Blogpost 7: Zombie Anime: High School Of the Dead vs Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka

HOTD or KWZDK?

        I like zombies. I like to watch zombie movies. I like to watch them die and eat people. I like the way they looks and move. But, I do like ANIME too. Anime is my stress reliever and sometimes the only thing who can't leave (except if we lost our internet connection). Anime gives an artistic way of entertaining people at my age. we don't like some kiddie stuffs know or some love stories that can just make us bored. I am very glad that zombies also conquered the anime world. It is a great idea to combine the things i liked most, Zombies and Anime. For an instance, I've researched the outstanding anime which talks about zombies. After further researches, I came up with two outstanding anime. High School Of the Dead and Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka. I don't know if it is just a coincidence or I am just an obsessed fan of zombie-related anime because I already watched both of them last summer. In this blog, I will compare the 2 anime by the people's reaction and comments or reviews.

        First, i will talk about the High School Of The Dead. It is a manga series written by Daisuke Sato and illustrated by Shoji Sato. The story's main focus is a group of high school students, school's nurse and a young girl caught in the middle of zombie apocalypse and fight their way to safety through the deadly streets of Japan. As the cast are trying to survive, They will also face the additional threats of societal collapse, in the form of fellow survivors and the possible decay of their moral codes. According to an article entitled, High School of the Dead Review by Johnny Gondo, It said that it is an awesome masterpiece of a japanese cartoon. It shows tons of blood, tons of violence, some nudity, and a complimentary heavy metal soundtrack.

        For Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka, It is a Japanese light novel by Shinichi Kimura with the illustration of Kobuichi and Muririn. The story follows; Ayumu Aikawa is resurrected as a zombie by a necromancer called Eucliwood Hellscythe after being killed by a serial killer. As he tries to make the best of his undead life, he encountered a Magical Garment Girl named Haruna and inadvertently takes her magical powers, being forced to become a Magical Girl (Cross-Dress) in the process. With Eucliwood, Haruna and a vampire ninja named Seraphim living with him, Ayumu helps to battele demons called Megalos while trying to figure out the mystery of his own death. According to an article entitled, Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka? of the Dead Review by FlareKnight, The season was all about fanservice and taking out this kind of genre will not make the manga better. The story was all about comedy and that's made the movie have an advantage and provide more interesting scenes. the author said that the weakest part of this anime is their action when the story comes along. The author said that he was disappointed in the anime because he felt that was waiting for the series to get started.

        For my conclusion, both anime provide as new way of seeing things. Not only personally but also by the use of drawing. They both satisfied my wants for a zombie-related anime. We should appreciate all the anime that people are watching now and the manga that they are reading now. Both anime are good in their own way because High School of the Dead focuses on the true essence of zombie apocalypse while Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka focuses into different genre which is power and comedy. I really want both of them. It triggered my fascination to zombies and proves that zombies are not always bad. KEEP CALM AND LOVE ZOMBIES!