It could have just had mindless zombie fights and worthless fanservice but with Madhouse’s involvement it had even more going for it: high quality visuals. thing as Eden of the East was also a bit disappointing with storytelling but had amazing visuals as a sort of fallback option.Īnyways, what’s said is done: H.O.T.D clearly delivered on one important aspect of any anime series: entertainment.
It speaks volumes when a show that has a genre in it that i clearly dislike manages to keep me more entertained than a show with a clear and interesting premise and really stellar visuals. Unfortunately, Guilty Crown has neither a cohesive plot to fall back to nor any means of pure enjoyment that H.O.T.D clearly delivers on. Why do i bring up Guilty Crown in this review? Because, in H.O.T.D, Araki really delivers bringing us entertainment that can appeal to a large audience even when the plot/story was mediocre. Now i mentioned that the director for this series is Tetsurou Araki: He’s a staple in Madhouse, having previously directed Death Note. What H.O.T.D ultimately delivers, thanks to Director Tetsurou Araki and Madhouse, is the mindless fun of zombie head smashing with enough fanservice to attract more male audiences. They don’t care about a plot, and shows like these purposely leave out or don’t fully explore a story. H.O.T.D is mindlessly entertaining because when you even mention the word “zombies”, people are in a flurry to see what the action is. Zombies are a huge thing in North America and the reception it got was more than enough for Sentai Filmworks to boast as the “best selling anime yet” for them. It is truly in my opinion, the epitome of a “mindlessly entertaining” series. Yes, fanservice will always be just that but H.O.T.D spices it up by injecting some amounts of creativity in it (yes, i’m talking about the boob matrix scene mainly) without overtly shoving it in your face. H.O.T.D presents fanservice in a much better light than other similar series: creativity. The basic premise in a nutshell: Kick some zombie ass while boobs jiggle mercilessly.
Highschool of the Dead, however, is the exception here. When it comes to ecchi and fanservice animes, i steer very clear from them as they ultimately lead to a pretty unremarkable and even annoying experience. There is always exceptions to any rules started by someone or by yourself.
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