Review of High School of the Dead

I wanted to like this anime, but in the long run, I didn't and here's why. The Good; This anime was not boring. Its hard to be bored in this fast paced anime where something is always happening. The story basic but one that can be good as long as done right. There's plenty of action to be found and this anime and its not half bad. The zombies weren't PERFECT in my opinion, they were slow and apparently deaf and blind, but they weren't terrible. There were times were I did laugh occasionally, and I think if you just want a zombie horror anime with bloodand violence, and not a whole lot more to it, you may enjoy it.

The Bad [And there's a lot];

First off, the fanservice. Now, I don't hate fanservice, especially if there's more then just guy fanservice [most animes like this are to cater to guys, but a girl can dream D:] but this anime takes it to a whole new [very annoying] level. Even if you like fanservice, I'm sure you don't want it to be taking the spotlight during the actual action, but there were times were something intense was supposed to be happening, but all you could see was unrealistically huge boobs jiggling and panty shots dominating the scenes.In a comedy anime/scene, sure, let them jiggle! But it happened so much in times that were supposed to be dark/serious and it just made it irritating. I mean, if all I wanted to see was boobs, there's lots of hentai out there. I came for high school kids being chased by face eating undead monsters! [And no matter how much you may like fanservice, I don't think ANYONE needs to see a zombie's panties. Hm!]

And all the characters are pretty unlikable and cliche on top of that. There was one chubby nerd character[his name slips me for some reason] who was slightly amusing, but still not as likable as he could be. Everyone else was either stupid/bland or wanted very badly to be a badass, but they just come across as kind of forced, and not in a humorous way. o.o

The plot was basically just your generic gory zombie anime, and while it's ok if that's what you're looking for, there are still parts that just piss me off regardless of what it's trying to be. So in the long one, no I did not like this anime, I thought it was terrible. But don't let that deter you from watching it!