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Zombie Land Saga’s Franchouchou Stars in Drive-In Tori Commercial

Written By Samantha Ferreira

You thought that was just a bit?

On November 6, the official Zombie Land Saga Twitter account updated with a TV spot for Drive-In Tori. The 23-second ad features footage from the show’s fifth episode, which saw the fictional idol group starring in a commercial for the famed yakitori restaurant chain.

Sadly, the great Tae Yamada’s time to shine was dubbed out for an actual rooster cry.

Zombie Land Saga began airing on October 4.

Munehisa Sakai (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season 1, One Piece Episodes 244 – 372) is directing the series at MAPPA, with Kazumi Fukagawa (Idolish7) providing character designs. Shigeru Murakoshi (Azure Striker Gunvolt, Garo: Crimson Moon) is in charge of series composition for the project.

Zombie Land Saga Key VisualThe confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Kōtarō Tatsumi: Mamoru Miyano
  • Sakura Minamoto: Kaede Hondo
  • Saki Nikaidō: Asami Tano
  • Ai Mizuno: Risa Taneda
  • Junko Konno: Maki Kawase
  • Yūgiri: Rika Kinugawa
  • Lily Hoshikawa: Minami Tanaka
  • Tae Yamada: Kotono Mitsuishi
  • Policeman A: Hiroyuki Yoshino
  • Romero: Yasuhiro Takato

Zombie Land Saga is a co-production between Cygames, MAPPA, and Avex Pictures. Nobuhiro Takenaka will serve as producer for the project, which has been in the works for four years. In an interview with Anime Herald, Takenaka revealed that the studio is negotiating global licenses as of July. He added that MAPPA CEO Manabu Otsuka had the original idea for the work, stating “Otsuka-san of MAPPA had the idea and a clear vision.”

Crunchyroll is streaming the show as part of their Fall 2018 simulcast lineup. They describe it as:

A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead… zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world. They all share one wish: “We want to live.” These girls will struggle through this saga, in order to achieve a miracle. MAPPA, Avex Pictures, and Cygames team up to bring you a juicy, 100% original anime. A timeless shocker for all audiences, a brand new style of zombie anime, will soon rise.

Source: Ota-suke

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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