High School of the Dead (Season 1)
They're gonna graduate with horrors.
One morning, the high school student Takashi Komuro enjoys the silence at school when he's suddenly interrupted by strange noises and a shaky-legged person who tries to enter the school grounds. Subsequently, several teachers come to the school gate to shoo the person away. All of a sudden, a teacher is bitten by the person and within seconds the school campus becomes a place of violence, blood, death and undead zombies. Takashi, shocked by the scenery, runs for his life to save his schoolmates and childhood love, Rei Miyamoto. The struggle for survival has just begun…
Spring of the DEAD (Episode 1) 9.0
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
Air date: 2010-07-05
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: A deadly virus is turning the world's population into walking corpses. While the world erupts into chaos around them, Takashi Komuro and his friends frantically search for a way to break free from the living dead.
Escape from the DEAD (Episode 2) 9.2
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
Air date: 2010-07-12
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: As the entire school quickly spirals into chaos, more players just into the fight, handmade weapons at the ready. New enemy traits are discovered, and the survivors realize the situation that they're really in.
Democracy under the DEAD (Episode 3) 8.6
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
Air date: 2010-07-19
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: The enemy's weak points are discovered and exploited. The human condition is put to the test, and everyone's base survival instincts kick in. Tensions rise as more people swell the ranks, and one survivor refuses to continue with the group
Running in the DEAD (Episode 4) 9.6
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
Air date: 2010-07-26
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Z-Day +1...In times of crisis, even the most mundane activities become a monumental task. While on their way to the rendezvous, Rei and Komuro find that there's more to fear in this new world besides the walking dead.
Streets of the DEAD (Episode 5) 9.3
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
Air date: 2010-08-02
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: The population grows desperate and chaos runs wild in the streets. Crossing any bridge presents a world of problems for Komuro and Rei, while dissension among the ranks splits the bus group in two.
In the DEAD of the Night (Episode 6) 9.2
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
Air date: 2010-08-09
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: With no help coming from headquarters, the police are ordered to use deadly force to maintain order at the blockade. Safe for the time being, the group relaxes and prepares themselves by gathering supplies for the chaos that awaits them outside.
DEAD Night and the DEAD Ruck (Episode 7) 9.3
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
Air date: 2010-08-16
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Fully rested and armed to the teeth, the group looks on as people are eaten alive in the streets below, and learn a valuable lesson: you can't save them all. However, in the zombie apocalypse, there are always exceptions.
The DEAD Way Home (Episode 8) 8.8
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
Air date: 2010-08-23
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: An animal is said to be the most dangerous when cornered. After crossing the river, the group takes a wrong turn and becomes trapped. With no help in sight and a wall of the living dead surrounding them, how many waves can they fight off before they're overwhelmed?
The Sword and DEAD (Episode 9) 9.3
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
Air date: 2010-08-30
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: After narrowly escaping with their lives, Komuro and Saeko must make their way alone and rendezvous with the others. Saeko's true nature is revealed, and it begs the question: Is her beauty only skin deep?
The DEAD's House Rules (Episode 10) 9.0
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
Air date: 2010-09-06
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: The group reunites at Takagi's house, an impenetrable fortress run by her parents and their army of workers. After surviving this long on their own, being absorbed into a larger group becomes a huge concern.
DEAD Storm Rising (Episode 11) 8.8
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
Air date: 2010-09-13
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Tempers flare in the House of Saya Takagi. Decisions must be made, and a leader must be chosen. Honor, love, devotion and mercy are put to the test; and a man from the group's past makes an unexpected return.
All DEAD'S Attack (Episode 12) 9.3
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
Air date: 2010-09-20
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: After an EMP wave shuts down all electronic equipment in a wide radius, Komuro and his friends must defend the mansion or risk losing everything that matters to them.
