What is this genre all about? A zombie is asserted to be a reanimated corpse, or a human who is being controlled by someone else by use of magic with some media renditions using a pandemic illness to explain their existence.Stories of zombies originated in the West African spiritual belief system of voodoo, which told of the people being controlled as laborers by a powerful wizard.
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Top 19 Zombie anime you should watch right now. [2025 List]
- 19. Dungeon Meshi
- 18. Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto
- 17. Undead Unluck
- 16. Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha
- 15. Sankarea
- 14. Highschool of the Dead
- 13. Dead Mount Death Play
- 12. Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
- 11. Gakkou Gurashi!
- 10. Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin
- 9. Zombieland Saga
- 8. Dungeon Meshi 2nd Season
- 7. Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
- 6. Koutetsujou no Kabaneri Movie: Unato Kessen
- 5. Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead
- 4. Sankarea OVA
- 3. Zombieland Saga Revenge
- 2. Hitori no Shita: The Outcast
- 1. Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead
19. Dungeon Meshi
Dungeons, dragons...and delicious monster stew!? Adventurers foray into a cursed buried kingdom to save their friend, cooking up a storm along the way.
Note: A world premiere screening of Episode 1 was shown in the Studio TRIGGER panel at Anime Expo on July 1, 2023.
Delicious in Dungeon has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ダンジョン飯, Dungeon Food, Dungeon Meal, Tragones y Mazmorras, Gloutons et Dragons, Подземелье вкусностей, 던전밥, สูตรลับตำรับดันเจียน, Mỹ vị hầm ngục, Підземелля смакоти, 迷宫饭, מבוכים ומטעמים
18. Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto
With three years under his belt at the company from hell, Akira Tendo is mentally and physically spent. All at the ripe old age of twenty-four. Even his crush from Accounting, Saori, wants nothing to do with him. Then, just when life is beginning to look like one big disappointment, it happens. The zombie apocalypse descends on Japan! Surrounded by hordes of hungry zombies, Akira comes to a realization that will forever change his life…
“Wait, does this mean I never have to go to work again?”
Confess to… party like it's… travel Japan coast to…
Now, with his nightmare job no longer, Akira's got his mojo back. Let the bucket listing begin!!
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ン100～ゾンビになるまでにしたい100のこと～, Bucket List of The Dead, Zombie 100: 100 Things I Want to do Before I Become a Zombie
17. Undead Unluck
Andy, a Negator with the ability Undead, has been long in search of someone with the ability to give him a 'real death.' Fuko Izumo brings misfortune to those around her due to her ability, Unluck. The two decide to join the Union, an organization that aims to control and protect the world from unidentified phenomena. The two uncover the mystery of the world as they search for the greatest death ever.
Undead Unluck has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: アンデッドアンラック, UNDEAD UNLUCK
16. Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha
Rentt Faina has hunted monsters for the last 10 years. Sadly, he’s not great at his job, stuck hunting slimes and goblins for a few coins each day. His luck turns when he finds an undiscovered path. At the path’s end, he meets his demise in the maw of a legendary dragon. But, he wakes up as an undead bag of bones! He sets out to achieve Existential Evolution and rejoin the land of the living.
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 望まぬ不死の冒険者, Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha
15. Sankarea
Chihiro Furuya likes zombies. There’s something about the shambling corpses and blood that appeals to him on a visual level, and since childhood he longed to enter into a romantic situation with one. He gets his wish when he encounters Rea Sanka—the daughter of the school director—at the abandoned building he uses in an attempt to resurrect Baabu, the family cat, with a resurrection potion. Hoping to escape her awful home life, Rea consumes the potion and falls to her death, only to come back as a zombie?! Could this possibly be Chihiro's dream come true, or will it be a rude awakening?
Sankarea: Undying Love has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: さんかれあ, Sankarea
14. Highschool of the Dead
It happened suddenly: The dead began to rise and Japan was thrown into total chaos. As these monsters begin terrorizing a high school, Takashi Kimuro is forced to kill his best friend when he gets bitten and joins the ranks of the walking dead. Vowing to protect Rei Miyamoto, the girlfriend of the man he just executed, they narrowly escape their death trap of a school, only to be greeted with a society that has already fallen.
Soon, Takashi and Rei band together with other students on a journey to find their family members and uncover what caused this overwhelming pandemic. Joining them is Saeko Busujima, the beautiful president of the Kendo Club; Kouta Hirano, an otaku with a fetish for firearms; Saya Takagi, the daughter of an influential politician; and Shizuka Marikawa, their hot school nurse. But will the combined strength of these individuals be enough to conquer this undead apocalypse?
High School of the Dead has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 学園黙示録 HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD, Gakuen Mokushiroku: Highschool of the Dead, HOTD, HSOTD
13. Dead Mount Death Play
It's a showdown for the ages as the legendary hero takes on the corpse god necromancer, but when the dust settles, something isn't quite right... In the final moments of their epic confrontation, the corpse god's final gambit shot was wholly unexpected -- reincarnation magic! Across space and time, a boy named Polka Shinoyama awakens feeling...not quite himself...... Who could've expected that the climactic battle between good and evil would turn out like this??
Dead Mount Death Play has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: デッドマウント・デスプレイ, Dead Mount Death Play
12. Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
The world is in the midst of the industrial revolution when horrific creatures emerge from a mysterious virus, ripping through the flesh of humans to sate their never-ending appetite. The only way to kill these beings, known as "Kabane," is by destroying their steel-coated hearts. However, if bitten by one of these monsters, the victim is doomed to a fate worse than death, as the fallen rise once more to join the ranks of their fellow undead.
Only the most fortified of civilizations have survived this turmoil, as is the case with the island of Hinomoto, where mankind has created a massive wall to protect themselves from the endless hordes of Kabane. The only way into these giant fortresses is via heavily-armored trains, which are serviced and built by young men such as Ikoma. Having created a deadly weapon that he believes will easily pierce through the hearts of Kabane, Ikoma eagerly awaits the day when he will be able to fight using his new invention. Little does he know, however, that his chance will come much sooner than he expected...
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 甲鉄城のカバネリ, Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
11. Gakkou Gurashi!
SCHOOL-LIVE! Focuses on the lives of 4 girls who decide to stay over at school: Yuki Takeya, Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Yuri Wakasa, and Miki Naoki. Along with the school adviser Megumi Sakura, they suddenly find themselves to be the final survivors of a zombie attack, and continue to live and survive at the school.
School-Live! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: がっこうぐらし！, School Live!
10. Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin
When Miyako Arata joins the Shinjuku Ward Office, he thinks he's gotten a normal civil servant job. But it turns out he's joined the Night Community Exchange Department, one of which operates secretly in each of Tokyo's twenty-three ward offices. Their job is to resolve occult issues concerning non-human beings. Accompanied by his senpai and department head Sakaki Kyoichi and the occult obsessed Himetsuka Seo, they work night after night, facing off with beings whose existence defies the laws of our world.
Midnight Occult Civil Servants has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 真夜中のオカルト公務員, Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin
9. Zombieland Saga
A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead... zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world. They all share one wish: "We want to live." These girls will struggle through this saga, in order to achieve a miracle. MAPPA, Avex Pictures, and Cygames team up to bring you a juicy, 100% original anime. A timeless shocker for all audiences, a brand new style of zombie anime, will soon rise.
ZOMBIE LAND SAGA has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ゾンビランドサガ, Zombieland Saga
8. Dungeon Meshi 2nd Season
The second season of Dungeon Meshi.
Delicious in Dungeon Season 2 has not yet aired. It is also Known as: ダンジョン飯 第２期, Dungeon Meshi Season 2
7. Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
Not every zombie is the monstrous, brain-eating type.
One night while walking home from the convenience store, regular high school boy Ayumu Aikawa is killed by a serial killer, and is just as suddenly brought back to life by a necromancer named Eucliwood Hellscythe. One small caveat: he's now a zombie. Things get even weirder for him when he accidentally steals a magical girl's uniform, and thus her powers! Haruna, the ex-magical girl, orders him to fight evil creatures known as Megalo in her place until they can figure out a way to get her powers back to her.
It seems that life is just going to get stranger and stranger for poor Ayumu from here on out in Kore wa Zombie desu ka?.
Is This a Zombie? has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: これはゾンビですか?, Koreha Zombie Desuka?, Kore ha Zombie Desu ka?, Kore wa Zombie Desuka?
6. Koutetsujou no Kabaneri Movie: Unato Kessen
The film will take place half a year after the story of the original television anime series. Director Tetsuro Araki stated that the film isn't a spinoff but a sequel. The official website for the anime lists the film as the "middle volume."
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Movie: The Battle of Unato has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 甲鉄城のカバネリ 〜海門決戦〜, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Unato Decisive Battle
5. Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead
Aikawa Ayumu was revived as a zombie by the cute necromancer Eucliwood Hellscythe. After the zany, madcap adventures in the first season of Is This a Zombie? ended, Ayumu thought his life might finally get back to normal, or as normal as it can be for a zombie. However, destiny has other plans for him. Some guys just can't catch a break.
Is this A Zombie? of the Dead has finished airing and it has 10 Episodes. It is also Known as: これはゾンビですか? OF THE DEAD, Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? 2, Koreha Zombie Desu ka? Jigokuhen, Kore ha Zombie Desu ka? Jigokuhen, Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Jigokuhen, Kore wa Zombie Desuka? of the Dead
4. Sankarea OVA
Two OVA episodes are bundled as DVDs with each of volumes 6 and 7 of the manga.
The first OVA is a prequel story written by the manga's author. Before the beginning of the main story, Rea and Chihiro have already met at a certain place: an outdoor hot-spring bath.
The second OVA takes place after the series (effectively episode 14). The Furuya family finds a mysterious young girl hiding under the household temple.
Sankarea OVA has finished airing and it has 2 Episodes. It is also Known as: さんかれあ, Sankarea Episodes 00 & 14
3. Zombieland Saga Revenge
Second season of Zombieland Saga.
Zombieland Saga Revenge has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ゾンビランドサガ リベンジ, Zombieland Saga Second Season, Zombie Land Saga Revenge
2. Hitori no Shita: The Outcast
One day, on his way to visit his grandfather's grave, Zhang Chulan is attacked by zombies in a graveyard. In the midst of that situation, he is saved by a mysterious girl, who wields kitchen knives in order to kill the enemies. The girl tells Chulan, who is relieved, to face his hardships head on and leaves. However, Chulan later sees that girl again at his university. From that moment, Zhang Chulan's destiny begins to move. There will be strangers with special powers appearing one by one, with battles involving those abilities. Each episode will bring a new mystery to light.
Hitori no Shita - The Outcast has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 一人之下 THE OUTCAST, Hitori no Shita: The Outcast
1. Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead
An OVA of Highschool of the Dead bundled with the 7th manga volume.
Komuro and the gang stumble upon a deserted tropical island that looks to be free of zombies. They make use of this wonderful opportunity and dress up in skimpy swimsuits and have lots and lots of fanservice fun.
Hallucinogenic substances are involved.
Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 学園黙示録 HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD ドリフターズ・オブ・ザ・デッド, High School of the Dead OVA, Gakuen Mokushiroku: Highschool of the Dead, HOTD, HSOTD, Drifters of the Dead
