TV series
High School of the Dead
Overview
A small group of students at Fujimi High are fighting for their lives after surviving a zombie outbreak. It is up to Takashi to unite the survivors and escape the horrors that surround them. In this new world of the living dead...will they escape?
Details
- First air date
- 2010-07-05
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- AT-X
- Production
- Madhouse, AT-X, Showgate, Geneon Universal Entertainment
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Junichi Suwabe as Takashi Komuro (voice)
- Marina Inoue as Rei Miyamoto (voice)
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Saeko Busujima (voice)
- Eri Kitamura as Saya Takagi (voice)
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Kohta Hirano (voice)
- Yukari Fukui as Shizuka Marikawa (voice)
- Ayana Taketatsu as Alice Maresato (voice)
- Jouji Nakata as Sōichirō Takagi (voice)
- Yoshiko Sakakibara as Yuriko Takagi (voice)
- Kisho Taniyama as Kōichi Shidō (voice)
- Junko Takeuchi as Rika Minami (voice)
- Jin Urayama as Tadashi Miyamoto (voice)
Creators and crew
- Hiroyuki Omori - Executive Producer
- Mitsutoshi Ogura - Producer
- Tetsuro Araki - Director
- Tetsuo Ichimura - Director
- Chie Yamashiro - Director
- Yuji Kumazawa - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Spring of the DEAD
A deadly virus is turning the world's population into walking corpses. While the world erupts into chaos around them, Takashi Komuro and his friends frantically search for a way to break free from the living dead.
Episode 2: Escape from the DEAD
As the entire school quickly spirals into chaos, more players just into the fight, handmade weapons at the ready. New enemy traits are discovered, and the survivors realize the situation that they're really in.
Episode 3: Democracy under the DEAD
The enemy's weak points are discovered and exploited. The human condition is put to the test, and everyone's base survival instincts kick in. Tensions rise as more people swell the ranks, and one survivor refuses to continue with the group
Episode 4: Running in the DEAD
Z-Day +1...In times of crisis, even the most mundane activities become a monumental task. While on their way to the rendezvous, Rei and Komuro find that there's more to fear in this new world besides the walking dead.
Episode 5: Streets of the DEAD
The population grows desperate and chaos runs wild in the streets. Crossing any bridge presents a world of problems for Komuro and Rei, while dissension among the ranks splits the bus group in two.
Episode 6: In the DEAD of the Night
With no help coming from headquarters, the police are ordered to use deadly force to maintain order at the blockade. Safe for the time being, the group relaxes and prepares themselves by gathering supplies for the chaos that awaits them outside.
Episode 7: DEAD Night and the DEAD Ruck
Fully rested and armed to the teeth, the group looks on as people are eaten alive in the streets below, and learn a valuable lesson: you can't save them all. However, in the zombie apocalypse, there are always exceptions.
Episode 8: The DEAD Way Home
An animal is said to be the most dangerous when cornered. After crossing the river, the group takes a wrong turn and becomes trapped. With no help in sight and a wall of the living dead surrounding them, how many waves can they fight off before they're overwhelmed?
Episode 9: The Sword and DEAD
After narrowly escaping with their lives, Komuro and Saeko must make their way alone and rendezvous with the others. Saeko's true nature is revealed, and it begs the question: Is her beauty only skin deep?
Episode 10: The DEAD's House Rules
The group reunites at Takagi's house, an impenetrable fortress run by her parents and their army of workers. After surviving this long on their own, being absorbed into a larger group becomes a huge concern.
Episode 11: DEAD Storm Rising
Tempers flare in the House of Saya Takagi. Decisions must be made, and a leader must be chosen. Honor, love, devotion and mercy are put to the test; and a man from the group's past makes an unexpected return.
Episode 12: All DEAD'S Attack
After an EMP wave shuts down all electronic equipment in a wide radius, Komuro and his friends must defend the mansion or risk losing everything that matters to them.
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