Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise! Months ago I missed the chance to watch this in the movie theaters. There wasn’t any theater in my state showing it and all the tickets were sold out in neighboring states, so even a reeeeally long drive wouldn’t have helped. But finally, at long last, after months of waiting the Zombie Land Saga movie is available on CrunchyRoll! Woooo! So, needless to say once I noticed it on the CR website, I had to watch it. I was actually kind of surprised to see it listed on the new anime page, there was no fan fair, no special promotion, no mention of it at all on the main page of the website. If I didn’t happen to be looking at the new anime page because of the coming summer season, I would have never known this movie was available. Crunchy Roll’s handling of this movie has been a bit, ummm, weird. So without further ado, let’s watch The Zombie Land Saga Movie! Is it as good as I remember the series to be? Are the characters as wacky and lovable? Do we ever get more back story on that insane manager of theirs? Let’s find out! First Reactions!OMG, this is such a great movie! I have no clue why CrunchyRoll wouldn’t be promoting this like crazy. The animations was pretty good. The story was great. The characters were spot on, just as wacky as the series and we even got another character. The manager Kotaro is just as insane as he was in the series, if not even more than the series. And on top of everything else that is so wonderful about this movie, it still has the heart of the series which was all about never giving up even when times are tough. This was just such a fun movie. If you liked the series, you will definitely like this movie. Here Be Spoilers!I can’t really talk about this movie much if I don’t drop some spoilers, sorry. I totally get it if you don’t want to read further, the movie is still pretty new. If you remember the series being pretty over the top and zany, not to worry, the movie up holds its past reputation. The last episode of the second season of the series, I kind or remember it ending with space aliens showing up. Well, this movie is the details about that. That’s right, space aliens attack and the only way to save all of Saga is zombie pop idols! Lol, I love this idea! The story begins four years after the events of the second season, and everything is going pretty great for the band Franchouchou. They even get invited to be the idol ambassadors for a science expo being held in Saga. So, from the very beginning, before the space aliens show up we are already getting hints about spacy stuff. And of course, this being Zombie Land Saga, there is a ton of very beautiful scenes of our favorite zombie idols around Saga. Then panic strikes when Tae “Zero”, the most zombie like of all the zombies goes missing! Sakura is frantic to find her, but she’s no where to be found. What happened to her? While she was riding and gnawing on a cow, she was abducted by space aliens. While she was on the mother ship of the space invaders, she ate one of the stones that powers their ship. And it’s a good thing she did, while Zero was wandering around the space ship, the invaders had been blasting away at Saga and threatening the rest of the world with destruction. But when Zero ate the power stone, it shut off their ability to attack. Zero, instantly regained her original personality and returned to Saga. Tell me those aren’t the eyes of a bad *ss!That’s right, we finally get to see what Tae/Zero’s personality is! Eeeeee! And surprise surprise, there’s reason their manager Kotaro always refers to Tae as a “The Legend”. Because she is. While the other (accept for Sakura) zombies are idols of the past, Tae is a literal super hero! Like a one woman army, commando, fighting to protect Saga from the dark and unnamed “Them” style hero! From Tae’s new confident up right posture, to her sharp and precise look, to her mature and knightly voice, it’s clear that Tae knows how to get things done. Needless to say this kind of leaves the other zombies stumbling in her wake. But there’s space invaders to kick to the curb, and there’s Saga to save, so she’s just the kind of take charge zombie they need. I won’t ruin the whole movie for you, but with the new kick butt Tae, and zombies that never give up and never lose heart, the space aliens didn’t have a chance! The ending was really spectacular. If you love explosions, this ending has you covered. But more than just how explody everything was, this still had the Zombie Land Saga sweet vibes of everyone putting aside differences and working hand in hand together to make things happen and to save Saga. Of not losing heart even when things look their bleakest. Of standing up and keep fighting, even after they had seemingly lost everything. This was just a wonderfully exciting and inspirational movie! End of the Spoiler Attack!So if you were a fan of the Zombie Land Saga series, you should watch this movie. If you are a fan of watching cute girls inspire a community with their cheerfulness and songs, you should watch this movie. If you are a fan of watching murderous space invaders get their booties kicked, you should watch this movie. And if you are looking for something to watch this Four of July that’s as fun, funny, and inspirational as “Independence Day” with Will Smith, you should watch this movie! #anime #animeReview #Japan #JapaneseCulture #movieReview #paranormalAnime #zombieLandSaga #zombieLandSagaMovie #zombieLandSagaYumegingaParadise