Review of Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

I wouldn't call Zom 100 as an anime. It was something else for me. Maybe it was a life motto, or maybe a modern society criticism. Normally, in an anime, I expect some certain qualities. It may have an exciting and cunning plot which will surprise me. Or it may have at least one very good written character and some serious drama which I can relate. Or if I'm only watching a comedy anime I only expect to laugh without breathing. Usually if I don't see any of those, I don't like the anime. But Zom 100 is somehow different. We don't quite have those qualities inZom 100. It never gets really exciting. It doesn't make me cry neither from sadness nor from hilariousness. As an anime, it unfortunately didn't left a big impact on me.
While the main crew is fun to hang around, the plot didn't usually satisfies. Which wouldn't be a problem if Zom 100 was just a comedy anime. But it wasn't. I can't really give a good rating to an anime with a mid plot, no matter how much I want to.

So let's stop considering it as an anime. What I really liked about Zom 100 is how it deals with modern society problems. Working in bad conditions is as bad as being unemployed. But most people in modern age are in one of those two groups. Most people are pushed to work for bad jobs for small salaries. So maybe quitting might be better if you are sure you hate it. But people feel keeping the status quo is easier. They couldn't find the courage to resign. And it just keeps getting worse until we turn into Zombies. The message here is very clear and neat.

Although being an unemployed for a long time is also terrible if you don't have lots of money. You tend to start isolating from the society like Higurashi. Of course Higurashi is a very bad written character. I don't think the unemployed were represented fairly here.

I think he source material is not good enough. That's why the production studio couldn't do a better anime. They did a very good job animating. You don't see a lot of anime rated higher than it's manga. They did very good opening themes. Which made the watching process much more fun. Especially I love that metro scene in the intro, the one zombies mindlessly tapping their cellphones. It is such a beautiful reference.

So finally as an anime my rating has to be 5. If I give it more than that it won't be fair to other animes I judged in the past.
But if I could consider it something else than an anime I would rate it much more higher. You should definitely watch it to tell me how wrong I am!