Review of High School of the Dead
Huge breasts in unbelievable necklines, micro-skirts, half-naked characters for no apparent reason, central character with a magical sex appeal. Something is missing? Yes! Panties ... Shorts for all sides, of all colors, sizes and shown from every imaginable angle. With these attributes I mentioned above, we can have an idea of the content of the high school of the dead and, in general, of the ecchis as a whole. And, in fact, I think the ecchi (side by side with the tentacles) is the maximum expression of the bizarre Japanese in the anime. Much of the material produced in Japan flirts with sensuality and sexuality, eitherthrough breasts that stand out in necklines that defy physics, or through innuendoes or sexual jokes. Chances are, if you are watching some anime, at some point you will find some kind of situation like that.
In ecchi, there is no explicit sex (when there is, the product passes immediately to the Hentai category). There is, however, a heavy load of sensuality expressed through libidinous drawing or dialogue. In Highschool of the Dead it's no different.
The original work, written by Satou Daisuke and designed by Satou Shouji, was published in the Dragon Age magazine of Kodankawa Shoten (home of other famous manga like Slayers, Tenchi Muyo! And Neon Genesis Evangelion) in 7 volumes in the year 2006. In 2010, gained adaptation to the Japanese screens (and of computer, world wide) by the Madhouse studio (one of the best Japanese animation studios, responsible for animes like Death Note, Gungrave, Trigun and Hunter X Hunter, among others) Tetsurou Araki (from Death Note).
The HotD story begins with Komuro Takashi, a 3rd-grade Japanese high school student, reflecting on a few events of his life on the roof-ladder of the school building. During his moment of reflection, Takashi witnesses an unbelievable scene involving some members of the board and a young man who appears to be drunk. When the head of security will expel the troublemaker from the front of the school, however, he is bitten and dies in less than five minutes. Takashi shudders to realize that the dead man would not remain in that state for long. The dead man gets up and attacks the school staff, kicking off the zombie infestation at school.
Immediately, Takashi leaves for the second year room to fetch Mynamoto Rei, an old friend by whom he has a fall. In just a few minutes, zombies take over the school and kill virtually every student, making the task of escaping from school much more difficult. Takashi and Rei join Busujima Saeko (a national kendo champion), nurse Mirakawa Shizuka (the only adult in the group but half injured), the genius girl Takagi Saya and the military otaku Hirano Kouta. Together, the six must meet the challenges offered by the school and continue to survive in a world completely infected by the zombie threat.
The anime has good animation (not to expect less from the Madhouse) and a plot that reminiscent of the famous AMC series, The Walking Dead. In fact, it seems very clear that the mangakas duo sought much reference to the HQ series that originated the AMC series when he created the story and characters of Highschool of the Dead. It is very evident the change of behavior of the characters during the course of the anime and this change is given by the situation in which they are, just like the group led by Rick in TWD. At first, they expect help to return to their families, but when they realize that help does not appear, they take the reins of their own destinies and decide to face their own challenges.
Like this anime and Ecchi, Otakos who like explicit sexuality will like it, but their particular one did not like it very much. The anime is very exaggerated in sexuality, the formula of this anime is: "What are we going to put here so that this manga succeeds? Oh, I know how to put breasts and hot girls and ... Zombies? So arose High shool of the dead!
bye Bye!