Friday, September 20, 2024
Zombie action manga, High School of the Dead has been recently announced to be relaunched in the March issue of Monthly Dragon Age with new chapters as well an animated OVA episode releasing on February 9. The series has been on hiatus since the end of 2008 when author Daisuke Sato was reportedly working on another project. The series is illustrated by Shouji Sato, also best known in the doujin community as Inazuma.
Additional information has been released in regards to the OVA. Madhouse Studios (Death Note, Black Lagoon, Trigun, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) will be producing the animation with Araki Testuro (Death Note) as director, Kuroda Yousuke will handle the series composition, and Tanaka Masayoshi (Toradora!) will provide character designs.