#ImLookingForZombies Main PV Sets October 3 Premiere — What the New Trailer Actually Reveals

#ImLookingForZombies now has a locked broadcast date, both theme songs, and five newly confirmed cast members — all revealed in the anime’s new main PV, released September 13, 2026.

What’s new in this trailer

• Official broadcast date confirmed: Saturday, October 3, 2026, on TV Asahi’s nationwide network and its IMAnimation programming block.
• Five newly announced cast members beyond the original five leads: Mikazuki (Yoko Hikasa), Touka (Makoto Koichi), Takamo (Tomoyo Takayanagi), Saigo (Aino Shimada), and Aki’s father (Kosuke Toriumi).
• Opening theme confirmed: “Raki Raki” by Surii.
• Ending theme confirmed: “Soft Apocalypse” by cadode.

The confirmed premise: Aki’s search for her father

The official synopsis is specific about the setup: 13 years after a mysterious outbreak killed or infected roughly 90% of humanity, Aki leaves the isolated village where she grew up, together with Natsuki and Haru, to search for her father. Yuu and Sakura join as companions later in the story. That’s the official framing — a road-trip search narrative built on top of a post-apocalyptic premise, rather than a straightforward zombie-survival series.

The new key visual makes that tonal contrast explicit: five characters cheerfully racing across an overgrown, ruined Tokyo rooftop, one of them swinging what looks like a katana over her head, under text reading (in Japanese) “Let’s jump out, into the still-unknown world!” The show is visibly leaning into upbeat, youth-adventure energy despite its premise’s body count.

New characters and cast

The five new names — Mikazuki, Touka, Takamo, Saigo and Aki’s father — are confirmed as cast additions in this reveal, joining the original core group of Aki (Miyari Nemoto), Natsuki (Lynn), Haru (Toshiya Miyata), Yuu (Hibiku Yamamura) and Sakura (Yuka Nukui). The official material doesn’t detail what role each new character plays in Aki’s journey beyond their names and performers — treat their narrative purpose as unconfirmed until the show or its official character pages say more.

What the trailer shows vs. what’s confirmed

The PV features new footage of the group traveling, fighting, and interacting against ruined urban backdrops, consistent with the official synopsis’s search-for-her-father framing. What it doesn’t establish: whether Aki actually finds her father, how any of the newly named characters fit into the group dynamic, or which specific events happen in which episode. None of that has been detailed in official material, and the trailer’s editing shouldn’t be read as confirming plot outcomes.

Broadcast, streaming and what’s still unknown

#ImLookingForZombies airs October 3 on TV Asahi’s IMAnimation block. As of this trailer, no international streaming platform has been officially announced for the anime itself — Yen Press has separately confirmed an English-language omnibus edition of the source manga, but that’s a print/manga license, not a confirmed anime streaming deal, and the two shouldn’t be conflated.

The bottom line

This main PV moves #ImLookingForZombies from “announced” to “dated and cast”: October 3 is locked, both theme songs are confirmed, and the ensemble has grown from five leads to ten named characters. What the series actually does with Aki’s search for her father — and how genuinely dangerous the “90% gone” premise gets played against its upbeat tone — remains for the show itself to answer.