TV Series2025 · 1 season · 12 episodes · Ended

ZENSHU

Name: ZENSHU
Genre: Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cast: Anna Nagase, Kazuki Ura, Rie Kugimiya, Minori Suzuki, Akio Suyama

Taste attributes: animationdramaaction & adventuresci-fi & fantasyactionadventuremonster/alien/supernaturalfantasyfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeA fantastical animated series that is wide-ranging, glossy and light. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

8.4 /10

TMDB · 30 votes

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Season

Season 1

· 2025 · 12 episodes

Episodes (12)

1FIRST STROKE5 Jan 2025
An up-and-coming anime director, Natsuko Hirose, is busy trying to storyboard a rom-com themed feature film, but because she's never experienced first love, she can't seem to progress with her storyboards.
2DEFEND12 Jan 2025
The prophet of the Last Town, Elder Baobab, decides that Natsuko should join the Nine Soldiers, but her and Luke are at odds. Natsuko tries to figure out a way back home, but then remembers what happens next in "A Tale of Perishing" and realizes everyone's in danger again.
3DESTINY19 Jan 2025
The Last Town has their Harvest Festival and the Nine Soldiers get some time off. That's where Luke meets Destiny. In "A Tale of Perishing," the two fall in love, but Natsuko coming into the this world seems to be throwing off that destiny...
4ETERNITY26 Jan 2025
Natsuko notices that Memmeln is acting strange. In the movie, there is a scene with Memmeln that's a mystery even to fans, so Natsuko tails her...
5JUSTICE2 Feb 2025
Destiny asks the Nine Soldiers to bring food to some orphans and they run into a former Nine Soldier, Justice.
6CHANGE9 Feb 2025
Natsuko loses to the Voids for the first time, but still tries to continue her selfish actions.
7FIRST LOVE16 Feb 2025
Natsuko tries to figure out exactly what first love feels like for her upcoming film.
8CONFESSION23 Feb 2025
Luke finally tells Natsuko how he really feels about her.
9HERO2 Mar 2025
Luke thinks about his life as the legendary hero.
10CHAOS9 Mar 2025
Rumors start to spread about Natsuko which leads the people of the Last Town to turn on her.
11DESPAIR16 Mar 2025
Luke suffers more loss and falls into despair while Memmeln comes up with a certain plan with Meg and Sally.
12ZENSHU23 Mar 2025
Natsuko has to draw one final thing to save the Last Town from its greatest threat.

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What lines up

Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill. One day, she passes out while working on her storyboard and wakes up in the world of her favorite childhood anime movie "A Tale of Perishing."

Synopsis: TMDB