They check their homes for survivors, and pick up a little girl and a dog.

Starting from the high school, the students escape into town where they must deal with a corrupt teacher and his students. As the cast tries to survive the zombie apocalypse, they must also face the additional threats of societal collapse, in the form of dangerous fellow survivors, and the possible decay of their own moral codes. The story follows a group of high school students and the school's nurse as they deal with the worldwide catastrophic event known as the 'Outbreak'.

Highschool of the Dead is set in present-day Japan, beginning as the world is struck by a deadly pandemic that turns humans into zombies, euphemistically referred to by the main characters as 'Them' ( 奴ら, Yatsu-ra). See also: List of Highschool of the Dead characters Sentai Filmworks released an English dub of the anime series and OVA on DVD and Blu-ray in North America. Madhouse also produced an original video animation (OVA) episode in 2011. The story follows a group of high school students caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.Ī 12-episode anime adaptation, produced by Madhouse and covering the first four volumes, aired in Japan from July 5 to September 20, 2010.

Yen Press published the series in North America. Fujimi Shobo and Kadokawa Shoten published seven tankōbon volumes from March 2007 and April 2011 in Japan. It was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age between the September 2006 and May 2013 issues, but was left unfinished following Daisuke Satō's death in March 2017. Highschool of the Dead, known in Japan as Apocalyptic Academy: Highschool of the Dead ( Japanese: 学園黙示録 HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD, Hepburn: Gakuen Mokushiroku Haisukūru obu za Deddo), is a Japanese manga series written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō.

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