While watching Space Dandy, one of my favorite new anime, I was inspired by the ending of the episode in which the heroes encounter a virus that turns them, and ultimately the entire universe, into zombies. I know this may sound like a spoiler but it is not. This show is set up in a fashion similar to that of Futurama and other animated comedies, it has no ongoing plot and everything resets each week.
Having all life in the universe transformed into undead flesh eaters sounds tragic but they painted it in a light I have never seen before, one of positivity. Sure, everyone was a decaying pile of flesh stumbling about, but they could still carry on some semblance of their lives before their undeath. Instead of words they communicated with moans and grunts, they remained cognizant of their actions, and they squash their cravings for raw meat by eating large amounts of yogurt thanks to the enzymes it contained.
On a much grander scale, since everyone was a zombie there was no death, no sickness, no more world hunger, no war, no torture, no money problems, and no racism. All life had been converted to undeath thus uniting the universe under the same genus. For the first time in my life I found myself kind of wanting to be a zombie. It was a festering utopia, morbidly beautiful.
Here is a link to the episode I talked about, check it out for yourself!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/591450#i0,p1,d0
Here is a link to the episode I talked about, check it out for yourself!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/591450#i0,p1,d0
