A deadly virus is turning the world's population into walking corpses and Takashi Komuro and his friends frantically search for a way to break free from the living dead. As the entire school spirals into chaos, more players jump into the fight, handmade weapons locked and loaded. The enemy's weak points are discovered and exploited. Everyone's base survival instincts kick in, and one survivor refuses to continue with the group. In times of crisis, even the most mundane activities become a monumental task. Rei and Komuro find that there's more to fear in this new world besides the walking dead

Highschool of the Dead is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same name written by Daisuke Sato and illustrated by Shoji Sato. The series is set in the present day, beginning as the world is struck by a deadly pandemic that turns humans into zombies. The story follows Takashi Komuro , a student at Fujimi High School who survived the initial outbreak along with several of his classmates and the school nurse, and occasionally jumps to the perspective of other characters. As the group tries to survive the zombie apocalypse , they must also face dangerous fellow survivors and the decay of their own moral codes. An OVA episode of H.

Yen Press published the series in North America. The story follows a group of high school students caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. A episode anime adaptation, produced by Madhouse and covering the first four volumes, aired in Japan from July 5 to September 20, Madhouse also produced an original video animation OVA episode in