With an interesting premise and animation studio David Production responsible for production, the film adaptation of Undead Unluck was expected to become one of the anime dominating Fall 2023 (from October to December). However, according to the opinions of many fans on social networks, the anime Undead Unluck continues to receive disappointing reception even though the quality is completely as expected.
With direction from Yuuki Yase (Fire Force, Monogatari Series, Mekakucity Actors), Gakuto Haishima (Fire Force) as screenwriter and Hideyuki Morioka (Fire Force, Monogatari Series) as character designer, “Undead Unluck ” seems to have a perfect formula to stand tall and succeed in its debut season.
Unfortunately, various circumstances conspired against this project, preventing it from being completely successful and remaining “just another regular anime”. So what is the cause? Fans started debating about it on a forum and here are some of their reviews:
– Undead Unluck seemed to have very little promotion before the film’s release, not to mention the Disney Plus exclusivity that limited the film. I loved this movie and tried to get all my friends to watch it, but for some reason they weren’t interested.
– If the main goal of an anime adaptation is to increase manga sales or have good sales but that’s not the case, then it’s a failure. I loved Undead Unluck so it’s hard to admit that the anime, despite its incredible quality, isn’t popular.
– I don’t think the anime Undead Unluck is a failure, but unfortunately, not every movie with good quality is successful.
– I can’t watch it yet because Hulu has exclusive rights. What a terrible idea they made.
– The reason this anime is probably not as popular elsewhere is because when a streaming service that is so highly rated, has the rights to a new anime series, I’m not sure many people will watch it.
– If Undead Unluck has more seasons and goes further, it could attract more people in future seasons.
– Undead Unluck is not a manga genre that has the same appeal as Jujutsu Kaisen or Chainsaw Man, and there are still many people who start watching anime with the dub or manga.