Apocalypse Hotel
{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Apocalypse Hotel
| image = Apocalypse Hotel key visual.jpg
| caption = Key visual
| ja_kanji = アポカリプスホテル
| ja_romaji = Apokaripusu Hoteru
| genre = Post-apocalyptic
| creator = CyberAgent
CygamesPictures
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = Kana Shundo
| producer = {{ubl|Manami Kabashima|Ryou Ebina|Atsushi Kimura|Kouichi Sano|Naofumi Shioya}}
| writer = Shigeru Murakoshi
| music = Yoshiaki Fujisawa
| studio = CygamesPictures
| licensee = Crunchyroll
| first = April 9, 2025
| last =
| episodes = 2
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title = Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu
| author =
| illustrator = Izumi Takemoto
| publisher = Takeshobo
| publisher_en =
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| imprint =
| magazine = Storia Dash
| first = April 11, 2025
| last =
| volumes =
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{Nihongo|Apocalypse Hotel|アポカリプスホテル|Apokaripusu Hoteru}} is an original Japanese anime television series produced by CyberAgent and animated by CygamesPictures. The series premiered in April 2025.
Plot
In the year 2057, an unknown aerial contagion dubbed "infortunium pollution" begins to spread around Earth, rendering the air unbreathable to primate-based species, including humans. With no way to cure or counter the infortunium pollution, humanity has no choice but to flee to space, leaving the planet completely abandoned. A century later, the only sign of civilization left is the Gingarou Hotel in Ginza, which is kept operational by what remains of the autonomous robot staff led by the gynoid concierge Yachiyo. As the staff wait patiently for humanity to return, they are caught off guard when their first guest to arrive in a century turns out to be an extraterrestrial visitor.
Characters
;{{nihongo|Yachiyo|ヤチヨ}}
:{{voiced by|Saho Shirasu}}
;{{nihongo|Ponko|ポン子}}
:{{voiced by|Sumire Morohoshi}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Apocalypse Hotel Original TV Anime's Video Reveals More Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03-22/apocalypse-hotel-original-tv-anime-video-reveals-more-cast/.222741|website=Anime News Network|date=March 22, 2025|access-date=March 23, 2025}}
;{{nihongo|Doorman Robot|ドアマンロボ|Doaman Robo}}
:{{voiced by|Hiroki Tōchi}}
;{{nihongo|Environment Checker Robot|環境チェックロボ|Kankyō Chekku Robo}}
:{{voiced by|Shin-ichiro Miki}}
;{{nihongo|The Owner|オーナー|Ōnā}}
:{{voiced by|Hiroyuki Kinoshita}}
;{{nihongo|Bumbuku|ブンブク|Bunbuku}}
:{{voiced by|Chō}}
;{{nihongo|Mami|マミ}}
:{{voiced by|Takako Honda}}
;{{nihongo|Fuguri|フグリ}}
:{{voiced by|Mutsumi Tamura}}
;{{nihongo|Mujina|ムジナ}}
:{{voiced by|Yoshiko Sakakibara}}
Media
= Anime =
The original anime television series produced by CyberAgent and animated by CygamesPictures was announced on August 28, 2024. It is directed by Kana Shundo and written by Shigeru Murakoshi, with Natsuki Yokoyama designing the characters based on Izumi Takemoto's original designs, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa composing the music. The series premiered on April 9, 2025, on Nippon TV's {{Ill|AnichU|ja|日本テレビの深夜アニメ枠}} programming block and other networks.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Apocalypse Hotel Original TV Anime's Video Reveals Cast, Staff, April TV Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-23/apocalypse-hotel-original-tv-anime-video-reveals-cast-staff-april-tv-premiere/.220405|website=Anime News Network|date=January 23, 2025|access-date=January 24, 2025|archive-date=January 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126041946/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-23/apocalypse-hotel-original-tv-anime-video-reveals-cast-staff-april-tv-premiere/.220405|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Apocalypse Hotel Anime Reveals April 8 TV Debut, Manga Spinoff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-20/apocalypse-hotel-anime-reveals-april-8-tv-debut-manga-spinoff/.221473|website=Anime News Network|date=February 20, 2025|access-date=February 21, 2025}}{{efn|name=airdate|Nippon TV lists the series premiere on April 8, 2025, at 25:34, which is effectively April 9 at 1:34 a.m. JST.}} The opening theme song is "Skirt", while the ending theme song is {{Nihongo|"Capsule"|カプセル}}, both performed by Aiko.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Cygames Pictures Unveils Original TV Anime Apocalypse Hotel|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-28/cygames-pictures-unveils-original-tv-anime-apocalypse-hotel/.214857|website=Anime News Network|date=August 28, 2024|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-date=December 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213131751/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-28/cygames-pictures-unveils-original-tv-anime-apocalypse-hotel/.214857|url-status=live}} Crunchyroll is streaming the series.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Crunchyroll to Stream Kowloon Generic Romance, Maebashi Witches, Apocalypse Hotel, More Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-04-02/crunchyroll-to-stream-kowloon-generic-romance-maebashi-witches-apocalypse-hotel-more-anime/.223162|website=Anime News Network|date=April 2, 2025|access-date=April 2, 2025|archive-date=April 2, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250402165456/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-04-02/crunchyroll-to-stream-kowloon-generic-romance-maebashi-witches-apocalypse-hotel-more-anime/.223162|url-status=live}}
==Episodes==
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = A True Hotel Is Always Storied
| TranslitTitle = Hoteru ni Monogatari o
| NativeTitle = ホテルに物語を
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Liao Chengzhi
| WrittenBy = Shigeru Murakoshi
| Aux2 = Kana Shundo
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|4|9}}
| ShortSummary = In the 2057, an unknown phenomenon called "infortunium pollution" renders Earth's air unbreathable to humans and forces humanity to flee the planet for space. One century later, nature has reclaimed most of human civilization save for the Gingarou Hotel, which is still kept operational thanks to its fully robotic workforce who continue to follow their programming with the belief humans will eventually return. The acting manager of the robots, Yachiyo, directs the remaining robots. She discovers that Driller Robot been irreparably damaged, so she puts it on "indefinite leave" with the other inoperable robots. While charging, she recalls the hotel's owner assuring the robots the evacuation is only temporary and that he will return. The next day, Yachiyo falls into a depressed state upon finding out the hotel has a shortage of shampoo hats. However, an alien being then arrives at the hotel, which the robots greet as a guest.
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Tradition Evolves With Innovation and Experimentation
| TranslitTitle = Dentou ni Kakushin to Asobigokoro o
| NativeTitle = 伝統に革新と遊び心を
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| DirectedBy = Shinya Kawabe
| WrittenBy = Shigeru Murakoshi
| Aux2 = Naoya Morotomi
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|4|16}}
| ShortSummary = Yachiyo greets the alien guest, but has trouble communicating with it due to their language barrier. Despite this, Yachiyo and the staff resolve to show their utmost hospitality to the alien guest. Over the next three days, the alien appears to collect plant samples from the surrounding area, but Yachiyo and the staff are unsure if it is actually enjoying its stay. A new robot, Environmental Checker Robot, arrives at the hotel, explaining that it is the last of its type left behind by humanity to observe Earth's conditions to see if it becomes habitable again. It detected the arrival of the alien and offers to destroy it, only relenting when Yachiyo insists it is a guest of the hotel. Environmental Checker Robot then reveals that despite the messages it sends to space, humanity has not answered for the past few decades, suggesting they are extinct. Yachiyo falls back into a depressive state until she recalls advice the hotel owner gave to her, to not get hung up on probabilities but believe in possibilities. The alien then leaves the hotel, gifting Yachiyo a strange alien seed.
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = A Smile is the Ultimate Ambiance
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| ShortSummary = Fifty years after the first alien guest left, Yachiyo is overjoyed to see another alien ship crash land in Ginza. The occupants are the Procione family, who claim they are human but are in fact intelligent tanuki taking on the guise of humans. Yachiyo, believing they are humans, welcomes them as guests until Environment Checker Robot activates his combat mode and causes the entire family to faint in fright, exposing their true forms. The Prociones explain that they were forced to flee their home planet due to a war, and Earth's climate is a close match. They learned about Earth, humans, and their language thanks to coming across a human ship, but don't have the heart to tell Yachiyo that it was a ghost ship. Yachiyo allows the Prociones to stay in the hotel, but they quickly take advantage of her kindness to do as they please, causing significant property damage. Yachiyo finally loses her temper and harshly reprimands them for their disrespect towards the hotel. Afterwards, the Prociones decide to clean up the mess they made, while the daughter Ponko decides she wants to become an employee for the hotel.
}}
}}
= Manga =
A spin-off manga series illustrated by Takemoto, titled {{Nihongo|Apocalypse Hotel Pusupusu|アポカリプスホテルぷすぷす|Apokaripusu Hoteru Pusupusu}}, began serialization on Takeshobo's Storia Dash manga website on April 11, 2025.{{cite web|script-title=ja:オリジナルTVアニメ「アポカリプスホテル」4月放送、主人公のロボット役は白砂沙帆|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/608843|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=January 24, 2025|access-date=January 24, 2025|language=ja|archive-date=February 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201010956/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/608843|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet|user=Apo_Hotel|number=1909154175633535240|script-title=ja:「アポカリプスホテル ぷすぷす」4月11日(金)より連載開始！|author=TV Anime 'Apocalypse Hotel' Official|date=April 7, 2025|access-date=April 7, 2025|language=ja}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://apocalypse-hotel.jp/ Official website] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|anime|33406}}
{{CygamesPictures}}
{{Storia Dash}}
Category:2025 anime television series debuts
Category:Animated television series about robots
Category:Animated television series set in hotels
Category:Animated television series set in the 22nd century
Category:Anime with original screenplays
Category:Nippon Television original programming
Category:Post-apocalyptic anime and manga
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