TV series

High School of the Dead

2010 · 1 season

A pulpy, gory thrill ride that keeps the pressure on with zombie chases and fan-service, easy to binge but rarely subtle.

Tagline: They're gonna graduate with horrors.
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?
How it feels: Tense, dark, campy and bleak. Relentless and easy to follow.
About: Survival, coming-of-age, friendship, death
Content: Strong violence, gore and sexual content. Mild language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
coming-of-age
friendship
death
isolation
Places: school
big city
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
animated
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong