Zombie-Loan

Plot

 * Main article: List of Zombie-Loan characters

Michiru Kita is a special girl who possesses Shinigami Eyes, a power which allows her to see a person's nearness to their destined death by seeing a ring, invisible to normal people, around the person's neck. When a person is marked to die, a gray ring appears, which darkens over time. 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.

Manga
There are currently 12 published volumes of Zombie-loan manga and 83 chapters in total, and with each progressing volume the art in each gets smoother and better as Peach-Pit got more used to drawing the characters more and more frequently.

Anime
Zombie-loan has 13 episodes. Originally there were ment to be over 20 episodes, but the anime was discontinued for an unknown reason. It is thought among fans that voice actors didn't want to work on the anime any more or that the many budget cuts caused fans to not watch the anime. Towards the end of the anime, colors dull and backgrounds were much simpler as corners were cut. As seen in episode 13, the running sequence was also cut short, and some points there was no background at all.

Manga
The Zombie-Loan manga was first published in May 2003. It is published by Enix and is serialized in the Japanese Shōunen manga magazine GFantasy. Currently, a total of twelve volumes have been published.The manga is currently being released in:
 * Japan by Square Enix
 * North America by Yen Press.
 * Italy by Flashbook

Anime

 * Main article: Zombie-Loan (Anime)

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

Reception
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