Highschool of the Dead is set in the present day, beginning as the world is struck by a deadly pandemic that turns humans into zombies, euphemistically referred to by the main characters as "Them".
The story follows a group of high school students, the high school's nurse, and a young girl as they fight their way to safety through the deadly streets of Japan during a worldwide catastrophic event known as the "Outbreak". As the cast tries to survive the zombie apocalypse, they must also face the additional threats of societal collapse, in the form of dangerous fellow survivors, and the possible decay of their own moral codes.
Volume Release Date English Release
Volume 01
Act.1 Spring of the Dead
Act.2 Escape from the Dead
Act.3 Democracy Under the Dead
March 1, 2007 January 25, 2011
Volume 02
Act.4 Running in the Dead
Act.5 Streets of the Dead
Act.6 In the Dead of the night
Act.7 Dead night and the Dead ruck
April 1, 2007 April 26, 2011
Volume 03
Act.8 Alice In Dead land
Act.9 The Dead way home
Act.10 Father knows Dead
Act.11 The Dead's house rules
Act.12 The sum of all Dead's
October 9, 2007 July 19, 2011
Volume 04
Act.13 Guns N'Dead's
Act.14 DEAD.STORM RISING
Act.15 All DEAD's Attack
Act.16 The Girl next DEAD
Act.17 The Sward and DEAD
March 9, 2008 October 25, 2011
Volume 05
Act.18 LEGEND OF THE DEAD
Act.19 Flags of The DEAD
Act.20 Blood and DEAD
Act.21 The Good, the Bad and the DEAD
Act.22 DEAD Rush
extra episode 01 Beginning of the DEAD
extra episode 02 Cos-play of the DEAD
September 9, 2008 January 3, 2012
Volume 06
Act.23 DEAD LOVERS
Act.24 Dance with DEAD's
Act.25 Duty and DEAD
extra episode 03 DEAD Illusion
July 9, 2010 TBA
Volume 07
Act.26 The Dead Badge of Coward
Act.27 Assault on Dead Precinct
Act.28 Deadlock
Act.29 Dead in the Rain
April 26, 2011 TBA
(Currently Volume 08)
not published
Act.30
TBA TBA