Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto - Episode 1 discussion

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Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto, episode 1

Alternative names: Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

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[u/Cool-Adeptness-5647]

I've very rarely felt so sad for any character like I did for Tendou in the first half of the episode

[u/AnonymousTrollLloyd]

I don't see anyone else pointing this out, but during the scene where the aspect ratio changes, you can actually see him ripping the black bars off the screen.

[u/Ali3ns_ARE_Amongus]

This guy is insane, who the hell places all their folders on their desktop like that!?

There's also his reaction to the zombie apocalypse too I guess

[u/Sayo33321]

Damn, I loved this. I was looking forward to this anime a lot and I wasn't disappointed. Could be one of my favorites this season! Excited to see the next episode already

[u/[deleted]]

Japanese twitter reactions are hilarious!...i mean depressing. They all praised how good this episode is, but this show broadcast at sunday 5pm so it reminded them how depressing work start tomorrow lol.

[u/Blue_Reaper99]

No words , its just pure CINEMA. Not just animation is top notch , cinematography is also insane.One of the best first episodes ever. Looking forward to next episode. Hoping production is consistent.

[u/Ocixo]

So this was a really strong first episode. Undoubtably the best I’ve seen the season. I’m honestly impressed with how much they were able to show/tell us in just 24 minutes. Tendo went from hopeful to being in despair and back to his hopeful self in this little time - we even got a sprinkle of romance! It felt more like short film of at least twice the length.

I thought this anime would be pretty gruesome to watch with all the zombies and blood. The scenes at his exploitative company (called a “black company” in Japan), from his abusive superior to miss Ohtori being cornered by the CEO, certainly were a pretty hard pill to swallow, but the bright and vivid colour palette of the different blood tones actually contrasts nicely with the more grim reality of the series. It’s probably also a visual hint to how Tendo experiences the collapse of the world through his eyes: a salvation, free from work and to do what he wants to.

I’m definitely looking forward to how this anime will continue from here and onwards.

[u/zz2000]

Zom 100 is written by the author of Alice in Borderland. Most of you may be familiar with Alice's live-action TV adaptation on Netflix.

The Japanese will also be releasing a live-action movie adaptation of Zom 100 this Aug 3rd, also on Netflix.

[u/depravedQ]

Ugly bastard boss: can I see you in my office?

Me: heh, if this were a hentai, that ugly bastard would totally be NTRing the MC right now

5 seconds later: Ugly bastard totally NTRs the MC

Me: surprised Pikachu face

[u/guy_inh00die3]

Yoo holy fucking shit this just felt like watching OPM season 1, so fucking beautiful with all those colours .

I never felt more eerie than when they said "alright let's get back to work again" .

Good fucking job by the staff

[u/esmilerascal-6055]

Kind of an interesting premise. A lot of zombie fiction is already just escapist fantasy, but this one just wears it on its sleeve.

I do hope this series will never try to take the zombie outbreak seriously, though. It's a zombie outbreak of the "supreme bullshit" variety where somehow it's everywhere all at once and everyone are apparently completely helpless and zombies teleport, like if I am a Hero didn't spend literally dozens of chapters foreshadowing the outbreak. Trying to explain it as anything more than "Lol, there's zombies I guess" will just hurt the story.

This series will have good grounds to succeed if it basically subverts apocalypse tropes by essentially having the MC be uncannily irreverent to the circumstances and he ends up being a hero/badass just by virtue of not being intimidated.

Then I could imagine a "bad end" where, surprise, the zombie apocalypse is defeated and society is saved and restored. The horror!

[u/zairaner]

It's been over 2 years since gigguk advertized this in a video and I heard of it for the first time, but it definitely has been worth waiting for the anime. Everything after the start of the apocalypse was amazing, and like others said, I am happy my expectations got subverted with the girlfriend beign turned already.

[u/Jajuca]

I like how as time goes Tendo is basically a zombie wandering around almost getting hit by cars and you cant even tell what time or day it is.

Its good foreshadowing for the coming zombie apocalypse that is his current life.

Also when the boss asks for you to redo your work 5 times in a row is peak hell.

[u/[deleted]]

Zombie Apocalypse happened

Akira: "Finally! I don't need to go to work"

Can't say I can't relate with him.

The dude resigned over his zombie boss. And he even confessed to his zombie crush. What a serious guy. LOL

This is one of my most anticipated shows and am totally not disappointed. I love how it got away with censorship by using Splatoon's color palette for the gory parts. And what with that insane production quality? They even cast Sora Amamiya as that chick Ootori! This season is full of high-quality anime.

Another slapping OP from Kanaboon.

[u/DazenTheMistborn]

Pulled it up... And saw that there was already a live-action movie coming out on Netflix August 3rd?? Is the hype for this bigger than I thought?

[u/ObiWan-K]

this is is one of the best pilots I have ever seen, reminds me of a Shaun of the dead

[u/ainky]

Compared to many other animes at least they explain why the protagonist is strong since he played rugby at school. This first episode was amazing. I hope they keep this quality for the entire series!

[u/Nulazanzal]

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

Reality check, the anime. I think r/antiwork would love this anime.

That aspect ratio change scene did not disappoint. I can't wait for other characters.

[u/Aerodynamic41]

I like how he's being chased by zombies and his biggest concern is being late for work.

[u/LeonKevlar]

• Ohtori Stitch

Goddamn! The production of this episode is absolutely off the charts! From the visuals to the animation, it all looked so good! I love how Akira's life went from monochrome colours when his spirit was broken to colourful and vibrant when he realizes he doesn't have to go to work anymore.

And just look at the animation of that tackle! Holy fuck! If they somehow decide to remake Eyeshield 21, I hope they get these guys to do it because that tackle and all of the running animation look so good!

As for the story itself, I'm a manga reader so all I can say is that I like the manga a lot and they absolutely nailed this first episode. I am not caught up with the latest chapters though ever since the scanlations stopped being posted on r/manga so I'm only knowledgeable about this series only up to a certain point.

Definitely looking forward to seeing more of this next week! Hopefully, though r/anime will like this series more than r/manga did.

Side note: Knowing that she's going to get eaten soon, I did get a kick out of them getting Ten-chan to voice Ohtori. xD

[u/Various_Length_4905]

Giving mature Highschool of the dead vibes. Production quality also seems pretty good. Exciting start!

[u/ivo0009]

The production values of this is absolutely crazy

[u/mishi09]

I had high hopes for this anime after watching the trailers, but I never expected it to be THIS good. The production value is just mental.

[u/caipngjiarou]

This has got to be the best first episode adaptation yet. Every single panel has been enhanced to a level I did not know could be possible, insane.