Zombie Land Saga is an anime television series produced by MAPPA, Avex Pictures and Cygames. Announced in July 2018, the series is directed by Munehisa Sakai and written by Shigeru Murakoshi, with animation by studio MAPPA. The series' character designs are provided by Kasumi Fukagawa, Kazuo Ogura is the art director, Takashi Yanagida is serving as director of photography, Azusa Sasaki is the color designer, and Masahiro Goto is editing the series. Yasuharu Takanashi is composing the series' music, which is produced by Avex Pictures, while dugout is producing the sound. The opening and ending theme songs respectively are and , both performed by Franchouchou (Sakura Minamoto (Kaede Hondo / Brina Palencia), Saki Nikaido (Asami Tano / Caitlin Glass), Ai Mizuno (Risa Taneda / Bryn Apprill), Junko Konno (Maki Kawase / Amanda Lee), Yugiri (Rika Kinugawa / Stephanie Young), and Lily Hoshikawa (Minami Tanaka / Sarah Wiedenheft)). The 12-episode series aired between October 4 and December 20, 2018, and was broadcast on AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, BS11, Saga TV, and TVQ. The series was simulcast outside of Asia with Japanese audio and English subtitles by Crunchyroll and with English audio by Funimation. An uncut version of the dub that translates the main songs from the anime series was eventually released by Funimation at the end of 2019.
Medialink licensed the first season in Asia-Pacific, and streamed it on Netflix, Aniplus Asia, and Bilibili, while Muse Communication holds the distribution rights to the second season.
The opening and ending themes were both released as singles paired with "FANTASTIC LOVERS" and "Jellyfish" (respectively, both sung by Iron Frill, Ai Mizuno's in-universe pre-Franchouchou idol group) on November 28, 2018, and they charted at #13 and #19 (respectively) in the Oricon Singles Chart on December 10, while the opening theme single topped the Billboard Japan Download Songs chart on the same day.
On July 27, 2019, it was announced that the series is getting renewed for a second season, titled Zombie Land Saga Revenge. On February 27, 2021, it was revealed that MAPPA would animate the new season, which aired from on April 8 to June 24, 2021, on AT-X and other channels. Tatsuro Onishi and Momoko Mifune replace Kazuo Ogura and Takashi Yanagida as art director and director of photography. The remaining cast and staff return to reprise their roles. The opening and ending theme songs respectively are and , both performed by Franchouchou. Crunchyroll streamed the series with subtitles, and Funimation stream the series dubbed in English.
On October 17, 2021, it was announced that the series would be receiving an anime film project. The film, titled Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise, was released on October 24, 2025.
Series overview
Episodes Zombie Land Saga (2018)
Zombie Land Saga Revenge (2021)
Home video release Japanese Vol. Episodes Cover character(s) Release date Ref. Season 1 1 1–4 Sakura Minamoto and Saki Nikaido 21 December 2018 2 5–8 Ai Mizuno and Junko Konno 22 February 2019 3 9–12 Yugiri, Lily Hoshikawa, and Tae Yamada 26 April 2019 Season 2 1 13–16 Saki Nikaido, Ai Mizuno, and Junko Konno 25 June 2021 2 17–20 Yugiri, Lily Hoshikawa, and Tae Yamada 30 July 2021 3 21–24 Sakura Minamoto and Kotaro Tatsumi 27 August 2021
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