Synopsis
In Zombie Land Saga, Sakura Minamoto, a former aspiring idol, perishes in a car crash. A decade later, she awakens as a zombie in Saga Prefecture with no recollection of her previous life. While adapting to her undead state, she encounters Koutarou Tatsumi, who has resurrected seven zombie girls from various historical periods. Koutarou aims to revitalize Saga's economy by assembling them into an idol group. Serving as their stern manager, he organizes their schedules as they form the group Franchouchou. The series humorously follows Franchouchou's efforts to energize Saga Prefecture while concealing their true natures and piecing together their forgotten pasts.
Background
Zombieland Saga is an original anime production announced by Cygames in collaboration with Avex Pictures and dugout, who are respectively producing the music and sound. The animation is done by studio MAPPA. Crunchyroll is simulcasting the episodes, while Funimation is simuldubbing them. Both the opening and ending theme songs ("Adabana Necromancy" and "Hikari e" respectively) are performed by Franchouchou. On October 8, 2018, a manga adaptation was launched on Cygames' Cycomi website, which is being drawn by Megumu Soramichi (Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry). Zombieland Saga won the Animation of the Year award in the Television category at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival in 2019.
