Seven Seas Entertainment has picked up a new series for release in 2016 with the announcement of Hour of the Zombie, aka Igai – The Play Dead/Alive from Tsukasa Saimura. The series began in 2014 from Comic Ryu and you can see one of the English language promos created for the series by the magazine from late last year after the release of the first volume. Seven Seas Entertainment will be bringing the series out in print as individual volumes, each with a color insert beginning on April 5, 2016 for $12.99 US / $14.99.
“I really felt Hour of the Zombie was something unique when I picked it up. It’s a series where you’re thrown right into the action–the messy, horrific action,” said Seven Seas managing editor Adam Arnold. “The covers are fantastically creepy, totally matching the content inside which fans of series like The Walking Dead and Highschool of the Dead will really eat up.”
Plot concept: Akira is your typical student living a conventional high school life. He has dreams and aspirations like everyone else, and an unrequited crush on his childhood friend, Kurumi. Unfortunately for him she seems more interested in Akira’s best friend, Umezawa. And yet their innocent love triangle pales in comparison to what the three friends are about to experience, even if it may yet be their saving grace.
Students are suddenly turning into frenzied zombies, attacking and gorging themselves upon each other’s flesh. The school is being torn apart until suddenly… they stop. With the zombies apparently back to normal, the school is now divided between the previously turned and the unbitten. But how long will this peace last? And what caused students to turn in the first place? When any of your classmates could suddenly decide to have you for lunch, a friendly face can become the scariest thing in the room.
