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Apocalypse Hotel TV Anime Casts Natsuki Hanae
posted on by Anita Tai
The staff for CyberAgent and its Cygames Pictures subsidiary's Apocalypse Hotel original television anime confirmed on Wednesday that Natsuki Hanae has joined the cast as the serious, raccoon-dog alien doctor Ponstin.
Ponstin appeared in episode 8, which aired on Tuesday.
Saho Shirasu plays the protagonist Yachiyo, the hotel manager robot of the Ginzarō hotel.
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.
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.
The anime has a spinoff manga titled Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu (Apocalypse Hotel Sputtering) that launched in Takeshobo's Storia Dash manga website on April 11. Izumi Takemoto, the anime's original character designer, is drawing the manga.
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 X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
