Japanese Title: 学園黙示録 ＨＩＧＨＳＣＨＯＯＬ ＯＦ ＴＨＥ ＤＥＡＤ
Year: 2006
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Serialized in: Monthly Dragon Age
Imprint: Kadokawa Comics Dragon Jr. (formerly), Dragon Comics Age (currently)
Volumes: 6 (ongoing, bimonthly)
Translation Status: Officially licensed in English by Yen Press (release forthcoming); ch. 1-26 scanlated by XLG; ch. 27-current scanlated by Torpedo Tits
Information/comments: Boy, do I even need to say anything here? This series is probably the reason most of you are here in the first place. I guess I'll just give the information that I can.
This is a collaboration between Shouji Sato and Daisuke Sato, who, contrary to popular belief, are not actually brothers and simply share the same last name by coincidence. The series was on a long hiatus from 2008 to 2010, I believe due to Daisuke Sato's writer's block. During this time, SS drew a monthly feature for Dragon Age called "SchDead Museum," which every month had a color illustration of a (female) character and information on a piece of equipment from the series.
HOTD came back in a big way in early 2010, with a 12-episode anime series and its popularity quickly exploded. The series became bimonthly after the hiatus, and now here we are.
An interesting bit of trivia included in a "Making of..." feature said that the series was originally titled "ZOMBIE SCHOOL: KILL! KILL!", most likely a reference to the famous exploitation film, "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"
There have been a LOT of rare promotional items released for the series over the years, from illustration booklets included with certain issues of Dragon Age to send-away extra parts for figures, and I think it would be a futile effort to try to list them all. Just be aware that there's a lot of stuff out there.
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