The zombie genre is very popular all over the world, and zombies have infiltrated the Japanese animation industry. Although there are not yet as many zombie animated films as live-action thrillers, it is only a matter of time until anime catches up with the world of realistic and digital effects. Currently, there are already many zombie cartoons available to watch Zombies represent a huge genre and not all zombie anime focus entirely on walking, rotting zombies. With stories like Tokyo Ghoul and High School of the Dead, the anime allows viewers to see from the perspective of the undead.
1 Tokyo Ghoul
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Trailer Tokyo Ghoul
Tokyo Ghoul follows the journey of an ordinary and quiet 18-year-old university student named Ken Kaneki. His life is turned upside down after a near-fatal accident, when he is saved through receiving an organ transplant from a demon. This organ transplant turns him into a hybrid of a human and a demon, and he must eat humans to survive.
Ken must find a way to preserve his humanity while hiding the fact that he is currently a demon. Unlike normal flesh-eating zombies, demons try to live normal lives in society, keeping their demonic identities a secret. However, they had no choice, and the humans hunted and persecuted them to the point that it was difficult to take sides in this world without heroes.
English: Tokyo Ghoul
Premiere: The film Tokyo Ghoul premiered from July 3, 2014 to September 19, 2014.
Genre: Action, Horror, Supernatural, Psychological, Drama
Character Name: Ken Kaneki, Touka Kirishima, Rize Kamishiro, Shuu Tsukiyama, Yoshimura
Length: 12 episodes (about 24 minutes each)
Directed by: Shuhei Morita
2 Highschool Of The Dead
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Trailer Highschool Of The Dead
Highschool of the Dead can be considered the best zombie anime series to date. It is also very similar to a traditional Western zombie epidemic story, but this does not detract from its appeal and horror.
As the name of Highschool of the Dead suggests, this short series follows five high school students working together to get to safety after their school is invaded by zombies. Highschool of the Dead's fan service can be a bit excessive at times, but its solid character and devotion to actual violence transcend its drawbacks.
Premiere: The film Highschool of the Dead premiered from July 5, 2010 to September 20, 2010.
Genre: Action, Horror, Ecchi, Supernatural
Characters: Takashi Komuro, Rei Miyamoto, Saeko Busujima, Saya Takagi, Kohta Hirano
Duration: 12 episodes (about 24 minutes each)
Director: Tetsuro Araki
3 Corpse Princess (Shikabane Hime: Aka)
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Trailer Corpse Princess (Shikabane Hime: Aka)
Makina Hoshimura may not look like a zombie and doesn't eat brains, but she is one of the undead. She was revived after being killed with her family and now needs to kill 108 other undead to join her family in paradise.
Makina's ultimate goal is to avenge her family's death by defeating the group of undead known as the Seven Stars. A strong and attractive female character, Makina uses a pair of MAC-11 machine guns to destroy enemies, making her a unique zombie among thousands of zombies in the anime.
English: Corpse Princess (Shikabane Hime: Aka)
Premiere: The film Corpse Princess (Shikabane Hime: Aka) premiered from October 2, 2008 to December 25, 2008.
Genre: Action, Horror, Supernatural
Character Name: Makina Hoshimura, Keisei Tagami, Ouri Kagami, Hokuto, Akasha Shishidou
Duration: 13 episodes (about 24 minutes each)
Director: Masahiko Murata
4 Gungrave
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Trailer Gungrave
Based on a popular third-person shooter game, Gungrave is a serious zombie anime series that focuses on Brandon Heat's journey of revenge. Now known as Beyond the Grave, or Grave for short, he is seeking revenge on his former partner and best friend in the organized crime organization.
Grave, in best a villainous hero, is an indestructible undead. He is triggered only by the desire to avenge the criminal group that killed, and at the same time destroy his fellow undead.
English: Gungrave
Premiere: The film Gungrave ran from October 6, 2003 to March 29, 2004.
Genre: Action, Drama, Supernatural, Sci-fi
Character names: Brandon Heat/Beyond the Grave, Harry MacDowel, Maria Asagi, Mika Asagi
Duration: 26 episodes (about 24 minutes each)
Director: Toshiyuki Tsuru
5 School-Live! (Gakkougurashi!)
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Trailer School-Live! (Gakkougurashi!)
Cartoon style in School-Live! so adorable that it's hard to believe it's an anime about zombies. This isn't too surprising, though, as the Japanese animation industry often takes a different approach to the zombie genre than it does in the West.
When viewers watch the first episode and see cute school girls doing cute things and learn that they are the only survivors of their school in a post-apocalyptic zombie world, School-Live! may feel different. However, with a score on MyAnimeList of 7.62, entertainment is guaranteed. Fans can watch these cute girls try to maintain a little normalcy while fighting to survive the zombie apocalypse.
English: School-Live! (Gakkougurashi!)
Premiere: The first episode premiered on July 9, 2015
Genre: Horror, School, Supernatural, Slice of life
Character Name: Yuki Takeya, Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Yuuri Wakasa, Miki Naoki
Length: 12 episodes (about 24 minutes each)
Directed by: Masaomi Ando
6 Is This A Zombie?
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Trailer Is This A Zombie?
Is This A Zombie? is an anime about zombies, but also a complete comedy. The story revolves around Ayumu, who was killed by a serial killer. However, Eucliwood Hellscythe, a lovely and lovable magical witch girl, revives him, only for him to be killed again.
This time death is no longer valid, because Hellscythe's magic revives his undead body. This is a series of stories about silly and dangerous love, as two people avoid the devil and the killer, and Ayumu discovers his true nature.
English: Is this a zombie?
Premiere: The first episode premiered on January 11, 2011
Genre: Humor, Harem, Action, Supernatural
Character Name: Ayumu Aikawa, Eucliwood Hellscythe, Haruna, Seraphim, Mael Strom
Duration: 12 episodes (about 24 minutes each)
Director: Takaomi Kanasaki
7 Sunday Without God
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Trailer Sunday Without God
Sunday Without God is an anime series in the genre of paranormal, mystery and supernatural, about a world where people can no longer reproduce or die. The idea is that God abandoned creation and left grave guards, supernatural beings who help the living and dead find rest.
The "undead" in this anime are different from the usual walking corpses, but they work according to a similar logic. When people die in this world, they continue to move without decomposing. The young protagonist of the series, Ai, along with an immortal assassin, works to learn the truth about their world and bring the living and dead to rest.
English: Sunday Without God
Premiere: First episode premiered on July 6, 2013
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Fantasy, Drama
Character Name: Ai Astin, Hampnie Hambart, Julie Sakuma, Alis Color, Scar
Duration: 12 episodes (about 24 minutes each)
Director: Yūji Kumazawa
8 Sankarea: Undying Love
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Trailer Sankarea: Undying Love
Sankarea is a romantic comedy and supernatural horror anime series centered on high school student Chihiro Furuya, who falls in love with a zombie. It's a mostly comedy series, but it also has moments of unexpected horror and tension.
Chihiro's interest in the undead drives him to create an easter potion, inadvertently turning his classmate Rea Sanka into a zombie. Luckily, she eats hydrangea leaves rather than brains, but still annoys them. Anyway, two people love each other and have to do the best in their unusual lives.
English: Sankarea: Undying Love
Premiere: April 5, 2012
Genre: Humor, Romance, Supernatural, Ecchi
Character Name: Chihiro Furuya, Rea Sanka, Ranko Saōji, Mero Furuya, Babu
Duration:12 episodes (about 24 minutes each)
Director: Mamoru Hatakeyama
9 Hellsing Ultimate
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Trailer Hellsing Ultimate
Hellsing Ultimate is an OVA created after the original Hellsing anime version ended. However, this version of Hellsing is actually more manga compliant than the original anime. This series not only revolves around zombies but also involves the world of supernatural horror.
Hellsing Ultimate focuses on Hellsing's undercover operation trying to control the supernatural monsters that bother Britain. The classic character Abraham Van Helsing is the protagonist and, although he is a genuine vampire hunter, no zombie escapes his grasp.
English: Hellsing Ultimate
Premiere: February 10, 2006
Genre: Action, Horror, Humor, Supernatural, Vampire
Character Name: Alucard, Seras Victoria, Integra Hellsing, Walter C. Dornez, Alexander Anderson
Duration: A total of 10 episodes of OVA (Ongoing) (each episode is about 45 - 60 minutes)
Director: Tokoro Tomokazu
10 Soul Eater
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Trailer Soul Eater
While Soul Eater doesn't revolve around zombies, they are a common threat that Reapers and Weapons face. Combining supernatural action and humor, it follows the students at Death Meister Academy as they learn about how to obtain souls and protect the purity of death.
Soul Eater focuses on the balance between life and death. Although the series focuses more on battles between the Academy and the Wizard that threatens it, zombies are important symbolic enemies faced by the academies of death.
English: Soul Eater
Premiere: April 7, 2008
Genre: Action, Humor, Horror, Magic, Cartoon
Character Name: Maka Albarn, Soul Eater Evans, Black☆Star, Death the Kid, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa
Duration:51 episodes (about 24 minutes each)
Director: Takuya Igarashi
11 Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress (Koutetsujou No Kabaneri)
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Trailer Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress (Koutetsujou No Kabaneri)
Set during the Industrial Revolution, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is often referred to as the steampunk version of Attack on Titan, with indestructible monsters known as Kabane instead of titans. The most obvious reason for this comparison is the fact that Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress protects humanity from Kabane with huge stations and walls.
When a steam train is hijacked by Kabane and crashes into one of the stations, a young engineer named Ikoma creates a weapon that can kill these monsters. This has life-changing effects, as the young hero emerges to save the world from non-living predators.
English: Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (Koutetsujou no Kabaneri)
Premiere: April 8, 2016
Genre: Action, Horror, Adventure, Animated, Science fiction
Character Name: Ikoma, Mumei, Biba, Ayame, Kurusu
Duration: 12 episodes (about 22 minutes each)
Director: Tetsurou Araki
12 Seoul Station
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Trailer Seoul Station
If viewers like the Korean zombie movie Train to Busan, they will definitely like its prequel anime, Seoul Station, which was released in 2017. This zombie animated movie gets a 100% positive review on Rotten Tomatoes.
Seoul Station follows a young girl trying to survive after central Seoul is invaded by fast and terrifying zombies from Busan. Focusing on the three main characters, this is a direct, agile film with an innovative twist that no zombie fan wants to ignore!
English: Seoul Station
Premiere: August 17, 2016
Genre: Horror, Action, Cartoon
Character Name: Hye-sun, Suk-gyu, Ki-woong
Duration:92 minutes
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
13 The Empire Of Corpses (Shisha No Teikoku)
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Trailer RWBYThe Empire Of Corpses (Shisha No Teikoku)
In a parallel 18th-century England, scientist Victor Frankenstein discovers a method of bringing the dead back to life. However, after his famous creature passed away, others discovered a more stable method of reviving corpses, paving the way for the undead to do manual work in the 19th century. However, unlike Victor's method, this new method cannot return the corpse's soul back to the body.
John Watson, a medical student, is then tasked by the British government with collecting Frankenstein's notes about reviving a corpse with a spirit. The unique and exciting storyline, and characters based on popular historical and literary figures, make The Empire of Corpses a fun and exciting zombie cartoon.
English: The Empire Of Corpses (Shisha No Teikoku)
Premiere: October 19, 2015
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror
Character names: John Watson, Friday, Hadaly Lilith, M, Frederick Barnaby, James H. Burnes,
Duration: 120 minutes
Directed by: Ryoutarou Makihara
14 Zombie-Loan
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Trailer Zombie-Loan
In Zombie Loan, Chika and Shito are undead who survive by hunting down other undead. They then meet Michiru, a girl who has the ability to see a bracelet around a person's neck when they are dying. These three are trying to survive, whatever that means in a world filled with dead people.
Chika and Shito use Michiru's special abilities to track down the undead to pay off debts owed to Zombie-Loan, the company that brought them back alive. They hope for a peaceful life together, on the other side of this enslavement and violence.
English: Zombie-Loan
Premiere: July 3, 2007
Genre: Zombie-Loan belongs to the genres of action, supernatural, horror, comedy, mystery and shounen.
Character names: Michiru Kita, Chika Akatsuki
Duration: Each episode of Zombie-Loan has a duration of about 23 minutes.
Director: The director of Zombie-Loan is Akira Nishimori.
15 GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack (OVA)
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Trailer GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack (OVA)
GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack is a 75-minute OVA (Original Video Animation) based on the horror manga of the same name written and illustrated by renowned horror manga artist Junji Ito. As the title suggests, instead of human corpses, here Tokyo is being attacked by unbearably dead fish because of the horrible stench, made more dangerous by carrying an infectious disease.
In this chaos, a girl named Kaori goes on an adventure to find her missing boyfriend. GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack is one of the weirdest zombie anime series, it willingly goes to absurd extremes to get its message across, even putting iron legs on fish-zombie to make them a threat. reliable threat on land. It's a whimsical, haunting, and fantastical movie at the same time.
English: GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack (OVA)
Released: February 15, 2012.
Genre: GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack (OVA) is a horror, low-budget, supernatural, action and comedy horror genre.
Character Name: Kaori Fujimiya, Tadashi
Duration: GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack (OVA) has a duration of about 70 minutes.
Director: The director of GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack (OVA) is Takayuki Hirao.
