Episode 20 of Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z briefly revealed this “Mysterious Girl” looking out over the city as the 1977 classic “Tsugaru Kaikyō Fuyugeshiki” played.
The collab character was officially introduced today as Maetel Tsukino, a fifth-grader from Hokkaido and the driver of the Shinkalion Z H5 Hayabusa.
Mecha anime Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion is all about Japan’s cool bullet trains turning into giant robots… but its reputation in anime fandom comes from its increasingly wild crossovers.