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Zeke (???, Jiku) is a supporting character of the manga/anime series Highschool of the Dead that was written by Daisuke Sato and illustrated by Shouji Sato. The series first began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten’s Monthly Dragon Age magazine in July 2006.
His first appearance was in Hightschool of the Dead Volume 2 CH. 6 “In the Dead of the Night”, and his first anime appearance was in Highschool of the Dead – Episode 6 “In the Dead of the Night”. His character in the Japanese series is voiced by Hitomi Harada, and the U.S. dub produced by Section 23 is currently not credited and named Zeke as “Zero”.
The name of the dog is based on the Mitsubishi A6M Zero (aka Reisen or Zero Fighter), which was a famous Japanese fighter jet during WWII. The jet was designated as the Mitsubishi Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter (??????? rei-shiki-kanjou-sentouki). The official Allied reporting name for this fighter was called “Zeke”.
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