The official website for the television anime adaptation of Rokuro Uraji‘s Zombie no Afureta Sekai de Ore dake ga Osowarenai (In a World Full of Zombies I’m the Only One Who Doesn’t Get Attacked) light novel unveiled additional cast, staff, a key visual (pictured), the theme songs, and first promotional video on Saturday. The anime series will premiere on AT-X in January 2027.

Voice actresses Rikako Itou (Mushoku no Eiyuu) and Marie Miyake (Gin no Saji) are joining the casts as Tokiko Kurose and Sayaka Makiura, respectively.

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Art Design: Ami Takasusuki (Saikyou no Shienshoku “Wajutsushi” de Aru Ore wa Sekai Saikyou Clan wo Shitagaeru), You Shinomiya, Recommendation

Art Director: Shinji Katahira (Nakanohito Genome [Jikkyouchuu]), Shinobu Takahashi (“Kimi wo Aisuru Ki wa Nai” to Itta Jiki Koushaku-sama ga Nazeka Dekiai shitekimasu)

Color Design: Shinobu Hirayama

Director of Photography: Yuuki Sakurai (Rare Trick)

Editing: Kouki Shinkai (Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan)

Music group RetBear (Kuro no Shoukanshi) is performing the opening theme “No Reaction.” Japanese idol group Itsuka▶ is performing the ending theme “Tsukikage.” Both theme songs are previewed in the first promotional video below.

Kazuya Fujishiro (Haishin Yuusha) is directing the anime at Acca effe and Frontier Engine, with Yasushi Hirano (City Hunter) handling the series composition, assisted by Kayou Shimoyama. Shimoyama and Rumakuto Okimi are penning the script. Yoshiharu Ishihara (Fortune Arterial) is designing the characters, and ISAO (bloodivores) is composing the music.

Rokuro began penning the supernatural horror novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in January 2013. Frontier Works later acquired the series and began publishing the title under its Nox Novels label in February 2016, featuring illustrations by Saburou. The third volume went on sale in March 2017.

Chihiro Matsuda began drawing a manga adaptation on the Comic Ragchew web service in March 2022. NTT Solmare began publishing the manga adaptation on its MangaPlaza web service and app in September 2024, followed by the release of the fifth volume on August 5.

Robo Kondo launched a spin-off manga on the same website in October 2025. The first volume went on sale on August 5.

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Source: PR Times

Nami gets that slightly lewd Yabuki touch

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The MAPPA Expo 15th Anniversary exhibition shared photos of Digger star Tom Cruise (Top Gun, The Last Samurai, A Few Good Men) and director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel, Birdman, The Revenant) visiting the exhibition on social media on Friday. Veteran character designer and key animator Tadashi Hiramatsu (Yuri!!! on Ice, Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc) joined the two for a roundtable conversation.

Iñárritu said that his son is a huge fan of MAPPA‘s works, while Cruise marveled at the cinematic style, hair, and framing of scenes on display in the exhibition’s Jujutsu Kaisen area.

Cruise asked Hiramatsu how much of anime is drawn by hand, and Hiramatsu noted that he trained on paper and pencil. The animator observed that many in the younger generations have gone digital, but he believes that it is important to start with paper. Cruise agreed and compared this sentiment to voice recording to ensure the artist’s voice is literally and figuratively retained.

Hiramatsu said he enjoyed Digger’s camera work, color palette, music, sound effects, and Cruise’s performance so much that he asked to see the movie a second time. He then presented Cruise and Iñárritu with a Digger illustration he drew:

Cruise and Iñárritu came to Japan this week to promote the Friday opening of Digger in Japan, one week after its opening in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. (It opened in other countries throughout the world on September 30, and in Mexico on October 1.) The film stars Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons.

The MAPPA Expo 15th Anniversary exhibition is taking place at the Yurakucho Museum in Tokyo between September 16 and December 27. The exhibition will also travel to Fukuoka between January and March 2027.

This is not Cruise’s first joint foray into Japan. The actor joined his Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning director Christopher McQuarrie in May 2025 for the Japan premiere of the film. The two posed in front of the giant Totoro plush at the Ghibli Museum.

Sources: MAPPA Expo 15th Anniversary’s X/Twitter account and website, Digger’s website, Comic Natalie