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Zom 100 Meets Zombie Land Saga's Franchouchou in Episode 6

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead episode 6 will be featuring a special appearance from the cast of the Zombie Land Saga anime series, as announced earlier. Six members of the Saga-based zombie idol group “Franchouchou” will make cameos as “zombies” in this season’s anime. The Zom 100 Twitter account also tells its audience to look forward to who, when, and where the Zombie Land Saga cast will appear in the episode.

While no other information about the cast’s special appearance has been revealed, the Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead episode 6 preview images tease the main characters will be heading to Saitama and Gunma City. See the preview images below:

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead has previously experienced some production delays. The broadcast schedule has been pushed back with episode 6 finally set to release on August 27, Sunday, at 5:00 PM (JST). It will be available to watch on Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Hulu on August 28.

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Zombie Land Saga is an original anime series produced by MAPPA, Avex Pictures, and Cygames. The first season premiered in 2018 while the second season in 2021. A manga adaptation of the anime and a spinoff series were also published. Crunchyroll streams the anime and describes the plot:
A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead… zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world. They all share one wish: “We want to live.” These girls will struggle through this saga, in order to achieve a miracle. MAPPA, Avex Pictures, and Cygames team up to bring you a juicy, 100% original anime. A timeless shocker for all audiences, a brand new style of zombie anime, will soon rise.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is a manga series by author Haro Aso and illustrator Kotaro Takata. A live-action film by Netflix premiered in August 2023. Bug Films is in charge of its current anime adaptation. Crunchyroll describes the plot:
With three years under his belt at the company from hell, Akira Tendo is mentally and physically spent. All at the ripe old age of twenty-four. Even his crush from Accounting, Saori, wants nothing to do with him. Then, just when life is beginning to look like one big disappointment, it happens. The zombie apocalypse descends on Japan! Surrounded by hordes of hungry zombies, Akira comes to a realization that will forever change his life…
“Wait, does this mean I never have to go to work again?”
Confess to… party like it’s… travel Japan coast to…
Now, with his nightmare job no longer, Akira’s got his mojo back. Let the bucket listing begin!!

Source: Official Zom 100 Twitter, Website
© Zombieland Saga & Zombieland Saga Revenge Production Committee © Haro Aso, Kotaro Takata, Shogakukan / Zom 100 Project

Updated on August 27 to reflect the premiere date overseas.

Carla Carreon

Hello, I'm Carla Bianca. Senior Writer at Anime Corner News. I also cover anime and cosplay events in the Philippines. Loves books, anime, digital art, music, games, food, and travelling. Hopes to have a manga library someday.

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