(L+CR) Zombieland Saga

[Stark700]

Original TV Anime 'Zombieland Saga' announced. Coming for Fall (October) 2018. The project is a collaboration of MAPPA, Avex Pictures, and Cygames.

Trailer:

Official site:
http://zombielandsaga.com/

[MisaoFan]

New info:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-video/.136169

[moodie]

so this is it.....this is the show they have been keeping us on the edge for

[MisaoFan]

Originally Posted by bastek66

Hahaha, all those girls and their design. I can already see butthurt of those anime fans who expected DEEP and MATURE/REALISTIC zombie series.

It's already expected to be an harem series the moment the cast is announced a few weeks ago.

The cast is as follows:

Mamoru Miyano as Kōtarō Tatsumi
Kaede Hondo as Sakura Minamoto
Asami Tano as Saki Nikaidō
Risa Taneda as Ai Mizuno
Maki Kawase as Junko Konno
Rika Kinugawa as Yūgiri
Minami Tanaka as Lily Hoshikawa

Originally Posted by bastek66

Anyway Who is character designer? They look familiar.

I don't know, but if it's even adapted from original character designs by a manga/novel/videogame artist like most originals nowadays, I don't doubt it. But it looks like Kasumi Fukagawa (Idolish 7) will be the animation character designer. Or not.

[moodie]

PV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3VO...ature=youtu.be

[Stark700]

Staff also revealed

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...emiere/.136559

[Stark700]

Crunchyroll and Funimation will stream it.

Crunchyroll and Funimation are starting the upcoming anime season out strong with two series we can look forward to this fall: ZOMBIE LAND SAGA

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-new...orney-season-2

[Stark700]

Official Preview

[Stark700]

Hmm, saw the first episode today....

I have to admit, this was a rather unusual show even with the music.

There's a rather eerie mood with the setting and it's about as straightforward as it got. Zombies coming after one of the main girls (Sakura) right from the start as she feels helplessly trapped. Then, there's the idol part and she herself becomes a zombie. Most of the other cast doesn't seem to have much of a personality so far but we'll see soon how they develop.

They even got a zombie dog in this show LOL and it's quite unusual.

Definitely a weird show so far but I'm going to follow it to see where it goes.

[EroKing]

Who invited Truck-kun in this show? Not even 2 minutes in and bam

[MisaoFan]

Spoiler for Episode 1:

Man, this show is so different than I expected. It's not like the prior info has any detail before the premiere but still it impressed me somewhat. It's a very good premiere nonetheless but before going into various aspects, I'll start with the production values: they are of above average quality and since music will be perhaps the focus of the overall narration, it works well enough. The visuals are very expressive and the hints that get displayed across have some meaning that will bring into light.
The protagonist, Kotarou, is as based as he gets and Sakura is a pretty nice character even with her flaws. Speaking of the story details, there's something that weirded me out early on: why is she so capable of talking and staying conscious at all times while other zombie girls can't until they sing all along in a concert? I get this is an anime and that the main heroine just so happens to be more strongwilled but still I just don't know why I'm so confused about some single minor detail. Anyways, the zombie setting in Saga (pun intended as a city and as a coming of age story), however so vague in information, shows some potential. As for the themes, well the zombie girls will be gathered to form a musical group to save the world but I felt that there's more to it than meets the eye. It's such a mysterious show that I would watch out for it and see what it will offer next.

[Kanon]

Not sure what I expected, but that wasn't it

It was pretty damn fun. Mad scientist Houhouin Kyouma gave up on time travel and decided to form his own zombie idol group instead. Explanation for how he created the zombies? Just watch zombie movies.

This isn't a zombie anime with idols, but an idol anime with zombies. Certainly an interesting premise.

Originally Posted by EroKing

Who invited Truck-kun in this show? Not even 2 minutes in and bam

Truck-kun works fast these days. Makes sense, he has plenty of experience by now. That was really unexpected and made me burst out laughing.

[FlareKnight]

Ummm...that happened.

My condolences to the main character. Run over and killed in the first few minutes and dropped into an utterly insane situation. But yeah, ok this is just going to be an idol anime where the girls are zombies. And their manager is way too much at all times. It kind of worked for when the guy voiced Okabe since that over the top Kyouma was entertaining. But this guy just feels as if he's yelling right in your face at all times.

It wasn't terrible. I'm sure it was good either though. It just kind of happened.

[Wandering Soul]

Originally Posted by EroKing

Who invited Truck-kun in this show? Not even 2 minutes in and bam

Well, the isekai show airing this season didn't use him so he had to go somewhere for work.

[MK-95-]

I went in thinking this would be some kind of Resident Evil or Dawn of the Dead type deal, but boy was I surprised. Started off so moe and bam!! Truck-kun followed by that heavy metal music. I really lost my shit with that one. lolol

A zombie-themed idol anime. Ah Japan, you never cease to amaze me. That said, despite not being what I expected it to be, the sheer absurdity of it all is enough to keep me interested. Let's see what they can do with this.

[James Rye]

First minute in, thinking I gonna drop this, half a minute later, Truck-kun outta nowhere so quickly I got a jumpscare, metal opening while girl flying through the air, then zombie girls in weird clothes in a mansion, MC escapes just to find out she is a zombie as well and she is supposed to become a Zombie Idol to save Saga? Yeah, I am in. Good that nearly all the other girls woke up as well at the end, we can't have an Idol band that only screams and headbangs the whole time. xD

[Kanon]

It seems like the girls will try out new music styles every episode. Heavy metal this week, hip hop next week. I hope they'll make the zombie thing more than a gimmick though.

[DragoonKain3]

Totally got bamboozled. Was excited for the next High School of the Dead, got undead Love Live instead. I mean, it's technically about Zombies in the prefecture Saga (which I know of a lot due to the area's unoffical video game being my favourite series, SaGa), so the title is technically not wrong, but you don't think of idol anime either, so I don't it's totally my fault. XD

Overall, it's probably going to be this seasons Cells at Work for me. Really unique show, but probably won't hold my interest once the gimmick wears off.

[James Rye]

The most amazing thing in the first episode were the make-up skills of the Manager. xD

[Endscape]

Originally Posted by James Rye

The most amazing thing in the first episode were the make-up skills of the Manager. xD

Totally. He must really love Saga, I'm sure he was making money hand over fist in Hollywood.