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6 /10

IS THAT A BEACH HOUSE?

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This is a single episode in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. This episode doesn't have zombies. It does have very large cartoon bosoms with near nudity in the episode (minor nudity in prologue). The kids act out some kind of fantasy due to smoking fish. It looks like it would be a great series, but have priced themselves out of my range. I will wait for a price drop to watch the entire series.

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8 /10

Blood, brains and bouncing breasts!

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This series may have less nudity than 'Elfen Lied' and less panty shots than 'Najica Blitz Tactics' but it is still most definitely ecchi! The story follows protagonist Takashi Komuro and a group of fellow high school students as they struggle to survive in a plague of zombies; luckily their number includes Saeko, female president of the kendo club and Kohta, a boy with a passion for firearms! As they try to get through the city to find their families they not only have frequent confrontations with the zombies but must also deal with ordinary people who are taking advantage of the situation.

I really enjoyed this series; the characters were pretty good and there was plenty of action; much of it quite bloody. The fan service was a bit excessive though; some times the large bouncing breasts and regular views of the girls undies were a bit of a distraction! I liked the character designs and for the most part the animation was great although it did resort to a 'wobbly cam' shot of a still image to indicate frenetic action more than once. The ending did feel somewhat sudden; more like the end of the season than the grand finale; I was certainly left wanting more.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.

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8 /10

Zombies in a Manga? Yeah! And it works out so well...

When I learned about this title on Amazon, I just had to get it in my collection, so I did order it and sat through it almost immediately as it arrived.

What is not to like here? Manga. Zombies. And I like both, especially zombies, so I was very excited to see this series.

Now having seen the 12 episodes on the DVD, I can say that I am honestly very glad that I did buy this DVD, because "High School of the Dead" was awesome.

The story is pretty much as in most other zombie movies. There is an outbreak of something causing dead people to rise up, look for living people to bite and devour, and they in turn rise as zombies as well, spreading the infection. And in the midst of this chaotic outbreak is a small group of unlikely survivors who teams up and have to struggle to stay alive in a world gone to Hell.

Being a Manga, you will, of course, be in for some outrageous turns and twists in the storyline. And trust me, there are just that in wait.

I must admit that I am conflicted whether to rate "High School of the Dead" an 8 or a 7. I went with the 8 because it was a nicely animated movie, had a great story, and best of all; lots of zombies! What was causing me to have gone for a lower grade was the excessive urge to constantly show jiggling breasts in almost every scene. It was ridiculous and it was seriously too much. It just brought too much juvenile humor to the series. And it was a shame.

What irritated me about this series was episode 6. It was over the top, too much nudity, too much stupidity, and it was not working in the series at all. I was at the brink of turning it off and not finish off the last 6 episodes. However, I did, and luckily they did tone down the nudity (and just kept it at an excessive showing of over-sized, jiggling breasts everywhere). They should have opted not to have episode 6 turn out like that, or just cut it out of the series entirely.

One thing puzzled me was that this series was set in Japan, right? Fair enough. But did you notice the breast size of the women in here? Come on? It was ridiculous. I know it is a Manga and is an animated movie, but seriously? Those sizes were bordering on being inhuman!

Now, with all Japanese Manga, you need to watch it with the original language track, of course. I got the dual language (Japanese and English) DVD version, and I also gave the English version a go. And I must say that the voice cast (and voice acting) in the English version wasn't too bad.

"High School of the Dead" is a must have in any collection if you like Manga and zombies.

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5 /10

violence, sex, cherry blossoms and increasing stupidity

This series started out great. In a well animated opening scene, cherry blossoms floating in the air are the backdrop for high school kids fighting through a band of zombies. The opening tells you exactly what the series is about, stylish fighting, pretty animation, lots of blood and, as you will realize by the way a girl's breasts bounce as she clubs a zombie before she collapses to the ground into a crotch shot, puerile titillation.

It's actually lots of fun, and in the early episodes the gratuitous T&A struck me as funny (though too over the top to be especially sexy). In fact, for the first three episodes the series is pretty awesome, and has one really amazing fight scene.

Things start falling apart in the forth episode, which, bizarrely enough, is almost entirely a recap of the first three episodes with about 5 minutes of new material (seriously; I've never seen anything like it).

The next couple of episodes really ratchet up the sexual aspects of the show. A lot of people on this site are complaining about that, and I want to make it clear it's not that I object to anime sex. If I'm being honest, I can't even say I strongly object to a series that objectifies women. It just doesn't fit. Increasingly, the series is shot like soft-core porn, and yet it's still a mix of gore and angst. It feels like the series is two shows, an edgy, stylish zombie series and a porn series, uncomfortably bound together.

The most objectionable character is the one regular adult character, a stereotypical dumb blonde with beach-ball sized breasts who is just embarrassing to watch. (The second most annoying character is a cartoonishly evil teacher who disappears after a couple of episodes but who probably returns later).

Around the beginning of episode 8, I decided that the show was no longer worth watching. It really feels like the people who made it had three great episodes in mind and after that just had no idea how to keep it going.

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Violence, action, up-skirt, cleavage and gore aplenty

A small band of students escape the post-zombiefication of their school to discover their families fates while battling some unsavoury survivors and zombie hordes.

The teen focus for the most part works, although it plays a little awkward for viewers given the abundance of up-skirt and cleavage shots. Still it's an interesting perspective. Some of the scenes granted are childish and overly comedic but these are few and those familiar with the anime style wont bat an eyelid. The interplay between the teenagers and adult protagonists are handled well and the highschoolers especially Psycho and Takashi come across older than they are.

There's cursing, violence, action and gore aplenty, the slow moving zombies are perfectly realised, gruesome and scary which gives the show the required edginess to hold its own. High School of the Dead is designed and drawn skilfully with the sound design and soundtrack as equally pleasing.

Yes, it suffers from the all zombie genres clichés and stereotypes but it's fulfilling, exciting and fun.

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6 /10

So-so

While the outbreak part of this and the zombie killings are great, the rest of it is strictly for hormonal teens. The girls all have their breasts heaving all over the place, and they're always in their little sailor suits. Worth a view but not much more.

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7 /10

Blood, gore and a lot of boobs

With Highschool of the Dead I expect nothing than a fun ecchi anime to waste time and I got more than that in the end not because the plot intriguing me or the anime done something new to the genre it parody but because it got some of the most outrageous fan-service sequence that blew my mind away about how down right insane it is. The group of main characters are just a bunch of walking and living zombie genre cliché so naturally I don't care about them at all so the most of my enjoyment come from the zombie action and the fan-service which I mention before pretty insane to the point that if this anime got more balls that it already have it will be a full-fledged hentai. Sadly the manga author Daisuke Sato passes away 2 years ago so the anime still remain unfinished but the main attraction of this anime in my opinion is the fan-service so it not gonna bother anyone so check this one out

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8 /10

Odd blend of genre's but really enjoyable!

This was one of my first series I watched when dipping my toes into Anime and was "crushed" (as much as one can be when finding out a favored TV won't be continued) when I discovered there would never be another season due to the death of the author.

I at first really disliked Ecchi aspect, but the more I watched it and thought about it the more it made sense..

You have a group of high school teens with the typical angsty drama tossed into an apocalypse, watching their friends die horrific deaths, struggle and build trust with one another while trying to find hope.. Considering how much the average sex drive gets ramped up in real life situations post crisis O find it surprisingly believable that I'm every moment of relative "peace" their hormones get ramped up and their focus drifts. For example many people who've been in a relationship and attended a funeral will understand the odd urge to procreate, and I think the "Ecchi" camera work is how this is portrayed.

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4 /10

Highschool of the Brain Dead

This is my 4/10 mangaupdates review for the source material and the anime adapts the first 4 manga volumes 1 to 1: This manga has some questionable character designs at first glance which can't deny their porn heritage and here lies the main problem of this work. The artist mostly does hentai and "edgy" shounen manga and it shows. Just cliché after cliché and nonsensical fanservice but sadly no character development or real story progression to speak of. The constant hiatuses also speak volumes of the quality of this work. So read The Walking Dead and the World War Z books instead. I Am a Hero (8,5/10) further proves mangaka can do a zombie apocalypse as good as anyone else so go and read it. That one even bother to have actual sex/violence and a real romance in it so leave this childish power fantasy at the wayside.

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6 /10

Mostly Fun

Now since this is an ecchi anime, I expected a lot of fan service and there was. But that doesn't make it that much less annoying. Another problem this show has is that it ended poorly. There's only seventeen episodes and then there's nothing else. But before that, the rest of this show is an okay time. It's an anime about a zombie apocalypse; that's awesome! And I actually liked the characters a bit. A couple of them are kind of forgettable, but you root for the main stars and you want to see them happy. There's also plenty of good action, animation, and voice acting. Give it a try.

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6 /10

It was fun despite it's flaws.

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Rating: 6.9

Favorite Episode: ACT5: Streets of the DEAD

Fanservice aside, this started out promising with its shock value and serious undertone, then slowly devolved into absurdity. Dodging bullets, drama for the sake of drama, MC started two-timing, countries just launching nukes for no reason, Hirano flipping his lid cause some guys were using swords and not guns, really? The fanservice was terribly placed in the back half, people would be getting eaten, then 1 scene later there's fanservice that cheapened everything. Overall it's mediocre, though I was entertained despite it's flaws.

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10 /10

Great Horror Anime!

This was a pretty good horror anime based off an excellent manga and how they did the zombie formula was actually very, very good.

The story centers around a group of high school students and the people they come in contact with as they survive against an outbreak of undead doing what they can to survive.

I liked all of the characters quite interesting including the main characters Takashi Komuro, Saeko Busujima, Rei Miyamoto, Kohta Hirano, Saya Takagi and Shizuka Marikawa. Their interactions even include some moments of humor.

The fan-service I found was actually a pretty good touch combined with the animation (or in case of the manga the artwork) and well handled.

While this left out stuff from the manga this is a good anime.

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8 /10

It'd be Perfect if it Weren't for all the Risqué Scenes

I'm currently watching the HOTD series which has truly grabbed hold of my attention this season. The artistry's great. The characters are developing nicely. After ten episodes, I've stopped worrying about how a series will continue on people surviving a zombie influx; I'm rather impressed how the producers have kept the whole thing entertaining. But they don't need to keep injecting cleavage (or, bouncing breasts), and the roll-in-the-hay (or bathtub) scenes they seem to relish pushing. Just when I'm getting into a twist in the plot, here comes some up-skirt shot. I've been training myself to ignore those shots - but perhaps many people like that kind of thing. I, at 47, don't need to see it constantly. But the plots and artistry keep me wanting to see what happens. If you're easily offended or put off by the PG-13 (and really pushing R-rated) snippets, please try to watch a few episodes from the beginning. For those who don't care, watch the series from episode one! Great entertainment!

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8 /10

Very good

This anime is pretty good I must say. There's action,little bit romance,comedy. I really love this anime. Also the ova was so funny you can't imagine. I wish there were a season 2 but the author is dead. So,there is no hope chances are very slim. Still you should give it a go I think you won't regret it.

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5 /10

Had promise, but cool action shots give way to teen male stupidity

I've noticed a lot of reviews mention bouncing boobs, but please note that they're never actually shown nude. That's problem 1.

When this series opened, it showed some promise with some unique action art. But it quickly devolved, as it was clear that they spent 0 budget on writers. The plot was awful, had a ton of holes, and the dialogue was typical dumb teen male fantasy garbage.

Back to the boobs and butt shots...So I don't mind seeing cute chicks naked, but to focus episodes or story lines on boobs or butts is extremely juvenile. If it has something to do with the rest of the story, sure, go for it. But if it's made just as an opportunity to show more boobs, then it detracts from the story. If I wanted to see boobs, I could just watch porn or hentai. But if I'm watching real anime, I want more. Either a good plot, or interesting characters, or a unique story, or some dynamic action. HOTD started off well with one of these (action) but then the later episodes started skimping on action and replaced it with teen male fantasy boob stories.

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8 /10

If I were a boy...

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... my score would probably be a 10/10. As an old fan of both anime and zombie flicks, I was really excited about watching this one and I really enjoyed it except for one aspect: I'm quite sure I do not exactly fit the primary target audience as all the teenage boy fan-service (i.e. ginormous, wobbling breasts and an average count of 50 pantyshots/episode and a quite considerable harem)was a little too much for my pure maiden heart. However, sometimes it worked quite well as a tension-reliever and quite often it was downright hilarious. Otherwise, the horror story was really decent. Yes, it was full of clichés, but somehow putting them into the anime format worked really well for me. Plus, putting aside the fan-service part, it was kinda cool how those girls (and and two token guys) kicked a*s. I would be totally up to a next season. Oh, there's an OVA too. If you watched H.O.T.D. for the boobs, go for it. Otherwise, it's going to hurt.

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1 /10

Just sick and on the border of hentei.

Only got throu half the first episode, before I had to turn that sick s*** off. Every other picture illustrates some little girl underwear and every time the "camera cuts" it shows some girl from a sexual angel. I'm so sick of that japanese fetish and all it proves to me, is the story must suck, when they could not do it without. Hentei is repulsive just like the people who watch it.

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8 /10

Take it for what it is.

If you are looking for a gritty and realistic show about people trying to survive a zombie apocalypse, look elsewhere. That was clearly not the intent of this show. This show is clearly meant to be entertaining. That is it. It is essentially a harem anime with zombies. The writer achieved his objective because I couldn't stop watching this anime and the first season left me wanting more. The last two episodes of this show were really good. The cast of the English dub did an excellent job with the voices and with the funny lines they added to it.

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8 /10

Take out the unnecessary fanservice and you got yourself a great anime

Wow, this was a fun series. This is why I like comics such as Blackest Night and movies such as Shaun of the Dead(I know it's a spoof,but still)they leave you on the edge of your seat, but your having a fun time. The characters are well developed. My favorite characters have to be Takashi, Rei, and Kohta. My least favorite characters has to be Saya and Shizuka. Saya seems like a spoiled brat, but over time she developeds and I start to like her a little more, but Shizuka comes off as the stereotypical blonde who is dumb and is just their for hert looks. (I don't know how she became a nurse in the first place) Some complaints I have with the series is some things that we never get to know. Like will they get to see their parents alive, did Saya's parents make it out alive, what caused this zombie outbreak, etc. And don't get me started on the fanservice. Dear God, sometimes the fanservice just got in the way of the story. Like if something bad happen, the mood would be ruined by pointless. Really, you have a good story, why use fanservice? From some sources I heard that the artists draws hentai, so I shouldn't be surprised. Overall this would've been great, if only it had more episodes and NOT A lot OF FANSERVICE!! As I said in my review on Ikki Tosen I don't mind fanservice as long as its not in your face and doesn't get in the way of the story.

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5 /10

Yet another one of those anime shows

This anime show reminds of why i stopped watching anime shows a few years ago. Highschool of the Dead is a lot like the rest of these shows only with another plot and setting. To be honest i've only seen the first 3 episodes thus far but from what i've seen i wasn't impressed. It has blood and gore, which i like, but sadly it's being portrayed fairly weakly. The animation is okay but i've seen better. The constant up-skirt slow-mo shots and close-ups of big bouncing boobies are distracting. Not because i like it so much but because it's so awkwardly present it takes you out of the story a little. In short, it's totally unnecessary, even if it's normal for an anime. Talking about things that are normal for anime's , i'm a little tired of all those dramatic and heroic monologues all the time, and this is yet another series that has that. Another reason for me to not continue watching this series. And also, what's up with the zombies hearing they're 'food'? It doesn't make sense. There are zombies all over the place making sounds so why aren't they attacking each other? If you want them to be blind make it so that they use they're smell to distinguish the other zombies from live people, that way it makes (more) sense. Well, i think it's pretty obvious by now that i'm not really digging this show, but i do like zombie apocalypses so i'll try to watch some more, maybe it'll get better. Until then i'll be setting the score at 5.

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8 /10

Tremendous sexy fun

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This was a fabulous surprise when all I was hoping for was some cheap titillation. Instead, I found a well-written and thoughtfully constructed series that actually has a heart, as well as story lines intriguing enough to keep me watching through all 12 episodes and wish for more.

The anime is gorgeous, and the music is fitted perfectly to the action.

I am not a big zombie apocalypse guy, which has been done 1000 times before, but that is no matter because the zombies aren't much more than a mechanism to get rid of minor characters. Also, the fact that it is anime makes the gore more tolerable. Frankly, the only gore in this is splotches of black blood, lots of it.

No, what carries the series are the characters. Takashi Komuro is likable, relatable, and the perfect foil for the astounding females that make up the majority of the group. Full of self doubt from being rejected by the love of his life, he finds his confidence as he eventually becomes leader of the group. His love is Rei, the supernaturally hot, and sweet girl he's known his entire life. She has a couple of her own demons to battle, and eventually she'll find her love rekindled. Saya Takagi is an obnoxious braniac who bosses around everyone who will tolerate her. She spends much of her time abusing Kohta Hirano, the class nerd who follows her around like a smitten puppy. Harboring an unspoken crush for Komuro, she eventually will learn to appreciate Kohta as he discovers that in this new world his secret talents make him as important as anyone. Then, there is Saeko, the mysterious and ultra-sexy ninja chick who takes to this new reality like a dolphin to water. She has to come to grips with her own darkside while seducing Komuro into a love triangle with her, a girl he has more in common with, and Rei, the girl he has always loved.

There is also the blond doctor, Shizuka, who is more of a stock character only there for apparently 3 reasons: she is old enough to drive, comedy resulting from her stupidity, and her humongous breasts.

There is also a little girl for the last handful of episodes. She becomes something akin to a pet for Kohta and Shizuka.

As for the cheap titillation I was looking for, yes, the series has plenty of that. All the women are unnaturally proportioned and gratuitous shots of their cleavage and undergarments are aplenty, even when there seems to be no reason for it. Many reviewers apparently found this tiring or distracting from the series. I did not. From the very first scenes of the series, there is a balance struck between horror and drama, and playfulness and sexiness. The show gives you some extremely dark subject matter, but it is determined to have fun while doing so.

I totally dug it. The female characters are the hottest I've ever seen depicted in anime, and without them, the story completely bogs down.

And anyway, this is more like PG-13 stuff. There is zero sex, in fact, nothing intimate at all, with the camera panning away during any possible intimate moment. And there is nudity in only one episode, the fabulous "In the Dead of the Night."

So, yes, there is certainly more fun to be had here for guys, but this is far from the soft core porn that some prudish reviewers have suggested. The service frames the story, sets the mood, but it doesn't overwhelm the story. Any female fans able to accept that should find a very good story they can enjoy.

Just know what you are in for.

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5 /10

Way too much nudity

It's filled with way too much nudity & screaming. When the scenes gets a little bit of interesting, here watch some boobies. I mean, what?! Why?! Totally ruins the story.

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Started Great Then Got Worse

Up until episode 8 or 9 I realized that the show started to fall and sort of lost interest, I don't understand the first 8 or 9 episodes were amazing, had me on the edge of my seat loving every minute of it, but then around 8 or 9 it just dropped, things got boring and even the "final" for the show wasn't even great at all in my opinion Don't understand the hype really, because by the time its over I don't really feel like watching more, if the series ending well then I would definitely look forward to watching more but not anymore, Just know that the first 8 or 9 episodes were amazing and I loved them.

Plus loved all the sexy shots of all the hot girls, people say that it ruins it but I for one love anime girls and the ones in this are extremely hot actually the best ones I've ever seen.

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1 /10

Fan Service and Zombies

Fan Service and zombies. That's all this show is. So I suppose that any review has to cover both of them. Ladies first I guess.

The opening titles alone has a dozen crotch and boob shots. None of them serve any purpose. Throughout the show you are constantly plastered with this given the slightest opportunity. Or even when they have to create an opportunity. The number of dialogue scenes where the camera slowly goes down to focus on their panties averages out to at least two an episode. Probably more. The worst episode by far is episode six. In it the girls all bath together, with predictable fondling and lesbianism, while the two guys sit in the other room and talk about guns. That's the whole episode right there. Oh, except for the fact that all the girls try to sleep with the main guy. I'm assuming that they got drunk somewhere in there because they all act it after the bath. Either it's just assumed or that's just how this guy thinks girls act when they let their crazy feminine emotions out.

This is symptomatic of the treatment of the girls in general throughout the series. All of the girls (with one exception) offer nothing but an opportunity to show off their bodies. There are four main girls. I can't be bothered to remember their names so I'll just identify them by their hair color. Pink is a total b*tch. She says she's a genius at every possible opportunity although she never demonstrates any proof of it (many of her 'facts' are wrong and the ones that are right she cannot possibly know), and she enjoys belittling people for it. The blond girl is a complete bimbo. She's the school nurse but she has giant breasts and the IQ of a five year old. She never speaks except to whine or fawn all over the main character who is I might point out, actually an underage student. I suspect she works at a high school for a very specific reason... Brown hair is also obnoxious and likes to go on about how great the guy's friend that he had to kill was. At one point she's thrown from a car and she just lies there for at least 3-4 hours (it goes from midday to sunset) while everyone else protects her. She's not hurt or anything, she just gets up and walks it off. Naturally she's the main love interest. The last girl is purple haired and she's the only semi-good one. She's a master with swords and genuinely loves killing zombies. Her competence and professionalism do not prevent her from being used as yet another sex doll for them to display. It is made quite clear that even the competent girl can do nothing without a guy to lead her. More than that the girls cannot think for themselves and constantly put everyone's lives in danger because of their uncontrolled emotions and lusts. It really is a disgustingly misogynistic and exploitative show.

So now the zombies. Zombies are cool right? How can they mess them up? Well first off they never call them zombies. They seem to think this makes them realistic somehow. Secondly they bind them with stupid rules and then constantly break them. These zombies are cannot see, smell or touch. The only sense they have is hearing. Sounds interesting right? So naturally they'll be quiet and sneak around to prevent the zombies from hearing them. Except they don't. They run around screaming with zombies all around and then one of them will bump into a pole, or drop a bat, or the wind in the trees will make noise and suddenly the zombies are everywhere. I want you to think hard about that last one. The wind in the trees attracted the zombies. THE WIND IN THE FRIGGIN' TREES!!!!!! So having established by the second episode that zombies need sound to hunt they then proceed to ignore it until it is convenient to the show for them to be in danger. How can there be any actual sense of danger when they ignore their own rules when it's convenient?

The two guys are there too. That's really all that can be said of them. The main guy is basically how the author views the perfect guy to be. He has no real flaws and is fawned over to an obscene degree by all the women. The other guy is a fat nerd and a gun buff. He's probably the most interesting character there since he's extremely competent at one thing and enjoys it immensely. Naturally he's treated with nothing but contempt by all the girls who nothing if not superficial.

So, the good things... ... ... I'm drawing a blank here. I suppose that technically it's an impressive film. The animation is quite good and the character designs aren't that bad. The main theme's pretty catchy too. Apart from that zip. Zilch. Nada. This show has no redeeming features whatsoever.

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3 /10

Seemed promising but is really just primitive

Ever since "Berserk", there have only been very few Anime shows I found worthwhile (namely Hellsing, Wolf's Rain and Record of Lodoss War). Based on what I saw in an AMV and because of the ratings here, I was hoping that this show would be in their class.

Instead, I found myself watching some quasi-Hentai nonsense with very bad writing. As my mentioned preferences indicate, I'm already not exactly a big fan of gigantic eyes. Well, besides those, EVERY female character seems to have gigantic, always jiggling boobs as well. And the stupid behavior of the characters... I had to force myself through even the first ten minutes of the first episode, constantly thinking "maybe the whole tone will shift". But at least in the first ten minutes, it does not and other reviews seem to confirm that it never does.

If this would be just some Hentai series, I would simply dismiss it and maybe even enjoy it but since is supposed to be "serious" entertainment, I find it highly questionable. It is one thing to fantasize about women with gigantic boobs for brief sexual pleasure but another to hammer viewers with those images in a neutral setting, making it seem as though women are just a giant set of walking, talking breasts. All of this makes me fear about what the new Berserk show will look like. I've been looking forward to it for years now but if Highschool of the Dead is a good indicator of where modern, "mature" Anime is headed, I will get off that ride now. (And if it is where modern Anime for kids is headed, even worse - what the hell kind of an image is that for them?!)

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Anime Protagonist Cant Look At Girls Undies

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