George Harper Hi. I Really Love This Anime. First Lets Start Of With The Fact That It Has A Great Story Line And Plot Also The Charters are Likable and You Form A Sort of Bond Withe Them That Said The One Problem Is The Fan Service/Ecciness That Lets The Anime Down Don't Get Me Wrong I Like The Ecchiness In Anime But The Thing With It In HOTD Is That There Will An Really Emotional Scene And The Boom Titty Shot It Recks the Dramatic Atmosphere Of The Anime And Damage The Emotional Factor Of The Zombie/Horror Genre The Only Negative Is The Ecchiness Otherwise A top Anime That Deserves and 8.5 to 9. OK Lets Get Back To The Positives The Sub and Dub Are Both Really Good So Its Your Choice The Animation Is Amazing And The Charter Chemistry Is Also Amazing. So Overall I Would Recommend This To Everyone as Along As Your Not Offended By Pantie Shots Every Episode :D Or Afraid Of A Bit Of Blood !Positives: 1) Amazing Story/plot2) Amazing Charter Chemistry And Emotions 3) Really Good Sub And Dub 4) Amazing Animations Negatives: 1) Ecchi/Fan service 2) Still No second Season But They Have Stated That It Will be Out In Mid Or Late 2015

benegesserit20 ... 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.

captain_indifferent Highschool of the dead is over... with no second season in sight and I am in an outrage! Sure it had it's flaws and over the top moments but if I'm not experiencing events through the point of view of a sensitive horny teenager with estranged parent issues, living on the verge of cataclysmic destruction then I am not watching decent Japanese anime! Every combination of zombie mythology where it touches upon Asia has been phenomenal and that continent is missing a great genre to excel at. In the resident evil movies who doesn't get chills where the zombie infected woman stumble across a Tokyo looking crosswalk in the rain? Why is it Alice needs to be some genetic super human to explain all her martial arts skills? In a hypothetical Asian zombie movie the hero doesn't need to be some indestructible "chosen one" to know self defense making the danger more real. I believe movies examining he fear of zombies in Asia with high populations and strong collective cultures would heighten the intensity factor. The clips at the start of the recent Dawn of the Dead where huge numbers of islamists are at prayer with little space between them seemed ominous if say a potential zombie outbreak occurred amongst them.One of the Walking Dead's most bad-ass and fan favorite characters carries her own katana, imagine a zombie story set in Japan where a kendo master who's head strikes almost seem in perfect as a survival skill for a zombie apocalypse (now imagine a samurai with a katana or a boken or Asian martial artist with nunchaku). Glen on Walking Dead is like some fast capable zombie killer with Napoleonic like strategies for missions. Imagine Asian strategy applied to zombie resistance, Sun Tzu's Art of (zombie) War :-) The potential is unlimited and whilst the tired old current trend for Asian horror seems to be death caused by a cursed phone call or video tape, what if that girl crawling out of the well was not just gonna give you a heart attack or wither you with a look but eat you slowly and chew on your intestines? I know one of my least favorite imagined deaths is being eaten alive by say animals, sharks or worse humans. If zombies are not to the domestic taste, then make it and market it for outside of Asia where the dollars are being wasted on poor creativity. With the Japan of today suffering floods, nuclear disaster and economic crises a story of survival against overwhelming odds such as in a zombie apocalypse should be number one on the entertainment menu (along with pretty and talented actors of course).One of the better concepts of zombie movies is the examination of mankind, especially in a world turned upside down. The redneck who becomes heroic, the child facing adult responsibility before their time. What great characters could Asia produce? What is Asia's version of a survivalist hillbilly or redneck such as the Daryle and Merle combination on Walking Dead?Highschool of the dead still left me with some lasting imagery, those power-lines in the intro, the snipers on that island airport, the father and daughter seeking shelter without success, the last minute rescue by Saya's mother. I imagine an archipelago like Japan where electricity and technology is such an influence suddenly gone and Japanese innovation and ingenuity required to move sideways. Anyway, such amazing potential for this show and at least if this program has been discarded I hope something as good or hopefully superior could rise from it's ashes and become something that entertains and provides for introspection (not necessarily hope because morbid endings can be also be a strong possibility for the zombie genre).My plea has gone out...

5h4d0w 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?!)