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With only two episodes remaining, the beloved anime Dandadan is nearing its season finale. Its popularity has soared with each new episode, making it a standout hit of the fall anime season.

Although a second-season renewal seems likely given its ongoing success, fans are still reluctant to bid farewell—even if the break lasts just a few months, or worse, an entire year.

Based on the manga by Yukinobu Tatsu, Dandadan follows Momo and Okarun as they embark on thrilling adventures, battling ghosts, aliens, and other supernatural creatures.

As one of the most distinctive anime in recent memory—and a strong contender for the year’s best—here are 10 exciting anime to watch if you love Dandadan.

1. Chainsaw Man

Like Dandadan, Chainsaw Man features protagonists navigating a chaotic world filled with bizarre supernatural entities. Adapted from the manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto,...

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Horror and anime are a match made in heaven. The flexibility of the anime medium allows creators to approach scares from many unique angles, creating everything from outwardly terrifying monsters to shows with skin-crawling atmospheres that leave the audience constantly on edge, dreading what happens next.

Horror fans who are looking for a new anime to give them nightmares should head over to Hulu, as the streaming service has a wide range of horror anime from hot new shows, to often-overlooked older classics that are guaranteed to make you leave the lights on when you go to bed, or nervously peak around the corner whenever you exit the bathroom.

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Plenty of sci-fi anime, like Flcl and Gintama, welcome and even encourage multiple watches so that fans can dig and immerse themselves deeper.

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The zombie genre is one that appears to have nothing new at this point. We seem to have seen every possible variation through various movies, books, and games. Which is why the manga “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Takata quickly became known as a fun and fresh take on the old zombie apocalypse setup when first printed in 2018 in the magazine “Monthly Sunday Gene-x”. Last year saw two adaptations; the Netflix movie directed by Yusuke Ishida and the 12-episode anime series directed by Kazuki Kawagoe and produced by studio Bug Films. Whilst the film was an enjoyable romp, it never felt like it was able to make the most of the manga's premise. The anime, however, was one of the most enjoyable shows of 2023 and had something truly special about it. And I'm not talking about the zombie shark.

Viz Media, one of the leading publishers of manga in North America, has recently disclosed the most-read series by its subscribers and the platform’s most popular manga in the year 2023. The list encompasses titles of diverse genre.

Manga series that captured the attention of Viz Manga subscribers in 2023 include:

1. Call of the Night by Kotoyama

2. Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi

3. Magi by Shinobu Ohtaka

4. Komi Can’t Communicate by Tomohito Oda

5. Case Closed (Detective Conan) by Gosho Ayoma

6. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead by Haro Aso & Kotaro Takata

7. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End by Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe

8. Fly Me To The Moon by Kenjiro Hata

Viz Media’s most popular manga include:

Hayate the Combat Butler by Kenjiro Hata Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi Mar by Nobuyuki Anzai Kekkaishi by Yello Tanabe Flame of Recca by Nobuyuki Anzai Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to...

Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead will release its final episodes on Christmas Day after facing production setbacks. The official trailer released on YouTube gives a glimpse of what to expect in the upcoming episodes and resolves the previous cliffhanger. Despite production issues and a decline in hype, the anime remains popular and will be available on Netflix, Crunchyroll, and Hulu.

Ahead of the release of the final episodes of Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead, the trailer for the remaining episodes has just been revealed. After suffering many setbacks, the anime is set to premiere all its episodes at once on Christmas Day.

The official website of Zom 100 has released a 3-minute trailer that both goes over what happened in previous episodes and what to expect in the upcoming ones. Posted on YouTube by the publisher of the manga, Viz Media, the video is a promising sign...

The official website of Shogakukan revealed a list of nominees for the 69th Shogakukan Manga Awards on Dec 7, 2023. A total of 12 manga have been nominated across various genres for the award this year, and for the first time ever there is no category wise division.

The winning works will be announced on Jan 18, 2024.

Here is a list of manga that have been nominated:

1. Unmei no Makimodo Shi – All Great Achievements Require Time by Futa Kimura

2. Kyo kara Papa wa Kami Desu. by Mitsuki Teramoto

3. Sousou No Frieren by Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe

4. The Elusive Samurai by Yusei Matsui

5. Suji de Asobo. by Murako Kinuta

6. Black Girls Talk by Maki Makino

7. Shujinkou Nikki by Yuu Yoshinaga

8. Ice Castle Wall by Kocha Agasawa

9. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead by Haro Aso, Kotaro Takata

10. Trillion Game by Riichirou Inagaki, Ryoichi Ikegami

11. Shojiki Fudosan by Akira Otani, Mitsuhiro Mizuno, Takeshi Natsuhara

12. Ya Boy Kongming! by Yuto Yotsuba,...

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead has one of the best openings of the year, matching the joy of the concept while infusing zombie tropes with color and brightness. Undead Girl Murder Farce's opening merges different styles and introduces famous characters, capturing the fun and wild nature of the show. Vinland Saga's opening represents Thorfinn's trauma and the dark beauty of the series, seamlessly transitioning between morbid details.

2023 was a superb year for anime openings, releasing some of the best in recent memory. Anime openings are very important both for hooking viewers and for getting them in the right frame of mind to watch the show attached to them. However, this doesn't mean that they can't be artistic in their own right.

Openings are a combination of animation and music that, at their best, can serve as a perfect encapsulation of their anime. An opening can thus be...

Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead faced numerous delays during its run, but the final three episodes will finally be released in time for Christmas. The anime's unique and wacky apocalyptic plot line drew in many viewers, but production issues and an overworked staff led to an indefinite hiatus, which is sarcastic for an anime that drew attention to the working conditions faced by Japanese anime studios The release of the remaining episodes on Christmas Day will provide a fitting conclusion to the first season.

Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead has finally announced the release date of the final three episodes of season 1. Zom 100 was the hottest new anime of Summer 2023 and was poised to be a success. The wacky apocalyptic plot line drew in many new viewers, and the animation quality and unique characters made them continue watching. Unfortunately, the project faced many delays throughout its...

Fans of the hit anime Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead will be shocked to learn that, after a frustrating sequence of delays, the series has been put on indefinite hiatus with no information about a potential return or an air date for the remaining episodes.

Following delays to previous episodes, which have been simulcast for international audiences via Crunchyroll, the remaining three episodes of the series have been delayed indefinitely. Previously, the air dates several episodes have been delayed by as much as a week. Now, the remaining three episodes of the adaptation's scheduled 12-episode season have been delayed until further notice with no estimated return date for the series. As reported by Anime News And Facts via Twitter, the comedy-horror series is going on indefinite hiatus until further notice:

Until next notice "Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead" is indefinitely on hiatus. The anime still has...

A lot of fans of the hit anime series, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, will have to wait a little longer as the upcoming episode will now stream on a later date, after a slight delay.

While the series' eighth episode is still slated to broadcast in Japan on September 17 as originally planned, fans from other parts of the world will have to wait an extra day for its digital release. This postponement is just one of many setbacks that have affected the anime's release.

Related: Zom 100 Is the Perfect Gateway Anime For Comedy Horror Cinephiles...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for the Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead live-action movie.

The live-action Zom 100 movie deviates from the manga in some ways but ends just before a major character is introduced, setting up a potential sequel. Beatrix Amerhauser does not appear in Netflix's Zom 100 movie, but her absence sets up the possibility of exploring her story in a sequel. If Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead gets a sequel, Beatrix Amerhauser will likely be in the film.

Netflix’s Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead live-action movie is missing one of the story’s most important characters, which is actually good news in terms of a potential Zom 100 sequel. The popular Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead manga by writer Haro Aso and illustrator Kotaro Takata recently received an anime adaptation, which is currently covering the beginning of Akira’s journey amidst the zombie apocalypse.

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Warning: This article contains Spoilers for the Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead live-action movie and the manga.

Netflix's Zom 100 movie covers the first 11 chapters of the manga and features several key differences in the story, including changes to the opening sequence and Akira's backstory. The live-action adaptation changes Zom 100's chronology. For example, it introduces Kencho earlier in the story, before the zombie outbreak. Akira's bucket list has fewer items in the movie compared to the manga, and the items themselves differ between the two versions.

There are several differences between Netflix’s Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead live-action movie and the Zom 100 manga, which recently received an anime adaptation as well. Less than a month after the Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead anime premiered, the 2018 manga by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata now has a live-action adaptation.

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Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Netflix's live-action Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead movie.

Netflix's live-action Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead movie condenses the manga's first 11 chapters into a 120-minute story, giving Akira, Shizuka, and Kencho a self-contained ending. The post-credits scene in Zom 100 plays with the aftermath for Gonzo Kosugi, Akira's former boss, who is left alone to clean up the mess and live with the consequences of his actions. The Zom 100 movie hints at a potential sequel, as it only covers a portion of the manga's story and leaves room for Akira, Shizuka, and Kencho's journey to continue.

Netflix’s Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead movie brought the popular manga into live-action, covering a certain portion of the story and giving Akira, Shizuka, and Kencho a relatively self-contained ending. Based on Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto...

The anime horror comedy Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is delaying the release of Episode 5 after previously delaying the release of Episode 4 for streaming services.

On X (fka Twitter), the show's social media account made the announcement about the latest episode delay. Episode 5 of Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead was originally set to air in Japan on Aug. 6. The episode will now air on Aug. 13, one week from its intended release. No explanation was given for the delay.

Related: Zom 100: Finally A Series Adult Anime Fans Can Relate To

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“Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” is a comedy movie directed by Yusuke Ishida. It is based on the manga series of the same name by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata. It stars Eiji Akaso as Akira Tendo.

Are you looking for a well-crafted comedy that is both relaxed and visually appealing? “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” successfully combines these aspects and delivers more than what it promises in a film.

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Akira wakes up one day to find himself in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. The world is in chaos, and everyone has been turned into zombies.

But not everything is a disaster, because Akira is happy that he doesn’t have to go to work.

About the Film Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

The film stays true to its style, even though it may not be particularly ambitious. It is an ideal...

Zombie apocalypse and dystopic worldview have been explored in the manga and anime scene in a multitude of different ways—set in the far future or made as a period piece, as survival drama, or in the hack and slash action genre. But rarely has the set-up been implemented with such ingenuity as it has been in Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead, created by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata. The plot revolves around a pretty basic premise: what would you want to be if all your societal burdens became non-existent? Of course, the opportunity is provided by the aforementioned scenario of the zombie apocalypse, which brings a contrasting yet unique tone to the narrative.

Netflix’s live-action movie adaptation of Zom 100 is about to premiere tomorrow, and to give viewers an idea of what to expect from the feature, we would like to discuss a few initial volumes of the manga.

The summer movie season rolls on as we officially break into August, and this first week of the month is loaded with fresh horrors on the big screen and the small screen as well.

Here’s all the new horror releasing August 1– August 6, 2023!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

First up, Ghastly Brothers is streaming exclusively on Screambox now!

The Dutch supernatural horror-comedy harkens back to such gateway horrors as Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, and Goosebumps.

“Lilith is sent to boarding school where she meets the Ghastly brothers, a pair of strange ghost hunters. Together, they need to rid the school of the demons who have made it their home.”

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A live-action film based on the Japanese manga Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is set to be released through the Netflix streaming service on August 3rd, and with that date swiftly approaching a trailer for the film has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.

Directed by Yûsuke Ishida from a screenplay by Tatsuro Mishima, based on the manga written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Takata, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead has the following synopsis: Akira Tendo works at an exploitative company where he suffers endless hours and harassment from his boss. Spending more days feeling dead than alive, he awakes to discover his town has been devastated and overtaken by zombies and suddenly feels excited at the prospect of not needing to go to the office anymore. After witnessing an older co-worker he looked up to become a zombie,...

Netflix has announced this morning that their live action horror movie Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead will premiere on August 3, and they’ve also unleashed the official trailer.

The film is a feature length, live action adaptation of the Japanese manga. Netflix previews the upcoming Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, “a fresh zombie comedy comes to life, packed with laughs and thrills for anyone stressed out by modern society.”

Watch the official trailer below, which features a massive zombie shark!

Written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Takata, the manga series Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead debuted in October 2018. Here’s the plot synopsis for the live action movie…

Akira Tendo (Eiji Akaso) works at an exploitative company where he suffers endless hours and harassment from his boss. Spending more days feeling dead than alive, he awakes to discover his town has been...

Netflix is to release its Japanese live action film “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead,” on Aug. 3.

The horror comedy film is based on the hit manga (comic book series) by Aso Haro and Takata Kotaro that debuted in the Shogakukan magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-x in October 2018. It has also spawned an animated series that plays on Hulu in North American and other territories.

The underlying comic is a wackily original melding of the salaryman gag manga – a popular genre in Japan seldom exported abroad – with the sort of zombie holocaust story that has become a Hollywood staple.

The story follows overworked office worker Akira (portrayed by Akaso Eiji) who, in the wake of a zombie apocalypse, is more excited at not having to go to work than worried about fending off the undead. He comes up with 100 things to do before turning into a zombie himself and embarks...

While the history of the zombie apocalypse has primarily been depicted as terrifyingly horrific, the much-anticipated anime Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead looks to add a humorous new perspective to the genre when it makes its debut on Crunchyroll.

As revealed at Anime Expo 2023, and subsequently reported by Crunchyroll, the animated series Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead will debut Sunday, July 9, 2023, on Crunchyroll's streaming service at 5:00 Am East Standard Time (Est), 3:00 Am Central (CMT), and 2:00 Am Pacific Standard Time (Pst).

Of note, the anime is not the only small-screen version of the story that will be broadcast this year. In what must be a first for an anime, Netflix previously announced prior to Anime Expo 2023, that a live production of the story will premiere later this summer in August.

Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead Will Rock Crunchyroll's July Lineup

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Viz Media had a successful Anime Expo this year with their industry panel announcing their upcoming slate, panels for Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead anime and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2, and signings with Bleach's Masakazu Morita and Zom 100's Kotro Takata! Check out in detail what happened this weekend below!

Premiere: Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead World Premiere – Saturday July 1st, 2023

Special guest Kotaro Takata joined us for a deep dive on the gory, gruesome details of drawing Zom 100. Fans were treated to a sneak peek of Episode 1, and a couple lucky fans scored some sweet freebies. Plus, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead voice actors Zeno Robinson, Abby Trott, and Laura Post joined us on stage to chat about funny moments in the recording booth.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, based on the manga by creators Haro Aso and Kotaro...

Crunchyroll has acquired the streaming rights to the dystopian horror-comedy anime, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead.

The prominent streaming platform recently announced that it would begin simulcasting Zom 100 weekly on July 9, 2:00 Am Pt in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the Indian Subcontinent. Although these episodes will be subtitled, the series will later be dubbed into several major languages, including English, French, German, Italian and Latin American Spanish, among others. Crunchyroll unveiled a new trailer spotlighting protagonist Akira Tendo and several other major characters to commemorate the announcement. This promo also features the series' main theme, "Song of the Dead," performed by the Japanese rock group, Kana-Boon.

Related: The Best Upcoming Horror Anime to Send a Chill Down Your Spine in Summer 2023

What Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Is About

Bug Films' Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead...

The upcoming zombie comedy anime series “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” dares to ask, what if the zombie apocalypse gave you the freedom to live life to its fullest?

Crunchyroll has officially acquired the streaming rights for the highly anticipated series, and a new trailer highlights the humor found in a zombie outbreak ahead of the series’ simulcast on July 9 at 2:00 Am Pacific Time with new subtitled episodes every week.

In the series: “With three years under his belt at the company from hell, Akira Tendo is mentally and physically spent. All at the ripe old age of twenty-four. Even his crush from Accounting, Saori, wants nothing to do with him. Then, just when life is beginning to look like one big disappointment, it happens. The zombie apocalypse descends on Japan! Surrounded by hordes of hungry zombies, Akira comes to a realization that will forever change his life…...

A slew of awesome guests has just been announced for the upcoming Anime Expo 2023. The annual convention is the largest of its kind in North America and attracts big names for its panels every year. This year is no exception, with huge voice actors, manga artists, and other major industry names set to attend.

In a press release, Anime Expo revealed a long list of guests attending the event. One of the most notable guests is Masakazu Morita, the voice actor of Ichigo in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, which will be returning for a Part 2 on July 8th. Other voice actors attending the convention include many seiyuus from the game Obey Me! Nightbringer. Major manga creators will also be at the convention, including the mangaka of Soul Eater and Fire Force 'sAtsushi Ohkubo as well as the author of Bungo Stray Dogs Kafka Asagiri. The convention also includes video game creators like Kazutaka Kodaka,...

San Francisco, CA — May, 28th, 2023 — Today, Viz Media, a world-leading producer of manga and anime, announce the anime series, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, based on the manga by creators Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata will stream on Hulu and Netflix in the U.S.

In the U.S, the series will simulcast on Hulu premiering 2:00Am Pdt, July 9th, 2023, with sunrise details for Netflix and other streaming platforms to come. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is a Viz Media co-production alongside Shogakukan and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Japan, with Viz Media representing the anime in the North America, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand territories.

The zombie hordes are coming, so it's time to live your best life! There's nothing quite like the end of the world to inspire your bucket list. In Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Akira Tendo's life has lost its luster.