Unboxing [UK]: Highschool of the Dead - Complete Series: Original Release (Blu-ray)

Action + Zombies + Walking Tits, that's right it's High School of the Dead an anime made by Madhouse and created by the Sato brothers.

This standard Blu-ray copy is the complete first season containing all 12 episodes. Bare in mind that this was the original release and not the Drifters of the Dead edition which contains the OVA sub only on DVD. There are two discs with this release; disc 1 contains episodes 1 to 8 and disc 2 contains episodes 9 to 12 plus the textless opening and endings.

H.O.T.D. is a great series with a short episode span. The series conclusion is wide open for more content but that won't happen for a while due to the lack of progress done to the manga which has started to continue this year. Other than the main series, the OVA is also available to own on Blu-ray with both English and Japanese from Sentai Filmworks and on DVD subbed only from Manga Entertainment via United Publications if you don't import.

This version is the original standard UK release from Manga Entertainment before the 2013 re-release 'Drifters of the Dead Edition'.

Blu-ray Specs:

Languages: Japanese, English

Audio: DTS MA 2.0 [Japanese], DTS MA 5.1 [English]

Video: 1080p HD Native 16:9
Region: B

Subtitles: English [On-Screen/Lyrics], English [Japanese language]

Subtitles Locked: No

Discs: 2

Plot Synopsis (via Back cover):

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 High School shortly after it was attacked by zombies. The group now attempts to figure who or what was responsible for this plague, and in the meantime, attempt to survive the present apocalypse.

The story is initially narrated through the eyes of Takashi Komuro, one of the students who had survived in the initial outbreak.

Extra Content:

Clean Opening Animation

Clean Closing Animation

This version of Highschool of the Dead is no longer in print, but instead the Drifters of the Dead edition - it's the same discs with the addition of the OVA DVD disc. The set is also available from Sentai Filmworks for North America on Blu-ray, DVD and Collector's Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, and Madman for Australia on Blu-ray and DVD.