ZENSHU (2025)

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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."

• Released: 2025-01-05
• Genres: Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
• Seasons: 1, 12 episodes
• Episode length: 24m
• Network: TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TVQ, TV Osaka, TVh, TSC
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.7/10 from 60 votes

Top cast

• Anna Nagase as Natsuko Hirose (voice)
• Kazuki Ura as Luke Braveheart (voice)
• Rie Kugimiya as Unio (voice)
• Minori Suzuki as Memmeln (voice)
• Akio Suyama as QJ (voice)
• Romi Park as Justice (voice)
• Manaka Iwami as Destiny Heartwarming (voice)
• Kentaro Tone as Chingosman (voice)
• Masashi Yamane as Ganger (voice)
• Katsuhisa Houki as Capitan (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch ZENSHU

• United States: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
• United Kingdom: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel; buy on Apple TV Store
• India: stream on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
• Canada: stream on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Crunchyroll; buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel; buy on Apple TV Store

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