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Shūmatsu Train Doko e Iku? Original TV Anime Reveals Opening Theme, April Debut in Video

Kadokawa revealed the second promotional video and April debut on Thursday for the original anime Shūmatsu Train Doko e Iku? (Where Does the Doomsday Train Go?). The video reveals and previews Rei Nakashima's opening theme song "GA-TAN GO-TON."

Kadokawa also revealed more staff on Thursday, including:

• Chief Producer: Fumihiko Suganuma
• Art Director: Masanobu Nomura
• Color Design: Tomoko Koyama
• Director of Photography: Jiro Tazawa
• Editing: Masahiro Gotō
• Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
• Recording Coordination: Masayuki Yamaguchi (name romanization not confirmed)
• Sound Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
• Music: Miho Tsujibayashi
• Music Production: Flying Dog

The anime stars:

• Azumi Waki as Nadeshiko Hoshi, nicknamed Nadeko
• Erisa Kuon as Reimi Kuga
• Hina Kino as Akira Shinonome
• Chika Anzai as Shizuru Chikura

Tsutomu Mizushima (Girls und Panzer, Shirobako) is directing the anime at EMT Squared. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin) is overseeing the series scripts, and Asako Nishida (Land of the Lustrous, Love Live! School idol project) is designing the characters based on namo's original designs, and serving as chief animation director.

The anime's story is set in a town in a not-so-ordinary countryside, where a big 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 they set out to the outside world, where survival is not certain. What awaits them at the last stop of the "Doomsday Train?"

Kadokawa announced the anime in commemoration of Railway Day, the 150th anniversary of Japan's first railway, in October 2022.

Source: Press release