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High School of the Dead [DVD]

Junichi Suwabe (Actor), Marina Inoue (Actor), Tetsuro Araki (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD

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Actors: Junichi Suwabe, Marina Inoue, Ayana Taketatsu, Eri Kitamura
Directors: Tetsuro Araki
Format: PAL
Language: English, Japanese
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number of discs: 2
Classification: 15
Studio: Manga Entertainment
DVD Release Date: 29 Aug 2011
Run Time: 322 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)

ASIN: B004WDZRR2
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 25,978 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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A deadly new disease is ravaging the world, turning the populace into mindless zombies, and the number of infected is skyrocketing by the second. As their fellow classmates and teachers succumb to the infection around them, a small group of students at Fujimi High School are fighting for their lives after surviving the initial outbreak. It is up to Takashi Komuro to unite the group of weary survivors and try to escape the horrors that surround them. In this new world of the living dead…will they escape?...

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4.0 out of 5 stars Zombies in anime 1 Sep 2011

By William Jenkins

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

After reading quite a few reviews of Highschool of the Dead both on here and on various other sites... the general opinion seems to be that this anime is pretty good, but also that the "excessive" fan service spoils things a bit... I really don't understand this atall. I never really found any of it to be mood breaking (excluding one or two moments from the school nurse) and I didn't really even find any of it in too bad taste. Having watched alot of anime I can safely say I've seen far worse in terms of fan service. Lets face it... with the zombie apocalypse in full swing, a few cleavage shots shouldnt really bother anyone.

With that said lets get on with the review. Highschool of the Dead follows a group of students (and the school nurse) as they try to survive a zombie outbreak. Strangly enough things don't stay inside the school for very long as the characters try to make it to their various families scattered around the city. What ensues is a very enjoyable action orientated anime with great animtion and a varied cast of mostly likeable characters.

It can be safely said that if you've seen any zombie movies atall in your life then youll find no surprises with the various scenarios preasented in this 12 episode series. Various topics come up like deciding wether or not to kill your best friend after he's bitten or wether to risk your own life to save other survivors.... it's all standard stuff really. But it's all preasented and executed so well I think its fair to excuse the lack of origionality.

The animation in this series is consistantly good. Everything looks smooth and flows well. The action scenes are animated beautifuly and are always visually appealing. The character designs are pretty good (to get an idea just look at the dvd case).... The series is very fast paced for the most part but if you're looking for a really deep story you wont really find anything to get you properly thinking. But the story certailnly makes for an interesting backdrop to all the zombie slaughtering action. So I have no issue with it.

I do however take a slight bit of issue with how much things slow down in episodes 10 and 11. Things become very focused on characters relationships with eachother and the fast paced action the rest of the series has is kind of just... gone. Alot of the character development isnt really neccesary especially at such a late stage in the show. I almost found it boring. On the flipside there is alot of suspence built (especially in episode 11) for the final episode which redeems it a bit. But still. A little too slow paced for my liking there.

The ending of this series doesnt really offer much closure but it does leave you wanting more which can only be a good thing. It has some excellent action and rounds off nicely for what I hope is only a temporary stopping point.

The music leans towards j rock most of the time but it all fits together very well and I have no complaints there. The english dub is good with all voice actors putting in some great performances. (I have yet to watch this series fully in japanese but have seen various clips with the japanese track on, it seems just as good as the dub.

On the whole... this really is just a very long zombie movie stretched out across 12 episodes and quite frankly I think this is the best marathon material to be released this year so far.
If you like zombie movies and love anime and don't mind some cheeky fan service here and there then this really is a must buy. If you really despise fanservice then subtract a star (if you must... it's really not that bad)

This show is pretty bloody and theres bad language here and there aswell, theres also some nudity in one episode (breasts on show) so keep this in mind if youre buying for a younger person.

Either way this is yet another solid release from Manga. I minused a star for the slow episodes but really this is mostly a 5 STAR series. I recomend action fans buy this now. Zombie movie fans aswell.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Whoa, great deal! 5 Sep 2011

By P. Marck

Format:Blu-ray

Technical Information
* Disc Format: Blu-ray
* Num of Discs: 2
* Episodes: 01 to 12
* Audio: Japanese (TrueHD 2.0) / English (TrueHD 5.1)
* Subtitles: English (yellow coloured)
* Regions: B

Extras:
* Clean Opening and Ending
* Trailers

The video/audio quality is superb and so's the series, while it's a short one, it's definitely worth seeing it all, plus the female characters on this show are gorgeously drawn fighting zombies.

This does include ecchi, so you may find yourself seeing some nudity at times.

Manga UK did an excellent job by releasing the Blu-ray set with 2 discs covering all of the episodes the series had, although, it does not come with a slipcover.

Edit: I'd like to add that I'm loving the series and well, the girls too, this anime show is definitely not for kids at all, the chicks are super hot and Them (zombies) get killed however is possible.

You won't regret if you buying this! :)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Zombie anime 3 Sep 2011

By David

Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase

Ever since I heard about this series it was destined to go in my shopping basket, I have to admit I do love a good zombie movie and I'm a massive anime nerd so this killed two birds with one stone.

The plot is very simple, a group of students team together to try and find safety when the world is hit by a killer virus that turns the dead into zombies, your typical zombie apocalypse concept. Granted it's a story that almost anybody with a pen, paper and half a brain, no pun intended, could come up with but i think that's one of the reasons it is so good.

The characters are all believable and do get a developed reasonably well despite the series not being very long. The voices are quite well in both the subbed and dubbed version, subbed is probably the better. The animation is brilliant, some of the best I've seen this year. The series also has a great opening theme which is always an added bonus

One thing that has been brought up by alot of people is the fanservice. Ok there is quite a bit but it's not as excessive as some make it seem, it is in reasonably good taste and I didn't find that it detracted from or spoiled the series in any way, shape or form. If your not looking for it you don't really notice it. At least it's not like Battle Vixens where no matter how feeble the attack is the front of the girls clothing always gets torn off and you're left wondering how much these girls must spend on clothing in a week. To be perfectly honest most of the fanservice is in episode six, there's a bath scene and quite a bit of nudity, if you can handle that you can handle the rest of the series.... Read more ›

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Zombies and Breasticles 14 Sep 2012

By The Bread Eater

Format:DVD

That's what you'll get if you watch this anime. Nothing more, nothing less. So if you enjoy watching zombies getting slaughtered and masturbating at the same time, this one is for you. If you want some depth or a well thought out story with some kind of point to it, go somewhere else. The same goes if you're looking for an actual horror series. For unless you're hemophobic or hate female genitalia H.O.T.D. won't scare you.

This lack of any actual horror and abundance of fanservice completely kill this series for me, which is quite a shame as there was potential. The animation is beautiful, the action itself is good, and the same goes for the voicing. As a whole though it's very disappointing, and I'm amazed it gets praised as much as it does. I've heard people mention it in one sentence with Mirai Nikki and I'm just baffled.

Now, the makers aren't hiding the fact that they were making cheap smut, and if you're really, really into that sort of thing then give it a go. You won't be too deeply disappointed. For everyone else though, don't bother. Just find some screenshots of the bathing scene via Google Images, and you'll get the exact same experience as anyone who watched H.O.T.D. did.

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