History ShoutOut / HighschoolOfTheDead

* Kouta Hirano is modeled after the creator of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''. Especially blatant when you consider they have the same name.

* There's another zombie-based franchise abbreviated [[HouseOfTheDead H.O.T.D.]] out there.
* The music that can be heard near the ending of the first anime episode sounds very similar to the theme music of the zombie-esque flick ''28DaysLater''. In the fourth episode, there's a sequence with two of the characters riding alone on a motorcycle through the empty, quiet streets, with signs of disarray and violence everywhere, as a song very much like the sad, haunting "Abide By Me" from ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', which did something similar.
* In the anime adaptation, episode 5 opens with a homage to the [[Film/DawnOfTheDead2004 "celebrity heads" game]].
* At the end of Chapter 17, there's a picture of a man playing with a remote-controlled [[KnightRider KITT]]. Intentional or not, the girl next to him looks a lot like [[{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]].
* Shizuka and Saya imagine Saeko in The Bride's outfit from Film/KillBill in chapter 22.5.
* Shizuka's [[FullMetalJacket "There are only two things that live in Tokonosu!"]] in chapter 26.

* The title of episode 11 of the Anime is "DEAD storm rising". It ends with a U.S. submarine [[spoiler:[[FromBadToWorse kicking off world war III]] with [[AtomicHate nuclear strikes]] against [[NorthKoreansWithNodongs North Korea]] and [[TheDragonsTeeth China]]]]. [[Creator/TomClancy Sound]] [[Literature/RedStormRising familiar]]?

** [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice in Deadland]]

* Kohta screams "[[Film/{{Zombieland}} Double tap!"]] in the teaser for episode five.

* The propane bomb was a blatant homage to ZackSnyder's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004''.

** [[Film/AssaultOnPrecinct13 Assault on Dead Precinct]]

* Zeke, after the end credits of the "Drifters Of The Dead" OVA, giggles like [[LaffALympics Mumbly]].

* The title of episode 11 of the Anime is "DEAD storm rising". It ends with a U.S. submarine [[spoiler:[[FromBadToWorse kicking off world war III]] with [[AtomicHate nuclear strikes]] against [[NorthKoreansWithNodongs North Korea]] and [[TheDragonsTeeth China]]]]. [[Creator/TomClancy Sound]] [[RedStormRising familiar]]?

* The propane bomb was a blatant homage to ZackSnyder's ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}''.

* The propane bomb was a blatant homage to ZackSnyder's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004''.

* The propane bomb was a blatant homage to ZackSnyder's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004''.

* The propane bomb was a blatant homage to ZackSnyder's ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}''.

* The propane bomb was a blatant homage to ZackSnyder's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004''.

* The title of episode 11 of the Anime is "DEAD storm rising". It ends with a U.S. submarine [[spoiler:[[FromBadToWorse kicking off world war III]] with [[AtomicHate nuclear strikes]] against [[NorthKoreansWithNodongs North Korea]] and [[TheDragonsTeeth China]]]]. [[TomClancy Sound]] [[RedStormRising familiar]]?

* The title of episode 11 of the Anime is "DEAD storm rising". It ends with a U.S. submarine [[spoiler:[[ItGotWorse kicking off world war III]] with [[AtomicHate nuclear strikes]] against [[NorthKoreansWithNodongs North Korea]] and [[TheDragonsTeeth China]]]]. [[TomClancy Sound]] [[RedStormRising familiar]]?

* In the third chapter [[ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] appears in a convenience store looking as oblivious as ever.
* Kouta Hirano is modeled after the creator of ''{{Hellsing}}''. Especially blatant when you consider they have the same name.

* The music that can be heard near the ending of the first anime episode sounds very similar to the theme music of the zombie-esque flick ''28DaysLater''. In the fourth episode, there's a sequence with two of the characters riding alone on a motorcycle through the empty, quiet streets, with signs of disarray and violence everywhere, as a song very much like the sad, haunting "Abide By Me" from ''TwentyEightDaysLater'', which did something similar.

* Shizuka and Saya imagine Saeko in The Bride's outfit from KillBill in chapter 22.5.

* In the anime, the way the group was separated with the crashing bus brings back memories to those who have played ''ResidentEvil2''.

* In the anime adaptation, episode 5 opens with a homage to the [[DawnOfTheDead "celebrity heads" game]].

* The propane bomb was a blatant homage to ZackSnyder's DawnOfTheDead.

* The music that can be heard near the ending of the first anime episode sounds very similar to the theme music of the zombie-esque flick ''28DaysLater''. In the fourth episode, there's a sequence with two of the characters riding alone on a motorcycle through the empty, quiet streets, with signs of disarray and violence everywhere, as a song very much like the sad, haunting "Abide By Me" from ''28DaysLater'', which did something similar.

* 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. Among them there is a robot that looks similar to AstroBoy.

* Kouta Hirano is modeled after the creator of ''{{Hellsing}}''.

* The music that can be heard near the ending of the first anime episode sounds very similar to the theme music of the zombie-esque flick ''28 Days Later''. In the fourth episode, there's a sequence with two of the characters riding alone on a motorcycle through the empty, quiet streets, with signs of disarray and violence everywhere, as a song very much like the sad, haunting "Abide By Me" from ''28 Days Later'', which did something similar.

* Kohta screams "[[ZombieLand Double tap!"]] in the teaser for episode five.

* Zeke, at the end of the "Drifters Of The Dead" OVA, giggles like [[LaffALympics Mumbly]].

* Kohta screams "[[ZombieLand Double tap!"]] in the teaser for episode five.

* The title of episode 11 of the Anime is 'DEAD storm rising'. It ends with a U.S. submarine [[spoiler:[[ItGotWorse kicking off world war III]] with [[AtomicHate nuclear strikes]] against [[NorthKoreansWithNodongs North Korea]] and [[TheDragonsTeeth China]]]]. [[TomClancy Sound]] [[RedStormRising familiar]]?

* The music that can be heard near the ending of the first anime episode sounds very similar to the theme music of the zombie-esque flick ''28 Days Later''.
** In the fourth episode, there's a sequence with two of the characters riding alone on a motorcycle through the empty, quiet streets, with signs of disarray and violence everywhere, as a song very much like the sad, haunting "Abide By Me" in 28 Days Later which did something similar.

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