Anime Review: Zombie-Loan

Plot Summary: Michiru Kita is a special girl who possesses Shinigami Eyes, which allows her to see a dark ring around a person's neck. This ring symbolizes the person's impending death; once they are marked to die, a gray line, which is invisible to normal people, appears on their neck, and 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.

Storyline: 5/10. They have the base to make a great story, or rather, stories, in this whole series, but hell knows why they picked the less interesting bits and focused on them. Then, there's the hanging ending problem again. I'm not gonna tell you any spoilers, but you will have many unanswered questions at the end. Heck, they can make a sequel, but no news about it yet.

Music: 6/10. I'm not a fan of rock music, so I didn't like the opening. The BGM throughout the series was okay, but not something you would expect out of a horror-themed show.

Artwork and animation: 6/10. This was just terrible. The art seemed a little rough and definitely a wrong type of dark. It's a show about zombies, vampires etc, but something wasn't right about the tone they chose. Then, the animation was obviously terrible. I mean, look at the fight scenes. They're all so... stiff and they look more like they're teleporting than moving!

Overall: 5.8/10. I'm a fan of this genre of anime, but this was just plain mediocre. If they're planning on a sequel (which I doubt), they'd better patch up the problems with this series.