Episode 1:
Story - 10
Art - 10
Sound - 10
Character - 10
Enjoyment - 10
The rest:
Story - 4
Art - 8
Sound - 8
Character - 7
Enjoyment - 6
This anime has the most hilarious first episode ever. If you think you will not like the anime, go watch the first episode only. It is hilarious, ridiculous and the best parody there is. First 2 minutes and I was already amazed and laughing out over the black humor development. It is WTF?! all the way in. The pace is amazing and keeps you amazed, so I will not spoil anything about the first episode in this review.
Well, if all episode were like the first, we would have the best parody, the most ridiculous and funny idol anime out there. The change of environment, the self-irony of how small the Saga prefecture is (I do not know if that's true, it is what the anime makes fun of) are superb. But then someone from the staff decided that this won't be a parody, but rather comedic idol anime... When the anime take the more serious tone of how the life (or in this case the zombie life) of an idol can be, it lost its appeal and become fairly average anime. There is a glimpse of zombie jokes here and there, but now it gets a little bit boring from time to time. Instead of addressing problems of the small prefecture, the idol life and the difficulties in ironic way, it addresses them literally in the story as a slice of life (or slice of zombie life) in this case.
What kills the anime though, is the fact that it seriously include in the story the result of the ridiculous events in the first episode. If those idols weren't zombies the story will go in different direction. This means, that the story the anime tells, when serious, is supposed to imagine how difficult is to be an idol, but only if you are zombie. Sorry, it seems the living audience might not have a chance to properly relate to that...
Art: The art is what you can expect from 2018. It is not outstanding, though. Anime like "Sound! Euphonium" easily beat the art within the same year.
Music: Well, the music is definitely not bad. Some songs are even amazing, and it is rarely to hear death metal genre in anime. While I am not a fan of death metal, it was hilarious choice for the first episode OP. The situation combined with the music clearly stated, that you cannot take what you see seriously. The other songs are catchy, but not so amazing, except maybe "Mezame returner", which kind of have proper rhythm and rhyme to enjoy, even when you do not understand the text at all (although some parts are strange). If you watch this for the music, episode 3, 7, and 12 near the end are worth it.
Characters: In the first episode Tatsumi is pretty funny, and during all episodes the quirks of each characters will make some funny situations, which will cause occasional laugh of otherwise the boring story. The police officer (apparently the only one in the whole Saga prefecture) scenes are the craziest one, he is my favorite side character. Otherwise, the stories of each individual past is kind of BORING, except maybe Saki, which is super cool.
Enjoyment: I do not feel I have wasted my time watching this. It is fairly enjoyable and forgettable lighthearted show. The only thing I am regretting is that it take so much time to realize only the first episode was worth it. I feel like I clicked a click-bait. Something can be ridiculously funny and good at the same time (see KonoSuba). This anime had this potential, but I have no idea what happened. At least it has happy semi-ending, suggesting possibility of second season.
