by Miho Tsujibayashi. The series aired from April 1 to June 24, 2024, on AT-X and other networks and ran for 12 episodes. The opening theme is "GA-TAN GO-TON", performed by Rei Nakashima, while the ending theme is "Eureka", performed by Rokudenashi. Crunchyroll streamed the series.