7.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Takeya Yuki is in love with the school. For her, it's a wonderful place, where she enjoys her school activities, especially the activities of her club: School Life Club. The club has Rii-chan as the president, Kurumi-chan as another member, and the teacher, Megu-nee, always there for them. Yes, she is in love with her school... in her mind. Because, for her, the reality of the school and their club's activities is way too hard to be perceived...
Starring: Inori Minase, Ari Ozawa, Mao Ichimichi, Ai Kayano, Juri KimuraAnime | 100% |
Foreign | 95% |
Comic book | 23% |
Mystery | Insignificant |
Horror | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 0.5 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
One might be surprised to learn that maybe the closest comp for School-Live! is actually Dawn of the Dead meets Good Bye, Lenin! which certainly isn't a typical mash-up. But within the Anime world, anything is possible, and that's exactly what School-Live! (which is sort of a double entendre) is all about. A unique vision of the zombie apocalypse and the human defense mechanism to combat the horrors of an unthinkable reality, the show constructs around an interesting mashup of concepts that offer an exciting alternative to both dour zombie scares and unrealistically cheerful Anime excess. It's a solid show for its uniqueness, characters, and entertainment value alike.
Things aren't as peachy as they look.
School-Live!'s 1080p Blu-ray presentation is a good one. Though banding is introduced along some large-area backgrounds, stability and clarity of presentation are both strong. The pastel color palette shows a nice range and accuracy, revealing not so much shade subtlety but certainly vitality through the most colorful elements throughout, including hair and eyes. The contrast between the well-lit school and the more dour, dark, and despairing world of the zombie apocalypse is handled well, with each taking on their on consistent character and detail to finely tuned palettes. Details fare well. Lines are sharp and clean and the Blu-ray is capable of revealing all of the little odds and ends the animators have placed in the film, showcasing finer point textural nuance like wood grain, worn paint and battered lockers, and clothes. Fans should be happy with the results.
School-Live! features a pair of DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtracks, one in Japanese and another in dubbed English. Both fare well. Dialogue pushes in a healthy central direction and always feels balanced and naturally positioned, clear and precise in both languages. Music plays with satisfactory width, instrumental clarity, and enough detail through the range to please. Various effects, whether more innocuous elements like a ladle beating on a pot to wake Yuki or more intensive elements of action and chaos present with impressive depth and detail. The track is very full and takes complete advantage of the two channels at its disposal; it never desperately wants for surround implementation, though there are certainly scenes that would have benefited from a greater sense of immersion.
School-Live! contains a couple of brief extras on disc two.
School-Live!, based on the Manga series of the same name, is a fun and fairly unique spin on the Zombie genre that also explores the human conditions of response versus reality, of safety and sanity in the darkest of times. It offers a nice mix of light entertainment and carefully considered depth, some dark moments combined with enough levity and buoyancy to keep it moving. Sentai Filmworks' Blu-ray features sparse supplements but delivers very good video and audio. Highly recommended.
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