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Sankarea: Undying Love
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Maaya Uchida
Rea Sanka (voice)
12 eps
Ryohei Kimura
Chihiro Furuya (voice)
12 eps
Sayuri Yahagi
Ranko Saōji (voice)
12 eps
Yuka Iguchi
Mero Furuya (voice)
12 eps
Misato Fukuen
Baabu (voice)
12 eps
Mayumi Asano
Aria Sanka (voice)
12 eps
Seiro Ogino
Doon Furuya (voice)
12 eps
Shuhei Iwase
Yasutaka (voice)
12 eps
Unsho Ishizuka
Dan'ichirō Sanka (voice)
12 eps
Saori Hayashi
Mogi (voice)
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sankarea: Undying Love actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sankarea: Undying Love reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Zombie-obsessed Furuya is making a potion to reanimate his dead cat when he meets Rea. She’s about as miserable as a girl can get, thanks to her creepy, domineering father. When the pain becomes too much, she tries to commit suicide with a sip of Furuya’s weird elixir. The potion doesn’t kill her – but it does turn her into a zombie after she falls from a cliff.
Now that Rea’s undead and ready to finally live, she hides out with Furuya, who’s always dreamed of having a zombie girlfriend. Their one-of-a-kind relationship comes with some challenges, like the fact that Rea is decomposing. Even worse, her freak-show dad is dangerously determined to get her back under his control. As Furuya fights to keep his ghoulfriend safe, Rea finds the secret to resurrecting her happiness: Live like you’re dying – even if you’re already dead.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
Sanka… Rea
Rea is grounded indefinitely for sneaking out at night, and her father decides to keep her home from school, for good measure. She sneaks out again anyway, and goes looking for Chihiro. Elsewhere, when Babu runs away, Chihiro and Ranko chase after him.
- Directed by Taro Kubo
- Written by Noboru Takagi
S01E05
If She’s a Zombie… That Means…
With Rea going through rigor mortis, Chihiro does his best to keep her hidden while attending to household chores. While trying to figure out how to preserve Rea’s body, Chihiro makes a startling discovery about his grandpa. Ranko learns more about Rea.
- Directed by Masayuki Matsumoto
S01E02
It Was… Successful
Rea continues to assist Chihiro’s attempt to reanimate Babu. She reveals her home life, including an unhealthy relationship with her father. The two of them decide to make one last attempt to bring Babu back to life, using a hydrangea blossom.
- Directed by Hiroaki Nishimura
- Written by Noboru Takagi
S01E01
Once I… Become a… Zombie
When the family cat is accidentally killed, zombie buff Chihiro Furuya secretly tries to bring it back to life. After he overhears Rea Sanka shouting her frustrations down a well, Rea offers to help Chihiro, as they both keep each others’ secrets.
- Directed by Mamoru Hatakeyama
- Written by Noboru Takagi
S01E07
Childhood… Friends…
Chihiro spends his Sunday helping out with the Saoji family’s restaurant. Ranko tells the tale of the first time she met Chihiro. The two young children develop an unusual friendship between themselves as more about Ranko’s family is revealed.
- Directed by Hideki Takayama
- Written by Kenji Sugihara
S01E09
A Mother’s… Hand…
Mero and her two friends tell tales of their own brushes with zombies. Ichie tells of the creature that the art teacher keeps; Miko relates the story of an awful smell that led her to a house of horror. Mero’s story, however, trumps them both.
- Directed by Hiroaki Nishimura
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E03
I am... a Zombie, too...
S00E02
Body of a Zombie… Heart of…
S01E11
Nothing… Really… Special
- Directed by Taro Kubo
- Written by Kenji Sugihara
S01E10
Strong… Feelings…
- Directed by Masayuki Matsumoto
- Written by Kenji Sugihara
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Nobumitsu UrasakiProducer
Writing
- Kenji SugiharaWriter
- Noboru TakagiWriter
Direction
- Hideki TakayamaDirector
- Shunji YoshidaDirector
- Hiroaki NishimuraDirector
- Masayuki MatsumotoDirector
- Taro KuboDirector
- Mamoru HatakeyamaDirector
Music
- Yukari HashimotoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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