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Apocalypse Hotel S1E3 — A Smile Is the Ultimate Ambiance

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Apocalypse Hotel•Season 1•Episode 3

A Smile Is the Ultimate Ambiance

8.1/10 · 89 votesApr 23, 202523 min

Ranked #11 of 12 in Season 1•−0.4 vs season avg

A group of humans return to Earth... but not all is as it seems.

Directed byAkihisa Shibata

Written byShigeru Murakoshi

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Seasons1

Season 1 Episodes12

A True Hotel Is Always Storied still

A True Hotel Is Always Storied

Tradition Evolves with Innovation and Experimentation still

Tradition Evolves with Innovation and Experimentation

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A Smile Is the Ultimate Ambiance

Food and Etiquette Are Mainstays of Culture still

Food and Etiquette Are Mainstays of Culture

Provide Unlimited Hospitality in Limited Time still

Provide Unlimited Hospitality in Limited Time

Our Only Vice Is Service still

Our Only Vice Is Service

Bow Down Deep But Always Aim High still

Bow Down Deep But Always Aim High

Discipline with a Fist! Reconcile with a High Five! still

Discipline with a Fist! Reconcile with a High Five!

Bookmark Today's Page in Our Guests' Lives still

Bookmark Today's Page in Our Guests' Lives

Clean Sheets Symbolize Pure Hearts still

Clean Sheets Symbolize Pure Hearts

Wag Your Tail, but Never Wag a Shift! still

Wag Your Tail, but Never Wag a Shift!

Aim to Be the Number One Hotel in the Galaxy still

Aim to Be the Number One Hotel in the Galaxy

Cast9

Saho Shirasu

Saho Shirasu

Yachiyo (voice)

Sumire Morohoshi

Sumire Morohoshi

Ponko (voice)

Hiroki Touchi

Hiroki Touchi

Doorman Robot (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Environment Checker Robot (voice)

Hiroyuki Kinoshita

Hiroyuki Kinoshita

The Owner (voice)

Cho

Cho

Bumbuku (voice)

Takako Honda

Takako Honda

Mami (voice)

Mutsumi Tamura

Mutsumi Tamura

Fuguri (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Mujina (voice)

Crew12

S

Shigeru Murakoshi

Writer

A

Akihisa Shibata

Director

N

Natsuki Yokoyama

Supervising Animation Director

K

Keinosuke Ami

Supervising Animation Director

K

Keinosuke Ami

Animation Director

K

Kokunen Oh

Animation Director

I

Iku Suzuki

Storyboard Artist

C

Chen Zitu

Key Animation

K

Kenhiro Katsura

Key Animation

S

Solal Girardin

Key Animation

S

SirSketchi

Key Animation

M

Mina Oosawa

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"A Smile Is the Ultimate Ambiance" is episode 3 of Apocalypse Hotel season 1. It scored 8.1/10 from 89 votes, ranking #11 of 12 episodes this season (season average 8.5). Directed by Akihisa Shibata and written by Shigeru Murakoshi, it aired on April 23, 2025.

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