(CR) Gakkou Gurashi [Anticipation]

[jmosher65]

Originally Posted by bastek66

Gakkou Gurashi TV anime annouced

I glanced at that picture and for a second I thought it was a new season of Elfen Lied because of one of the girls looking like Nana

[Miraluka]

What is that series about?

[Nachtwandler]

About moe girls killing zombies

[Utsuro no Hako]

This sweet and fluffy moe comedy tells the tale of Yuki Takeya and her friends in the School Life club. These three girls and their adviser spend their after school hours having wacky fun and helping other students in what's sure to be one of the most heart warming series of the year.

Spoiler for PSYCH!:

Actually Yuki is suffering a psychotic break from reality. Her school is a miserable hell-hole that's been overrun by zombies, and her clubmates are the only survivors. They feed her delusions of an ordinary school life to keep her from completely falling apart, while they deal with the everyday necessities of survival like finding food and water.

[Kana Futayo]

I'm glad I read the manga before.

I'm hoping for Taneda Risa as Kurumi

Spoiler:

heart warming = soul crushing

[LuxorMG]

I thought you guys were joking around, but lawls... this is even funnier.

[DiabloCthulhu]

Utsuro no Hako, I don't think you should reveal that fact about Yuki. I know that that information revealed right in the first chapter, so in the anime it's gonna be revealed most likely in the first half of the first episode, but you still spoiling pretty big (and awesome) twist.

Kana Futayo, ahaha. She'll... fit like a glove, actually.

[Solace]

Originally Posted by Miraluka

What is that series about?

Feels. Lots of feels.

Seriously though, it's a disturbing yet fantastic mix of moe, slice of life, and zombies.

And lots of feels.

[teja208]

I knew this one is gonna get adapted somehow eventually given how unique the setting is.

[RJ TAYLER]

The old film adage of have something unique to tell and it'd sell comes into play nicely here. Like the old Julie Christie film ''Memoirs of a Survivor'', of circa 1981, lone woman in a post- apolocytipc world etc.

[LystAP]

The "disconnect" is rather jarring, hence interesting, if not amusing.

I wonder if they'll give us a wonderfully light-hearted OP about friendship, love, and happiness.

[Myssa Rei]

Originally Posted by LystAP

I wonder if they'll give us a wonderfully light-hearted OP about friendship, love, and happiness.

This. Let's see them out-saccharine Gochiusa or Kinmoza's OPs for double the dissonance factor.

[Marina2]

The plot and setting is interesting.

Wow, how did I never known about this manga!!

[Kana Futayo]

Originally Posted by DiabloCthulhu

Kana Futayo, ahaha. She'll... fit like a glove, actually.

Well, she does look like Ayaya from Kiniro Mosaic.

[Myssa Rei]

Originally Posted by Marina2

Wow, how did I never known about this manga!!

To be fair, it's a Kirara Forward series, meaning that it's a) not a 4koma, and b) follows a more conventional narrative style as a result of being serialized in one big chunk every month -- see its magazinemate Dream Eater Merry for example.

Originally Posted by Kana Futayo

Well, she does look like Ayaya from Kiniro Mosaic.

I have a feeling that the choice for designs are deliberate, just to add to the disassociation factor. See how Yuri looks like Yuuko from A-Channel (another Manga Time Kirara series) for example.

[Kismet-chan]

I read through all that's available of this a couple of days ago. It's great. Hope the anime really does it justice.

[Kanon]

Moe and zombies? Sweet.

[Dark Paladin X]

Well, this series reminds me of Highschool of the Dead (takes place in Japan, zombie apocalypse, and high school kids fighting for survival). If I can compare Highschool of the Dead to George A. Romero's zombie films, then Gakkou Gurashi is more like Shaun of the Dead (since Shaun of the Dead is more light-hearted and comedic than most zombie films).

In other words, Gakkou Gurashi seems to be more lighthearted than Highschool of the Dead since it incorporates slice-of-life elements into a zombie apocalypse environment. I haven't went into too much detail in the manga, but do you think Gakkou Gurashu can be describe as "lighter and softer" version of Highschool of the Dead, or it just happens to be as equally depressing as Highschool of the Dead.

[Myssa Rei]

Hah, I was waiting for someone to bring up Shaun of the Dead, whose characters were primarily common joes and janes without any kind of combat training.

By comparison HSotD had a freaking gun otaku, a dojo heir, someone from a law enforcement family, and another one whose family led an extremist right-wing Nationalist group.

[Dark Paladin X]

Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

Hah, I was waiting for someone to bring up Shaun of the Dead, whose characters were primarily common joes and janes without any kind of combat training.

By comparison HSotD had a freaking gun otaku, a dojo heir, someone from a law enforcement family, and another one whose family led an extremist right-wing Nationalist group.

I almost forgot about that. Apparently, the fact that the uyoku dantai (the right wing nationalist groups) are portrayed as protagonists caused me to slightly turned off by Highschool of the Dead.

So yeah, if I can compare Highschool of the Dead to George A Romero films, then I can easily say that this series is more comparable to Shaun of the Dead. Will that be an accurate comparison?