It was originally intended for a February release, but was pushed back. Īn OVA episode of H.O.T.D., entitled "Drifters of the Dead", was bundled with the limited edition of the seventh volume of the manga on Blu-ray April 26, 2011. Outside of North America, the anime is licensed in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment, with simulcasts available on their video portal, and in the United Kingdom by Manga Entertainment.
Section23 Films later released the complete series on Blu-ray and DVD on June 28, 2011. The English dub of the series aired on Anime Network's VOD service from Mato May 26, 2011, and was made available on Microsoft's Zune Marketplace and Apple's iTunes Store on and June 27, 2011, respectively. In North America, the anime is licensed by Sentai Filmworks and simulcasted by Anime Network.
Six DVD and Blu-ray volumes were released by Geneon Universal Entertainment (now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan) between Septemand February 23, 2011.
The series aired on AT-X from Jto September 20, 2010, with later broadcasts on TV Kanagawa, Tokyo MX, Chiba TV, KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, TV Saitama, and Sun TV. The series is produced by Madhouse and directed by Tetsurō Araki, with series composition by Yōsuke Kuroda, music by Takafumi Wada, character design by Hitomi Ochiai and Masayoshi Tanaka, and art and sound direction by Ayu Kawamoto and Kazuya Tanaka respectively. As the group tries to survive the zombie apocalypse, they must also face dangerous fellow survivors and the decay of their own moral codes. 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. The series is set in the present day, beginning as the world is struck by a deadly pandemic that turns humans into zombies. 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. He was devoured by Them while attempting to help Asami rescue a stranded survivor in the mall's parking lot in an attempt to redeem himself in the eyes of the group.Cover of first DVD/Blu-ray volume of Highschool of the Dead released by Geneon Universal Entertainment on September 22, 2010. When They broke into the mall, he and Asami were the only mall survivors to leave with Takashi's group instead of trying to recover the mall. He was initially hostile to the group, and didn't hold much respect for Asami's authority, even attempting to rape Shizuka Marikawa before being stopped by Kohta and Takashi. Shimada - one of the mall survivors under Asami's charge.She was killed by Hirano when she was surrounded by Them so that she could die in a less gruesome and terrible manner. When her superior officer was killed she chose to join the group. Asami Nakaoka - a police officer who was in charge of the mall survivors.Kiriko Miyamoto - Rei's mother and a former police officer.Zeke - A dog that joined along with Alice (named after a type of plane the raizin or zero fighter).