 Written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō, "Highschool of the Dead" began serialization in the September 2006 issue of Fujimi Shobo's manga magazine "Monthly Dragon Age".The manga went on hiatus from 2008 to 2010, but after March 2011, only one more chapter was released in April 2013.The series was left unfinished following Daisuke Satō's death on March 22, 2017.