Monday, 21 March 2011

High-school Of The Dead (H.O.T.D.)



Type: Anime & Manga
Status: Anime - Ongoing     Manga - Ongoing     (These appeared to have stalled...)

Premise: 5 Japanese high-school kids and the school nurse are trying to survive after a zombie apocalypse, no one knows how it all started or how to stop it the only goal is to survive. Standard weak shambler type zombies, blind but good hearing, infected by bite, immune to pain, die if their head is destroyed, no animated severed limbs, etc...

Thoughts: Got to love a good old fashioned zombie survival title.

Prose: Well defined and simple rules behind the zombies, allowing for a "clean" plot (no fooling around with inconsistencies). Great characters each dealing with the situation differently. Good mood and well thought out end of the world mentality.

Cons: No real insight in this plot, we are here to survive that is all.

-Notes: Subbed only. Somewhat bothered by their "infinite supplies", they do mention running low on things like ammo and food but always seam to replenish out of scene (would have liked to see more development on this in the future).

8/10          (Lock & Load)

1 comment:

  1. you should watch Elfen Lied, its pretty good, decent plot, gore, a classic "mess with your head" anime like Evangelion.

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