Aso Haro on ‘Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead’ and Why the Zombie Genre Still Has Plenty of Life (EXCLUSIVE)

Zombies had seemingly been done to death in every conceivable media when a zero-budget Japanese film in 2018 proved that there was still creative life in the genre. Titled “One Cut of the Dead,” this heartwarming zombie comedy by Ueda Shinichiro earned 1,000 times its JPY3 million ($23,000) budget at the Japanese box office, while playing at more than 100 festivals around the world. Now another comic Japanese take on zombies, the anime series “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead,” has been unveiled by production partners Viz Media, Shogakukan and Shogakukan-Shueisha Production. Based on a hit manga by writer… Read Full Article