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I will have them come back on stage. I don't need tears there. There is only one flame of revenge that burns to hell. This is the greatest revenge in Saga's Story. This is the beginning of a long battle called “Zombie Land Saga Project” | 
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| — Kotaro Tatsumi's Diary, ( Episode 24 ) | ||
The Zombie Land Saga project (ゾンビランドサガプロジェクト, Zonbirandosaga Project) is Kotaro's mystery project to save Saga from The Curse of SAGA.
Tatsumi explained that the girls who became “legendary” in life were revived as zombies, and the plan is to save Saga as a new group of local idols in Saga, intending to make Saga recognized through tourism and avoid the depopulation of this. The details of this project are unknown.
Description[]
It is a zombie idol project created by Kotaro Tatsumi, Franchouchou's mysterious manager. He plans to reunite a group of girls destined to save Saga Prefecture from oblivion who were killed by Saga's curse, a curse that prevents Saga from shining and will cause it to be forgotten. With the group of girls, Kotaro will do everything possible so that Franchouchou brings glory back to Saga and that it is not totally forgotten. Thanks to the fact that these are zombies, they cannot die from the effects of the curse, which makes them perfect for the plan since it constantly tries to kill them… even if they are already dead.
Jofuku talks to Kotaro about Saga's curse
Kotaro Tatsumi is the person behind the idea of reviving zombie girls and becoming famous idols to save Saga. Jofuku, on the other hand, was the one who revived the girls through necromancy and is the one who tells Kotaro about the workings of Saga's curse so that he and his group are prepared.
To the Franchouchou girls, he is just a crazy manager who somehow revived them as zombies. None of the Franchouchou group members have any idea about the details of Kotaro's plan and how exactly he will try to save Saga, or from what. However, they cooperate, given that this is their second chance at life after being killed by Saga's curse.
Objective[]
Saga prefecture is cursed. Anyone who tries to make Saga popular is hampered by the curse, and if this is not enough, the curse kills people through strange accidents.
Saga is devastated by a massive flood
According to Jofuku's prophecy, Saga Prefecture will disappear after the Reiwa Era, and it will be erased from people's minds after a cataclysm destroys the prefecture.
Kotaro started his zombie idol project to put the public eye on Saga so that it cannot be easily forgotten. Something that Saga can be associated with and never forgotten. The failure at EFS was mainly due to Kotaro's eagerness to complete the project before the start of the Reiwa era, but sadly, it failed and left Franchouchou a year behind to avoid the curse.
As a result, the curse has already begun to destroy Saga, and quickly the prefecture falls into oblivion. However, Kotaro does not plan to give up and will make Franchouchou's concert at the Ekimae Fudosan a national success. Keeping Saga relevant while gaining ground on the curse.
History[]
Franchouchou after the Arpino concert
2008[]
The Zombie Land Saga project would have started its planning at some point after Sakura's death. Jofuku mentions that 12 years before the events of the EFS's revenge, Kotaro was a gloomy, half-crazy boy, which corresponds to the year 2008. The details of the plan at this point are unknown, as is whether Kotaro knew about Jofuku and his immortality in any way.
Franchouchou is able to fill the EFS stadium thanks to the group's promotion on the radio, thus raising money for the reconstruction of Saga
2018-2020[]
The zombie girl group has successfully revived and awakened, minus Tae. From now on, they will hold events in Saga to earn their name as local idols both inside and outside of Saga Prefecture. Despite the adversities and the curse's continuous attempts to stop them, they always move forward with the plan. Unaware of what they face, some unhesitatingly accept their new life as idols, while others refuse to continue with the idea of being zombie idols and to follow a madman who has just revived them.
The new group, now called “Franchouchou,” gradually made a name for itself in Saga Prefecture, earning the affection of fans and locals alike. Even after the failure of the EFS, Franchouchou revived as a group and helped Saga after a flood collapsed the prefecture's infrastructure. With the profits from the benefit concert, Saga was slowly rebuilt, and Franchouchou gained a name for themselves nationally and internationally. Slowly, Saga Prefecture emerged from the shadows.
Saga Expo 2025
2020-2025[]
Edit to right of the section title.Saga will be the location of the “2025 Saga World Expo” world expo, with Franchouchou serving as ambassadors for this event.
Members[]
Active Members[]
- Jofuku (Head of the Operation)
- Kotaro Tatsumi (Founder of Franchouchou)
- Franchouchou
- Sakura Minamoto
- Saki Nikaido
- Ai Mizuno
- Junko Konno
- Yugiri (Ally of the original Saga Revitalization Group)
- Lily Hoshikawa
- Tae Yamada (Leader of Sagako Busters; Formerly)
Allies[]
- Takeo Go
- Reiko Amabuki
- Dorami Biker Gang
- Dorami Dance Team
- Maria Amabuki
- Sayama
- Migikawa
- Dorami Dance Team
- Korosuke's Female Assassin Gang
- Drive-In Tori staff
- Iron Frill
- Light Oozora
- Maimai Yuzuriha
- Death Metal fans
- Journalists
- Employees of Kojima Food Factory
Trivia[]
- The name of the anime, Zombie Land Saga, as well as the project, refers both to the saga (story) of the pop idol group consisting of zombies and to the prefecture itself.
- As such, each episode has the word “Saga” included somewhere in the title.
- It is revealed in Kotaro's “Episode 13” that the project has a set deadline. Although not much else is revealed apart from the fact that they are running out of time to do their work.
- It is confirmed that he was referring to the new Reiwa era that began in 2019 and that would mark the beginning of the end for Saga.
- Kotaro is being a victim of the curse by almost dying 3 times: drowned in the sea, crushed by a statue, and drowned in the bar.
- According to Jofuku, Kotaro started the plan twelve years before the events of the series. Meaning he immediately started the operation not long after hearing of Sakura’s passing away.
- Likewise, it is heavily implied that Sakura's death was the main trigger for Kotaro's entire plan.