High School of the Dead

Ecchi just doesn't appeal me, I usually skip half the scenes because they really don't give me anything and don’t say anything, but here the ecchi element (which was overdone at times, like when Takashi was shooting and the huge weight Rei carries on his chest was shaking and deforming) had zombies along with it. And there's always an appetite for taking down a zombie. The awful character of the school doctor needed to die, I wish they'd killed her... On the other hand, Hirano's excellent obsession with guns... Nice opening, an ending that was always changing... The bit of action, when it was just hacking and chopping and there wasn't much time for panties and boobs... Add it all up and we get a rating of three incomplete stars. I would have liked more carnage. The beginning was quite promising, it got going, picked up speed, and looked like a decent ride, only it slowed down after the halfway point and got a bit talky in its pacing, which isn't really the way to go in the zombie/ecchi genre. The last episode finally promised some action (the title was “All Dead's Attack"), but we get a sentimental send-off rather than lots of blood splatter. And even the panties I only saw maybe twice... :-D (26/09/2010)