Zombie-Loan

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English: Zombie-Loan

Japanese: ZOMBIE-LOAN ゾンビローン

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Type: TV

Episodes: 11

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 4, 2007 to Sep 12, 2007

Premiered: Summer 2007

Broadcast: Wednesdays at 02:40 (JST)

Producers: Nihon Ad Systems

Licensors: Discotek Media

Studios: Xebec

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Horror, Shounen, Supernatural

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 6.88¹ (scored by 57,003 users)

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Ranked: #4154²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #1222

Members: 125,911

Favorites: 387

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Synopsis

Do you know when you are going to die? Michiru Kita does, as she has the ability to see a "ring of death" on the necks of those around her—and the darker the ring, the closer one is to death.

One day, she notices that two boys in her class, Chika Akatsuki and Shito Tachibana, have completely black rings. Seeking to warn them of their impending demise, she stumbles onto their secret: they are already dead, but are kept alive due to a contract with Zombie-Loan, a mysterious loan office. Of course, nothing comes without a price, as the boys must hunt down and kill zombies in order to pay off their debt. And once they learn about Michiru's "Shinigami Eyes," they drag her into their crazy world.

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Adaptation:	Zombie-Loan
Sequel:	Zombie-Loan Specials

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Characters & Voice Actors

Akatsuki, Chika

Main

Suzumura, Kenichi
Japanese

Tachibana, Shito

Main

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Kita, Michiru

Main

Kuwashima, Houko
Japanese

Zarame

Supporting

Kosugi, Juurouta
Japanese

Yuuta

Supporting

Saito, Chiwa
Japanese

Yoimachi, Koyomi

Supporting

Ueda, Kana
Japanese

Shiba, Reiichirou

Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi
Japanese

Lyca

Supporting

Kakihara, Tetsuya
Japanese

Bekkou

Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Asou, Sotetsu

Supporting

Itou, Kentarou
Japanese

More staff

Staff

Motohashi, Hideyuki

Producer, Chief Animation Director

Nishimori, Akira

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Iwanami, Yoshikazu

Sound Director

Yamato, Naomichi

Episode Director

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Opening Theme

"OOKAMI no NODO" by The Birthday

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Ending Theme

"Chain Ring" by MUCC

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Reviews

May 21, 2008

11 of 11 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

Ranivus (All reviews)

110 people found this review helpful

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)

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Dec 22, 2007

11 of 11 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Monkey_D_Luffy (All reviews)

73 people found this review helpful

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 read more

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Sep 16, 2007

11 of 11 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Bondius (All reviews)

60 people found this review helpful

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 read more

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Aug 11, 2015

11 of 11 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

ChucriBZ (All reviews)

27 people found this review helpful

Zombie Loan
I thought that i was going to give this a bad score because the first 2 episodes were boring and i didn't like the art style but i always finish what i start and i thought i was going to be tortured watching the other episodes, but the story hooks you in the next episodes and you kind of forget the art style.

Story
At first it might seem boring because it felt like it was slow and Michiru was boring, to be honest, in all the episodes she is boring and useless and the art style didn't help, but you're hooked to the story because read more

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