Ranked #1773

Zombie-Loan

First of all, I started to watch this anime, because I'm currently reading the manga, and it is one of my favourites, so I decided to watch it animated. And maybe this is the reason, why my judgement is a little bit harsh.

Well, the story is quite well made, not about the usuall zombie hunting. The main characters got the chance to overcome death by hunting zombies and pay the zombie-loan. But they only got one year to pay back the money and if they fail, they'll die. Of course there is the main female character with a special power, the shinigami eyes and the three of them try to reach their goal to get back their lives.
I liked the story very much and I'm kinda glad that they stuck with the original manga plot and didn't fill the show with unnecessary things. But I'm really dissapointed that it's only 11 episodes long. They had finished it before the story started to get exiting and interesting. That's why I gave it only a 9.

The art was much more worse than in the manga. Of course the character design was the same, but the animation ruined the whole show. This is not the '90, with the moving colored backgrounds or skipping the characters' movements. Still there were some really pretty scenes, and they used the fitting colors to express the mood. The way they did the characters was like in the manga and that part I'm satisfied with. However the action scenes the cause I just give the art 6 points.

The sound was forgetable, only one or two track I still remember was good. I'm not a hardrock fan, so maybe that's the reason why I hated the opening. I only could listen it in the first episodes, after that I skipped it always. The ending was much better, still a rock style song, but it wasn't my taste either.
The voice actors did great, I didn't have any problems with it. Nice job guys, but still a 6.

The characters were the tipical shy and clumsy girl with special powers, the always persistent and restless main guy, and also the calm, mysterious third one. Also there are the usual group of three: one girl, two guys. Why is it always like this? 7

Although it was far far away from the manga, and it was really short, I enjoyed it very much and it was good to see my fav manga animated. 8

Even if the art and the sound only made it to a 6, I still recommend it to everyone who likes this kind of stuff. There is a little (very little) fan service, but that's not the main thing. You might enjoy it so just please, give it a try...7
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Story:
The basics of the story were actually not to bad. Two boys who are bound to each other, a girl with some special powers who starts to help them. Nothing I wouldn't like there.
The story is short, but though I like short, this one was just too short. There is a big open ending, and when you are finished you have the feeling you still don't know anything.

Art:
The series are drawn pretty good. I thought the boys where a bit to skinny, but overall the drawings never annoyed me.

Sound:
The opening and ending theme never appealed me, but I guess that especially the opening theme fitted the story. What I really hated was the voice of Michiru (Japanese). In all the animes I watched I never had a voice I really didn't like, so it was quite a surprise for me it was possible.

Character:
You only get to know a little of the characters. I guess the story was to short to take a deeper look in there pasts.
Michiru was a very annoying character. Perhaps if you like extremely dumb girls, who scream a lot, cry a lot about nothing, get used by others, and have no guts at all, this series is something you should definitely see.

Enjoyment:
I was glad the serie was short, because otherwise I wouldn´t have watched the whole thing. The episodes I liked a bit better where the lasts ones with the grim reaper. He was kind of cute :P.

Overall:
I rarely give a bad mark to a animé series, but this is an exception. If they had changed the character and voice of Michiru and developed the story better this series could have easily had a 7. Unfortunately this wasn't the case and it's really a shame. read more