Highschool of the Dead - Review (SPOILERS)

In a world that was once peaceful an unity turns into one of corruption and division. What if a zombie outbreak happens? There's a lot more than zombies and fighting.
 


Art (8/10) 
The artwork was good, for the most part. The animation was fluid and easy to watch. The zombies were based from the current manga. What I want to see in the zombies was there. The drawback of this anime is that the character designs are quite unoriginal. I don't mind the dark uniform for guys and the light uniform for girls. The bloddy theme of the anime is quite amazing. The contrast of red and black are fine with me. I'm not an artist myself but it looks fine to my eyes because it fits the anime. The good overshadows the bad but I can't give it higher than 8.


Characters (7/10)
I think I can reflect with the characters more than the story. I honestly thought that killing of Hisashi was unnecessary. The evil teacher was also kind of unnecessary. The teacher would only be a mere destruction to the team. Since the story is about how to stop the outbreak, the team needs to flee and rest and stopping some of the zombies in their way. Most of the time, the sound would trigger the zombies so any weapon that would produce the minimum sound is key. For the cast, at first I thought Shizuka was kind of useless because, she was just there and not fighting. Even useless characters like her have a purpose especially during survival. Alice, the small girl would be useful in a long run. Rei was a bitch and I'm sure of it. Saya more often scowls at the others. Hirano was an awesome gunman. Takashi and Saeko for their leadership mostly led the way for the group. The cast met some minor people. Shizuka's friend who gave the team her house to rest. The police who Hirano came to know in a short while. After all they are memorable but I can't give them more than 7 because they just don't appeal to the average viewer.


Sound (6/10)
The BGM is not as memorable because there was no music to remember for. The intense action and some conversations kept me in the anime. The OP was good, but that was the only good thing in the anime. The seiyuu are good anyway, not really an all-star cast but decent performance.The emotions were there so they were believable. 


Story (7/10)
It's just one of the post apocalyptic series that deals with zombies. The term 'survival of the fittest' is one of the major concepts of this anime. It emphasizes too on teamwork and friendship. Sometimes, there are times that it is useless to banter on such things but the main goal is to survive and live. It may be unrealistic at times but the small things will make you watch it - including fanservice. 


Overall (7/10)
Run off the mill service anime. It's one of the anime in which it doesn't really cater to everyone. If there's something you like especially zombie apocalypse then this is the one for you.