We’ve talked a lot about comic books the last few months. So let’s take a break (At least until, oh I don’t know, four blogs from this one) and focus and something else for a bit. How about some anime?
Highschool of the Dead, or simply H.O.T.D., is an 12 episode anime series based on a still as of this writing ongoing manga by brothers Daisuke Satō (Writer) and Shōji Satō (Artist). It was aired in 2010 and produced by Madhouse, the studio responsible for many noteworthy works including Trigun, Ninja Scroll, Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Nana, Monster and the recent string of Marvel Anime that has been popping out the last year. Now I’m somewhat cheating here because I have seen this anime in its entirety before re-watching for this review. It was last fall; I was watching around the same time I was watching Black Blood Brothers. I was going to review it then but I realized that it had just been licensed by Sentai FIlmworks and scheduled for a 2011 release so decided I would wait until it was commercially, and legally, available to everyone before I advertised it here. The title of the series is probably pretty self-explanatory; this is a horror/zombie drama starring Japanese high school kids, which I assume makes half of you roll your eyes and possibly the pique the other half’s interest. To set the tone of this review I must let you know that the manga version o this work was named one of the Top Five Worst Manga at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. So obviously we’re off to a good start.
Full review after the jump.
