Apocalypse Hotel

 We found our mojo again, and binging anime is back on the menu after a year of slacking mostly!

 

And the first one to catch up on, was Apocalypse Hotel, a fun and innocent series that came out past winter season. 

 

And the adventures of the robots running Gingarou Hotel where perfect to get back going, with it's positive vibes and lovely bright pastel colours.  It takes place in the far future, where humanity has fled Earth into outerspace due to a condition called the Inforunium Pollution, making the air poisonous.  But the hotel keeps running on robots, let by Yachiyo as the manager and going through a daily routine for no customers.  Then one day an alien books a visit, but after that it takes another 50 years before a family of Tanuki refugees takes semi-permanent residence in the hotel.

 

This family (who are, slightly put, perhaps a bit disfunctional) slowly integrates into the hotel, the daughter even joining the staff and eventually running the hotel as Yachiyo goes to outer space to advertise for humanity that they are open.  While they go through a lot of happy (and sad) moments together while catering for both the hotel and the guests, a human finally arrives.  It turns out the air is still making them sick, but they can visit for short periods thanks to a cure that very first guest left behind all those years ago.

 

This is just one of those anime series that gives a good feeling over it's 12 episode course.  It's innocent, though it does deal with family issues like marriage, birth and even death, but generally puts a good feeling smile on your face.

 

Certainly a fun accidental discovery for this year!