Sankarea

Ever since he was a child, zombie-obsessed Chihiro Furuya has wanted an undead girlfriend. Soon enough, his love for all things zombie comes in handy when his cat Baabu gets run over, prompting Chihiro to try to make a resurrection potion and bring him back to life. During his endeavor, he sees a rich girl named Rea Sanka yelling into an old well every day about her oppressive life. After meeting and bonding with her, Chihiro is convinced by Rea to persevere in saving Baabu. Eventually, he succeeds with the help of the poisonous hydrangea flowers from Rea's family garden.

Unaware of the potion's success and seeking to escape the burdens of her life, Rea drinks the resurrection potion, mistakenly thinking she will die. Though it doesn't kill her, the effects still linger and her death from a fatal accident causes her to be reborn as a zombie. With help from Chihiro, Rea strives to adjust to her new—albeit undead—life.

For a boy wanting a zombie girlfriend, this situation would seem like a dream come true. But in Sankarea, Chihiro's life becomes stranger than usual as he deals with Rea's odd new cravings and the unforeseen consequences of her transformation.

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Sanka, Rea Main

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Furuya, Chihiro Main

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Baabu Supporting

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Furuya, Mero Supporting

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Saouji, Ranko Supporting

Yahagi, Sayuri Japanese

Furuya, Jogorou Supporting

Saitou, Shirou Japanese

Sanka, Aria Supporting

Asano, Mayumi Japanese

Yasuda Supporting

Iwase, Shuuhei Japanese

Furuya, Doon Supporting

Ogino, Seirou Japanese

Sanka, Danichirou Supporting

Ishizuka, Unshou Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Tateishi, Kensuke Producer

Urasaki, Nobumitsu Producer

Takatori, Masashi Producer

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Nov 29, 2024

xopwue

Recommended

Sankarea: Undying Love is an anime that takes the concept of love and gives it a dark, quirky twist. It’s a blend of romance, comedy, and horror that somehow works together in a way that feels fresh and engaging. it's a zombie romance, but it turns out to be so much more. It’s a weird mix of comedy, horror, and surprisingly deep themes about love, freedom, and family.
The story centers around Chihiro, a zombie obsessed boy, and Rea, a girl who feels trapped in her own life. When Rea ends up becoming a zombie, things take a strange turn. What I really liked about the ... show was how it didn’t just focus on the zombie gimmick. It dives into deeper, more relatable themes, like what it really means to live and break free from the things that hold you back.
The tone shifts between being lighthearted and really dark, which might throw some people off, but for me, it added a lot of depth to the story. The animation is beautiful, especially when it comes to Rea she’s both eerie and kind of breathtaking. The music also does a great job of setting the mood, from the creepy moments to the more emotional ones.
It does leave some things open-ended, and the plot doesn’t wrap everything up, but the characters and their struggles stuck with me long after it ended. If you’re in the mood for something offbeat and emotionally surprising, Sankarea: Undying Love is definitely worth checking out.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 15, 2021

kurapikamisa

Mixed Feelings

Sankarea starts off really, really good! The main couple is pretty interesting with Furuya's weird zombie addiction and Rea's overly sheltered life and how they mesh together. The story itself is sort of .. err.. "fun" just with the whole ability to bring somebody back to life. Plus, there's surprisingly a lot of consideration put into each character's backstories which, alone, could make up for the horror aspect. Unfortunately, I don't think Sankarea really knows what it wants to be. There are serious moments they seem to brush over and long interludes where it feels like they're stalling. Still, I was very impressed with just ... how deep they were willing to go with these characters.

I started watching this for the zombie part of it, not knowing this was considered ecchi so around halfway through I started getting really annoyed with all the boob shots. I'm not here to shame! But the story and characters are very well done and then they slow the progression of the show to make sure that we know the protagonist is a heterosexual guy that looooooves zombie ladies. Out of the main romance men I've watched, Chihiro isn't that bad in my opinion and actually seems to care about Rea and is super funny at times! But they bring Rea and Chihiro down to the usual romance level during the middle part where the plot slows a bit but when it picks back up towards the end, I really like them as a pairing but also as characters.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 2, 2022

MommaDuck

Not Recommended

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Let me start by saying this. I've watched over 50 anime now, and I typically find MAL scores and reviews quite harsh with a lot of less popular anime - and I typically enjoy anything with an interesting synopsis and a MAL score over 7.

But this is by far my most regretful watch of them all. There is absolutely no substance to this anime, the story, or the characters - despite how optomistic I felt about it within the first half of its 12 episodes.

It actually has an okay start. You know it's going to be a weird anime right from the beginning - ... and so its easily something that you might mistake as interesting. After the 6th episode though, I'd already realised it was straight trash because of the boring generic characters (especially the MC), the uninteresting setting of the anime, and also the lack of any real plot (which forces very perculiar writing choices just so that we can all pretend that the anime actually has a reason to exist).

Anyway, I thought "I'm 50% there, I might as well make it to the end"... And then I literally dropped it half way through the last episode. I'd gone 95% of the way, but it was just so uninteresting and bland that I just gave up with only 10 minutes to spare. I don't care how the season ends, I don't care about what could possibly happen next, and I don't care that i'll likely never ever find out.

My advice? Don't even bother. I've never been this critical with an anime before and that's despite enjoying a lot of stuff a lot of anime which can often be objectively described as just 'mediocre at best'. I don't neeed an anime to be particulrly impressive to enjoy it - it just needs to not suck ass. Unfortunately I'm unable to say that I think that this anime does not suck ass without deeply lying to myself.

Watching this anime will be a waste of your time. I'm conviced 99% of the decent scores given to this anime are purely for the presentation of this idea of a 'cute anime zombie gf' - because I seriously can't imagine anyone praising any other aspect of this show beyond that. You have been warned lol.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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