Editing Apocalypse Zero (section)

== Reception ==
Due to the use of gratuitous violence and repulsive imagery, critical reception to ''Apocalypse Zero'' in the west has been largely negative.<ref>{{cite web | author=Santos, Carlo | date=August 27, 2005 | title=Apocalypse Zero GN 1 – Review | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/apocalypse-zero-gn-1 | publisher=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=2010-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Beveridge, Chris | date=September 25, 2001 | title=Apocalypse Zero | url=http://www.mania.com/apocalypse-zero_article_73387.html | publisher=Mania.com | access-date=2010-11-09}}</ref><ref name=themreview>{{cite web | author=Ross, Carlo | title=Apocalypse Zero | url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1085 | publisher=THEM Anime Reviews | access-date=2010-11-09| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101130112143/http://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1085| archive-date= 30 November 2010| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | date=December 20, 2004 | title=Apocalypse Zero Vol. 1.(Brief Article)(Book Review) | url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18356656_ITM | publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]] | access-date=2010-11-08}}</ref> John Oppliger of [[AnimeNation]] called the ''Apocalypse Zero'' OVA "the most viscerally violent and gruesome anime" he has seen and "arguably the most grotesque anime ever made".<ref name= "what-is-the-most-violent-anime-ever">{{cite web |url= http://www.animenation.net/blog/2004/12/17/ask-john-what-is-the-most-violent-anime-ever/ |title= Ask John: What is the Most Violent Anime Ever? |date= 2004-12-17 |access-date= 2008-04-01 |publisher= Anime Nation |archive-date= 2011-05-18 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110518163610/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2004/12/17/ask-john-what-is-the-most-violent-anime-ever/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> ''[[Animerica]]'' called ''Apocalypse Zero'' the "Best Anime Splattervision" in its "Best of the Best" awards. "When a 45-minute video features a scene where someone's face is sucked off, and that's not even the most shocking thing in the video," the magazine proclaimed, "you know you'll be getting your horror-show money's worth."<ref>{{cite web | title=Best of the Best | url=http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611025309/http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/ | archive-date=2004-06-11 | publisher=[[Animerica]] | access-date=2011-07-02}}</ref>

Despite this, the manga was well received and popular in Japan. ''Apocalypse Zero'' managed to be one of the finalists for the 1997 [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]], losing out to [[Doraemon]] by [[Fujiko Fujio]].<ref>[https://www.comipress.com/article/2007/07/12/2289.html The Road to Glory: Manga Awards – Tezuka Cultural Award]</ref>