Review of High School of the Dead
Why do people take this show so seriously? A lot of the reviews I have read have been taking this show way too seriously. Its zombies and ecchi. I don't really think it was supposed to be serious. This show is just supposed to be really enjoyable, its extremely thoughtless. All it really is, is guns, girls and zombies. What more could you want? The story is pretty simple, a zombie apocalypse starts and all hell breaks loose afterwards. So, an average bum, a ginger, a fat guy, a bitch who's a bitch, the badass chick who's only purpose is to be badass, the doctor thats practicallyfanservice as her tits jiggle up and down every damn second, a loli and a dog have to run run till they're save from the zambies.
The story is pretty generic and the characters are all stereotypes. Takashi, the main character of main characters is really just an average dude, all the chicks in the group want to get banged by him, I've never seen that before! *cough* harems in a nutshell *cough* Rei is your basic dumb bitch who's purpose is to be that dumb bitch in zombie movies that is well, dumb. And as we go on, all the characters are a stereotype. So to finish off the characters quickly:
Saeko: Basic badass woman that knows kindo and can use katanas and stuff and has some bad past. Never heard this before.
Saya- Your basic rich girl that brags over how smart she is. I really don't have to say anything else...
Alice- Why is this character even here? She's just a plot device and literally has no purpose to be here.
Zero- It's a dog, you always need a dog!
Kouta- You wonder what, I have made fun of every character, but this guy, holy shit I love him. Its an otaku that knows how to use fucking guns! The explanation is stupid but I don't care, he has some genuinely funny dialogue and how can you not love him?
You wonder what I see through all of this? A tribute to all those zombie movies that started zombie movies. I love it man. This is really what this reminds me of. And I appreciate the writers and directors for doing this cause as much as I really don't like some of these characters (other than Kouta), I do enjoy seeing them kill zambies and getting into shitty situations.
And besides all that, this show is a lot of fun. There's action left and right and genuinely some funny dialogue. Like I said before this show isn't supposed to be taken seriosuly, it's just a lot of fun as we see a bunch of big tittied woman and 2 guys try to survive a zombie apocolypse. Overall, I had fun with this show.
To get it out of the way. The animation is pretty good. I liked some of the art, the zombies looked menacing, the animation is smooth and decent. At times CGI is used and it may be a little wonky looking and kind of didn't fit in the show. The music is so fitting to the show. Many uses of hard rock and pop music just fits into the show. Also, I fucking love the OP, gets me pumped up every time as the first couple of seconds open up with a guitar solo getting my anus prepared for tits and gore!
I recommend this show actually, if you want a simple and brainless anime to just entertain, I easily would recommend this.
7/10
Dub or Sub? Dub. It's really good and flashy and there's a lot of pop culture references. The sub is extremely taken seriously as everyone's voices dosen't really fit their characters.