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Apocalypse Hotel Anime Reveals April 8 TV Debut, Manga Spinoff
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for CyberAgent and its Cygames Pictures subsidiary's Apocalypse Hotel original television anime announced on Friday that the anime will premiere on NTV on April 8. The anime will stream on ABEMA, Lemino, and Animate Times in Japan.
The anime's official X (formerly Twitter) account also announced on Friday that the anime will have a spinoff manga titled Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu (Apocalypse Hotel Sputtering, seen below) that will launch in Takeshobo's Storia Dash manga website in April. Izumi Takemoto, the anime's original character designer, is drawing the manga.
Kana Shundo (episode director for Saga of Tanya the Evil, Princess Connect! Re:Dive, Luminous Witches) is directing the anime at Cygames Pictures. As previously announced, manga creator Izumi Takemoto (Teke Teke My Heart, Garden Shimai) is designing the characters. Natsuki Yokoyama is designing the characters for animation. Shigeru Murakoshi (Ninja Kamui, Zombie Land Saga, I Parry Everything) is in charge of the series scripts. Yoshiaki Fujisawa is composing the music.
Other staff members include:
- Art Director: Kohei Honda
- Color Key Artist: Miyuki Sunako
- 3D Director: Yoshinori Nakano
- Compositing Director of Photography: Masaharu Okazaki
- Editing: Yumi Jinguji
- Sound Director: Satoki Iida
- Sound Production: dugout
- Music Production Cooperation: SCOOP MUSIC
The anime is set in a solitary hotel in Tokyo's Ginza district in a time when society has collapsed and humanity has disappeared, and nature has begun to reclaim most of the land. Ther anime centers on Yachiyo, a hotel management robot who continues to manage the Ginzarō hotel in Ginza alongside other robots, despite the lack of guests. Together, they continue to maintain the hotel while awaiting the return of its owners and guests.
Cygames Pictures' latest original anime production was Masami Ōbari's Brave Bang Bravern!, which premiered in January 2024. The studio is also producing the Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray, based on Taiyo Kuzumi's manga, itself based on Cygames' Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise.
Sources: Apocalypse Hotel anime's website and X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
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