Synopsis
がっこうぐらし!
Ebisuzawa Kurumi, Takeya Yuki, Wakasa Yuri, and Naoki Miki all attend the same high school. They also live on campus at the school. The girls enjoy their time at the school until students become infected by a virus and turn into zombies. The girls are surrounded by student zombies and they struggle desperately to survive.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with School-Live!. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Universal Pictures
Horror + Comedy in Japan
46 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding School-Live! itself).
The 2018–2020 Japan Window
School-Live! holds position #209 of 525 Japan films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Sonic Mania Adventures
★ 9.0 · 2018
#2Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D
★ 8.9 · 2019
#3Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
★ 8.7 · 2019
#4Jujutsu Kaisen
★ 8.6 · 2020
#5DARLING in the FRANXX
★ 8.6 · 2018
#6Dr. STONE
★ 8.6 · 2019
#7The Rising of the Shield Hero
★ 8.6 · 2019
#8Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
★ 8.6 · 2018
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when School-Live! premiered alongside 179 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 179 other Japan films in 2019.
The 3882nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
22 audience reviews — more than 39% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 43th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on School-Live!, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- zombie apocalypse · 5
- school club · 4
- survival · 28
- schoolgirl · 22
- undead · 7
- based on manga · 297
- high school · 88
- zombie · 42
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,284 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #16 of 391 (top 4%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, DUB |
| Runtime | 1h 41m |
| Release Date | January 25, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt9038304 |
| Official Site | gakkougurashi-movie.jp |

















