Kore wa Zombie desu ka? (Is This a Zombie?)

Ayumu Aikawa is a 16-year-old high school student who is tragically murdered while investigating a suspicious house. However, he soon awakens next to a strange armored girl called Eucliwood Hellscythe. She reveals herself to be a necromancer who has revived Ayumu, consequently turning him into a zombie!

Now immortal, Ayumu sets out to hunt down his killer. One day, while searching in a cemetery, he encounters a boisterous young girl named Haruna, who is fighting a bear with a chainsaw while dressed as a magical girl. After she kills the beast, Haruna attempts to erase Ayumu's memories of her, but he instead absorbs her magic for himself. Stripped of her powers, Haruna now orders Ayumu to take up her role of hunting strange creatures known as "Megalo," monsters that roam the human world and terrorize the population.

Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? follows the daily antics of the human-turned-zombie Ayumu as he begins his new, ludicrous life where the supernatural becomes the norm.

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After the conclusion of the anime, a drama CD was released which featured seven cast members reprising their roles.

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Adaptation:	Kore wa Zombie desu ka?
Sequel:	Kore wa Zombie desu ka? OVA

Yoshino, Hiroyuki
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Cook, Justin

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Kurakane, Chiaki

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Kanasaki, Takaomi

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Iwanami, Yoshikazu

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Opening Theme

"Ma・Ka・Se・Te Tonight (魔・カ・セ・テ Tonight)" by Iori Nomizu

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Ending Theme

"Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate desu (気づいてゾンビさま、私はクラスメイトです)" by Rie Yamaguchi with manzo

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Oct 29, 2022

whatsosticky

Recommended

This was oddly entertaining. I was expecting something mind-numbing and slapstick and while there is that, it actually made it worth watching each episode.

The core characters make up for a very delightful cast, all over there own development as fhte show goes on. It was nice to see the changes they acquired while learning from their experiences that it doesn't have to compromise who they are or where they're from.

I'm usually pretty retentive about visuals to match the show and whatever the subject is, and this one does well.

This is just a lot of fun without any sort of effort required. Just sit ...

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Jun 25, 2022

VexPlaysGames

Mixed Feelings

May contain spoiler idk.

I was just looking at some anime post and a guy posted about this anime "OMG I have never seen such a funny anime in my life, MUST WATCH! HAHAHA". I was so curious about this anime that it made a person to go and post about it, brag about it. So, I started watching it and let me tell you it was SHIT.

Is this a Zombie? Funny name. First episode, the protag explains his story about the girl who just came into his house. I was like okay okay nice. episode ended I was like wait what that's it? what the ... heck? where's the comedy? Literally watched 13 episodes of it, I still haven't laughed a single bit. Yeah there are some jokes which made me smile. But that's it, there are nothing but childish jokes which I think I am too old to get or else this is some japanese shit that I can't comprehend.

I don't care about the cliche characters like one is loli, one is mute (but still somehow finds a way to humilate him), one is vampire ninja whose attitude is like she owns everything, one is his bride (actually a single person who is not that bad and he doesn't get attracted to her at all, weren't him and his buddy wanted this?).

Art style was okay in my point, I only watch anime for story and enjoyment. I only hate the hentai or pretty old animations. But it is on a mediocre level.

Like what the writers thought when they were making this? Oh let's humiliate, defile the protag and let's make a harem with lots of girls and let them abuse him as much they want. And nooooo, he can't say shit to them because he's a zombie. He will let these girls live in his house as long as they freaking desire.

Then there is this ninja girl, who at every sentence calls him a maggot like literally it's getting freaking boring. Move on? New jokes? Something? Hellooo? Then she says I am his servant and acts like he's her slave or something.

Then they made him so good, caring, powerful but without any self respect. I feel violated seeing this. It made me so angry when I saw him getting abused for no freaking reason like come on. Either make him a bad person who deserves this kind of treatment. They live in his house, he pays for them, he gets abused by them, still he treats them good.

Overall, pretty shit anime, I don't recommend it at all. But if you are curious, then go ahead. I don't watch those lovely dovely romance anime where the protag will do anything for "his" woman, so I guess that's my point of view. Either you're a woman or a simp who wants to lick shit of a woman so badly, that you'd co-op with it and actually like it.

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May 28, 2022

ilovefatmoms46

Not Recommended

I will be completely honest, I have no idea why I finished watching this garbage.

Whatever plot that exists is extremely forgettable, the characters are extraordinarily one-dimensional and stereotypical, the humor is exaggerated and consists primarily of bad sex jokes, there are an innumerable amount of plot holes, and many of the episodes are just "there;" they don't contribute at all to the main story. Even the art is poo poo butt mouth trash garbage; it is overly simplistic in a bad way and the characters have no distinguishable features about them. If you changed their hair styles and clothes you wouldn't be able to tell ...

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