(L) Highschool of the Dead

[MisaoFan]

What ? Should be licensed by Sentai Filmworks ?

[darkchibi07]

It's official; Sentai has it!!!

http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?t=101425

And before anyone asks, this WILL be dubbed.

[bite_the_bullet]

Kind of for saw the Americans getting there hands on the distribution rights for this. Better do a good job of dubbing it as they have a tendency to think "any voice actor will do"

[D-KLAC]

& ya how will sound in english audio?

[einhorn303]

Is this going to be a "simuldub" like Bandai did for Kurokami, or will it not be done until the R1 DVD release? It's probably the latter, but I got the idea it might be the former somehow.

[Marcus H.]

I just read the first two chapters and I was like, "This is Left 4 Dead all over again." Especially with the "GUI" on the cover for the first chapter.

This should definitely deserve a game.

[MisaoFan]

The anime is also licensed in my country (France) by Dybex from simulcast on Dailymotion section.

[RisArk]

Not surprised at the ecchiness, considering the manga's artist is a famous hentai artist.

[xrick]

Does the mangaka, Daisuke Satou, use another name as an ero-mangaka?

[Zwei]

Originally Posted by xrick

Does the mangaka, Daisuke Satou, use another name as an ero-mangaka?

Actually, Daisuke Satou is just the author of the manga. It's the artist, Satou Shouji, the one that does hentai manga.

[xrick]

Oh! You're right, I just figured it out through BakaUpdates Manga Section...

He have another name too, Inazuma.

[Zwei]

It should have probably aired by now, yes? The anticipation is killing me.

[Midonin]

The show first airs at 11:30 AM Japan time, which is 10:30 PM ET. Accounting for the hourish or so it takes to encode, the first raws (streaming) should be appearing at 11:30 PM ET. So, no, the show doesn't air for another half hourish.

[Zwei]

I'll be the first to say that I was a bit disappointed with both the OP and the ED. They didn't just didn't fit what I was expecting in a zombie anime and didn't live up to my expectations. As for the episode itself, I must say it has god-tier animation quality, probably the best animation I've seen from any anime that came out this year so far. I was surprised at the amount of blood and panties shots, because I thought they'd be airing the censored version and then we'd get an uncensored version a week later or so. First episode pretty much almost covered the first chapter of the manga, and it was pretty faithful along with a top-tier looking OST.

Spoiler:

It's interesting to see how people show their true colors when they are between life and death.

And poor Mamoru Miyano, his character got killed off so early in the series.

[Bonta Kun]

Originally Posted by Zwei

I'll be the first to say that I was a bit disappointed with both the OP and the ED. They didn't just didn't fit what I was expecting in a zombie anime and didn't live up to my expectations. As for the episode itself, I must say it has god-tier animation quality, probably the best animation I've seen from any anime that came out this year so far. I was surprised at the amount of blood and panties shots, because I thought they'd be airing the censored version and then we'd get an uncensored version a week later or so. First episode pretty much covered the first chapter of the manga, and it was pretty faithful along with a top-tier looking OST.

haven't seen the ep myself but if they did censor this in any way it would be doing it an injustice and really taking away what the show really is.
Censoring for a epic ecchi zombie fest? No just no.
You can tone down fanservice for a series but since this is about zombies you expect gore and blood so it would be pointless to censor the panty shots but keep the blood.
If they did by some chance decided to censor the blood I would honestly say it would be the single most biggest fail ever! like ever!

[Tsuchiro]

Originally Posted by Zwei

First episode pretty much almost covered the first chapter of the manga, and it was pretty faithful along with a top-tier looking OST.

Spoiler:

28 weeks later OST = win!

[Zwei]

Originally Posted by Bonta Kun

haven't seen the ep myself but if they did censor this in any way it would be doing it an injustice and really taking away what the show really is.
Censoring for a epic ecchi zombie fest? No just no.
You can tone down fanservice for a series but since this is about zombies you expect gore and blood so it would be pointless to censor the panty shots but keep the blood.
If they did by some chance decided to censor the blood I would honestly say it would be the single most biggest fail ever! like ever!

I said I was expecting a censored version and then an uncensored one later this week, but so far that doesn't seem to be the case, so all the better for us. I don't know where I got the idea that they'd be airing both censored and uncensored.

I believe I saw somewhere on this forum or another that it was going to air on AT-X as well.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep1:

Fuu... Well, that was exciting. Or rather, thrilling...?
Anyways, it's that usual feeling you get when you watch horror movies.

It was.. good, I guess. Definitely, a lot more "thrilling" than all of the other anime that have aired, simply by being the most gruesome and all.
Not a single boring moment. Start with action, end with action

OP was... kind of disappointing, but still kind of cool.
ED was typical and nice, showing photographs of the characters while they were still enjoying life.
Animation and character designs are pretty good. No problems at all here either.

Similar to the manga, it is just one of those shows you empty your head and watch people fight zombies in the usual manner seen in every zombie horror movie.
It's fun, it's exciting, and to top it off, you get to laugh at the random out of place pantyshots and breast shots and other basic horror movie events (like how important characters such as Rei's boyfriend seem to take longer to be infected and zombify, and like how the characters can stay so calm and kill people).
The biggest point of this anime is seeing how the anime attempts to end the series. Because, you know...

Speaking of Rei... Err... Wow, pretty funny girl, huh?
By the way, while her borfriend was dying, his voice was so Kira. Kind of made the last scene with the guy hugging Rei "Keikaku DOORI!"


PS: all of the needless pantyshots in serious moments reminded me of 11eyes

Originally Posted by Zwei

I believe I saw somewhere on this forum or another that it was going to air on AT-X as well.

The one that aired already is the AT-X version.

[Zwei]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

The one that aired already is the AT-X version.

Oh, it was? That must be the reason then. I thought it wouldn't air on AT-X version till night in Japan, didn't know they would air this at 11:30 AM.

Originally Posted by Tsuchiro

Spoiler:

28 weeks later OST = win!

Yes, that was amazing. Here's the full song:

[Dahak86]

Originally Posted by Zwei

Oh, it was? That must be the reason then. I thought it wouldn't air on AT-X version till night in Japan, didn't know they would air this at 11:30 AM.

at-x isn't new to that.