HIGHSCHOOL of the Dead' (Gakuen Mokushoku High School of the Dead) is a Japanese manga written by Daisuke SATO and illustrated by Shoji SATO. The abbreviations are "H.O.T.D." , "HOTD", "squeezed", and. In 2010, the contents up to the 4th volume of the book were made into an animated TV series. Since the original author died in 2017, the original work was discontinued.