Is This a Zombie?: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The story centers around a lazy high school boy named Aikawa Ayumu who gets killed during a spate of mysterious serial killings. However, Ayumu is resurrected as a zombie by a necromancer girl named Yuu, who Ayumu had just met before dying. Ayumu reawakens in a world surrounded by masou shoujo (magically equipped girls) and vampire ninja. Ayumu is assigned the duties of a masou shoujo by a magical warrior girl named Haruna.

Series details

• Title: Is This a Zombie?
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Action, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2011-01-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-06-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 5313

Cast and credited roles

• Mariko Honda — Lilith, Lilia
• Hisako Kanemoto — Yoshida, Yuki
• Chiharu Kitaoka — Sarasvati
• Mina — Mihara, Kanami
• Ai Shimizu — Ariel
• Itsuki Takizawa — Shimomura
• Rie Yamaguchi — Hiramatsu, Taeko
• Iori Nomizu — Haruna
• Yu Kobayashi — Hellscythe, Eucliwood
• Ami Koshimizu — Nebiros, Naegleria
• Hitomi Nabatame — Chris
• Noriko Shitaya — Kyoko

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-01-11; final listed air date 2011-03-29; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-04-05; final listed air date 2012-06-07; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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