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High School of the Dead

High School of the Dead

They're gonna graduate with horrors.

20108.21 Season12 EpisodesEnded

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?

Created by Hiroyuki Omori
Written by Yosuke Kuroda, Daisuke Satou
Produced by Mitsutoshi Ogura
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Top Cast

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Takashi Komuro (voice)

Marina Inoue

Marina Inoue

Rei Miyamoto (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

Miyuki Sawashiro

Saeko Busujima (voice)

Eri Kitamura

Eri Kitamura

Saya Takagi (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Kohta Hirano (voice)

Yukari Fukui

Yukari Fukui

Shizuka Marikawa (voice)

Ayana Taketatsu

Ayana Taketatsu

Alice Maresato (voice)

Jouji Nakata

Jouji Nakata

Sōichirō Takagi (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yuriko Takagi (voice)

Kisho Taniyama

Kisho Taniyama

Kōichi Shidō (voice)

Themes & Keywords

swordplaypost-apocalyptic futureend of the worldgoresurvivalcoming of agegunfightzombiebased on mangaepidemiczombie apocalypsevirusecchishounenanimejapanese high schoolerotic

About High School of the Dead

High School of the Dead is a animation, action & adventure, drama, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2010 exploring themes of swordplay, post-apocalyptic future, end of the world, gore, survival, coming of age. Created by Hiroyuki Omori, it stars Junichi Suwabe, Marina Inoue, Miyuki Sawashiro. 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?

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