What would you do if your school was suddenly under attack? And to make thing even worse, it was under attack by a horde of flesh eating zombies! Well, if you want to be one of the survivors,
HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD (HOTD hereafter) is your perfect manual.
HOTD is actually a manga and it is adapted into anime series by Madhouse. Words on the streets that it's going to be a 12-episode series. Well, I guess it's going to be a helluva anime! The pace must be able to do justice to the plot.
The first episode - Spring of the DEAD - opens with a monologue by Takashi, one of the students. He was with another 2 of his classmates - Rei and Hisashi- fighting off a bunch of zombies in order to save themselves from being devoured.
Then, we are transported to another scene that happened much earlier. There was a strange man banging at the school's gate and some teachers were trying to take the matter into hand by pushing the man away from the gate. However he was bitten by the man who was actually a zombie and few minutes after that, that teacher had turned into a zombie and he bit another teacher.... Unbeknown to them, the incident was witnessed by Takashi...
One thing lead to another, soon the whole school was infected by zombie virus and everybody was zombified in an instant, except some students. The whole school was in panic and soon after that, Takashi realized that the whole town was in catastrophe as well...
Then, we are back to the original plot. Armed with a baseball bat and a mop handle, the three of them tried to save themselves by running towards the roof. In order to defend herself Rei tried to kill one of the zombies. She then, was overwhelmed by one of the zombies but Hisashi managed to save her but in the process, he was bitten. Takashi, then managed to barricade the roof from being infiltrated by the zombies.
Hisashi realized the shape he was in hence he asked Takashi to kill him before he turned into a zombie. Rei tried to stop Takashi believing that Hisashi would not transform. But realizing the grave situation, Takashi ignored Rei's pleading and smashed Hisashi's head with a baseball bat....
And at that moment, they realised that they only had each other....
My verdict:
I think this anime is going to get good reviews throughout its season. The reason being, it is an action-packed and fast-paced anime. And the plot is going to be interesting. I would love to reccomend this series to those who enjoy supernatural,thriller and gore anime. Since I never read the manga, I wonder how will they get through all this?
However, my greatest fear is, this is going to be another 'Resident Evil' type of show or rather a video game-like series with a dash of ecchi flavor to it. So, we just need to relax and sit back and wait. Only time will tell...
