Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead

After escaping the zombie-infested mainland, Takashi Komuro and the gang find themselves on a remote island off the coast of Tokonosu City. While scavenging around the island for supplies, they encounter a small seaside shack that provides them with clothing and a place to rest for the night. After a day's work of collecting food, they begin to cook what they have gathered.

As they wait beside the campfire, a light haze begins to form around them and makes them nauseous. Confirming it to be caused by hydrangeas—a type of poisonous plant that can cause hallucinations—the group attempts to escape from the powerful odor.

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Busujima, Saeko Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Komuro, Takashi Main

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Hirano, Kouta Main

Hiyama, Nobuyuki Japanese

Miyamoto, Rei Main

Inoue, Marina Japanese

Takagi, Saya Main

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Marikawa, Shizuka Main

Fukui, Yukari Japanese

Maresato, Alice Main

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Zeke Supporting

Harada, Hitomi Japanese

Ogura, Mitsutoshi Producer

Hashimoto, Kentarou Producer

Araki, Tetsurou Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Aoki, Hiroyasu Episode Director

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Jun 22, 2012

Xai16

Recommended

All our favorite characters providing the ultimate fan service! THANK YOU! My favorite highlights: "REVOLUTION! REVOLUTION!", the pairings at dawn just before the halucinations stopped (Rei and Saeko was perfect), and, of course, Takeshi's halucination. LMFAO!!!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 27, 2011

Scrypt

Mixed Feelings

If your expecting something big with high-end explosive action and a riveting zombie-apocalypse story, this is not for you.....but if your looking for an add-on to 2010's all-breast soft-porn material that was High School of the Dead then look no further as I can gladly recommend this short OVA which is titled H.O.T.D: Drifters of the Dead.

For all the hype that H.O.T.D received in 2010, you either were 'anti- or for' the franchise and all I can say after watching this short 16 minute episode is that for those who were anti-; Drifters of the Dead is just going to add fuel to your fire.

Drifters ... of the Dead DOES NOT add to the story. It DOES NOT continue from where they last left off in the TV series. What it does give us is a short clip of the cast being drifted to an island where we get to see more breasts jiggle then a tub of jelly.

As an alpha male, I see nothing wrong with that. I knew what I was going to get into after having seen the TV series, and I was pretty much correct after seeing some nipple action in the first few minutes of the clip.

So how does the OVA fair?

STORY: 5
ART: 7
SOUND: 6
CHARACTER: 3
ENJOYMENT: 4
OVERALL: 5

Am I being generous? VERY.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 27, 2011

TypeOfCicada

Not Recommended

I still don't get the appeal of this series. The show seems to be 5% zombies, 95% cleavage, and this time around, it was 95% cleavage, 5% unusual sex situations.
I mean, I guess I enjoyed it... but there is no story line anywhere in this OVA.
Okay, so technically there was a story line, but it's somewhat difficult to extract.
The odd thing is that if I tell you the story line, I spoil the OVA.
Well, I'll try.

Story- 1
Yes, I gave it a one.
The group comes to an island where they're supposedly safe from the zombies.. typical, right? In this scenario, you would expect to see, ... a la the conclusion of Dawn of the Dead, that there are zombies in their haven, but zombies play no part in this episode.
They play a very, very, very small part toward the end, but that's not what this episode is about. As I've said, it's very, very difficult to specify any plot worth mentioning.

Art- 7
The art isn't exceptional, but it's certainly not worth faulting either.

Sound-8
I'm somewhat attached to the opening theme. Highschool of the Dead has a decent OP.
Unfortunately, I can't say much more than that, as neither of the above played a strong part in this episode.

Character-2
I guess there was a little girl (Alice Maresato)... but wait, where did she go?
In this episode, there's no character development. Nobody changes, and there's really nothing to differentiate any of the females from one another. Granted, Saya Takagi stands out as the reluctant, tough-as-nails personality of the group (euphemism for being a total bitch), but really... if you're expecting a character masterpiece, don't come here.

Enjoyment- 7
Why did I enjoy this? I almost feel bad for it, but there were times when it was moderately humorous. And there were boobs. And I got to see the awesome boobage they censored in episode 6.
And despite having no character development, no real plot, and leaving me wondering what I just watched, this was moderately enjoyable.

Overall-3
Nevertheless, I like my anime to have an actual plot, and I'm sad that they're not doing anything with this anime when there's so much potential. I'm not saying don't watch it. I'm only saying be wary.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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