Zombie-Loan

I have noticed that I haven't written any reviews on bad anime lately so I'm definitely going to try.

Zombie Loan is quite a lame excuse for a zombie anime that contains more plot holes and inconsistencies than a George Romero movie (look him up)




Story (Poor)
The story is quite laughable in every sense of the word. It is a mix of fan service, action, and comedy. Of course there are ways to execute a combo like this well, but it doesn't pull it off at all. They do well to suck you into the show with the first few episodes, but further down the road, ... you will notice it gets more and more ridiculous to even an open-minded person such as me to accept. The enemies are also pretty unimpressive. When I expect brutal zombie fights, the least I would expect would be puppies, nuns, and otakus. To give the story some credit though, it does get fairly decent towards the end after all the characters have established themselves. Also, don't forget the fan service as they try to hit all points of fan service from bishoujo to loli to bishonen. It's all there.

Art (Mediocre)
Theres nothing wrong with the art, but theres nothing great about it either. It's obvious from the start that the main aspect of the characters are their sex appeal and their HAIR. Yes their hair, its noticeably more detailed than an average anime, and pointy. I'm surprised no ones eyes gets poked out from all the pointy hair flying around. Suffice to say, they drew most of the men in a bishounen style whereas the women were drawn with a cute moe style (again with the fan service). Girls who love that style will like the boys and the same goes to the boys who love the girls. As for me (being a guy), I loved how all the girls were drawn and even their characteristics weren't bad at all. Aside from favoritism, everything else from backgrounds to static objects and stand ins were just average in my book. Nothing to write home about.

Sound (Decent)
The sound is also not very stellar for such a short anime. A lot of MAL users didn't seem to appreciate the opening theme song (ref: MAL forums). As for me, the OP was average it seems like they were trying to steal a page from Death Note with a hard j-rock theme with no real relevance to the show. The sound effects throughout the show are also average. You'll encounter more comedy sounds than anything else. Also, theres a lot of music in the show, but in the same token, theres a lot of 'dead air' (like a faint wind blowing). But for the most part you will wish they lightened up on the background music. It's only saving grace from a "Pathetic" score (1 point), is the voice casting. Well you can tell the girls are all voiced in a cute or 'typical' manner but some of the guys didn't sound too good in my opinion. One of the main characters even has a nasally tone to his ranting and raving which was quite irritating at times.

Characters (Decent)
Although it's very hard to take an anime like this serious when ALL THREE main characters special abilities are horrible from the start. One can see a band on their neck showing if that person is alive or dead. That ability is fine, but the other two have to switch hands with each other in order to call forth a sword or gun. Which begs the question... why not just keep your own hands to yourself (the reason is also pretty lame IMO). Now I could understand if there was a decent explanation, but its lame. Theres holes like this throughout this show as you would expect from an 11 episode show. Some of the holes are big, like how did they get so good at fighting, or why even bother going to school when your dead and broke. I'm sure you'll find your own issues to pick on throughout your viewing. A good point of the characters though is the fan service aspect as they again cover as many aspects as they can, but even that can help the score that much.


Overall, it's an all right anime that looks like it tries too hard to please a broad audience in such a small time. Even the manga felt to ambitious as well. I believed if Peach-Pit focused more on the story rather than the fan service, it would have been a much better show. Its a shame that such a bad story came from the same person that made Rozen Maiden, Shugo Chara, and Di Gi Charat.


Verdict (4.4)

Story
Quite a unique storyline, much different than most out there. Although the story could have probably developed even more and a lot better if there were more than 11 episodes. That just cut the story too short, which was kinda disappointing.

Art
Personally, I don't like this type of art style that was used in Z-Loan too much. Usually I'd prefer artwork more like that of Death Note. However, I think the art fit this particular series well, however it isn't the best art out there.

Sound
Usually I like loud songs and metal songs, but the opening song was just horrendous. I couldn't stand listening to it. The ... ending theme was fine though. The background music fit the scenes it was used in well, so they did that good. Nothing else really so say about the music work. It was overall good.

Character
Very good characters. The tension between Chika and Shito was great for the story, especially because no matter what, they were stuck together because of their hands. All of the characters were pretty interesting themselves. Michiru had a good background story. Koyomi was my probably favorite, with her energetic normal self, and then becoming the lesbian Yomi, her alter-ego. Then there's all the others like Yuuta, with her "talking" hands, Bekkou (or ferryman), who's the leader of Z-loan, even though he appears like somebody you wouldn't really expect to be in charge, Chika's father, who looks like a girl, Chika's sister, who does nothing but text message on her phone, Shimotsuki, who's a younger girl, yet a chairsperson, Shiba, who at first appears to be a good guy, and the Shinigami, who becomes a like a small creature after losing his core.
The cast is all very interesting, however, since the series is too short, it didn't allow for too much development, so that's why I give a 8, and not 9.

Enjoyment
Definitely a great series if you're bored one day and just wanna watch a whole series, packed with parts of action, comedy, and horror. I watched it all in one day, since it's only 11 episodes, and I think it's best viewed like that. Very enjoyable series overall, even if it is very short.

Overall
Overall, as you can see, I give it a 7. For reasons I've already explained above. I'm pretty sure an OVA will be coming out, so at least maybe we'll get to see a better ending in that.

Zombie-Loan was quite a fun anime even though it was too short for my liking. Eleven episodes is just too short for a series, considering most have at least 12 episodes.

Story
It's an interesting story, very original if you ask me, and it has it's good and bad parts. It's somewhat predictable from time to time and there aren't many plot-twists that could surprise you. Plus, I really would have liked more action in it, sometimes it just takes too long for the fighting to start even though it would look like an action anime first. Aside from that, it was pretty good. The worst ... part is that it ended abruptly in episode 11, just when the REAL action seemed like it would start. Just the producer's way to say "read the manga if you wanna know what happens".

Art
I really liked the art, it was quite new to my eyes. The characters are each drawn in their own style and it was interesting to see how the male leads were tall and athletic, with almost no muscles on them and so on. Considering their "status" it suits them well. For the fans, it has some chibi scenes and stick-art scenes some fo the time to add to the fun. The art for the combat scenes was good but not the best, I enjoyed it nevertheless.

Sound
Well, the soundtrack was good, nothing much to say about it, each song was fit for the scene. The only thing that bothered my ears was the opening song. Sure, the off-vocal was totally awesome, I really liked the guitar sounds, but when the singer started "screaming" in I would immediately skip forward. Ending song was fine, though not the best, with a great off-vocal.

Character
The characters were very well made, though most didn't have such a detailed background. Each had it's own unique personality and you could easily start liking one of them. Too bad some characters didn't have enough screen time (even though I liked them more than the main characters) and some had more than they really needed.

Overall I enjoyed this (too) short series. I'd give it a 7.8 as a grand total (but I rounded up to 8).
If you're into action, comedy, zombie related things and some drama here and there, watch Zombie Loan. Even though it's not one of the greatest anime out there, it's not a waste of time either.

First,this anime is way better than I thought.It's very funny and bloody (good combination) but it's too short 11 episodes.So it's seems that the manga is needed to read.

Story
It has a good story.Zombies having they're organization for chasing an killing other bad zombies.A spooky story with zombies,death gods,reapers other related things.For this too short it had a nice plot but it changed a lot it rather seemed like the episode were all mini stories.But it's tooo funny really it had some awesome moments on which I laughed a lot.It didn't failed action beside the last episode where the producers clearly wanted to stop the anime.Just ... when I thought the action was going to start they bet the ''final boss'' in a simple and not long way.8/10

Animation
Really awesome everything was well animated.Especially the character I liked they're style the male character are drown a bit in a shoujo anime style.So it's a unique style and it also didn't lacked in the fighting scenes.The funny scenes are also good made with some simple drawings but it was original.9/10

Sound
It was good,nice rock songs with a lot of instrumental which I liked.The ending song is one of my favorites really nice and it suits it well.The opening was a good instrumental with some nice guitar playing but the vocals weren't too good a screaming voice.I'm just sick of them I'm remembering Maximum the Hormone.It was like a bad copy.The ost is awesome you should check it out.So in the end the songs were good.All rock/metal songs during fights.9/10

Character
This surely the best aspect of the anime.Every one is unique and they have good personalities.You will one of them probably.They had were good personalities and had a lot of funny scenes with them.There were some minor characters that I liked but they hadn't have any screen time.Anyway they were all funny a well drawn.It would be better if some had more screen time but I hope that they have better roles in the manga.9/10

Enjoyment
It enjoyed this toooo short anime.It had some awesome moments.There were some too boring episodes but also some really awesome (like the hot spring ep.).So all in all it's a awesome anime but too short.Everyone should watch it but possible read the manga.8/10

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.

Everything that you've borrowed must be paid back properly; that includes human life. If you loaned your life to extend it, then you have to pay for it, no matter how long it takes. And that's what Zombie-Loan is about.

Story: (8/10)
Not a lot of people see it, but this anime has a thick plot and has a lot of substantial themes. It's really interesting. It tackles upon complex issues such as the value of human life, the nature of life and death, the circle of life and even the value of friendship. Those aside, the story development wasn't so bad either. It's downfall lies ... on the fast paced episodes and the shortness of the series itself. Viewers were not able to enjoy this series long enough. Though I have to say, the cliff hanger ending was good. Makes viewers thirsting for some more. It would be a lot better if this had a sequel.

Art: (8/10)
Graphics is fine. Blood scenes are realistic enough. Female characters were cute. Male characters were bishies. I'm not picky when it comes to art. Their proportions were more than decent. But then again, there was really nothing special about the art.

Sound: (6/10)
The sounds are so-so. The dubbing was done well. But that aside, the OP and ED weren't that enjoyable. The first time I heard the OP, my head began to throb in pain. I have nothing against rock, but I think that was too much. The sounds are decent enough, but wasn't really special.

Characters: (10/10)
Each of the characters has their own characteristics, their own attitudes, their own past and are capable of standing as an individual character. I think that this is the most important trait that each characters should have. That aside, each characters are interesting in their own way. They have their own story to tell. It's really fun watching them develop as the series goes on.

Enjoyment: (9/10)
This anime is really enjoyable. While dealing with serious themes, the anime has a light and comical atmosphere. The action scenes were also decent enough. It also gives off some mysterious aura that leaves the viewers wanting for more. I would have given it a 10 if the series wasn't so short.

Overall: (8/10)
A thick plot, good art, interesting characters... this anime would have been better if only it had a longer series. But despite that, the story development was fine and they tackled about interesting issues.

Keep in mind, this review covers the main series and two episode special.

Welcome, My Friends, to the final review of horror anime month. Zombie Loan was a manga written by the duo, Peach-Pit, also responsible for Shugo Chara, Rozen Maiden, DearS and some other stuff I have never seen nor read. It was published by Square Enix. The anime version was handled by Xebec in 2007 with eleven episodes airing two more being released only on the DVD. Let's delve into the series and see what awaits us.

Story:

Kita Michiru can see something that no one else can when she takes off her glasses, ... a dark ring around the neck of a person who's fated to die shortly. One day, she spots a pure black ring around the necks of two classmates, Chika and Shito, who had shortly before survived a bridge accident that had killed everyone else involved. Following the two to warn them, Michiru discovers a secret. They didn't survive the crash. They died and were given a loan that allows them to keep going. To pay off this “zombie” loan, they fight mindless and illegal zombies for bounties. At first, Chika and Shito plan to kill Michiru to keep her quiet, but once they learn of her ability to see the rings they decide to put her to work. She just has to use her shinigami eyes to help them in their endeavours, but it won't be easy. There's a rise in zombies like Chika and Shito, except these zombies operate without authorization and they turn both animals and people into the mindless variety of zombie.

There are two significant problems with the narrative. The first is that the series has an issue with continuity. There's a major retcon that comes out of absolutely nowhere because... the plot needed it to work. The series also establishes that zombies start to lose their emotions, outright states that it's happening with a specific character and then proceeds to show us that character experiencing anger, distress, and all manner of other emotions in subsequent episodes. There are also some real contrivances for the plot to work. The biggest one being the reason why Chika and Shito are working together.

Those complaints aside, there are some positive aspects to the story as well. The premise is interesting and the tension is developed very organically. The series is also very good in terms of progression. There's always something compelling happening and the stopping points for the individual episodes are very well chosen. The series proper ends at a good point as well, with the completion of a major arc. Although the extra episodes start a new story arc, but only do the basic introduction for it, which didn't bother me since they are added episodes, but I can see why it might bother someone else. The series also excels at emotional investment. There are some really strong tragic scenes, some good triumphant moments, some touching scenes and amusing comedic moments. That isn't to say that all of the emotional moments work, there are certainly some that don't, but the majority of them do hit the mark.

Characters:

There are some really interesting characters in this. Initially, it looks like Shito, Chika and Michiru are all going to be pretty archetypical, but all of them develop beyond that fairly quickly and grow into fairly complex characters. The same is true for a lot of the side characters. Even if I'm not sure whether they're using a pseudo-scientific understanding of dissociative identity disorder with Koyomi or there's something else going on with her. It's probably explained in the manga at some point, but the anime either leaves it out or doesn't get to it.

Really, the only weakness is in the familial dynamics. Chika's interactions with his father and sister are questionable at best. There are also some disturbing implications involved in Shito's back-story. Really, the most natural family relationship is Michiru's dynamic with her aunt and uncle and they barely appear in the anime, act like jerks and are banished from the story.

Art:

The art is a bit odd. Most of the time it does look really good with some strong character designs, action sequences and backgrounds. However, there are quite a few more light-hearted scenes where the art style switches to a very lazy, minimalistic style. I'm not certain whether they thought stick figure drawings were funny or they just decided that they didn't need to put an effort into drawing those particular scenes. Either way, it looks pretty bad.

Sound:

They got some great actors for this series. Chika is voiced by Suzumura Kenichi (also the voice of KnK's Mikiya Kokutou) Kuwashima Houko (Kurumi 2's Nako) voices Michiru. Shito is voiced by Sakurai Takahiro, the actor known for his work as Cloud Strife. Although he plays against character a bit since he doesn't cross dress or chase after a childhood love interest in this one. The music is decent enough except for the stuff with lyrics. The stuff with lyrics is a cacophonous mess.

Ho-yay:

There's a fair amount of ho-yay in this. Shiba gets some homo-erotic moments with both Chika and Shito and they also get some with each other. During the extra episodes Shito even asks another guy if he can kiss him. It does, however, have more les-yay. Koyomi's second personality, Yomi does quite a few things with Michiru. Things which she really should have asked before doing, but to be fair she does stop when Michiru tells her she doesn't like what she's doing. Although, even with that scene it's hard to call it a one-sided thing. Since, during the two extra episodes, Michiru does demonstrate some feelings for Koyomi. So, there is some pretty blatant stuff both between men and between women but none of it amounts to a full fledged romantic relationship, at least not in the anime. It might in the manga, but I haven't read through it yet so I don't know. So, the ho-yay factor for the anime is going to be a 6/10.

Final Thoughts:

Zombie Loan is a good action adventure series with an interesting premise, compelling build up, strong acting, and good characters. Unfortunately, it also has some serious drawbacks in terms of narrative continuity and character dynamics. So, it is good but not great. My final rating is going to be a solid 7/10. If it sounds interesting to you, check it out. It's only eleven episodes, thirteen if you get into the specials, so it's a pretty fast watch. Well, that's another horror anime month complete. Next week we'll open November with a requested review, Claymore.

Anyone out there like horror, comedy and action? If so, I believe you'll enjoy this series.

Story:
Zombie-Loan's story... well, to be honest, I haven't seen any animes that really focus on zombies, so this was definitely a first for me, so if anyone says this is a rip-off, don't believe them. The story centers mainly around 3 people, Michiru, who has Shinigami eyes, and can see if someone will do soon by seeing a black ring around their neck; and then Chika and Shito. I won't go into detail about their story, because it could spoil everyone, but let's just say that they hunt for zombies ... for a living... in the meantime. The goal is to hunt down zombies, or those that should have passed on but did not, and destroy them and give them a proper funeral. But that;s just the beginning. The story gets much better near the end.

Art:
Well, the art is good, if you ask me. Especially when it goes into those comedic moments. It made me laugh countless times, that's for sure. The art is suitable.

Sound:
The sound was GREAT! I heard everything crystal clear and the music and score was great also. Awesome ending theme, eh?

Overall:
Just watch this series. It is good, I had to keep watching it because I just had to see what happened. It's a shame that the studio cut this series short, because it was scheduled for 20+ episodes. But hey, there's a 2 episode OVA afterward and who knows, there may be more in the future.

I recommend this series to any hardcore anime fan.

Zombie Loan is the first zombie anime I've seen and I don't know if that's a good thing or not. I highly doubt it is though. I overall liked this anime but it did lack some good qualities.

For starters, Zombie Loan is only 11 episodes long so the storyline lacks depth and moves way too fast. The concept is a good but really you need more episodes in order for it to work.

The animation was good. I'm a sucker for hot anime guys and this anime gave me 2 more. XD I also like that they brought a little ... humor to the anime with the characters when they were irritated or happy and their heads and eyes would get big and they'd start waving their arms around. I do think that the colors could have been brighter and the zombies could have been more rotted and gross looking.

The music I have mixed feelings about. The opening music I liked up until the singing. The background music was sometimes good but I did notice that sometimes it was saxaphones and that made me go wth?? Zombies + Saxaphones= Epic Fail.

I liked the characters a lot and the voice actors did a very good job I think. And I love how the same guy that did the voice of Hikaru in Ouran High School Host Club was Chika because in a way, those 2 characters are similar.

I did enjoy watching this anime for the most part but when I got down to the last few episodes I got bored with it because as I said before, the storyline moved way to fast. I give this a low rewatch value.

So overall, it was a good anime. Not the best I've seen but good. Now if they came out with a second season, I might be happier because I really didn't want it to end so fast.

Well, having just finished this series, I can actually say that I found this to be a really enjoyable short series (IMO too short but I will mention this as I go through the review)

Story: Well my whole reason for starting the show was because I thought the plot was so unique and instantly grabbed me from the few lines, the idea of somebody being able to know when someone is about to die was an instant appeal, throw in some already dead zombies and I was set. Unfortunately as i stated, the show was only 11 episodes long, and for me that was just ... waaay too short, and as a result left quite a few questions to be answered at the end. An example being that it is never explained why the two male characters have to switch hands in order to summon their weapons, it says WHAT will happen if they dont switch, and WHAT will happen if they didn't switch back. There are many other little plotholes and things that I would like to have been answered but I shant bother you with them all, because tbh if your going to give this series a try (which I think you should) then you will realise what im saying, it is said that this series was originally going to be 20+ episodes... why did it not?! I really think the story could have had so much more depth and so many of these 'unanswered questions' actually answered, and us not craving a second series. But the actualy storyline was great, and I was thurally gripped from beggining to end, I just wish that it had more time to develop and go into detail but I think that was impossible in just 11 episodes, so theres no suprise as to how many plotholes there was.

Art: Well I'm not a big expert an Art, but on this series I really enjoyed the artwork used, I loved the style of the female characters (they were very cute... especially Michiru) the males... I liked, although Chika's hair was mental and spikey as hell! I felt they semt a tad plain and scruffy compared but still nothing too bad, and there personalities and everything else made up for it IMO, I must say i'm easily pleased when it comes to art, I will hardly ever come out and say 'god that art was pathetic' or 'I hated that artwork' but thats just me.

Sound: Well there wasn't much music throughout the episodes (or none that I can really re-call) so if there was, then obviously nothing really spectacular if I can't even remember there being any, as for the opening and end themes. The opening was... neither good nor bad for me, after reading some reviews and everyone saying how bad the screaming was, I was expecting it to be proper death metal screamo style. But it wasn't although yes the man was screaming/shouting, I would not say it was heavy.. If anything I found the scappy guitar to sound a little like libertines but obviously just much heavier vocals. The ending theme.. I actually had to go back to have a couple of listens, which tbh says it all, again.. neither good nor bad, it goes well with the whole them of the series, and nice still shots of the characters and even had a catchy verse. But yeah.. nothing that really stood out for me.

Character: I pretty much liked all the characters.. even the villains, with it only being 11 episodes I found Chika and Shito's relationship to be the most intresting, they were both total....well...... you get the idea, yet at times they semt to really respect each other and come together as a team. But at times they were just hilarious, and I thought they were too very intresting characters (again if more episodes were made, I think they could have been made into even better characters). Michiru played the shy, coy character very well, I especially found her hilarious towards the end, especially the last episodes.. and well her relationship with Koyomo is really quite outstanding, and even though it was fan service stuff, I found more hilarious than anything, and really had me laughing. I also thought there was a couple of useless characters who didn't really bring anything to the series such as Momoka (Chika's younger sister) who.. well did notthing but text on her phone, and also Yuuta who I thought was actually an intresting character whenever she popped up, and I personally would've liked to have seen her in abit more, but unfortunately didn't really think she brought much to the show.

Enjoyment: Thurally enjoyed seeing this series, from the reviews I saw, they were pretty much spot on in that it had a great concept, but unfortunately was let down by there only being 11 episodes, therefore major plotholes etc etc. But nevertheless for what it is, and for what you are given its a great short horror series, with great and likeable characters, an overall very good plot. Also very funny, with it being a horror I expect minimal laughter and gags. But quite a few times I was actually left in stitches from some of the scenes/comments made by characters, and I found that to be a really nice touch seeing as it was something I wasn't really expecting. One thing that I might have wanted to see for more enjoyment was better fight scenes, none of them felt action packed and long enough. Although some of the villains were kinda creepy, they didn't put up much of a fight.

Overall: Unfortunately (without trying to repeat myself over and over which I know I am doing) due to the shortness of the series the story/plot left a lot unanswered and major plotholes revealed, not really giving it time to sink in, and also for some of the characters to develop fully. But on the other hand for what the story is, its a very good idea, and I still enjoyed it nonetheless. Enjoyable characters, humour, zombies. An anime I am not regretting seeing.

What drew me to this anime was the fact that it was a zombie anime, I mean you dont see an anime with zombies too often usualy its just demons and vampires.the zombies are not the typical zombies you see in movies, they are quite intelligent and capable and arn't rotting corpses which puts some originality to this anime.

Well, lets start with the characters Kita Michiru is a girl who has the gift of shinigami eyes, but starts to hate it when she sees black rings on her parents, when they die she starts using glasses to negate the effect of the shinigami eyes. she ... has no goals or any aspirations and does not even care if she dies.Kita usualy has a hard time speaking her mind and always does what people tell her to do no question(no backbone whatsover!).Chika and Shito are the zombies who work to repay there debt to zombie loan office(some sort of office that leases life instead of money)which saved them from a tragic accident that happened prior to the series.Chika is lively and out-going kinda, but he has a short temper, he uses a katana! Shito is the more calm one, while Chika is cocky and impulsive one, although Shito can be cold at times. Along the way we meet some more wacky and weird characters in this 11 episode anime although most of them are quite forgettable. The art in this anime is excellent and stylish, while the animation is pretty bad and dont even get me started on the opening theme, which is the worst opening theme I have heard, of course the horrible vocals dont help, ending is only a LITTLE bit better.One of the bad things about this anime is that its way too short, I read somewhere that the manga had 9 volumes, they could have made at least 26 episodes from that.
I GIVE THIS ANIME A 7/10 its pretty good, but I wish it was longer.

Yeah, this is one of my old reviews I did for a site about 3-4 years ago, hope you enjoyed reading it.

Zombie-Loan.. EEH?
It is a really great Anime.

StoryThe story is good, and it kind of keeps you laughing and smiling, and it makes you wanna watch a few more episodes..Character[b/] I like the way the use Shito as the "prince" type in school, but when he is out he actually gets annoyed pretty fast. And Chito, who is the lively little "kid". And when you put those together, it is just funny all the way.Enjoyment, I enjoy this anime. It is really funny and has kind of a serious plot.

OVERALL is this a great anime, and I recommend this to every one who likes a ... little fun in the everyday life! :P

It had what I expected for a series that was around since like early 2000's.

I was kind of expecting a buttload of fanservice and an arrogant protagonist (two things I don't like in anything I watch) but in the case of this series. I didn't have too much of that.

Shito seems to throw off that air of arrogance but since he gets an equal amount of punishment in the series, it seems balanced.

The story was a tad confusing but the arcs are pretty easy to figure out, from what I can understand it's about two dead guys that have to kill zombies in order to ... come alive again using the main character girl as help for it. Seems pretty straightforward to me and that's what I enjoy.

Once I ignored the fanservice and the occasional mood switch of Shito (a prime offender because he pingpongs between being nice and arrogant in less than an episode) and Chika, this series was pretty fun to watch.

As for the artwork, I expected some skinny bishounens simply because I mean, let's face it, the manga was made in '02.

And I can't lie, I didn't like the opening but I loved the ending theme song.

My overall enjoyment is simply that I liked it, personally. The simple storyline, the cool ending theme, the different characters. I just wish that there were a few more episodes to explain some more stuff but it was a nice little series for what it was.

I recommend it just to get some kicks out of an old school supernatural series.

Hmm... Overall, I thought this was a pretty good anime. It had a well developed storyline, but I was hoping that it'd be longer, because of its outstanding and creative characters. It's kind of like the other animes, where theres a kiddsh guy and a cold guy and a girl in the middle, but it's a little different, too. I mean each character has their own kind of way to react in a different situation. Like, all the characters in this anime are different from each other, yet the are similar, too. I just like it, because it's a lot of personalities and action all ... mixed together into a great anime!

Zombie Loan was a very short anime, but partly I think that's a good thing. If it had continued for an extra 50 episodes it probably would have become a series full of fillers and other rubbish things still managing to cut a lot of things from the manga. But as the manga is still ongoing I think hope for a second series is good, but it will probably be short too (a lot like Vampire Knight and Vampire Knight Guilty).

Overall it is a good anime and you should watch it if you have a day spare.

Maybe some spoilers.
This anime is about a young girl who can see a black line around a persons neck the darker it is the sooner they are going to die. Story: 7, I gave this story line a 7, it's a really cool concept, however the zombies aren't really the whole infectious- destroy their brains to kill them. They're just people who died and are still living. I think what would have made this story better is if here was more episodes, the lack of episodes did make this anime have less of a plot to grow.
Art: 7, there is nothing particularly special about ... the art, the characters are quite lanky though.
Sound: 4, I watched this a few months ago and the music hasn't really stuck with me; not very memorable.
Character: 6, There was bit of a backstory to some of the characters but there was no real development of them which happens in longer animes. (You can see a common negative theme here)
Enjoyment: 7, I watched it, it was okay, could have been much better, but it wasn't particularly bad; the fact the story was quite interesting made it enjoyable.
Overall I give it a 7, technically the average is nearer to 6 but still, I'm nice- the main improvement is for there to be more episodes.

Good for rainy days I guess. Every one I knew was telling me that this was a pretty good anime, so I sat down and made myself watch all 11 episodes.

First off I almost quit halfway into the first episode because I personally HATED the art style. And still do to this day. And I'm normally not super picky about these things (I can usually get into a style like 2 episodes in), so me not liking an art style ALL the way through the anime is pretty weird. But you know-the quality of the art wasn't bad, it was just the style so ... I managed to get myself through this.

The story line seemed a bit cliché at first, but it gets better. The only thing I didn't really like was how short each arc was, but hey, it's 11 episodes. What do you expect.

Overall, other than a couple of things here and there, it's not that bad of a series.

The concept of the story is what drawn me to this particular anime. It seemed so unique! If only they could have actually put in some more effort in to making it live up to it's full potential, this anime could have been really amazing.

This anime leaves a lot to be desired, it sorta follows the vague description to the dot, I found myself lacking any kind of emotion while watching this. It made me smile and let out a small chuckle hear and there but nothing at all like I expected. It just makes you wish they would've done 'this' or 'that' to improve....

Though ... the concept was interesting, they failed to actually deliver it which I found fairly disappointing

As for art, I couldn't say it was bad, It was pretty decent actually. I didn't have much issues looking at it, nothing was particularly 'amazing' about it but in the end I actually liked all the visuals giving the art category a 7.

Starting off I'd like to say I actually thoroughly enjoyed the theme to this anime, aside from that though I don't have much to say about the sound. To describe it I'd just have to say it was kinda just....there. Very forgettable.

Characters were pretty stereotypical. Hot-headed, cocky boy teamed up with cool-headed, equally cocky boy and a spazz of a girl thrown into the middle. Nothing really special in this category. If you don't mind the traditional set-up, you probably wouldn't have much to complain about.

This anime I would suggest for a day you really have nothing better to do. Admittedly, I struggled at points to finish it-I had to really push myself to get through the last 3-4 episodes or so. It had it's enjoyable parts and I can see it being perfect just to pass time. Otherwise, I'd just hold it off. Overall though, I'd give this anime a 6.

Zombie Loan is a fantastic, albeit short, anime that revolves around Tachibana Shito (Boy A) and Akatsuki Chika (Boy B) who were rumoured to have died in an accident six months before the story begins. Thanks to one of seven ferrymen (Bekko) from the World Fate Organization, the boys have been "brought back to life" through a contract known as a Zombie-Loan. Bekko runs a business (also known as Zombie-Loan, or Z-Loan for short) based on these contracts. Tachibana and Shito are now indebted to the ferryman and they must hunt zombies to earn the funds to pay off their debt within a year, or ... it's game over, and there will be no coming back a second time.
A great series with lots of action and supernatural references. I love how different mythologies and religious ideas were infused in this anime, allowing a wide audience to be able to enjoy it without to offensive feeling that some animes invoke when they play the religion card. The character development in this series was absolutely great and the overall animation was pretty good, too. I have to rate the sound low, though, for one reason: the opening theme song was utterly horrific. I listened to maybe thirty seconds of it, determined to give it a chance, before quickly skipping ahead to the actual episode. I found this series to be a little too short, but I think the original plan was to have it go for over twenty episodes, so I can't complain about it too much. The action sequences and storyline made this anime one of the greatest I've seen in a while, and I most certainly do recommend it to anyone who likes a good taste of action. Character relationships were well balanced in this particular series, including the surly Tachibana and the reckless Akatsuki (our main zombie-hunting boys). The bit characters were also pretty interesting in their own ways, though some of the lesser characters could have been brought out a bit more, such as the Chairperson of the Academy and her "pet," Lyca. This series doesn't put too much out there for the shojou crowds, but it came across to me as something rather refreshing; finally there is an anime that includes guys, girls, action, sharp-tongues, a little taste of yuri, but not a whole lot of gushy confessions and lovey-dovey smooching. Actually, there were virtually no confessions or smooching. :D
All in all, an excellent series that left me begging for more.

This anime, along with Claymore may be the most disappointed anime of 2007. I found many similiarities between them.

Story: much like Claymore, it started pretty good: a unique, not very cliched story, though the monster theme is not very uncommon; anyway, it was good. And it was excited untill 5 minutes before the ending... The anime did not even end; it just started! It was not even an open end like Jigoku Shoujo (which many people do not like but I do). Since the story did not end, it's only 4/10. And not to mention, we got yuri actions around. No good!

Art: The animation was ... pretty good. The colour looked a little dull and unlively but it fit the theme of the anime. The motion was fluid. Generally, there is not much to complain about the animation.

Sound: decent but not impressive. Both the opening and ending theme were not particularly good it it sounds OK. 7/10 for sound.

Characters: my criteria for good characters is: not cliched. And Zombie loan made it. It was not cliched. It was quite unique and good. The only thing that held the character point back was the girl with "yuri" personality.

Enjoyment: yet another similiarity to Claymore. The story was enough for you to enjoy until the 5 minutes before the ending. Once it hit the ending, it made you feel disappointed and think "what the hell the show was all about? Did it end, or just started?". The anime were supposed to be a stand-alone or promotion for the manga. So bad that I had to give it a 5 for enjoyment.

Overall: this show is just scarely above average. I burned the whole thing to DVD and locked it up forever, never to watch again. Unless they made it the way it should be.