I just rewatched the first ep of this series after years, and man is this anime so good. Its hard to find a zombie anime this realistic, sure theres lewd stuff but that doesn’t take away how great it could of been. I remember watching this when i was like 11 and knowing how peak it was. The intro, story telling and animation were pretty good for its time.

Really does suck for what happened to the author and may he rest in peace.

Praying this will get a season two, a remake wouldnt do it justice either. Goes into my prayers along High school dxd new season

this is a fan animation i have made. it is still incomplete and no, i do not own the rights to highschool of the dead. i have made this to only show my never-ending love for the series.

art from the HSOTD server

What If Frank Castle (The Punisher in MARVEL) was in the Highschool of the dead, does the original story plot will be Changed ?

made with Koikatsu
BTW, can you spot Saori Tatsuno from Yani Neko?

So, I knew of this franchise by reputation, but it had largely passed me by. Nothing in particular, just never gave it a fair shot.

But one day, a few weeks back, I stumbled across the DVDs in a charity shop and thought "why not? Worst case, it'll be a laugh."

And you know what? It's not bad at all. The characters are fun and nuanced, running the gambit of flawed but endearing, the action's top notch, the animation (while a little dated with its CGI) is still vibrant, colourful and fun. Personally, I find the hyper sexualisation of the characters is about as appealing as a flesh wound, but the rest of this show stands, to my mind, on it's own merits. So much so, that I immediately went out to purchase the full colour manga just to see what happens after the credits roll, and I'm enjoying what there is.

Each day I came home from work excited to watch the next couple of episodes, which is always a very good sign, especially when so many shows can feel like such a slog.

Which gets me onto why I'm posting this, because it's crazy to think that this fanchise is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, and I only began taking any vested interest in it within the past month.

It's very odd to get this glimpse into a story that so perfectly encapsulates the era it's from, and drew me in so effortlessly. But tragically unlike it's contemporaries which share similarly abrupt endings like Berserk, we'll never get the same kind of reprise.

Food for thought

Hmm I wonder what it is...