The
Spring-2024 season (April-June) has begun with big surprises, but in a bad way. Leaks of the first episodes of
the most anticipated premieres of the season due to Crunchyroll 's
oversights (either because the leaks come from the servers or from a special
event, both are platform errors) and now we even have a director who predicts
that his next production will be a failure.
This is Tsutomu
Mizushima , director of the new original anime “ Train to the
End of the World ( Shuumatsu Train Doko and Iku? )”
produced by EMT
Squared studios and released this week. The story is
described as follows:
- A certain town on the outskirts. This
was no ordinary country town. The residents were experiencing a strange
phenomenon. But even so, Shizuru Chikura felt a strong desire. She wanted
to see her missing friends again. Shizuru and her friends venture into the
outside world, taking an abandoned and motionless train, not knowing if
they will make it back alive. What awaits you at the last stop of this
doomsday train underway?
Celebrating 150 years
of Japan's railways, with both director Tsutomu Mizushima and
series composer Michiko Yokote of “Shirobako” and “The
Magnificent Kotobuki” (another original series), a show about a group of
traveling girls on a train to nowhere, really gives off “ Gakkougurashi ”
vibes .
Although
initial impressions have been positive, it was director Tsutomu Mizushima who
threw the bucket of cold water on Twitter, revealing that they haven't even
finished the fourth episode yet. While
it is normal within the anime industry for episodes to be finished a few hours
(or sometimes even minutes) before they air on television, generally the only
thing missing are small production details.
However,
the words used by the director in question have caused Japanese netizens to
infer that it is not “small details” that are missing :
- « The fourth episode is
not ready yet. Is it okay for me to post on Twitter about this? Don't
know. Please continue to support us for the next three months, even if it
seems like a short time », She wrote on Twitter
And of course, there
was no shortage of comments:
- « This is a normal thing,
isn't it? ».
- " No, it's definitely
not something that's right ."
- " Hmm, this seems
more like a death flag for this anime ."
- « I've heard that lately
many productions are delivered ahead of time, so it seems strange to me.
Although it is definitely a worrying situation .
- " I think I remember
seeing something about this in SHIROBAKO, so I don't think there's a
problem or anything ."
- " After all, it's not
like EMT Squared is anything different ."
- " I can see many
options available, and they are all negative ."
- « Are you giving up now? ».
- « Is it bad not to have
until the fourth episode ready when the first one has already aired? I don't
understand much about this industry, sometimes something is good but other
times it is something bad .
- " I'm tired of this
situation, and this is when the compilations appear ."
Source: Otakomu
