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Zombie-Loan
File:Zombie Loan logo.jpg
ZOMBIE-LOAN logo
GenreAdventure, Comedy, Horror, Supernatural, Action, Drama
Manga
Written byPeach-Pit
Published byEnix
Anime
Directed byAkira Nishimori
StudioXEBEC M2

Zombie-Loan (ゾンビローン, Zonbi Rōn, romanized as ZOMBIE-LOAN in Japan) is a manga series created by Peach-Pit; Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara. It is published by Enix and is serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine GFantasy. The series is licensed in the United States by Yen Press.

An anime adaptation produced by XEVEC M2 was announced and started broadcast on the Japanese network TV Asahi on July 3 2007. It contained a total of eleven episodes, with the final broadcast on September 11 2007.[1] Subsequent episodes, 12 and 13, will be released as part of the seventh volume of the DVD release in April 2008, but no official word for television broadcast has been made.[2]

Story

Michiru Kita is a special girl who possesses Shinigami Eyes, which allows her to see a dark ring around a person's neck. This ring symbolizes the person's impending death; once they are marked to die, a gray ring, which is invisible to normal people, appears around their neck. Over time, the ring gets darker, and once the ring turns completely black, the person dies. Chika Akatsuki and Shito Tachibana, two boys in her class, both have black rings around their necks, but to her surprise, they are not yet dead. It is revealed that after a tragic accident that was supposed to kill them both, the two boys made a deal with a secret loan office called the Zombie-Loan. In return for keeping them alive, the two have to hunt zombies for the loan office. When Michiru gets involved with them, she finds that her life has just become more complicated.

Characters

From L to R: Shito, Chika, and Michiru.
Main article: List of Zombie-Loan characters
Michiru Kita (紀多 みちる, Kita Michiru) , Seiyū - Houko Kuwashima
Michiru possesses Shinigami Eyes, which allows her to see a ring on a person's neck, indicating their impending death. However, she has hated her gift ever since she saw dark rings around her parents' necks, who died in an accident after the rings turned jet black. She now wears glasses that can subdue her gift, allowing her to live her life normally. Although, since the death of her parents, she has felt a numb complacency with life, living it out, but having no will to achieve anything or even care if she dies or not, an attitude which disgusts Shito.
Michiru first meets Chika and Shito in the hallways of her school, accidentally tripping over Chika's hand. After she ends up finding out their secret, they initially think of killing her, but when they find out that she has Shinigami Eyes, they instead inform her that she will be using her powers to help them fight zombies, despite her protests. After various failures and meeting other members of the Z-Loan office, Michiru comes to accept her new job.
She often takes the brunt of Chika's abuse and is initially called '500-yen' by him, due to the fact that he believes she owes him ¥500. He later begins to call her a "gopher" since she often does what other people ask of her without question.[3]
Chika Akatsuki (赤月 知佳, Akatsuki Chika) , Seiyū - Kenichi Suzumura
Chika is referred to as "Boy B" or simply "B" ("B-san"), titles which greatly irritates him, after surviving an accident with Shito, known as "Boy-A", six months prior to the start of the series. His attitude is rather lively, but he is also short-tempered; he is often seen beating Michiru for her various failures.
Chika is linked with Shito by a spiritual chain, which cannot be seen by normal people. This chain allows them to switch their right hands with each other; due to the terms of their contract, their real right hands, which they both lost in the accident, were switched when they were revived by the Zombie-Loan. With Shito's right hand, which is actually Chika's original right hand, Chika has the ability to generate a katana possessing Shinigami abilities.[3] With the katana, Chika is able to perform spiritual memorials for zombies they defeat. Though often seen with a short temper, Chika has a genuine care for those he defeats and often performs their memorial with great sympathy. Though they have free will and emotions, both Chika and Shito are still considered zombies, so their ultimate goal is to regain their lives once again.
Shito Tachibana (橘 思徒, Tachibana Shito) , Seiyū - Takahiro Sakurai
Shito is referred to as "Boy A" or simply "A" ("A-san") by most students in his school. Due to his looks and attitude, he is seen as an idol by the female students, though he seems to not care. He is generally a much more approachable person than Chika, but certain situations and people cause him to act cold and indifferent; when Michiru first told him that she had no real will to live, he told her how disgusted that made him feel, going on to say that he believes she does not deserve the right to live.
Shito is linked with Chika by a spiritual chain. When he attaches Chika's right hand, or rather his own original right hand, he can generate a 9½ inch Ruger Super Redhawk revolver, which has the power to harm zombies with its spiritual bullets using his own ectoplasm.[3] As with Chika, Shito's goal is to regain his life once again so that he may live as a normal human. Though they are always together, Chika and Shito are far from friends; they are only close together because if they are apart, their hands (the ones that are chained) will begin to rot. He was supposedly offered a contract the same time with Chika during the accident, but the reality is that his mother was a corpse and gave birth to Shito, therefore he is a corpse as well. His mother was pregnant with Shito for 7 years. He is the heir of the notorious 'Xu Fu' mafia.

Adaptations

Manga

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Cover for the first Zombie-Loan manga volume

The Zombie-Loan manga created by the Peach-Pit duo, Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara, was first published in May 2003. It is published by Enix and is serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine GFantasy. Currently, a total of nine volumes have been published.[4] The manga is currently being released in North America by Yen Press.

Anime

An anime adaptation produced by XEBEC M2 was announced and started broadcast on the Japanese network TV Asahi on July 3 2007.

Episodes

The Zombie-Loan anime series first aired on TV Asahi on July 3 2007, airing Tuesdays at 13:40 in Japan. The anime series is currently unlicensed in America. A total of 11 episodes aired with the final episode airing on September 11 2007.[1] Subsequent episodes, 12 and 13, have been announced for DVD release, but no official word for television broadcast has been made.[2]

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Theme songs

Opening theme
  • "Wolf's Throat" (オオカミのノド, Ookami no Nodo)[5]
    • Performance and lyrics: The Birthday
    • Composition: Yuusuke Chiba (チバユウスケ, Chiba Yuusuke)
Ending theme
  • "Chain Ring" (チェインリング, Chain Ringu)[5]
    • Performance and lyrics: Mucc
    • Composition: SatoChi (SATOち, Satoshi)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Official Zombie-Loan Website - News section". Retrieved 2007-09-14.
  2. ^ a b "Official Zombie-Loan Website - Episode section". Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  3. ^ a b c "Zombie-Loan's Official Website - Characters section". Retrieved 2007-07-12.
  4. ^ "Official Zombie-Loan Website - Manga section". Retrieved 2007-07-12.
  5. ^ a b "Official Zombie-Loan Website - Staff section". Retrieved 2007-07-12.
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