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ZENSHU

2025 Ended 24m episodes

7.7/10 62 votes

AnimationDramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

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."

Cast:: Anna Nagase, Kazuki Ura, Rie Kugimiya, Minori Suzuki
Language:: Japanese
Country:: Japan
Network:: TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TVQ, TV Osaka, TVh, TSC

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E01

Episode 1

★ 8.0

FIRST STROKE

2025-01-05 · 24m

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.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 7.8

DEFEND

2025-01-12 · 24m

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.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 7.0

DESTINY

2025-01-19 · 24m

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...

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