Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto

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Synonyms: Bucket List of The Dead, Zombie 100: 100 Things I Want to do Before I Become a Zombie

Japanese: ゾン100～ゾンビになるまでにしたい100のこと～

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Currently Airing

Aired: Jul 9, 2023 to ?

Premiered: Summer 2023

Broadcast: Sundays at 17:00 (JST)

Producers: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, dugout

Licensors: VIZ Media

Studios: BUG FILMS

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Comedy, Horror, Supernatural, Suspense

Themes: Adult Cast, Survival

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 8.22¹ (scored by 59,585 users)

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Ranked: #317²

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Popularity: #679

Members: 328,479

Favorites: 2,174

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After graduating from a top university with an impressive extracurricular record in the rugby club, Akira Tendou has nailed every step of the way to securing his dream job. On top of that, a beautiful and kind co-worker always brightens his day in the office! Life seems to be going very well for Akira until he slowly realizes that sleepless nights and brutal work are his new reality.

Due to three years of mind-numbing labor in an exploitative company, Akira is unable to recognize the tired, unaccomplished person he has become. On track to losing all passion in life like several of his overworked colleagues, Akira finds his saving grace in the most unexpected way possible—the breakout of a zombie apocalypse.

With the free time he finally has, Akira decides to complete a bucket list of a hundred things he wants to do before he eventually gets turned into a zombie. Although he is surrounded by the dead, Akira has never felt more alive!

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The anime is part of a production deal between VIZ Media, Shogakukan, and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions.

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Hikasa, Youko
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Kamei, Hiroshi

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Hasegawa, Yuuki

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Satou, Emi

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Okamoto, Junya

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"Song of the Dead (ソングオブザデッド)" by KANA-BOON (eps 2-)

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	1: "Song of the Dead (ソングオブザデッド)" by KANA-BOON (eps 1)
	2: "Happiness of the Dead (ハピネスオブザデッド)" by Shiyui (シユイ) (eps 2-)

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Jul 23, 2023

7_3

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Alright, let’s see what all the noise is about.

Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto, or better known by its English title, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is a zombie-themed anime centered around the shenanigans of our main character, Tendou Akira and his survival in a zombie apocalypse. In this review, my main goal is to try and find the answer to this question: where is all the praise coming from?

Tendou Akira finds a job at an office and at first, everything seems what your everyday office workplace would be like. But as Akira continues to work there, he ... finds his job extremely draining and abnormally rough. Turns out that office is exploitative, and Akira is just another person who has fallen into the trap the office has laid. One day he wakes up, ready to continue his dreadful work life, when suddenly he sees the streets swarming with zombies! And that’s when Akira realizes he doesn’t have to work anymore. And so, he creates a bucket list of what he wants to do now that he’s free.
Within the first episode, the show establishes the setting our main character is in. It’s simple and easy to understand. This bodes well for the rest of the show’s enjoyability.

Here’s one of the weak points.
How many zombie survival films or TV shows are out there? 50? 100? Maybe even 1000? Zom 100 might just be another one of those. On paper, it looks pretty cool, but when you actually think about it, it’s not very interesting. This guy finds himself in a zombie apocalypse and must survive. He’s finally free from his job, so makes a bucket list of what he wants to do and completes those bucket list goals throughout the show. It’s kind of underwhelming. Besides the gimmick, it’s just one of the many zombie survival shows out there – albeit one of the better ones – which isn’t too good a sign.

This is where most of the praise comes from: the animation handling. It’s probably one of the best this season. I haven’t watched and don’t want to watch Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 or Mushoku Tensei Season 2, so I found this to be the best. The way the characters move and the flow of everything makes for nice cinematic scenes. Studio BUG FILMS did an extraordinary job as the main animators behind this.

The colors are nice. In my previous reviews I didn’t write about the art or color since to me they weren’t anything worth mentioning, but I feel like I need to write about this. The way the blood is all multicolored might seem strange at first, but soon enough you’ll realize how cool an aesthetic it is. It’s not the typical red that we always see, which is a nice change from everything. The way all the colors are saturated is done nicely, too. Usually, zombie anime and any horror anime tone their colors down a little to fit the mood. Since Zom 100 is both horror and comedy at the same time, saturated colors work, and in a pleasing way.

The music is pretty good. The background music is chosen well, as the tracks fit with every scenario they are used in. A serious scene? A serious track. A funny scene? A funny track. You get it. Every track’s placement is great. They’re not just always the techno-rock-whatever-the-hell tracks that would be used in a typical zombie anime either; they actually have a variety of different-styled tracks throughout the show. I’m not too great with analyzing music, so interpret that however you want.
The OP is an angry track but isn’t anything creepy or horror-ish. This fits well with the theme of Zom 100, as the show doesn’t try to be too horror-focused and instead focuses on survival, where the angriness of the track fits well. The ED is also nice, being focused more on the lighthearted side of the anime. The lyrics actually relate to the anime in a way and how survival is necessary, even in the state the world is in. Two well-chosen tracks.

I give Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead a solid “watch” for this season. Overall, this anime is a great zombie survival anime that does things right. It strays ever so slightly away from most other shows of the same ilk, and in a good way. The idea of it being another zombie anime with a gimmick might not be so great but, that’s made up for by the phenomenal animation handling, the strange but cool use of colors and the fitting music. Give this a try, you won’t dislike it.

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Jul 28, 2023

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Well-written

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

"Zom100: Bucket list of the Dead" is a title that I never knew existed until I heard all the hype surrounding the first episode's production values. When finding out it was created by the author of Alice in Borderland, a show I thought was okay, I got a bit more intrigued by what it had to offer. So, after checking out the first 3 episodes, did it live up to all the hype? Well, kinda.

By far, the best thing about this anime is the spectacular animation and directing done by the new studio on the block, Bug Films. Every scene bursts with vibrant colors and ...

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Aug 10, 2023

johnreeson

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

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One crucial problem here, does apocalypse give Tendou power? In other words, 4-year rugby exercise, a lot of zombie movies, a positive mind and 100 purposes involving a lot of outdoor activities, are these enough for a normal protagonist to easily survive in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombies?

I can try to believe Tendou has no power except an optimistic mind, I will see a relaxing and traditional story, where the change of mind helps protagonist achieve the impossible.

But to be honest with myself, I think apocalypse offers Tendou a skill, he can transform mental strength into survival abilities to handle everything, he is able ...

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