Train to the End of the World Finds Coming of Age in a Strange Apocalypse
An Anime Herald essay examines Train to the End of the World, the 2024 road trip series where a 7G network activation warps reality and turns the adults of Shizuka's hometown into animals. Shizuka herself will transform at twenty-one years and three months. The piece pairs the show with Neon Genesis Evangelion, arguing both use speculative collapse to capture the feeling of going to school while disaster looms.