Zombie Land Saga

Season 1 is the first season of the Zombieland Saga anime that has a total of twelve episodes. It aired from October 04, 2018 to December 20, 2018. It is later succeeded by Season 2, which is set to air sometime in 2021.

Plot
In 2008, Sakura reached the second year of high school, To go find Tokyo audition to become Idol, as soon as she leaves home trying to go to school and audition, she would be hit by a van resulting in her death.

In 2018, Sakura wakes up with a memory loss, in a certain western-style house, and is suddenly attacked by zombie girls and escapes outside, but finds that she also turned into a zombie. A young man, Kotaro Tatsumi, tells us that he was revived as a zombie for the local idol project "Zombie Land Saga Project" that raises awareness about Saga prefecture. Sakura formed the idol group "Franchouchou" with 7 members, Saki Nikaido, Ai Mizuno, Junko Konno, Yugiri, Lily Hoshikawa and Tae Yamada, who revived as zombies.

Franchouchou, who grew up as an idol group by overcoming problems and disagreements among zombie members, has become a popular group in the local Saga area. Sakura, who was hit by a truck again before the concert in arpino, loses her memory after becoming a zombie and remembers her unfortunate memories in her life. Sakura, who turned negative, loses motivation for the activity, but stands on stage with the encouragement of the members. Franchouchou continues singing, despite the great event that the stage will collapse due to heavy snow. Sakura recovers her memory and reconciles with the members. In response to the voice of the fans, the seven began to sing again.

Main Cast

 * Kotaro Tatsumi by
 * Mamoru Miyano (Original)
 * Ricco Fajardo (English)
 * Sakura Minamoto (Zombie #1) by
 * Kaede Hondo (Original)
 * Brina Palencia (English)
 * Saki Nikaido (Zombie #2) by
 * Asami Tano (Original)
 * Caitlin Glass (English)
 * Ai Mizuno (Zombie #3) by
 * Risa Taneda (Original)
 * Bryn Aprill (English)
 * Junko Konno (Zombie #4) by
 * Maki Kawase (Original)
 * Amanda Lee (English)
 * Yugiri (Zombie #5) by
 * Rika Kinugawa (Original)
 * Stephanie Young (English
 * Tae Yamada (Zombie #0)  by
 * Kotono Mitsuishi (Original)
 * Dawn M. Bennett (English)
 * Romero by
 * Yasuhiro Takato (Original)
 * Alejandro Saab (English)

Major Supporting Cast

 * Death Metal fans by
 * Mitsuaki Kanuka and Setsuji Satō (Original)
 * Cris George and Mike McFarland (English)
 * Police Officer by
 * Hiroyuki Yoshino (Original)
 * Austin Tindle (English)
 * Shinta Ookoba and Inuhashi by
 * Tōru Nara and ??? (Original)
 * Kent Williams and Aaron Dismuke (English)
 * President of Drive-In Tori
 * Iron Frill
 * Takeo Go by
 * Tsuyoshi Kuyoma (Original)
 * Christopher Sabat (English)
 * Reiko Amabuki and Maria Amabuki by
 * Komina Matsushita and Aoi Koga (Original)
 * Colleen Clickenbeard and Madeleine Morris (English)
 * Bartender by
 * Hochu Otsuka (Original)
 * ??? (English)

Supporting Cast

 * Pharmaceutical Agency founder
 * Drive-In Tori commercial director
 * Gatalympics host
 * Takeo’s co-workers
 * Truck Driver (Episode 10)

Summary
TBA

All-Star Cast:

 * Some very big names from the Japanese voice-acting industry are involved in this series, like Mamoru Miyano as Kotaro and Kotono Mitsuishi (the one and only) voicing Tae.

Anime First
The anime has an official manga adaptation published by Cygames, which began release four days after the anime began airing.

Backed by the governament
The Saga Prefectural Government in real life was involved with the production of the show, and saw the benefits of anime tourism as a result.

Colbert Bump

 * Episode 5 did this for Drive-in Tori, a real-life chicken restaurant with a real jingle that the girls perform. After the preview dropped, swaths of commenters came to the company's videos to point it out.
 * Franchouchou's mansion is actually based on a preserved building in Saga. When it was opened for the public on November 25, the management didn't expect to have 1000 visitors in just one day.

Anime in real life

 * After the airing of the final episode of Season 1, the real Arpino crew wrote an actual apology for structural damage after the major snowstorm.

It work!
In an interview with the head of CygamesPictures in the February 2019 issue of Megami Magazine, he said they'd been overwhelmingly pessimistic about the show's prospects before it aired, and weren't expecting it to become as popular as it did.

Trolling Creator
After the airing of the first episode, the producers of the anime, Cygames and Avex Pictures, have gotten this reputation, presenting the anime's premise like a typical Zombie Apocalypse when it's actually a parody of the Idol Singer genre with a mix of Horror Comedy, with all of the footage suggesting a violent and gritty series coming from a five-second video Kotaro shows the girls about what would happen if they're caught. Suffice to say, it's actually worked.


 * Since Tae only growled during the early episodes, not saying a word, her voice actress remained a mystery during pre-air promotions, interviews, and even when the anime started airing. In the credits of the first two episodes, her actress is only credited as "????" and it wasn't until Episode 3 aired that it was finally revealed to be Kotono Mitsuishi.
 * When Mamoru Miyano introduces the voice actresses of the main cast in-character as Kotaro, there is a seventh slot marked only with question marks in place of Tae's voice actress. He does attempt to speak the name, but it comes off as a random mumble instead.
 * A group picture of the voice actresses and some staff members was posted to Twitter on October 4, 2018, but Mitsuishi's face was covered with an icon of her character's face.