Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
TheBiggestAnime
Honestly surprised me very nicely with the overall product. I thought this would be a temu Made in Abyss but it actually delivered on numerous of occasions without getting stale.
When I first saw the synopsis I envisioned the anime - Cute slice of life made in abyss-like anime where a group of kid friends venture into the unknown to get to the endgoal and meet with their friend while going through the most bizarre and unique enviourments and creatures along the way. Sounds like made in abyss yet?
I really mostly went in because the pure synopsis in a vacuum is an invitation to let imagination run free as the logic really only exists in the first minute where they pull a Lain and go ''we will connect all human subconsciousnesses and never ever again need to use an electric device to commu…
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"Every little action have consequences, you reap what you sow."
"Train to The End of The World", an anime with unique premise. The anime sets itself apart by blending a post-incident and apocalyptic setting with an unexpectedly cheerful CGDCT vibe. The result is a journey that's both bizarre and surprisingly lighthearted. While the world building is deeply strange, it’s also what makes the show so compelling. The underlying story is quite dark, but the anime's tone keeps it from feeling heavy, making for an interesting contrast that keeps you engaged.
One of the show's biggest strengths is its music. The opening theme, "GA-TAN GO-TON" by Rei Nakashima, is incredibly catchy and perfectly sets the mysterious tone of the anime. It's a fantastic hook that pulls you right into the strange wor…
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This anime surprised me. I thought it was pretty fun. It had good visuals. It was pretty funny. I liked the main characters. The opening was cute. No episode felt wasted, because everything came together in the end. The premise is that after an accident the world is no longer recognizable. Each town has been transformed into something new with a surreal twist. My favorite episodes were the ones where they fought the zombies and when they got to the town where everything shrank. The only thing that was pretty bad about the show was that the girl that they were trying to save has no real motivation for much of anything that she did.
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Train to the End of the World is a wacky anime with fast-paced dialogue. The anime starts with the idea that "7G" distorted the world and only keeps going crazier from there. Just like the beginning, most of this anime doesn't make much sense and is best enjoyed as a 'turn off your brain' kind of anime. Most of the events that happen have no effect on the overall plot and are forgotten by the next episode. This also works in its favour as you have something unique to look forward to every episode. There's only one goal from the beginning of the anime and by the last episode that goal is achieved which gives this season a sense of completeness that is missing in most other anime. There are still a lot of loose ends which can be used to make a second season.
The characters consist of 4 girls…
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“Driving that train, high on cocaine, Casey Jones you better watch your speed”
- Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead)
Shuumatsu Train is a surreal trip which provides excellent character interactions and you will never have a dull moment. This is a fast paced anime that was clearly rushed through production yet it offers enough variety and has a good balance between absurdity and the familiar. While not much time is spent developing each location and side character, the main cast has a surprisingly dense amount of dialogue that highlights their interpersonal relationship with one another. I feel like people who didn’t watch this series weekly are missing out, because the series is so fast paced that I believe it would be simply too much too fast to binge all at once, however watching it in pi…
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What happens when an anime studio is supplied with unlimited DMT? This! This is about the trippiest train trip you'll ever take. And while this could have easily jumped the track, you make your station safe and sound, if somewhat amazed. This series definitely deserves more consideration than it's gotten.
The artwork is well above average. Colorful and bright and a touch surrealistic. Some of the background work is masterful. The animation takes some minor shortcuts, especially in the middle episodes, although it doesn't detract from the narrative at all. Some of the animation, especially as the story progresses, gets pretty trippy. Just about sent me into flashbacks.
They did such a great job with the characters, They start out cookie cutter: You got your driven MC, her trusty sidekic…
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Train to the End of the World is a surreal/ sci-fi adventure-comedy where new technology called the 7G Network accidentally warps reality throughout Japan. High school student Shizuru Chikura and several of her classmates decide to take an abandoned train to Ikebukuro to find their missing friend, Youka Nakatomi, who had activated the network. During their journey, Shizuru and her companions visit different locales that are affected by the 7G Network in various bizarre ways.
A major area that I praise this series for and found the most entertainment out of is the creativity put into the various locales and characters affected by the 7G Network. Train to the End of the World relishes in its absurdity with many of the bizarre ways the Japanese populace and locales are affected by the 7G Net…
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When you give this work a chance, you have to understand that it's an anime that blends fantasy, comedy, action, and surrealism all at once. The post-apocalyptic world is great, and the references to pop culture are spot on.
The premise of the show is great and it starts off in a very good and captivating way. But before I talk about what I thought, I have to say that I loved the animation, the character design, the setting, the soundtrack is excellent, the jokes are good, and the voice actors' work is very good. That said, the anime kind of stagnates in its middle, but that's more the fault of the script than the direction (which is very good for what it sets out to do).
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A literal psychedelic drug trip with friendship at it's core. While Train to Busan made my cry tears of sadness, Shuumatsu Train made my cry tears of reconciliation. While it looks like a turn your brain off show when you begin watching, the purpose of the mission is much deeper than that. Great job Shuumatsu Train for keeping me guessing all the time what will happen next.
Every train station (civilisation is probably the best word) the girls come across is a roller coaster of emotions. One of the best things about this show is how unpredictable anything can be, yet still worthy to watch. From a city where mushrooms give the girls personality disorders rather than magic to a zombie kingdom and "no words to describe the chaos" manga land, worldbuilding gets a solid 8/10. Trust me, stuff…
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Train to the end of the world is another in a long line of great off the wall anime. It's a wild ride that firmly sticks the landing with it's ending. Visuals are above average to good, limited CGI is used but it's well integrated and personally I found no issue with it. I generally find an episodic style to be slightly annoying but the really good quality of these episodes pushed it over the line for me. I'd highly recommend this show especially if you liked sonny boy (more serious and contemplative) the night is short walk on girl or Id invaded (more of a mystery style).
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Train to the End of the World was a slog to get through because it never really feels like it's inching towards it's ultimate goal, outside of x-point is getting closer to y-point, physically. This lack of real progression can make audiences feel like they're taking more of a passive watch than anything.
Story: Train to the End of the World is a strange, strange tale with, possibly, a stranger basis. Pontarou considers himself a genius and believes he has figured out a way for humans to telepathically communicate with each other with, literally, the push of a button. Middle-schooler Youka Nakatomi is randomly selected to push this button to activate this new invention, which is labeled as "7G". She pushes it, and the entire world turns into, what I can only describe as wacky and weird ove…
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All things considered, this show handled its extremely tight time constraints pretty well. That being said, I still must remain fair in judging this against other anime of the same runtime.
In short, this should have been a two-cour (24 episode) anime. If anything, 7/10 is generous by my standards of rating solely based on narrative explanations and things making sense, although I will admit that things could have been handled a lot worse (as I have seen in the past), so I’ll give this a pass on that front.
Shuumatsu Train is an anime original, a notoriously mixed bag ranging anywhere from masterpieces such as Madoka Magica to several atrocities which I will not be naming here for fear of getting off topic. It is for this reason that I reserved judgment until the VERY final episode, only…
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This isn't a show for everyone, but it feels so rewarding seeing it from start to finish.
Pros:
To start off, this show is extremely weird. In a really good way. How many times have you seen the first episode of a brand new anime and you just go "yup, I know exactly what's gonna happen in the next 11 episodes"? This is not one of those. The premise of the show seems really insane, but that's just how the author decides to set the stage, it doesn't change the fact that the story itself is very well done.
Outside of that, I think the part that makes it really standout is how this show balances humour and emotional portions of the show. We've seen this type of things done to perfection in many shows in the past; Kaguya, Konosuba... This show knows how to create an extremely bizzare situati…
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The Train to the End of the World might look like CGDCT moerot on the surface, but men actually exist in this world, there is a plot and goal to strive toward, and the post-apocalyptic setting—somewhat similar to Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou or Girls' Last Tour for the more lighthearted contrast to the usual bleakness—is on the unique side because of the slice of life tendencies, absurdist comedy, surreal happenings, and the usual power of friendship theme so common to moeblob high school setups that provides an emotional grounding to contain what otherwise could end up as a train wreck. Even if the writer often toys with the conventional by inserting zombies with a slight twist or presenting a few simple and predictable storylines in several episodes: Whether it's a parasitic copy of Invasion…
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This is a very interesting case. When the project was first announced, it was announced as a collaboration project with the Japanese rail system. Off the bat, that already makes it sound like nothing more than a promotional project. That doesn't right off write the project as bad. It depends on handling. Fortunately, this anime project was not a train wreck.
The idea of this series seems to try to have a thematic connection with railways & how they are fixed lines that bring trains to their destination. The world is warped & everything is messed up, save for one rail line. Four girls embark on the line to try & find their friend who ran away. Against the random world, they trek on straight to their destination.
One part that seemed to conflict with the series was the number of stops. The…
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So far through 2024, Shuumatsu no Train has got the wackiest and most original anime award locked up. A truly odd experience full of twists and turns, fun characters and some genuinely head scratching moments in the best possible way. Anyone looking for something new to try should check this out
I am a big sucker for shows that deal with journeys through post apocalyptic settings and Shuumatsu train is one of the coolest takes on that trope. Following a group of high school girls on a train through various stops between suburban Tokyo and Ikebukuro to save their friend was not something I had on my bucket list, but I’ll be damned, it was some of the most fun I’ve had watching anime.
This show has no rhyme or reason for a lot of the things that happen and I enjoyed that. It made things f…
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Director Mizushima Tsutomu isn’t concerned with making the next “hit” – if anything, he’s concerned with making the next “concoction.” A look at his filmography will show that he has directed several projects which involve the heavy collision of various ideas that, on paper, seem like they should get along like cats and dogs. How, for instance, is the idea of cute girls doing cute things in a tank battle setting supposed to work? Why would anybody expect a lowbrow teenage sex comedy that also functions as a prison escape flick to mesh together, and somehow have that work? Crazy, right? But crazy is the point, as lo and behold, *Girls und Panzer* exists, as does *Prison School*.
And those are just two examples! Mizushima’s understanding and approach to genre is to take what it is about ea…
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We got a CGDCT dystopian adventure series this season. Train to the End of the World follows Shizuru, Nadeshiko, Reimi and Akira as they travel from their village to downtown Ikebukuro by train in search of their childhood friend Youka who was lost 2 years prior to the worlds collapse after the Unveiling of 7G technology. On their journey, the group encounter obstacles in forms of supernatural existences, abstract eco systems and their own friendship volatility. How will the journey to Ikebukuro fare for the four young girls?
Story & Character: 5/10 & 6/10
Shuumatsu Train is filled with captivating scenery, an array of interest social encounters and just as much not so social encounters. As such, the story exists more for the journey than the destination; Different obstacles occur along e…
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Train to the End of the World - A WTF show of batshit insanity that is so unpredictable, yet a certified train-on-rails doomsday of a journey to the vast unknown, and to come out feeling overwhelmingly satisfied with the entire product.
In the quarterly grinds of the boring seasonals where you find lots of the "same same but different" Isekai and fantasy take over the reins, one thing that I really miss the most are original shows that take the experimental approach and succeed with their growing fanbases (i.e. this season's Girls Band Cry, which you SHOULD definitely watch, despite having to sail through the high seas), which is becoming more of a rarity these days. But in this Spring, there is a show so out-of-whack that immediately encapsulates the average anime consumer, yet still sti…
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Train to the End of the World is the latest screwball sci-fi comedy (?) anime on the block, and the sheer creativity of it had me quite impressed with it. It is not often that we see an anime go so far into the depths of “What were the writers thinking?”, and commit so hard to every comedic bit, but also tell a coherent story, so full credit to the writers for that.
It being so out there does not surprise me though, given what the director, Tsutomu Mizushima, has directed previously. With the likes of Prison School, Shirobako, xxxHOLiC, and Girls Und Panzer on his resume, Train to the End of the World follows in the same vein, as it lands between a lot of genres, but not committing to just one or two, but distorting and breaking the mold to create a memorable experience. This is a risk to…
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