Carnufex

The promotional material for Zombieland Saga promised to revolutionize the zombie genre, and it sure did. Far from being scary monsters, the zombies here are cute anime girls brought back to life by a completely nuts impresario and genius make-up artist, who forces them to become idols so that they can Make Saga Great Again (at least economically…).

The first half is absolutely golden. We follow the girls while they struggle to adapt to the fact that they are now zombies, to learn their new job as idols and to overcome the fact that they come from wildly different eras. All the while being totally abused by their impresario, because hey, how could BAKA ZOMBIES!!! report him to the police, heh?

The second half is a bit of a disappointment, if I’m being perfectly honest. It focuses more on the relationships between the girls, and the drama that might ensue, and their actual career as idols. Which is perfectly good per se, but not really what I was expecting given the first part of the series.

The animation works well. The concerts on the other hand use CGI which makes it look like some high quality vocaloid: it’s quite good for now, but it’s reaaaaally not gonna age well. The music is OK even if you’re not into idols.