Why did [zombie land saga] succeed? Verification summary # zombie land saga

Although the zombie land saga had a strong impression of “hatchmeat anime” at the time of one episode, its evaluation changes gradually as the broadcast progresses.
The combination of “zombie x idol”, which was originally thought to aim at novelty and novelty, was actually used to the fullest in settings and stories.

First of all, being zombies, “Idols of all ages can be put in the same group”.
Sakura’s zombie idol group “Franchsh” co-exists with Showa’s idol Junko Konno and Heisei’s idol Ai Mizuno at the same age.
It’s a zombie that won’t age forever.

As a result, we have succeeded in establishing a theme that could not be realized with conventional idol animations, such as “Showa idol view and Heisei idol view meet each other”.
The 6 episodes “Why Sentimental SAGA” and 7 episodes “But Zombiemental SAGA” dealing with this theme were supported by many anime fans.

Also, if it is a zombie, it can physically reproduce “an eternal idol”.
The form does not change forever, and the voice change does not last forever.
It is also this setting that the man’s daughter Idol, Lily Hoshikawa, is established.

And because it’s a zombie, it doesn’t matter if you’re insane.
If you try to shoot with a handgun and fall from the cliff, you will not die because it is a zombie, and your body damage will be cured soon.
As a result, the tragic feeling of “making the idol get awful” is also diminished, and it has become possible to express drastic expressions and effects.
The seven episodes “Lightning Lightning → Charged by Light Emission & Techno Voice → Laser Ejection from Fingers” is a typical example.

These are also one of the big reasons for the success of Zombie Land Saga.

Turning point is 5 episodes and 7 episodes

When did the Zombie Land Saga earn its popularity in earnest?
For the verification, let’s look at the number of plays in the zombie land video of “SSSS. GRIDMAN” as a zombie land saga and comparison object.

【Zombie land saga】
Episode 1: 649,139 plays
Episode 2: 355,576 plays
Episode 3: 253,325 plays
Episode 4: 242,776 plays
Episode 5: 300,655 plays
Episode 6: 270,559 plays
Episode 7: 322,904 plays
Episode 8: 334, 953 plays
Episode 9: 260,144 plays

[SSSS.GRIDMAN]
Episode 1: 639, 256 plays
Episode 2: 447,277 plays
Episode 3: 343, 278 plays
Episode 4: 352,381 plays
Episode 5: 327,693 plays
Episode 6: 335, 759 plays
Episode 7: 305,415 plays
Episode 8: 251,608 plays

(As of December 5, 2018)

As both are popular works representing Cool, there is a common point that there are very few people leaving, but differences can be recognized in their transition.

The first episode, which will be permanently distributed free of charge, is the same for any anime that has a great number of plays.
And after 2 episodes, it gradually decreases, and good times of reputation increase slightly … that is the transition of the usual animation.
SSSS.GRIDMAN is just like that.

However, in the case of the zombie land saga, a significant rise is seen in 5 episodes and 7 episodes.
And 5 to 9 episodes are much more played than 3 to 4 episodes.
This is a fairly unusual phenomenon.

Five episodes “Your mind nice bird SAGA” is a comedy episode of the whole story slapstick, where all members of Franschshu perform CM appearances of the bird restaurant specialty “Drive in bird” in Saga and participate in the event “Gatalympics”.
The 5 episodes showed the value as a gag animation, and 6-8 episodes turned into serious and turned out to be serious, so it seems that there were quite a few anime fans knocked out in the size of the anime called Zombie Land Saga.

Mystery that pulls in the viewer, a story that does not draw in the mystery

Zombie Land Saga is a very mysterious piece.
The reason why Sakuras are zombies, why they should be cremated but their bodies are safe, why they have to save Saga, and the existence of the lost producer Kotaro Tatumi … such mystery until the end of the story It has not been solved.
Many people would like to know this answer and keep watching.

However, this work does not make these mysteries the main axis of the story.
This is a big point.

A story with mystery and foreshadowing means that if the recovery is the main purpose, the other parts will be obsessed.
Whether it is a mystery whose main purpose is to solve the mystery, it is a big problem if it is not a work.
No matter how mysterious the mystery or foreshadowing is, if the story leading up to that isn’t interesting, you will feel dull in the middle.

Especially in the case of idol animation, the attractiveness of the character and the depiction of everyday life are very important, and easy to understand is required.
Well, zombie land saga is not true if it deviates from the usual way of such idle animation.

Though presenting a number of mysteries, the center of the story is an idol activity.
The cause of death of each idol, which is one of the mysteries, will be clarified in each main episode, but the finding itself is not the highlight of the episode, but the theme is to overcome the cause of death as a zombie idol.
The story of the zombie land saga is by no means a mystery.

That’s why people who are not interested in mystery and foreshadowing can easily watch it and have succeeded in broadening their base.