Highschool of the Dead Omnibus Vol. 02 (Vol. 05-07)

Highschool of the Dead Omnibus Vol. 2 (Vol. 05-07)

The hottest zombie manga from Japan remastered in full color. This collection of volumes five through seven includes an art book featuring Shouji Sato’s early art and addition illustrations from Highschool of the Dead and Triage X! A mysterious illness is spreading rapidly through the halls of Fujimi High School. In a matter of hours, the campus is transformed from a place of learning into a hive of nightmares, as the infected students collapse and are reborn as flesh-hungry zombies!

Only a handful of students escape the initial outbreak – among them Takashi Komuro and his childhood friend, Rei. He manages to protect Rei from the initial onslaught, but how long can Takashi and the other students hope to survive when the whole school – maybe the whole town – is out for their blood?!

Biographical Notes:

Shouji Sato, artist of “Highschool of the Dead” and creator of “Triage X,” has also released a great number of adult erotic titles as part of the doujinshi circles DIGITAL ACCEL WORKS and GEBOKUDOU.

Daisuke Sato is a novelist who has also worked on a number of manga scripts, including “Highschool of the Dead.”

Title Notes:

Age Rating M (Mature)

PERFECT FOR FANS OF: Film/TV: George Romero, Shaun of the Dead; and Books: The Walking Dead, Gantz

CROSSOVER POTENTIAL: Few Japanese manga titles have been accepted by the traditional, American comics crowd. Manga fans are already primed for this property, but Highschool of the Dead has the potential to attract mainstream comics readers because zombies are already standard U.S. comics fare.

ZOMBIES ARE THE NEW VAMPIRES: The success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombieshas given the already popular genre of zombie fiction new attention in the market. With Natalie Portman set to star as Elizabeth Bennett in the upcoming movie PaPaZ adaptation and AMC’s television adaptation of the bestselling Walking Dead graphic novels coming October 2010, the zombie revolution is just on the horizon, with Highschool of the Dead leading the way!

HOT ANIMATION: An animated adaptation of Highschool of the Dead was announced in early 2010 and recently licensed for US distribution by Section 23 in June of 2011. With the animation for the series already streaming through various channels, enthusiasm for this series has never been higher!

More details on Shouji Sato & Daisuke Sato:

Shouji Sato’s Twitter Page

More works by Shouji Sato

More works by Daisuke Sato