Zom 100 - Coisas para Fazer Antes de Virar Zumbi

I've really appreciated what this show has done for the zombie genre. It's first episode sets the tone for the entire series and establishes that this is really not a zombie show, it's a show about finding happiness. I love all the comparisons to a toxic work environment and I think it really adds to the colorful fun escapism that they make the literal zombie apocalypse out to be. I've looked forward to every episode they've released and I'm just as excited for the next one. I love the feeling of a friend group just doing goofy stuff on a road trip in the middle of what many people would describe as hell.

I didn't know this show existed until just a few days ago, and that's thanks to a YouTube channel called "Super Eyepatch Wolf". (by the way he's great go subscribe to him, he makes great video essays). He made a video where he basically talked about his favorite things that came out this year, and in this video he talked about this anime.

The first thing that grabbed my attention was its clever and original premise. The idea of a guy trying to survive during a zombie apocalypse, as he makes a bucket list of 100 things he wants to do before he gets turned into one, instantly grabbed my attention.

Another thing I love about this show is the goofiness of it. There is a zombified shark with human legs in this.

I'm truly in awe of how amazing this anime adaptation is so far! I have been a huge fan of the manga since that first fan translation back in 2019 and ever since then I've kept up with every chapter. Of course then I saw the announcement of the adaptation and I got even more excited. "One of the very few genuinely good zombie manga is getting an anime AND a live action adaptation?" I thought to myself. I couldn't believe it and still cannot believe it, yet here we are with the first episode. It was truly everything I wanted in the opening episode and way WAY more. I love how much time they spend showing just how awful his work environment is, which works perfectly into the second half of the episode. Honestly the only complaint I have is just I want more episodes and soon enough that complaint will no longer exist. I'll update this review when the full anime comes out without any spoilers of course. But yeah, check this anime out and when you're done consider reading the manga. You will not regret it.

"industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster to human race" Only watched the first episode, and im already liking it. The way i see it, this is a social commentary on the work life balance in the world, especially in Japan and to be more specific in Tokyo. Workers there work more than half of their day to the point where they dont have enough time to go back home so they sleep on the streets. And as we saw in the first episode, our main character was more thrilled and enjoying life where there is a zombie apocalypse than wasting his life working for some corporate.

Maybe the zombies represent how the work conditions switched people to actual -not so real- zombies as if they only work and have no other life than working. And maybe there are real zombies and it is the apocalypse. Either way, this is a good funny to watch anime.

Zombies, everyone's favourite bad guys in the previous decade but over time, it lost its charm as more and more titles started blending together, making their existence entirely about its setting rather than using the setting to tell a good story.

This is exactly where Zom 100 succeeds. With just one episode, it has started a great story which has me keen and excited for what's to come. Going into the anime, knowing little to nothing about it, I was caught off guard by how good it was. Seriously, one of the best anime openers of all time.

The show packs a stylistic punch unlike any other Zombie media I have seen. The anime really used its format to play with the visuals and elevate the source material and oh boy, did it work.

Really good stuff.