Review of High School of the Dead

.:: Story ::. The story in Highschool of the Dead is pretty straightforward and obvious. It revolves around a world that's been quickly corrupted by zombies. A group of teenagers band together to escape the school and survive the apocalypse. The story was for the most part, good, but I wouldn't say it was the greatest. The first few episodes were interesting, but things start straying away the further you travel into the series. Overall, I give the plot a score of 6/10 {Fair} .:: Artwork ::. I really love the character designs and art styles used in HSOTD. The animation isreally good. It's vivid in color and detailed. Also the fighting scenes are done in a creative matter, so it adds it's own personal flair that sets it apart from other shows that have zombies. for artwork I give it a 9/10 {Great!}

.:: Sound ::.

Both the opening and ending themes are very good. I found myself singing a long to them :]. The background music is also nice, it's not too distracting or overused and it fits the mood, as well as well timed sound effects. I watched both sub & dubbed versions (I'm not picky about dubs), I find both versions to have good voice acting. I think the English dubbed voices actually suited the characters more then the Japanese dubs, but I like both. I have nothing to complain about. I give sound & music a score of 9/10 {Great!}

.:: Characters ::.

There's a couple of interesting characters introduced in High School of the Dead, but for the most part there isn't much character development throughout the series. I love many of the characters, although many of the girls are bitchy, I give them props for having some spunk! That's what I love about them. I give this a score of 6/10 {Fair}

.:: Enjoyment ::.

I really enjoyed watching the series. However, this Anime contains a lot of fanservice moments. There is a lot of boobs bouncing and pantyshots. Since I'm a girl myself, honestly fanservice never really bothered me. But in HSOTD it can get pretty distracting since they put heavy empthasis on this. It shows up A LOT. At times it can be a real mood killer. I wouldn't have minded much I'd they didn't give us an overload. In a way, large boobs jiggling and skirts flying up during fights gives off a realistic feel.

.:: Overall ::.

My overall score for this Anime is 7/10 {Good}