The blockbuster manga “Zon 100 ~ 100 things you want to do before becoming a zombie ~” (Shogakukan “Monthly Sunday GX”), which started serialization in 2018 and quickly gained popularity. Anime broadcasting started in July 2023, and a live-action movie was distributed on Netflix from August 3rd.
Even in a world full of zombies, the main characters don’t look down and make a list of “things they want to do before they become zombies” and make their dreams come true one by one. I would like to explore the charm of zombie entertainment with unusual settings that is resonating in modern Japan.
Casting that allows you to enter the absurd world
In the live-action version of “Zon 100 ~ 100 things I want to do before I become a zombie ~”, the main character Akira will be played by a new detective in the drama “Kimichika Kazama-Kyouba 0-” (CX series), currently on air. Eiji Akaso, who starred in the drama “Mukai-kun, turn over here” (NTV series).
This is the addictive role. Akira joins a video production company as a new graduate with her dreams and hopes. While the world has collapsed due to the zombie pandemic, the vitality to live on the contrary is regained, but Eiji Akaso’s freshness and sparkling feeling soften the unnaturalness of the main character’s good-natured young man in the zombie world, and it is light. I am fascinated by
In addition, Shuntaro Yanagi, who plays Kencho, Akira’s best friend, is a very good combination. The third character played by him, who has a cool and second face, is completely different from the last boss played in “Alice in the Boundary” (Netflix), and is a good-natured person who seems to be everywhere. I am full of feelings.
And it is Mai Shiraishi who plays Shizuka, a tsundere beauty who acts with them. She wields a baton and exterminates zombies, and she used to strain her nerves, but as she works with Akira and others, she regains her humanity.
In the second half of the story, “After all, Maiyan, a charismatic idol,” she reconfirms that she was the absolute ace of Nogizaka46, so the scene of fighting shark zombies just like a live production is a must-see.
A zombie comedy in which the three of them travel through a world full of zombies. Those who like the movie “Zombieland” (2009), which portrays virgins and zombies, will be impressed.
In addition to the three main casts, I would like you to pay attention to Yui Ichikawa, who played Saori Otori, who is a senior at Akira’s place of employment. Her role in the beginning of her story is very large.
This world teaches us ruthless, kind, and unreasonable things whether a zombie pandemic occurs or not. And erotic nonsense embodied in acting. In the scene where she turns into a zombie, it is clear that this work “Zon 100” is a zombie movie.
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