The propane bomb is a blatant homage to Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead (2004).

Zeke, after the end credits of the 'Drifters Of The Dead' OVA, giggles like Mumbly.

Its also a common (but not universal) opinion that if you encounter someone who lived through a Reaver attack, theyre likely better off dead rather than be allowed to go mad from what they saw. Among them there is a robot that looks similar to Astro Boy. Live-Action TV In Firefly, it is universally accepted that a quick death from a bullet or drug overdose is vastly preferable to what a Reaver would subject you to.

In the manga: when Saya explains what the side effect of nuclear explosions is, electronic appliances no longer working, there are pictures of said appliances.

Kohta screams ' Double tap!' in Episode 5.

For that matter, quite a few of the chapter/episode titles are done the same way.

submarine kicking off World War III with nuclear strikes against North Korea and China. As the name implies, Highschool of the Dead is a story about five high schoolers who must rely on each other to survive after a strange pandemic turns most of their former classmates into mindless zombies.The students fight to escape the hordes of the undead and reach safety but are hampered by obstacles along the way, both living and dead.

The title of Episode 11 of the Anime is 'DEAD storm rising'.

In the anime, the way the group was separated with the crashing bus brings back memories to those who have played Resident Evil 2.

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