Anime Review: Highschool of The Dead

apart from our first anime review at First Anime Review : HOTD

I'll make a better version of it... hahawhawha...
adding some other things...
and maybe DL links???
first, copassing from Vizarz's work...

Alternative Title
学園黙示録, Gakuen Mokushiroku

Series Information
Type: TV Series
Episodes: 12
Status: Completed
Aired: 05 July 2010 to 20 Sep 2010
Producers: Madhouse Studios
Genres: Action, Angst, Boing, Coming of Age, Ecchi, Gunfights, Horror, Large Breasts, Manga, Pantsu, Post-apocalyptic, Shounen, Swordplay, Violence


Staff
Director : Tetsurou, Araki
Original Character Design : Satō, Shouji
Original Creator : Satō, Daisuke

Synopsis

* Based on the manga by Satou Daisuke with illustrations by Satou Shouji.

The world is over taken with a very deadly disease that turns humans into zombies. In Japan, several students of Fujimi High School, and the school nurse, band together to survive the present apocalypse. The story follows Komuro Takashi, one of the students who survived in the initial outbreak.
(AniDB)

Trailer

tadaaaa~~
my addition is Character + seiyuu... and mw own opinion + review about this anime...
mini version... coz I don't have better picture... ^^
let it be... too lazy...
also... there's too many fansub of HOTD...
damn... just choose one of them...
I recommended TMD ( TOMODACCHI ) for 720p, gg for 480p
and Kira-fansub for the BD version 1080p

Characters

Busujima Saeko
Seiyuu: Sawashiro Miyuki (Kanbaru/Bakemonogatari; Iwasawa/Angel Beats)
A high school senior and president of the school's kendo club, she is extremely skilled with a bokken and close combat. Calm and collected with a sense of pride in her skills and those that she's with, Saeko is among the most reliable of the group. Everyone can count on her skills to pull them through if need be. Not much is known about her family except for her father who had traveled abroad on a self-defense conference before the advent of the Outbreak. She has shown fondness/crush towards Takashi and believes in his abilities to get them to safety. Saeko admits to Takashi that she is secretly a sadist who enjoys inflicting pain on those weaker than her, which is why she derives so much pleasure from killing "them". She describes herself as being the one person whose true nature hasn't been changed by the apocalypse but Takashi insists she is a valuable member of the group. She also inadvertently drools when she sleeps.

Takagi Saya
Seiyuu: Kitamura Eri (Ami/Toradora; Yui/Angel Beats)
First making her escape with fellow classmate Kohta Hirano, she is the daughter of an influential Uyoku dantai politician and her family is deeply involved in Japan's politics. A self-proclaimed genius, Saya's knowledge and deductive capabilities have allowed the group to escape from harm. She was among the first to conclude that "they" were attracted to only sound. Despite coming from a prestigious family she despises her parents whom she thought had given up on her in this crisis. It was before their escape from the mansion that she managed to make up with her parents. Other than Rei, she is the only one who has a history with Takashi Komuro since they were children and is hinted to having deeper feelings for him.

Komuro Takashi
Seiyuu: Suwabe Junichi (Archer/Fate Stay Night)
A 17 year old sophomore high school student, Takashi is in the same class as Rei whom he has been friends with since childhood. He's loved her ever since she made a childhood promise to marry him when they were older. However it was his hesitance and ignorance about her feelings that caused tension in their friendship which led to her starting to date his friend Hisashi. He was one of the first people to notice that something was wrong in the school and quickly took action to escape with his friends. His relationship with Rei was shaken further when he was forced to kill her boyfriend after he was bitten and had turned into a zombie. Soon afterwards their relationship was amended. His resolve to protect Rei at all costs and everyone else in the group earned him their respect and admiration as a leader despite his own feelings of inadequacy. He often acts brash and will go out to risk his life to save or protect someone on a whim. Similar to Saeko, Takashi confessed that he's found an exhilaration in killing "them".

Miyamoto Rei
Seiyuu: Inoue Marina (Youko/Tengenn Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Classmate and childhood friend of Takashi, they've known each other since kindergarten. When they were little she promised that one day she would marry him. Despite liking Takashi, their relationship was at odds at the beginning of the manga due to his indecisiveness. It was then that she started dating one of his friends, Hisashi, since he wouldn't make a move. As the story progressed they ended up reconciling their relationship. She doesn't find it above herself to reprimand Takashi for acting carelessly. She worries about his well-being yet admits that his selflessness nature is one reason why she fell in love with him. Headstrong and reliable, Rei has proven to be a skilled combatant and strong asset to the group.

Marikawa Shizuka
Seiyuu: Fukui Yukari (Nia / Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
The school nurse at Fujimi High School, she is rather ditsy as compared to the rest of girls in the group. Her large bust size is often used as a comical element in the story. A 26 year old bachelorette, she lives with Rika Minami, a sniper of Japan's Special Assault Team. Her home was used as a safe haven for the group once they escaped the high school. As a nurse she is responsible for the health and care of everyone in the group and is efficient at doing so.

Hirano Kouta
Seiyuu: Hiyama Nobuyuki (Shiro / gundam 08th MS team)
A 16-year old sophomore student who was often bullied in school, Kohta is a gun otaku and knows the ins and outs of the firearms and any military-related equipment that the group comes across. At the beginning of the story he helped Saya Takagi escape danger, though only did so by following her orders. His skills as a marksman has proven to be a valuable asset to keeping everyone alive. On a one-month trip to America he was trained by the US military contractor Blackwater USA which furthered his obsession over weapons. In addition to being the gun expert and marksman, Hirano also helps train Takashi and the others in the use of firearms. Also, now that "normality" no longer exists, Hirano feels that he is free to vent the repressed rage he had against those who bullied him, and as a result has become more self-confident. He apparently comes from a very prestigious family, with his father working in jewelry business, his mother a fashion designer, his grandfathera captain of a ship and his grandmother a violinist (that's what he said, it's unknown how much of it is true)....

OP and ED

Opening Theme:
"HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD" by Kishida Kyōdan & The Akeboshi Rockets

NIPPONSENSEI VERSION


Ending Theme:
HERE or HERE

Song list:
#1: "Kimi to Taiyou ga Shinda Hi (君と太陽が死んだ日)" by Maon Kurosaki
#2: "Color me dark" by Maon Kurosaki
#3: "Return to Destiny" by Maon Kurosaki
#4: "Cold bullet blues" by Maon Kurosaki
#5: "Memories of days gone by" by Maon Kurosaki
#6: "Under The Honey Shine" by Maon Kurosaki
#7: "Fuss fuzz" by Maon Kurosaki
#08: "The place of hope" by Maon Kurosaki
#09: "Hōseki no Supai" (宝石のスパイ) by Maon Kurosaki
#10: "THE last pain" by Maon Kurosaki
#11: "Hollow Men" by Maon Kurosaki
#12: "The Eternal Song" by Maon Kurosaki

Original Soundtrack

Vintage : 2010
Artists : Kyoudan Kishida & The Akeboshi Rockets, Takafumi Wada, Maon Kurosaki & Sayo Fukunaga
Album Title : Gakuen Mokushiroku
Bitrate : 320 kbps
Scans : Yes
Size : 160 MB
Download: Part 1 || Part 2

Tracklist :
1. HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD (TV Version)
2. Kodou
3. Jigoku no Kizashi
4. Osottekuru Yatsura
5. Geigeki
6. Akai Yami
7. Tsuigeki
8. Arisu no Kanashimi
9. Shinobiyoru Yatsura
10. Nakama no Shi
11. Ademusumetachi
12. Takagi-ke no Shutsujin
13. Chinkonka
14. Mujakina Jikan
15. Bukimi na Yatsura
16. Takashi no Omoide
17. Shidou no Takurami
18. Miracle Brain
19. Gyakushuu
20. Saeko no Yami
21. Onna no Kyouji
22. Saeko Kenzan
23. Last Battle
24. Kimi to Taiyou ga Shinda Hi (TV Version)
25. O, Spirit

or... this one...

Title: HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Artist: Kishida Kyoudan & THE Akeboshi Rockets, Wada Takafumi, Kurosaki Maon & Fukunaga Sayo
160 kbps
320 kbps
credits to original uploaders

Our Opinion

Vizarz's

In my oppinion,this anime is "unique" because this is the first of its kind,zombie survival style anime.
The story itself similiar with many American zombie movies like resident evil.But,this time the story situated in Japan where a band of people (most of them are high school students) trying to escape from the nightmare.
This anime is quite new so it still fresh from the oven.
Somehow.... the most of the girls in this anime have "big" breast.... (slurp...) well... it because this anime has ecchi / fanservice content so... it obvious.
I read the manga and quite good but very slow to come (also in the past there is some kind of problem so the manga must be suspended for a while because the company is in hiatus,but that in the past...)

Dwi_Edge's

Even though Vizarz said it's unique... I think this anime is really have a great taste... aside from the boing" and that boring fan service... HOTD really give me the chill... even though I almost played Left4Dead 2 everyday alone... the action they give us is really something that you and someone else want to look out... coz they have a kind of unique way to show it off...
sometimes, a zombie film or a horror film have some stupid people who wants to study about the monsters (Zombie in this case) and research them... but not in HOTD...
hell... but yeah... there's still many stupid people roaming around... even though they're not infected, they do all the rash and useless things... typical american horror... I don't want to spoil things here, so I just wanna talk about the background... they're trapped ... eh... not trapped... but rather... hmm... it's hard to describe it... aaarrggh... let's just say HOTD is just persona-like... (Persona - Shin megami tensei) which happen to have same concept... the destruction of human world... whahaha... or not...
maybe not persona... but the others megaten series...

zzz... in the end... I think HOTD still give a good overall score... the BG music are okay... Character development are good... and unique... story? I don't know... just read vizarz opinion...and the last
hey... can't you cut off that boring pantsu shot / breast's boing... it's killing me right off the track... damn...

ah... one moar thing... I rather call HOTD by: HIGHSCHOOLER of the Dead...
coz the story is revolving around highschooler... not the highschool... hahahaw.... spoiler here... ain't it?

Vizarz's addition:

Note : This anime still not finish yet.It only has 12 episodes.The manga itself still on going (since onemanga had been closed down I never read it again till now eventhough the page itself still exist... when I write this,the latest chapter is chapter 28...ask uncle Google if you want to read it because I also do the same thing,finally I can read it again)

The second season probably exist in the future.But until the manga has progressed far enough,like the previous season.

and that's what he says... LOL...

Final Words

huahh...
even though I'm just watched eps.4 of HOTD... I already give some review... wkhahaha... seems too cliche...

maybe if you really need it, I can give Download links here... but... ahh...
my speed doesn't allow me to upload anything... damn...
so maybe we need to wait for somebody who will upload / give us the download links...
hahawahawhaw.....

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