Summary
- Undead Unluck anime highly anticipated but global release schedule affected international performance.
- Fans who missed out can expect new information at Jump Festa 2025.
- Story follows Fuuko with “unluck” ability and Andy who just wants to die, pursued by Union.
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Undead Unluck is currently one of the biggest Shonen Jump hits. When the anime was announced, it quickly became one of the most anticipated series for 2023. The confirmation that the anime would be released globally kept the hype up, but Disney’s schedule for the series might have affected the series’ international performance (quite the opposite of what happened to The Apothecary Diaries).
For this reason, a lot of people might have missed one of the best series released by the end of 2023. Also, despite showing an amazing action-packed animation at the beginning, the series lost momentum among fans. Maybe delivering 24 weekly episodes in a row was not the best approach to this one.
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For fans who are eager for more, now it’s confirmed that there will be new information about the previously announced 1-hour special at Jump Fest 2025. Despite the name, Jump Festa 2025 takes place later this month in Japan.
What We Know So Far
Not much has been revealed about this special. It was announced as slated for Winter 2025 (which is pretty soon), with a teaser trailer. But a new poster schedules it for “late 2025”. We will probably get a new release window and maybe a new trailer at Jump Festa 2025. Check out the teaser trailer released a few months ago:
Undead Unluck Anime Story and Staff
Undead Unluck is originally a manga published in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump magazine, and it’s penned by Yoshifumi Tozuka. As usual with Shonen Jump titles, it is published in the US by VIZ Media (a company owned by the same conglomerate that owns Shueisha). It has been serialized since 2020, and compiled into 23 volumes so far.
The story takes place 10 years after an incident that left hundreds of people dead, including Fuuko Izumo’s parents. At that time, she was only 8 years old, and she has isolated herself from the world since then due to her “unluck” ability (that means she brings bad luck to people around her). Despite all of it, what she truly wants is romance. One day, she meets another very odd person: a man who just wants to die. He is an immortal “undead” and he hates it so badly. This guy, who she names Andy (it’s a joke with how “undead” is pronounced in Japanese), starts hanging around with her to see if he is able to take advantage of her “unluckyness” in order to finally die. But then an organization called Union starts chasing them.
The anime adaptation is produced by TMS Entertainment (Lupin III) and animated by David Production (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure). Yuki Yase is in charge of the direction, and he previously worked as Fire Force director. Yamato Haijima is credited as the head writer, and his portfolio also includes Fire Force.
Undead Unluck
is available to stream on Hulu.
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Undead Unluck
- Release Date
- October 7, 2023
- Studio
- David Production
- Creator
- Yoshifumi Tozuka
- Streaming Service(s)
- Hulu
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