HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD RETURNS

September 5 2013 or October 10 2013 sameday as the walking dead season 4 comes out

HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD RETURNS SPRING 2013

After a long 2 year hiatus, Highschool of the Dead will be returning this Spring, 2013. Fans of the series never gave up hope, and it looks like that hope will finally pay off this year! The return is revealed by these photos of the new publications for the manga’s fifth and sixth volumes which will be in full color. The wrap around band on the manga publications states that it will be returning soon. Another photo shows a full page advertisementsaying that the manga is returning Spring 2013. Although currently no return date has been specified, we will keep you informed as new information on the series is revealed. Stay tuned, with the return of the manga, Highschool of the Dead Season 2 of the anime series looks like it may finally return in 2013 as well!

Check out these images of Highschool of the Dead Manga volumes 5 & 6:

LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW FEATURES HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD CHARACTERS

No wonder Shoji Sato hasn’t updated the Highschool of the Dead series, he’s been busy with other things. We already knew he was busy working on his manga, Triage X, but earlier this year he was also involved with the gaming industry. He allowed the game Lollipop Chainsaw, a rather ecchi (and might I add fitting) zombie game, to feature two characters from the High School of the Dead series. The two characters featured are Rei Miyamoto, and the lovely Saeko Busujima. Both are available for the game as unlockable content. This is the closest that anyone will come to playing a Highschool of the Dead video game right now. But aside from the in-game content, he also illustrated a crossover manga that features the girls from HOTD and the girl from the video game. The crossover manga was featured as a bonus to people who bought the fourth volume of Triage X in Japan.

Check out the images of Rei and Saeko in action below:

And if you want, you can check out the Lollipop Chainsaw game below:

American Version	Japanese Imported

ANIMAGIC 2012 – SHOJI SATO INTERVIEW

It looks like High School of the Dead is going to be on hiatus for a while because Shoji Sato is working on his manga, Triage X. Even so, he said he is also working on the next High School of the Dead manga chapters, as well as researching what new weapons, vehicles, and other mechanics to include in the series. He stated that he wanted to have the same detailed and quality work that he’s had so far, so it will take him some time and asks the fans to be patient.

Another question that was posed to Sato was if all the main characters would survive to the end. He replied that he wasn’t certain if any main characters would die or not, and even though said he hoped the whole group would survive, he also did like the idea of it being asked.

Someone else also asked him if Koichi Shido will cause more trouble, or die soon, in the upcoming chapters. Sato said that he couldn’t answer this question, but he did hope he dies soon because he doesn’t like the character.

Lastly, someone asked him when he began illustrating mangas as a career path. Sato replied that he became very ill when he was young, so he couldn’t attend regular classes like everyone else and had to stay at home a lot, so he would spend his time drawing instead.

And finally, Sato said that he really liked the character Takashi Komuro because he is well liked by many, but his all time favorite character is Kohta Hirano.

You can read the original interview here.