Maid of the Dead

Thanks to MAL I was able to discover this Youtube channel called Takena. Takena makes all these short claymation videos that are usually quite gory, including Maid of the Dead (don't watch it if you have a weak stomach)

This claymation short had some good animation and good looking blood/gore too. There's not much to say about it other then the story. A guy goes to a maid cafe, a maid gets bitten by a zombie, and it all goes downhill from there. Just watch it and you'll see what I mean.

In terms of pure aesthetic draw, every anime in my extensive viewing history pales in comparison to the animation of MAID OF THE DEAD. The characters are near indistinguishable from actual human beings, drawing the viewer into a story that highlights the multiplicity of the human psyche. The creator, Takane, uses flawless word choice to draw out the potential of every character, making each character stand out in their own unique way. Takane also uses countless symbols to communicate the themes that strongly emanate from this piece of animated perfection. The deep red of the ketchup matching with the blood of the customer creates a ... wonderful juxtaposition that every fan of symbolic analysis would acknowledge to be superb. MAID OF THE DEAD also uses the color yellow as a backdrop color due to its dual meaning. Yellow represents hope and optimism to most but can also mean cowardice and fear. Both of these are fitting themes to the story but the main character fights against them once he takes center stage. Despite the absurd setting the main character remains unsettled at the events that have transpired he insists on receiving his ketchup drawing, uttering the single most heroic line, a line I will never forget, a line i'm seriously considering getting a tattoo of, "Ketchup drawing, please." In the face of certain doom this man/boy/child/whatever looks beyond mere appearances. He does not see the maids as undead ghouls, but rather humans with a job they must do. This beautiful gesture is shot down in a twist that I could never have predicted as the two maids knock him down and feast on his innards, finally giving his omelette rice a drawing. 10/10

From the director of Shitcom, comes another claymation masterpiece! This time the revolutionary and brilliant Mr. Takena Nagao brings us his take on Romero's Dead series. The ridiculous amount of blood and poor clay animation reminds me of Celebrity Deathmatch, which aired on MTV back in the 1990s. My fond nostalgia for that stupid show probably explains my softer criticism of this title vs. Shitcom.

One day inside a Tokyo maid cafe...ZOMBIES ATTACK! The maids then fight zombies in a 3 minute sketch comedy. There really isn't much to say here, although I enjoyed the clear homage to Day of the Dead with the infamous "Choke ... on em" scene.

This was short, stupid, but ultimately harmless. Hell, I actually enjoyed this piece of shit more than Highschool of the Dead, so there are worse zombie anime than this!