1 | The series pays homage to several zombie media, among other pop culture references. |
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3 | * In the third chapter, [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] appears in a convenience store looking as oblivious as ever. |
4 | ** How about in Chapter 2, you see a conveniant store clerk that looks surprisingly like Shaun. |
5 | * Kohta Hirano is modeled after the creator of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''. Especially blatant when you consider they have the same name. |
6 | * A really [[http://www.citymanga.com/highschool_of_the_dead/chapter-23/14/ hilarious one]] of Babiru Nisei, with the characters playing Babiru's cohorts. One with a sock puppet. |
7 | * There's another zombie-based franchise abbreviated [[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead H.O.T.D.]] out there. |
8 | * 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 ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''. 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. |
9 | * In the anime adaptation, Episode 5 opens with a homage to the [[Film/DawnOfTheDead2004 "celebrity heads" game]]. |
10 | * At the end of Chapter 17, there's a picture of a man playing with a remote-controlled [[Series/KnightRider KITT]]. Intentional or not, the girl next to him looks a lot like [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]]. |
11 | * Shizuka and Saya imagine Saeko in The Bride's outfit from ''Film/KillBill'' in Chapter 22.5. |
12 | * Shizuka's "[[Film/FullMetalJacket There are only two things that live in Tokonosu!]]" in Chapter 26. |
13 | * In the anime, the way the group was separated with the crashing bus brings back memories to those who have played ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''. |
14 | * 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 [[UsefulNotes/NorthKoreansWithNodongs North Korea]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheDragonsTeeth China]]]]. [[Creator/TomClancy Sound]] [[Literature/RedStormRising familiar]]? |
15 | * For that matter, quite a few of the chapter/episode titles are done the same way. |
16 | ** "[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice in Deadland]]" |
17 | ** "[[Literature/TheSumOfAllFears The Sum of All Deads]]" |
18 | ** "[[Music/GunsNRoses Guns n' Deads]]" |
19 | ** "[[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly The Good, The Bad, And The Dead]]" |
20 | ** "[[Literature/TheRedBadgeOfCourage The Dead Badge of Courage]]" |
21 | ** "[[Film/AssaultOnPrecinct131976 Assault on Dead Precinct]]" |
22 | * Kohta screams "[[Film/{{Zombieland}} Double tap!]]" in Episode 5. |
23 | * 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 Manga/AstroBoy. |
24 | * Zeke, after the end credits of the "Drifters Of The Dead" OVA, giggles like [[WesternAnimation/LaffALympics Mumbly]]. |
25 | * The propane bomb is a blatant homage to Creator/ZackSnyder's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004''. |
26 | * In the English dub of the OVA, after Shizuka identifies the burning leaves as hydrangea, Takagi looks back at the beach house and wonders if it's just a front for a drug dealing operation and says, "It's just like Series/BreakingBad!" |
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