Anime Review: Sankarea

This anime... so much wasted potential... The entire anime they made it seem like they were leading up to something but then nothing happened. I will say that the anime was based off a manga which is still in production, so I understand that as long as they were going by the source they couldn't have had a definitive ending, but still I wish it did.

Anyone remember the blog post where I first introduced this anime? I'll continue where I left off from there. Anyway, the girl ends up turning into a zombie and basically all of the main character guy's wishes come true. Except he doesn't do anything about it because he's a pansy.

About half way through the anime they start hinting at something deeper, most notably that the zombie girl has a taste for blood. They could have done so much with this! She could have turned against the main character, or she could have gone on a rampage and the main character could have had to stop her, but no! Nothing happens!

As the series goes on there's a lot of forced drama involving the girl and her parents. Some of it is kind of interesting, and it actually has you wanting to know what happens next most of the time. Unfortunately if you're anything like me your expectations will be dashed and you'll be left with a disappointing ending. So that sums up what I thought about the story. Animation-wise it was okay. Nothing special. Sound, characters... meh. I give Sankarea a 6/10.