Hahaha, I still remember how you keep insisting that they are posers, but well i guess they do go with the poses a bit too much after the screencaps. I didn’t feel like it was excessive when I watched it myself but I am glad that you are blogging it (since you started fangirling about all the male seiyuus). Let me try to apply my 3Ps to this.

First on, for production values, it is very high. Kuwashima Houko, the seiyuu of Shuurei in Saiunkoku Monogatari is definitely turning out to be the star of this series. If anything, Zombie Loan has a huge cast that is close to a star status. I am amazed at the seiyuus that they have employed for this, giving this series a fresh and definitely strong push.

The graphics is definitely decent, even though it is nothing to roar about. I must add that the art work released before the anime did was much worse, which is surprising. Art work is generally much better so I applaud the anime series.

On plot depth, it is rather interesting, with some plot issues such as why they became hunters of undead, how Michiru has the eyes of the shinigami, the agency’s development, and perhaps the eventual antagonist. All this seems a bit standard shounen fare, but who knows.

On personality, I really like Michiru because she is so ditsy but it is clear that she is a troubled girl who has lost her parents and saw them die in front of herself or something. The other two guys did not leave me with any strong impressions but I do wonder if there would be any romantic touches. I swear Chika will have some romance. Shito (Oh shi-) seems to be a rather complex character too, with his mood swings swinging faster than the plates.

All in all, it’s a competent first episode and Briar’s review saved me the effort of writing a summary for it. Yay!

Nice… I can’t wait to start watching this myself. Must wait for the subs though ;_;

Wow, now, i am fabulously surprised. This is the first time that I have heard from anyone that they like the OP. Everyone seems to have their hair pulled out listening to it. Hmm, queer huh. ^_^

@Impz — Lol. Not the first time I’ve been the odd one out. It’s especially strange since I don’t normally like punk. But this is sort of smoothed-out punk, so I find it okay. I think the guy actually has a good voice for this kind of music. The group is called “The Birthday” and consists of members formerly with Rosso and Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, neither of which I’ve heard. I think the lead singer is Chiba Yuusuke.

@Mike: Read our disclaimer

@Hashihime: Hahah, so it seems. Well, I guess it is perhaps the fact that I really dislike punk music, no matter how soft or hard the voice is. It just feels to me like someone screaming seriously out of tune, and I have huge doubts on the good quality of it. It might be probably due to my myopic and inexperienced view due to my lack of exposure on such genres of music.

@Mike: arr, the disclaimer is that

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Sorry!

The manga-basis for this anime was done by Peach Pit, the group of two manga-ka who did Rozen Maiden. Surely, Zombie Loan will be interesting.

If the anime follows the manga as well as I hope it will, then the series has very good potential, no matter how “cliche” it seems to be.

The anime (like the manga) picks up after the brief background foundation is laid, so don’t give up on it. Personally, I felt the anime is an interesting rendtion of the manga, enough to keep me watching it.

@ Kyokii: Yes, that and the seiyuus pretty much gaurantee that this would be pretty good. I don’t read the manga, but from the reviews others have said it is quite good.

@ DJ: Yay! You are picking up Zombie Loan? It’s too bad about Darker than Black, but it will also open the market for anime fans and for anime producers to earn more. Anyway, Zombie Loan has quite good looking bishies and a competent story, so even without the yummy voices, it’s well worth picking up.

LKK!! Haven’t seen you around for such a long time! I’m really, really flattered you came in here and will be coming back. From the sound of your comment on the manga the following stories would be very, very interesting; I’m definitely going to be looking forward to them.

Cute guys, ditsy girl, I’m trying very hard to like the opening, trying and failing, the plot’s interesting, love the way they presented it. Looking forward to more. =D!

I dunno…I actually didn’t mind the OP at all. The song reminded me a LOT of HT from Trigun, VERY similar guitar licks…just with lyrics. It’s pretty much exactly how’d I’d expect HT to sound if it had vocals. I’m actually surprised nobody has made this comparison yet.

While the OP wasn’t bad, I thought the ED song Chain Ring was actually really good.

Well it was my first time reading the Episode 1 of Zombie Loan and I think in my opinion that it is a great anime plus the 3 main characters are well drawn.