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So about a week ago I was trying to find anything new related to zombies and accidentally came across the anime "Highschool of the Dead" based on the manga of the same name. I not really into anime and manga like a lot of people are, but I thought I'd share this with the community due to it genre. 
Trailer:
Its about a boy named Takashi Komuro and his childhood friend Rei Miyamoto. Rei liked Takashi, but of course he never told her he felt the same, so she took it that he didn't like her. So she later ended up dating one of his friends named Hisashi. Well the 3 are pretty good friends, during a seemingly normal day, Takashi was outside on the school stairwell hanging out, and noticed a few of his teachers standing around the front gate trying to tell a man who is just standing there to leave the school grounds. He is of course a zombie and soon kills the teachers at the gate, who then also become zombies.
Takashi runs inside and tells Rei and Hisashi to get up while they are in class, he lets it known to everyone in the class that teachers were attacked at the front gate. Soon an announcement is made over the school intercom and then all hell breaks loose. Students trample all over each other and are being attacked and eaten left and right. We are introduced to 3 other students: Saeko Busujima - president of the school's kendo club (she's also a sadist apparently), Saya Takagi - the smart girl of the group (also a bit of a bitch), Kohta Hirano - The gun otaku (he makes a stock for a nail gun to give him more accurate aiming, awesome right?). And we are also introduced to the extremely well endowed(well all the girls are actually) and a bit dense, school nurse, Shizuka Marikawa.
Well the cast soon learns its a global epidemic from the news, and thus try to survive.
So far i'm really enjoying it. Its animated well and its pretty damn gory. It does have some of the quirks many animes like to use. Examples:
- Girls with really big boobs and lots of panty shots. (yet most of these girls kick major ass). Im not sure too many people have a problem with this lol.
- Those characters who freak out at the worst possible time.
It uses the slow moving zombie and they seem pretty threatening. The whole show kind of reminds me of the old school zombie (which is awesome), and older zombie movies in general.
The show tries to balance seriousness with dark humor. Example being
Spoiler:
That scene cracked me the hell up.
I really recommend a watch or read for anyone who is really into zombies and needs something new. The anime is only on episode 3 for those who try to look for it.
So anyways, thoughts? opinions?
Trailer:
Its about a boy named Takashi Komuro and his childhood friend Rei Miyamoto. Rei liked Takashi, but of course he never told her he felt the same, so she took it that he didn't like her. So she later ended up dating one of his friends named Hisashi. Well the 3 are pretty good friends, during a seemingly normal day, Takashi was outside on the school stairwell hanging out, and noticed a few of his teachers standing around the front gate trying to tell a man who is just standing there to leave the school grounds. He is of course a zombie and soon kills the teachers at the gate, who then also become zombies.
Takashi runs inside and tells Rei and Hisashi to get up while they are in class, he lets it known to everyone in the class that teachers were attacked at the front gate. Soon an announcement is made over the school intercom and then all hell breaks loose. Students trample all over each other and are being attacked and eaten left and right. We are introduced to 3 other students: Saeko Busujima - president of the school's kendo club (she's also a sadist apparently), Saya Takagi - the smart girl of the group (also a bit of a bitch), Kohta Hirano - The gun otaku (he makes a stock for a nail gun to give him more accurate aiming, awesome right?). And we are also introduced to the extremely well endowed(well all the girls are actually) and a bit dense, school nurse, Shizuka Marikawa.
Well the cast soon learns its a global epidemic from the news, and thus try to survive.
So far i'm really enjoying it. Its animated well and its pretty damn gory. It does have some of the quirks many animes like to use. Examples:
- Girls with really big boobs and lots of panty shots. (yet most of these girls kick major ass). Im not sure too many people have a problem with this lol.
- Those characters who freak out at the worst possible time.
It uses the slow moving zombie and they seem pretty threatening. The whole show kind of reminds me of the old school zombie (which is awesome), and older zombie movies in general.
The show tries to balance seriousness with dark humor. Example being
Spoiler:
That scene cracked me the hell up.
I really recommend a watch or read for anyone who is really into zombies and needs something new. The anime is only on episode 3 for those who try to look for it.
So anyways, thoughts? opinions?
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