“Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” to Debut in the United States on Hulu and Netflix
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. After spending three hard years at a soul-crushing corporation in Japan, his spirit is broken. He can't even muster the courage to confess his feelings to his beautiful co-worker Saori. Then one morning, he stumbles upon his landlord eating lunch—which happens to be another tenant! The whole city's swarming with zombies, and even though he's running for his life, Akira has never felt more alive! Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.
Official Synopsis:
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…
“Wait, does this mean I never have to go to work again?”
Confess to… party like it's… travel Japan coast to…
Now, with his nightmare job no longer, Akira's got his mojo back. Let the bucket listing begin!!
Production:
Creators: Haro Aso, Kotaro Takata
(Published by Shogakukan: Monthly Sunday Gene-X, ongoing)
Director: Kazuki Kawagoe
Assistant Director: Hanako Ueda
Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
Character Design: Kii Tanaka
Zombie Design: Junpei Fukuchi
Music: Makoto Miyazaki
Music Selection: Maiko Gouda
Sound Production: dugout
Animation Production: BUG FILMS
Production: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd
Cast:
Akira Tendo: Shuichiro Umeda
Shizuka : Tomori Kusunoki
The series theme song artists are KANA-BOON for the opening theme and Shiyui for the ending theme respectively.
Opening theme artist: KANA-BOON
Below comment by Maguro Taniguchi (Guitarist and vocalist of KANA-BOON)
“I'd always hoped to one day work on something with zombies, and now my dream has come true. (I've always had a thing for zombies…) There's something about Zom 100's story that really spoke to me. It was that important question: how to best have fun in life? We all have responsibilities, things we have to do, but the most important thing is that you're doing something you actually like, that you're having fun with it. And I definitely had my share of fun making the “Song of the Dead”. I hope the song adds to the anime, and that it gives you a burst of energy, the power to live life to the fullest, and to have fun while doing it!”
Ending theme artist: Shiyui
Below comment by ending theme artist: Shiyui
“Hi everyone, I'm Shiyui, singer/songwriter of the ending theme for Zom 100. I think “Happiness of the Dead” fits the ups and downs of this big adventure. Like those moments when you don't know whether you should laugh or cry. Like discovering happiness can come in small packages. Tragedy and comedy, all rolled into one. Enjoy.”
About Haro Aso:
In 2004, Haro Aso received Shonen Sunday's Manga College Award for his short story “YUNGE!” After the success of his 2007 short story “Onigami Amon,” Aso got the chance to start a series of his own—2008's Hyde & Closer. In 2010, his series Alice in Borderland began serialization in Shonen Sunday S and is now a Netflix live-action drama. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is his follow-up series.
About Kotaro Takata:
Kotaro Takata first hit the manga scene in 2009 with Hallelujah Overdrive!, which ran in Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine. In 2017, he served as the artist on another Monthly Shonen Sunday title called I Am Sherlock, written by Naomichi Io. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is his follow-up series.
About VIZ Media:
Wherever manga and anime fans are, we are! VIZ Media is No. 1 in Japanese pop culture, introducing fans to what's now, new, and next. Home to the world's most influential and groundbreaking storytellers and artists, who today drive multiple industries from publishing and animation to film and gaming. If it's big in Japan, you can find it at VIZ.
VIZ Media is proudly certified as a Most Loved Workplace® in America, and honored in Inc Magazine's 2023 Best Workplaces in America. For more information on VIZ Media visit: https://www.viz.com/
About Hulu:
Hulu is the leading and most comprehensive all-in-one premium streaming service that offers an expansive slate of live and on-demand entertainment, both in and outside the home, through a wide array of subscription options that give consumers ultimate control over their viewing experience. As part of the Disney Entertainment segment, Hulu is the only on-demand offering that provides access to shows from every major U.S. broadcast network, libraries of hit TV series and films – including licensed content available exclusively on Hulu – and award-winning Hulu Originals, both with and without commercials. With Hulu + Live TV, subscribers receive a unique combination of access to 90+ live news, entertainment and sports TV channels from 20th Television, The Walt Disney Company, ABC, NBCUniversal, CBS Corporation, The CW, Turner Networks, A+E Networks and Discovery Networks, as well as Hulu's on-demand library, Disney+, and ESPN+ included as part of the base plan. Visit hulu.com to subscribe or learn more about the service.
About Netflix:
Netflix is one of the world's leading streaming entertainment services with 223 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
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. After spending three hard years at a soul-crushing corporation in Japan, his spirit is broken. He can't even muster the courage to confess his feelings to his beautiful co-worker Saori. Then one morning, he stumbles upon his landlord eating lunch—which happens to be another tenant! The whole city's swarming with zombies, and even though he's running for his life, Akira has never felt more alive! Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.
Official Synopsis:
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…
“Wait, does this mean I never have to go to work again?”
Confess to… party like it's… travel Japan coast to…
Now, with his nightmare job no longer, Akira's got his mojo back. Let the bucket listing begin!!
Production:
Creators: Haro Aso, Kotaro Takata
(Published by Shogakukan: Monthly Sunday Gene-X, ongoing)
Director: Kazuki Kawagoe
Assistant Director: Hanako Ueda
Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
Character Design: Kii Tanaka
Zombie Design: Junpei Fukuchi
Music: Makoto Miyazaki
Music Selection: Maiko Gouda
Sound Production: dugout
Animation Production: BUG FILMS
Production: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd
Cast:
Akira Tendo: Shuichiro Umeda
Shizuka : Tomori Kusunoki
The series theme song artists are KANA-BOON for the opening theme and Shiyui for the ending theme respectively.
Opening theme artist: KANA-BOON
Below comment by Maguro Taniguchi (Guitarist and vocalist of KANA-BOON)
“I'd always hoped to one day work on something with zombies, and now my dream has come true. (I've always had a thing for zombies…) There's something about Zom 100's story that really spoke to me. It was that important question: how to best have fun in life? We all have responsibilities, things we have to do, but the most important thing is that you're doing something you actually like, that you're having fun with it. And I definitely had my share of fun making the “Song of the Dead”. I hope the song adds to the anime, and that it gives you a burst of energy, the power to live life to the fullest, and to have fun while doing it!”
Ending theme artist: Shiyui
Below comment by ending theme artist: Shiyui
“Hi everyone, I'm Shiyui, singer/songwriter of the ending theme for Zom 100. I think “Happiness of the Dead” fits the ups and downs of this big adventure. Like those moments when you don't know whether you should laugh or cry. Like discovering happiness can come in small packages. Tragedy and comedy, all rolled into one. Enjoy.”
About Haro Aso:
In 2004, Haro Aso received Shonen Sunday's Manga College Award for his short story “YUNGE!” After the success of his 2007 short story “Onigami Amon,” Aso got the chance to start a series of his own—2008's Hyde & Closer. In 2010, his series Alice in Borderland began serialization in Shonen Sunday S and is now a Netflix live-action drama. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is his follow-up series.
About Kotaro Takata:
Kotaro Takata first hit the manga scene in 2009 with Hallelujah Overdrive!, which ran in Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine. In 2017, he served as the artist on another Monthly Shonen Sunday title called I Am Sherlock, written by Naomichi Io. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is his follow-up series.
About VIZ Media:
Wherever manga and anime fans are, we are! VIZ Media is No. 1 in Japanese pop culture, introducing fans to what's now, new, and next. Home to the world's most influential and groundbreaking storytellers and artists, who today drive multiple industries from publishing and animation to film and gaming. If it's big in Japan, you can find it at VIZ.
VIZ Media is proudly certified as a Most Loved Workplace® in America, and honored in Inc Magazine's 2023 Best Workplaces in America. For more information on VIZ Media visit: https://www.viz.com/
About Hulu:
Hulu is the leading and most comprehensive all-in-one premium streaming service that offers an expansive slate of live and on-demand entertainment, both in and outside the home, through a wide array of subscription options that give consumers ultimate control over their viewing experience. As part of the Disney Entertainment segment, Hulu is the only on-demand offering that provides access to shows from every major U.S. broadcast network, libraries of hit TV series and films – including licensed content available exclusively on Hulu – and award-winning Hulu Originals, both with and without commercials. With Hulu + Live TV, subscribers receive a unique combination of access to 90+ live news, entertainment and sports TV channels from 20th Television, The Walt Disney Company, ABC, NBCUniversal, CBS Corporation, The CW, Turner Networks, A+E Networks and Discovery Networks, as well as Hulu's on-demand library, Disney+, and ESPN+ included as part of the base plan. Visit hulu.com to subscribe or learn more about the service.
About Netflix:
Netflix is one of the world's leading streaming entertainment services with 223 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
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