Highschool of the Dead

One Manga

Series Info

Title: Highschool of the Dead
OM Rank: 54
Categories: action, adventure, drama, horror, mature, seinen Author: Daisuke Sato
Artist: Shouji Sato
Chapters: 28 - ongoing - irregular

Summary

A mysterious, lethal disease is on the loose worldwide, resulting in a catastrophic death rate of humanity, and the increasing rise of attacks, caused by the living dead.
In Japan, several high school students and a school nurse have banded together to escape Fujimi Private High School shortly after it was attacked by "them." The group now attempts to figure who or what was responsible for this plague, and in the meantime, attempt to survive the present apocalypse.

Highschool of the Dead Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit

posted on 2010-02-02 10:24 EST

Daisuke Satō, Shoji Sato's supernatual thriller about students surviving living dead

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The listing for the March issue of Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine on the Seven Net Shopping website states that an anime adaptation of Daisuke Satō and Shoji Sato's Highschool of the Dead manga has been green-lit. The listing also says that the manga will resume in the same issue after a break of more than a year, and it will also adorn the cover. The March issue will ship on February 9.

The story follows a group of students and a school nurse who try to survive a worldwide plague that has turned people into the living dead.

Source: New Akiba (Explicit images)