Touring After the Apocalypse (終末ツーリング) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakae Saito. It began serialization in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine Dengeki Maoh in September 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nexus aired from October to December 2025.
Plot
In a post-apocalyptic world, two girls, Youko and Airi, travel on a solar-powered motorcycle across Japan's ruined landscape, after leaving their bunker. Along their journey, they confront natural and animal dangers, and learn about themselves and the world around them in the process, particularly traveling to places that Youko's sister Chitose visited before the apocalypse, including some of Japan's famous sights, like Tokyo Big Sight and the Yokohama Bay Bridge, and hope to contact other surviving humans. It is slowly revealed how the world became this way.
Characters
- Youko (ヨーコ)
- Probably the last person on Earth still living after the apocalyptic rain of huge meteors. She travels around what remains of Japan in an electrified Yamaha Serow, to the places she and her big sister, Chitose, once traveled to before the apocalypse.
- Airi (アイリ)
- An android girl who is Youko's companion ever since being sealed inside a shelter that kept them from harmful radiation immediately after the apocalypse.
- Chitose (千歳)
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- A woman who educated Youko and Airi by video link as a teacher in the shelter. Youko calls her "Big Sis". She appears in flashbacks and through videos and photos, but is not shown otherwise as having a living body.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Sakae Saito, Touring After the Apocalypse began serialization in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine Dengeki Maoh on September 26, 2020.[3][4] Its chapters have been compiled into eight volumes as of October 2025.
During their panel at Sakura-Con 2022, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series for English publication.[5]
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 24, 2025.[21] It is produced by Aniplex, animated by Nexus and directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu writing and supervising series scripts, Usaku Myouchin designing the characters, and Kenichiro Suehiro composing the music.[22] The series aired from October 4 to December 20, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[23] The opening theme song is "Touring", performed by Conton Candy, and the ending theme song is "Glide" (グライド), performed by Myuk.[22] Aniplex of America licensed the series for streaming on Crunchyroll.[24] Plus Media Networks Asia licensed the series in Southeast Asia for broadcast on Aniplus Asia.[25]
Episodes
Episodes
See also
- Super Cub, a light novel series whose spin-off manga was written and illustrated by Sakae Saito
- Katana Maidens: Toji No Miko, an anime television series whose manga adaptation was illustrated by Sakae Saito
External links
References
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