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Spring anime “Where is the end train going?” ” An interview with Chika Anzai, who plays the main character Shizuru Chikura! | “Episode 1 is just the beginning, and from now on, this work will become even more intense and show off its unique personality that will make you choke.”The original anime “Where will the End of the Train go?” began broadcasting on April 1, 2024. ”. Director Tsutomu Mizushima and Michiko Yokote have teamed up again to create a mysterious adventure with the theme of “apocalyptic world x trains x friendship.”

“Where is the Doomsday Train going?” ” In conjunction with the broadcast of the first episode, we spoke to Chika Anzai, who plays the main character Shizuru Chikura, about her impressions of the first episode, as well as various things about the characters, worldview, and the appeal of the work that Anzai feels.

A story about girls living ordinary lives in a somewhat strange and mysterious world. Let’s take a closer look at its charm.

*This article contains spoilers for episode 1. Please watch it after watching episode 1.

――Episode 1 has finally started airing, but first of all, could you please introduce yourself as “Shizuru Chikura”?

Anzai: There’s not much that stands out about her, she’s just an ordinary girl who is good at Agano Jiu-Jitsu. Even though she is the main character, I don’t think there are many ordinary girls like her (lol)

It’s a story about her achieving her goals, but if you ask me if there’s anything that really stands out to her, I don’t think there’s that much. Even when acting, I always felt that it was normal,'' to the point where I started to wonder, What is normal?”

At the time of episode 1, there were four main members and Pochi-san. If anything, Pochi-san has a stronger personality than Shizuru. Also, Pontaro who appeared at the beginning, and Zenjiro-san. First of all, the talking animals had a really strong impact, and from the first episode I thought she looked like a normal girl.

During the first dubbing, director Mizushima told me, “This is a story about a normal person trying to find friends in a world where something terrible has happened.”

Just like that, it’s a fairly fantasy worldview because I’m just looking for friends, but what I want to do is very normal and real. She’s the kind of girl who embodies that.

–When I saw the character introduction on the official website, I thought he was more of a leadership type.

Anzai: Even though he is aggressive, everyone follows him, so it makes me wonder if he is a leader. I think I have more energy than most people.

――You said you were playing an ordinary girl, but what was it like playing the role?

Anzai: I didn’t bring out any special characteristics, or rather, I acted really plain and normal.

Her main purpose is to meet Haka, to find Haka. I think the viewers got the feeling that something must have happened between the two in the flashbacks, and I wanted to resolve that problem… Everyone had their own thoughts and feelings when something happened to their friends, but it was just that their worldview was like this. So, rather than having Shizuru do some action to liven up the story, I was thinking that the world where she acts normally would be strange, and I would want people to enjoy that gap while recording.

From here on out, a lot of really dark things happen. However, from the first audition, Director Mizushima told me, Please give a realistic performance,'' and even during the dubbing, Director Mizushima said, I want everyone to be conscious of natural conversation.” Even though the world is rich visually and in terms of setting, everyone speaks normally. That kind of difference in temperature in a good way…I thought this gap was what Director Mizushima was looking for.

–Can you call her a “normal high school girl” in this world?

Anzai: That’s right. Maybe you have a meaningless conversation with a friend, or the words you say out loud are more selfish than you thought, and you don’t realize that you’re hurting everyone. I think people tend to do things like this because they are young and don’t have the experience of being criticized or corrected. Shizuru has quite a lot of that. But it’s not like I’m trying to hurt anyone or say anything bad about them. She’s just saying what she thinks and doing things for her own purposes, so I think her rough expressions of emotion and the way she interacts with everyone are typical of high school girls. think.

――役作りにおいて意識したところや、気をつけたところはありますか?

安済:いかに自然な会話にするか、ですかね。コロナ禍での収録だったので、メインの4人でしかアフレコができなかったんです。濃い会話をするゲストキャラクターもいっぱい出てくるんですが、その方たちと一緒に録ることはできず…。たぶん私たちのほうが先に録ってたと思うので、ゲストのみなさんにどう受け取ってもらえるのかな、というのは気になっていました。

もちろん素晴らしいキャスト陣なのでうまく受け止めてくださるだろうなっていう信頼はありましたし、水島監督だったり制作陣が温度感合わせてくださるって分かっていたんですけど、本当に想像がつかないセリフだったりキャラクターが出てくるので(笑)不安があったとしたらそこでしたね。

――実際にそれが落とし込まれた1話を見たわけですが、いかがでしたか?

安済:まずびっくりしたのが興津さんの善治郎ですね。「ボ」をどうやるんだろう?って。台本で見ると、文字で「ボ」しか書いてないわけですよ。どう演じるんだろうなって。そして初めて見た時に「うわー! こう来るんだ!」ってなりましたし、めちゃくちゃ笑わせてもらいました。それは興津さんのお芝居ももちろんですし、絵も本当に思ってた以上にすごくて。

吾野の風景や電車もそうですけど、背景がすごく作り込まれていて綺麗で。それだけで1枚の絵のような素敵な世界観の中で、動き回る善治郎と静留はリアルと見せかけてリアルじゃないエンターテイメントな動きをしていたりとか。本当にそういったギャップがいろんなとこに散りばめられていてすごい面白かったです。

1話をアフレコした段階では(物語の)最後がどうなるか知らなかったんですが、1話の完成した映像を拝見させてもらった時は最終話までアフレコが済んだ後だったので、改めて見てみると「ここにこんなのがあったんだ」とか、伏線のようなものが散りばめられていたんだなって。最後まで見て、もう1回1話を見返した時に、「あっ!」と驚いたりだとか、納得するようなものがしっかりあったんだなって思いました。

また先ほどメインの4人だけで録っていたと言いましたが、葉香ちゃんを演じる東山さんとも全然ご一緒できなかったんですよ。なので想像の葉香ちゃんを相手に喋っていたんですが、1話を見たら想像以上に葉香ちゃんだなって感動しました。

――冒頭で出てきた「7G」であったり、大人はみんな動物になっちゃったの? とかその中で善治郎だけなんであんな風になってるの? とか謎だらけな世界なわけですが、この謎は物語が進めば解けていくのでしょうか? それとも「このアニメはこういう世界観だから」と素直に受け入れちゃったほうがいいのでしょうか?

安済:「これはこれ」って受け入れた方が見やすいかもしれないですね。謎を解こうとしていくと、(1話の最後で)あと30駅って出ていたじゃないですか、先々の物語が受け止めづらくなるかもしれません。色んな特徴があるんですけれど、本当に色んなことが起きていく中で、普通に友達に会いたいっていうそのギャップを常に楽しんでいただく感じですかね。

でも同時に謎がいっぱい散りばめられているので、みなさん1週間オンエアを待つのはヤキモキしちゃうかもしれないんですけれど、その間にいろんな部分を考察していただいて、それが合ってるかっていう風に見るのも楽しいと思いますし、頭を空っぽにしてフラットな気持ちで見ていただくのも楽しいと思います。

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