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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Anime Announced for July 2023

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead manga is getting an anime by studio BUG FILMS, as announced earlier today. The premiere is set for July 2023. Trailer and teaser visual have been revealed. Hulu will be streaming the anime in the U.S.

Shuichiro Umeda is voicing the protagonist, Akira Tendo. The staff for Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead anime includes:

  • Director: Kazuki Kawagoe (Komi Can’t Communicate)
  • Assistant Director: Hanako Ueda
  • Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
  • Character Design: Kii Tanaka
  • Zombie Design: Junpei Fukuchi
  • Music: Makoto Miyazaki

The Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is based on a manga written by Haro Aso (Alice in Borderland) and illustrated by Kotaro Takata (Hallelujah Overdrive!). The serialization has been ongoing since 2019 in Shogakukan’s Monthly Sunday Gene-X magazine. Viz Media ispublishing it in English and describes the plot as:

In a trash-filled apartment, 24-year-old Akira Tendo watches a zombie movie with lifeless, envious eyes. After spending three hard years at an exploitative corporation in Japan, his spirit is broken. He can’t even muster the courage to confess his feelings to his beautiful co-worker Ohtori. Then one morning, he stumbles upon his landlord eating lunch—which happens to be another tenant! The whole city’s swarming with zombies, and even though he’s running for his life, Akira has never felt more alive!

Source: Official Website
© Haro Aso, Kotaro Takata, Shogakukan / Zom100 Project

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