Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead has been taking over shelves ever since its manga started releasing back in 2018, and now the franchise is branching out in a whole new way with a live-action movie in the works for Netflix! While the live-action anime adaptations have had a mixed response from fans with Netflix, the streaming service has had much better luck with adapting manga and manhwa series to live-action TV and movie projects. The biggest recent case was Haro Aso’s Alice in Borderland, and now another of the creator’s series will be getting the live-action treatment next.
One of the major announcements during Netflix’s Geeked Week this year was that Alice in Borderland would be returning for a second season, and now Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata’s Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead will be getting a live-action movie project of its own. Celebrating the announcement by confirming that Eiji Akaso will start as the lead character, Akira Tendo, you can check out the first look at the new Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead movie below to get an idea of just what kind of movie fans will be in for with this one:
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The series has been a major cult hit with fans since its launch in Shogakukan’s Monthly Sunday Gene-X magazine, but thankfully there are ways to check it out outside of Japan. If you wanted to seek out Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead’s original manga series, Viz Media has licensed the series for an official release and you can find the volumes on shelves now. They describe the first volume of Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata’s series as such:
“In a trash-filled apartment, 24-year-old Akira Tendo watches a zombie movie with lifeless, envious eyes. After spending three hard years at an exploitative corporation in Japan, his spirit is broken. He can’t even muster the courage to confess his feelings to his beautiful co-worker Ohtori. Then one morning, he stumbles upon his landlord eating lunch—which happens to be another tenant! The whole city’s swarming with zombies, and even though he’s running for his life, Akira has never felt more alive!”
What do you think? How do you feel about Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead getting a live-action movie with Netflix? What are you hoping to see from the manga make the jump to the movie? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!
