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For the industrial metal album, see Zombieland (Megaherz album). For the 2009 film, see Zombieland. Anime television series

ゾンビランドサガ (Zonbi Rando Saga)
Zombie Land Saga
Zombie Land Saga key visual
Genre	Comedy horror
Created by	MAPPA, avex pictures, Cygames
Anime television series
Directed by	Munehisa Sakai
Written by	Shigeru Murakoshi
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi Funta7
Studio	MAPPA
Licensed by	Crunchyroll Funimation SA/SEA: Medialink
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, BS11, Saga TV, TVQ
English network	SEA: Aniplus Asia
Original run	October 4, 2018 – December 20, 2018
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by	Megumu Soramichi
Published by	Cygames
Magazine	Cycomi
Original run	October 8, 2018 – present
Volumes	3
Anime television series
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Directed by	Munehisa Sakai
Written by	Shigeru Murakoshi
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi Funta7
Studio	MAPPA
Licensed by	Crunchyroll Funimation SA/SEA: Muse Communication
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, TVQ, Saga TV, BS11
Original run	April 8, 2021 – present
Episodes	6 (List of episodes)
Manga
Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie
Illustrated by	Kasumi Fukagawa
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Ultra Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 19, 2021 – scheduled

Zombie Land Saga (Japanese: ゾンビランドサガ, Hepburn: Zonbi Rando Saga) is an anime television series produced by MAPPA, Avex Pictures and Cygames. The series aired in Japan between October and December 2018. A second season titled Zombie Land Saga Revenge premiered on April 8, 2021. A manga adaptation that loosely follows the events of the anime, began serialization on Cygames' Cycomi website in October 2018; a spinoff series, titled Zombie Land Saga Sidestory: The First Zombie, will run in Ultra Jump magazine starting in May 2021.

Plot

In the year 2008, high school student Sakura Minamoto is abruptly killed by a truck on the morning she plans to submit an idol application. Ten years later, Sakura, along with six "legendary" girls from various eras of Japan's history, are brought back as zombies by a man named Kotaro Tatsumi, who seeks to revitalize Saga Prefecture by putting together an all-zombie idol group that would become known as Franchouchou.

Characters

Franchouchou

Franchouchou (フランシュシュ, Furanshushu) is an idol group founded by Kotaro Tatsumi and composed of seven legendary idols from different time periods that he brought back to life as zombies with the goal of reviving Saga's declining idol business. Because of the possibility of being persecuted should their identities be exposed, they perform using aliases and hide their zombified states using makeup.

Sakura Minamoto (源さくら, Minamoto Sakura): Voiced by: Kaede Hondo (Japanese); Brina Palencia (English); Portrayed by Sakiho Motonishi; A high school girl and aspiring idol who dies in 2008 after being hit by a truck following a life filled with misfortune. She is the first of the zombies to regain consciousness after being resurrected, but initially retained no recollection of her life, only remembering parts of her past when she performs. During the season 1 finale, she fully regained her memory, only to subsequently fell into a depression upon realizing she was a nobody. However, she was ultimately able to pull through with help from her teammates. Her idol nickname is Zombie 1 (ゾンビィ1号, Zonbii Ichi-gō).

Saki Nikaido (二階堂サキ, Nikaidō Saki): Voiced by: Asami Tano (Japanese); Caitlin Glass (English); Portrayed by Yuriya Suzuki; A delinquent girl and leading member of the all-female biker gang Dorami, which conquered the entire Kyushu region before her death during a chicken race in 1997. She is the appointed leader of Franchouchou. Her idol nickname is Zombie 2 (ゾンビィ2号, Zonbii Ni-gō).

Ai Mizuno (水野愛, Mizuno Ai): Voiced by: Risa Taneda (Japanese); Bryn Apprill (English); Portrayed by Rie Matsuoka; The former lead performer of Iron Frill, a 2008 idol group Sakura idolized in life, who was killed after being struck by lightning during a concert. Not wanting to be remembered only for her tragic death, she resolves to work hard in her second chance at life. Whereas Saki is the group's leader, she acts as a sort of mentor who the others can confide in. In season 2, the current incarnation of Iron Frill invite her to join them, but she ultimately turns them down in favor of staying with Franchouchou. Her idol nickname is Zombie 3 (ゾンビィ3号, Zonbii San-gō).

Junko Konno (紺野純子, Konno Junko): Voiced by: Maki Kawase (Japanese); Amanda Lee (English); Portrayed by Yūna Kitahara; A soft-spoken idol from the Shōwa period who was popular during the 1980s before dying in a plane crash. Coming from an era without social media, she has reservations towards personally interacting with her fans. She is sometimes seen playing an acoustic guitar, but can also play electric. Her idol nickname is Zombie 4 (ゾンビィ4号, Zonbii Yon-gō).

Yugiri (ゆうぎり, Yūgiri): Voiced by: Rika Kinugawa (Japanese); Stephanie Young (English); Portrayed by Mioka Sakamoto; An oiran who lived between the Bakumatsu and the Meiji Restoration eras in the 19th century. She has a bad habit of criticizing others for giving up, even if they do not have such thoughts in the first place. Her idol nickname is Zombie 5 (ゾンビィ5号, Zonbii Go-gō).

Lily Hoshikawa (星川リリィ, Hoshikawa Ririi): Voiced by: Minami Tanaka (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft (English); Portrayed by Rin Takanashi; A prodigious transgender child actress who died in 2011 from a heart attack caused by a combination of occupational stress and shock from growing facial hair. She has no qualms about being a zombie, seeing it as a way to continue being a child forever. Her idol nickname is Zombie 6 (ゾンビィ6号, Zonbii Roku-gō).

Tae Yamada (山田たえ, Yamada Tae): Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese); Dawn M. Bennett (English); Portrayed by Asami Morita; The only "legendary" girl with no other title, and the only zombie who has yet to regain her human consciousness. She is the one who officially names the group Franchouchou, which is derived from her sneezing. Despite not yet having "awakened", she still shows an ability to dance with the rest of the group, and is a proficient percussionist, playing a technically demanding drum solo during one performance. Her idol nickname is Zombie 0 (ゾンビィ0号, Zonbii Zero-gō).

Supporting characters

Kotaro Tatsumi (巽幸太郎, Tatsumi Kōtarō): Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (Japanese); Ricco Fajardo (English); Portrayed by Noriyuki Ohashi; A manic producer and necromancer who resurrects Sakura and the other girls as zombies to revitalize Saga Prefecture by forming the idol group Franchouchou, tentatively titled Death Musume and Green Face by him. He is a skilled make-up artist, able to make the zombies look like normal humans during their public appearances. He also carries a supply of dried squid with him to appease the zombies. It is eventually revealed that he is Sakura's former high school classmate named Inui (乾), and that he wants to make her dream come true.

Romero (ロメロ): Voiced by: Yasuhiro Takato (Japanese); Alejandro Saab (English); Kotaro's undead pet toy poodle.

Police Officer A (警察官A, Keisatsukan A): Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese); Austin Tindle (English); An unnamed police officer who repeatedly encounters Sakura and the other undead girls.

Related with Franchouchou

Takeo Go (豪剛雄, Gō Takeo): Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Koyama (Japanese); Christopher Sabat (English); The ex-manager and father of Lily. He is a large man whose face is often mistaken for that of a yakuza.

Reiko Amabuki (天吹麗子, Amabuki Reiko): Voiced by: Komina Matsushita (Japanese); Colleen Clinkenbeard (English); First captain of the motorcycle gang Dorami, who retired to give birth to Maria and lead a normal life. She saves a photo with Saki along with her old Tamagotchi and motorcycle.

Shinta Okoba (大古場新太, Okoba Shinta): Voiced by: Tōru Nara (Japanese); Kent Williams (English); A chief reporter who works alongside his photographer Inuhashi. Both begin investigating Franchouchou after recognizing Junko in the Drive-in Tori commercial.

Master (マスター, Masutā): Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka (Japanese); R. Bruce Elliot (English); The unnamed bartender of Bar New Jofuku who is personally familiar with Kotaro, Yugiri, and the Zombie Land Saga Project. The bar's name references Chinese medical scholar Xu Fu, named "Jofuku" in Japanese, who was ordered by Qin Shi Huang to find the elixir of life.

Production

Cygames announced the series, in collaboration with Avex Pictures, on July 5, 2018. The series is directed by Munehisa Sakai and written by Shigeru Murakoshi, with animation by studio MAPPA. The series' character designs are provided by Kasumi Fukagawa, Kazuo Ogura is the art director, Takashi Yanagida is serving as director of photography, Azusa Sasaki is the color designer, and Masahiro Goto is editing the series. Yasuharu Takanashi is composing the series' music, which is produced by Avex Pictures, while dugout is producing the sound. The opening and ending theme songs respectively are "Adabana Necromancy" (徒花ネクロマンシー, Adabana Nekuromanshī, lit. "Fruitless Necromancy") and "Hikari e" (光へ, lit. "To the Light"), both performed by Franchouchou (Kaede Hondo, Asami Tano, Risa Taneda, Maki Kawase, Rika Kinugawa, and Minami Tanaka). The 12-episode series aired between October 4 and December 20, 2018, and was broadcast on AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, BS11, Saga TV, and TVQ. The series was simulcast outside of Asia with Japanese audio and English subtitles by Crunchyroll and with English audio by Funimation. An uncut version of the dub that translates the main songs from the anime series was eventually released by Funimation at the end of 2019.

Medialink licensed the first season in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and streamed it on Netflix, Aniplus Asia, and Bilibili, while Muse Communication holds the distribution rights to the second season.

The opening and ending themes were both released as singles paired with "FANTASTIC LOVERS" and "Jellyfish" (respectively, both sung by Iron Frill, Ai Mizuno's in-universe pre-Franchouchou idol group) on November 28, 2018, and they charted at #13 and #19 (respectively) in the Oricon Singles Chart on December 10, while the opening theme single topped the Billboard Japan Download Songs chart on the same day.

On July 27, 2019, it was announced that the series is getting renewed for a second season, titled Zombie Land Saga Revenge. On February 27, 2021, it was revealed that MAPPA would animate the new season, which premiered on April 8, 2021 on AT-X and other channels. The main staff and cast members are returning to reprise their roles. The opening and ending theme songs respectively are "Taiga yo Tomo ni Naite Kure" (大河よ共に泣いてくれ, lit. "O Saga, Cry With Me") and "Yume o Te ni, Modoreru Basho mo Nai Hibi o" (夢を手に、戻れる場所もない日々を, lit. "Spending The Days With a Dream and Nowhere to Go Home"), both performed by Franchouchou. Crunchyroll will stream the series with subtitles, and Funimation will stream the series dubbed in English.

Episodes

Zombie Land Saga

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Good Morning SAGA" Transliteration: "Guddo Mōningu Saga" (Japanese: グッドモーニング SAGA)	Munehisa Sakai, Takeru Satō	Shigeru Murakoshi	October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04)
Sakura Minamoto, a high school girl with aspirations of becoming an idol, is suddenly hit by a truck. She awakens with amnesia in a zombie-filled mansion in Saga Prefecture, discovering that she has become a zombie herself when she is shot by a frightened police officer after trying to escape. A man named Kotaro Tatsumi explains that he resurrected Sakura, who has been dead for ten years, along with several other zombie girls from various eras to form an idol group and revitalize Saga. Needing stimulation to awaken the other girls from their braindead state, Kotaro brings the zombies to perform in a death metal concert at the Saga Live House Geils. Despite Sakura's doubts, the other zombies instinctively react to the music and make it through the performance through screaming and headbanging alone, during which Sakura recalls some of her memories from when she was alive. Although the performance ultimately ends in disaster, almost all of the other zombies regain their senses the next day.
2	"I♡HIPHOP SAGA"	Takafumi Ishida	Shigeru Murakoshi	October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11)
Displeased with their situation, experienced idols Ai Mizuno and Junko Konno attempt to leave the mansion, prompting a worried Sakura to follow after them. The zombies try to evade a group of rappers trying to hit on them, only to encounter the same policeman from before and run back to the mansion after being shot at again. The next day, the zombies put on a show at Saga Castle, in which they nearly break their masquerade as regular humans when Tae Yamada – the only zombie yet to regain her senses – is accidentally decapitated on stage. Sakura gets into an argument with her rebellious bandmate Saki Nikaido over Tae's head, which escalates into a rap battle and convinces the audience that the fiasco is part of their act. Impressed by Sakura's "guts", Saki decides to take her new idol career more seriously.
3	"DEAD OR LIVE SAGA"	Tatsufumi Itō	Takuya Masumoto	October 18, 2018 (2018-10-18)
As Kotaro makes plans for a live flash mob performance in front of Karatsu Station, the zombies try to decide on a name for their group; they ultimately settle on the name "Franchouchou" after the sound of Tae's sneezing, with Saki appointing herself as the group's leader. While the others motivate themselves to practice their routine overnight, Ai and Junko remain skeptical, leading the others to begin the performance without them. The performance falters after Sakura forgets her lyrics, but Ai and Junko step in to salvage the show, managing to attract a sole young girl as a fan. After Sakura thanks Ai for her and Junko's help later that night, Ai contemplates starting her idol career over in Franchouchou.
4	"Warming Dead SAGA" Transliteration: "Wōmingu Deddo SAGA" (Japanese: ウォーミング・デッド SAGA)	Hisatoshi Shimizu, Takeru Satō	Shigeru Murakoshi	October 25, 2018 (2018-10-25)
With their budget running out, Kotaro sends the zombies to perform at a hot spring resort in Ureshino to earn a sponsorship deal with a pharmaceutical company. After taking a sightseeing tour and discussing their goals as idols, the zombies discover that the skin patches they are promoting are effective at loosening their stiffened muscles, which they use to good effect during their performance. Later that night, Sakura, Saki, and Junko sneak into the hot springs against Kotaro's instructions, only to be spotted out of their human disguises by the pharmaceutical company's president, terrifying her and resulting in Franchouchou losing the sponsorship deal.
5	"The Nice Bird SAGA in Your Heart" Transliteration: "Kimi no Kokoro ni Naisu Bādo SAGA" (Japanese: 君の心にナイスバード SAGA)	Takeru Satō	Takuya Masumoto	November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01)
To raise their profile, Franchouchou performs in a commercial for the fried chicken restaurant Drive-In Tori in Imari, which is edited with footage of Tae attempting to devour the company's mascot. Later, the zombies participate in the Kashima Gatalympics while wearing promotional Franchouchou T-shirts as a publicity stunt. When the zombies get covered in mud in the first round, they are forced to keep themselves dirty to avoid washing their human makeup off, which ruins their self-advertisement. After Tae wins first prize, Sakura remembers giving her a spare shirt and tells her to remove her muddy clothes, only to discover that the clean shirt underneath is actually for Drive-In Tori. Meanwhile, a journalist in attendance named Shinta Okoba recognizes Junko after viewing the Drive-In Tori commercial and decides to investigate her.
6	"Because It's Sentimental SAGA" Transliteration: "Datte Senchimentaru SAGA" (Japanese: だってセンチメンタル SAGA)	Yasunori Gotō	Shigeru Murakoshi	November 8, 2018 (2018-11-08)
As Franchouchou hold a photo-op session with a small group of fans, Ai and Junko clash with each other over their different opinions on how idols should interact with their fans. Sakura hears from Junko about how hard she tried to become an idol in life, only to die in a plane crash before her first tour in Kyushu; feeling her outdated mindset on idols is hindering her bandmates, Junko contemplates leaving Franchouchou. Meanwhile, Saki learns from Ai about how her death from a lightning strike during an outdoor concert at Tosu Stadium left her with a fear of lightning and a determination not to be overshadowed by her own death. The next day, Kotaro announces that Franchouchou will be a part of the Saga Rock Festival, where Ai and Junko are to perform a duet, causing the group to feel uneasy.
7	"But It's Zombiemental SAGA" Transliteration: "Keredo Zonbimentaru SAGA" (Japanese: けれどゾンビメンタル SAGA)	Hisatoshi Shimizu, Takeru Satō, Kōnosuke Uda, Munehisa Sakai	Shigeru Murakoshi	November 15, 2018 (2018-11-15)
Junko refuses to practice for Franchouchou's Saga Rock performance and locks herself away, forcing Ai to cover her portion of their duet. On the day before the show, Kotaro assures Junko that she does not need to follow the modern standards of the idol industry, convincing her to rejoin the group. When a thunderstorm strikes during their performance, Ai breaks down on stage and struggles to sing, but recovers when Junko lends her support. In the middle of their song, the zombies are struck by lightning, which illuminates their bodies and electrically filters their voices. The audience and media are impressed by these effects, and Franchouchou are reported as Saga Rock's breakout idol group.
8	"Go Go Neverland SAGA" Transliteration: "GOGO Nebārando SAGA" (Japanese: GOGO ネバーランド SAGA)	Takafumi Ishida	Shigeru Murakoshi	November 22, 2018 (2018-11-22)
As Franchouchou enjoy a string of new gigs and events, a large man named Takeo Go comes to one of their events after recognizing child star Lily Hoshikawa. Lily reveals that the man is her father and former manager, and that she was a boy formerly known as Masao Go, who died from the shock of growing facial hair during her stressful television career. Realizing how much Takeo cared for Lily, Franchouchou invite him to a special concert where Lily performs a special song to give him a proper goodbye.
9	"Though My Life May Have Ended Once By Some Twist of Fate I Have Risen, and If Song and Dance Are to Be My Fate, Then Carrying the Memories of My Comrades In My Heart As I Sally Forth Shall Be My SAGA" Transliteration: "Ichido wa Tsukita Kono Inochi, Nan no Inga ka Yomigaeri, Utai Odoru ga Sadame Nara, Tomo e no Omoi o Mune ni Hime, Tsuranuku Made yo Onore no SAGA" (Japanese: 一度は尽きたこの命なんの因果か蘇り歌い踊るが宿命なら親友への想いを胸に秘め貫くまでよ己の SAGA)	Takeru Satō	Takuya Masumoto	November 29, 2018 (2018-11-29)
Saki stops a public altercation between Franchouchou and the remnants of her former biker gang, Dorami, whose current leader, Maria Amabuki, is challenged by the rival gang Korosuke to a chicken race towards a cliff at Mt. Kagami. Maria accepts the challenge in defiance of her mother, Saki's friend and former Dorami boss Reiko Kirishima, who retired from the gang for a normal married life following Saki's death during an identical race in 1997. Learning of the challenge, Saki takes Maria's place using Reiko's motorcycle, which she destroys in an explosion after jumping over the cliff a second time. After Saki returns unscathed, Reiko punches and scolds her for her recklessness, regaining Maria's respect. Saki and the rest of Franchouchou celebrate Reiko and Maria's reconciliation by performing an idol concert for both gangs.
10	"NO ZOMBIE NO IDOL SAGA"	Yasunori Gotō	Takuya Masumoto	December 6, 2018 (2018-12-06)
Franchouchou are scheduled to hold a concert at local performance venue Arpino, which Sakura feels may be a clue to regaining her memories. When the zombies are sent to the mountains as part of their training, Sakura becomes annoyed that everyone is more focused on wilderness survival than practicing for the show. As things start to become more awkward between Sakura and the others, she observes the others' teamwork and realizes she was acting selfishly. A week before the concert, Sakura gets hit by a truck again, causing her memories to revert to when she was still alive.
11	"A One-Of-A-Kind SAGA" Transliteration: "Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no SAGA" (Japanese: 世界にひとつだけの SAGA)	Kōnosuke Uda	Shigeru Murakoshi	December 13, 2018 (2018-12-13)
Losing her memories of being a zombie on top of regaining her old ones, Sakura is left with a pessimistic belief that she can't make it as an idol. After the others fail to reason with her, Sakura leaves the house, recalling how every attempt at trying hard at something in life led to something going wrong, including her death. Despite Sakura's negativity, Kotaro remains determined not to give up on her.
12	"Good Morning Again SAGA" Transliteration: "Guddo Mōningu Agein SAGA" (Japanese: グッドモーニングアゲイン SAGA)	Munehisa Sakai, Hisatoshi Shimizu	Shigeru Murakoshi	December 20, 2018 (2018-12-20)
With Sakura remaining defiant as the show draws closer, Tae grows particularly frustrated and attempts to scold Sakura out of inaction. Tae is unable to adequately convey her message but her actions move Yugiri and Ai out of their passive treatment of Sakura and together succeed in convincing Sakura to rejoin the group's rehearsal, regardless of their chances of success. On the day of the concert, heavy snowfall causes the venue to collapse and wreck the stage, but the zombies continue their performance regardless, encouraging Sakura to do the same. Together, they manage to give a successful performance, with Sakura regaining her full memories in the process. Afterwards, Okoba notices a connection between Ai, Junko, and Lily and the people they were in life.

Zombie Land Saga Revenge

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Good Morning Returns SAGA" Transliteration: "Guddo Mōningu Ritānzu SAGA" (Japanese: グッドモーニングリターンズ SAGA)	Munehisa Sakai	Shigeru Murakoshi	April 8, 2021 (2021-04-08)
One month after Franchouchou's show at the Arpino, the group's success plummets when their performance at the Ekimae Fudōsan Stadium disastrously bombs, leaving the group ¥20 million in debt. The girls spend the following months working at various jobs across Saga to cover expenses, while Kotaro abandons his efforts to save Saga and falls into a slump, despite the girls' repeated attempts to motivate him. Believing their success to depend on Kotaro, Franchouchou books another performance at the Saga Live House Geils, where they intend to unveil a new song that Kotaro had prepared for their previous show as an encore. However, Sakura fails to persuade him to attend, forcing them to continue the show without him. Kotaro is confronted by the bartender of Bar New Jofuku, who reminds him of his reasons to support the girls. Although Kotaro arrives at Geils in time to call for the encore, the song receives a tepid response from the audience, resulting in the show's complete failure. The next morning, a fully revitalized Kotaro greets the girls to help them relaunch their careers.
2	"The SAGA of an Almost-Broken Radio" Transliteration: "Bukkoware Kake no Redio SAGA" (Japanese: ぶっ壊れかけのレディオ SAGA)	Takafumi Ishida	Shigeru Murakoshi	April 15, 2021 (2021-04-15)
Franchouchou makes a live televised appearance to promote Yūtoku Inari Shrine alongside White Ryu, an aging radio talk show host whom Saki admires. After filming, Ryu tells Saki that he intends to retire soon, which she interprets to mean the end of his show. Confiding in Sakura that Ryu helped her find direction in her life that led to her befriending Reiko and joining Franchouchou, Saki appears on his show as a self-imposed guest and pleads for him to continue inspiring Saga's citizens. However, he explains that he has already decided to appoint Franchouchou as the show's new hosts. Saki enthusiastically accepts and confesses her love for Ryu, but he does not reciprocate her feelings on account of their age discrepancy. Saki later cries together with Sakura, realizing her own inability to enter a relationship with anyone due to being an unaging zombie.
3	"The Acoustic SAGA of Love and Youth" Transliteration: "Ai to Seishun no Akōsutikku SAGA" (Japanese: 愛と青春のアコースティック SAGA)	Yasutomo Okamoto	Kiyoko Yoshimura	April 22, 2021 (2021-04-22)
Kotaro schedules Franchouchou to perform at the new Saga Arena's inauguration as the opening act for Iron Frill, Ai's original idol group; to Ai's chagrin, he withholds her from the show to reduce the risk of her being recognized as a former member. Ai entrusts Junko with looking after the group while she focuses on a string of solo acts to help cover the group's debt. However, Junko harbors insecurities about repeating their previous failure, and struggles to advise the other girls as they brainstorm ways to impress the audience. After discovering Junko's feelings through a guitar song that she plays in private, Sakura suggests that they consult Ai over their ideas. When the two go to meet her, they find her talking with Iron Frill's current lead singer, Shiori, who invites Ai to join Iron Frill and abandon Franchouchou, further diminishing Junko's self-confidence.
4	"Pure-Hearted Electric SAGA" Transliteration: "Junjō Erekutorikku SAGA" (Japanese: 純情エレクトリック SAGA)	Takeru Satō	Kiyoko Yoshimura	April 29, 2021 (2021-04-29)
Sakura and Junko agree to hide Ai's conversation with Shiori from the other girls, but Junko remains distracted by her own fears that Ai will accept Shiori's offer. Noticing this, Kotaro emboldens Junko by loaning his electric guitar to her, telling her to use it to "smash" through her insecurities. On the day of the performance, Junko leads Franchouchou in a successful heavy metal number that ends with her literally smashing Kotaro's guitar; impressed by Junko's newfound resolve, Ai reunites with Franchouchou on stage and performs an encore with them, using electrified vocal and visual effects from the broken guitar. Shiori attempts to recruit Ai again afterwards, but Junko and the other girls assert Ai as a member of Franchouchou. During a post-tour live interview, Shiori publicly acknowledges Franchouchou's talent and declares them to be Iron Frill's rivals.
5	"Little Bodda Bope SAGA" Transliteration: "Ritoru Parappo SAGA" (Japanese: リトルパラッポ SAGA)	Yasunori Gotō Takafumi Ishida	Kiyoko Yoshimura	May 6, 2021 (2021-05-06)
Lily decides to mark Franchouchou's national television debut by competing in the reality talent show Japanese Got Performance. One of the other competitors at the preliminaries is Light Oozora, a fellow child actor who condescendingly believes that he will secure an easy victory, and scorns Lily's obsession with maintaining her cute, childish image. Both Lily and Light advance to the finals, where Light performs the same song that Lily intends to sing. Inspired by the rest of Franchouchou's support, Lily reworks her piece into a scat rendition that captivates Light and the audience's younger members. Although Light is declared the winner, he feels outperformed by Lily's last-minute improvisational skills, but Lily encourages him to be proud of his achievements and parts with him on friendly terms. Following the show, Lily's performance becomes a cultural phenomenon.
6	"Walking Bet SAGA" Transliteration: "Wōkingu Betto SAGA" (Japanese: ウォーキング・ベット SAGA)	Takahiro Kaneko	Shigeru Murakoshi	May 13, 2021 (2021-05-13)
Tae is sent to run errands while the rest of Franchouchou continues to work off their debt; she is secretly tracked throughout the day by Okaba, who determines her to be the most suspicious member of the group due to her bizarre mannerisms. Maria, who works at the supermarket where Tae arrives, invites Tae to watch Dorami perform at a dancing competition. Tae enters the competition in another attempt to devour Drive-In Tori's mascot, the reigning champion, and defeats him in a dance-off, winning ¥30,000. When Tae attempts to give Maria the winnings despite Maria's protests, the policeman helps them settle the dispute by allowing Tae to bet the money at a boat race. Tae unwittingly bets on Misa Azumatsuru, Maria's former rival, by sucking on a marker and sneezing ink over her betting ticket; Misa subsequently wins the race, earning Tae ¥20 million due to Misa's low chances of success. Tae returns home to show the money to Franchouchou, who realize that their debt is now fully covered; in the process, Sakura accidentally decapitates Tae in front of Okoba, exposing their secret to him.
7	"Mai Mai Revolution SAGA" Transliteration: "Mai Mai Reboryūshon SAGA" (Japanese: マイマイレボリューション SAGA)	Unknown	Unknown	May 20, 2021 (2021-05-20)
8	"Saga Incident No. 1" Transliteration: "Saga Jihen Sono Ichi" (Japanese: 佐賀事変其ノ壱)	Unknown	Unknown	May 27, 2021 (2021-05-27)

Reception

During a May 2019 session of the UK Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights where executives from Facebook and Twitter faced accusations over the way they handled abuse and harassment of parliamentarians on social media, Scottish National Party Member of Parliament Joanna Cherry cited, among several abusive tweets that were not removed swiftly by Twitter, one involving Lily Hoshikawa.

Zombie Land Saga won the 2019 Tokyo Anime Awards Festival award for Animation of the Year.

On August 12, 2019, the special Natsu no Saga, a documentary on the anime, featured governor of Saga Yoshinori Yamaguchi cosplaying as major character Kotaro Tatsumi.

Gadget Tsūshin listed "nice bird" (referring to the fifth episode) and "Masao" (Lily's birth forename) in their 2019 anime buzzwords list.

In May 2021, Zombie Land Saga was one of five isekai-oriented anime titles (along with KonoSuba, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Princess Lover!, and Nekopara) that were given a limited ban by the Russian government for their depiction of reincarnation.

Other media

A manga adaptation by Megumu Soramichi began serialization on Cygames' Cycomi website on October 8, 2018. This manga iteration primarily focuses on Kotaro, tying in with the episodes from the anime from his perspective.

A stage play based on the anime, Zombie Land Saga Stage de Do-n!, was set to be performed March 11 to 14, 2020, but was originally cancelled to due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, and was then brought back to be run during the September of that year. It adapted the first seven episodes of the anime series.

A manga adaptation illustrated by character designer Kasumi Fukagawa will begin serialization in the June 2021 issue of Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump on May 19, 2021.

Notes

The name is a play on the Japanese phrase Furanshūshū (腐乱臭衆), meaning "Decomposing Smell Group".
^ Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
Episodes are released on Amazon Prime Video Japan every Thursday at 11:15 p.m. JST, 15 minutes before the original air time on AT-X.

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External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Zombie Land Saga (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

MAPPA

Television series

2012–2015	Kids on the Slope (2012) Teekyu 1–3 (2012–2013) Hajime no Ippo: Rising (2013–2014) Terror in Resonance (2014) Garo: The Carved Seal of Flames (2014–2015) Rage of Bahamut: Genesis (2014) Punch Line (2015)
2016–2020	Ushio & Tora (2015–2016) Garo: Crimson Moon (2015–2016) Days (2016) Yuri on Ice (2016) Idol Incidents (2017) Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul (2017) Kakegurui (2017) Altair: A Record of Battles (2017) Garo: Vanishing Line (2017–2018) Inuyashiki (2017) Banana Fish (2018) Zombie Land Saga (2018) Dororo (2019) Kakegurui ×× (2019) Sarazanmai (2019) To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (2019) Granblue Fantasy The Animation Season 2 (2019) Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama? (2020) Dorohedoro (2020) Listeners (2020) The God of High School (2020) Mr Love: Queen's Choice (2020) Jujutsu Kaisen (2020–present) The Gymnastics Samurai (2020) Attack on Titan: The Final Season (2020–2023)
2021–present	Zombie Land Saga Revenge (2021) Re-Main (2021) The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace (2021) Takt Op. Destiny (2021) Dance Dance Danseur (2022) Chainsaw Man (2022) Vinland Saga (season 2) (2023) Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill (2023) Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku (2023) Bucchigiri?! (2024) Oblivion Battery (2024) Ranma ½ (2024) Zenshu (2025) Lazarus (2025)

Feature films

Garo: Divine Flame (2016)
In This Corner of the World (2016)
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
Maboroshi (2023)
The Rose of Versailles (2025)
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)
Zombie Land Saga the Movie (TBA)

ONAs

Oblivion Battery (2020)
Yasuke (2021)
Kakegurui Twin (2022)

OVAs

Days (2017–2018)
Onihei: Sono Otoko, Hasegawa Heizou (2017)

MVs

Oretachi Maji-kō Destroy (2021)

Video games

Persona 5 Royal (2019)
Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (2024)
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road (2025)

Lily Hoshikawa

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