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Action. Gore. Brutality. Fan service. Craziness. Abuses/curses. This anime is definitely aimed at a more adult audience. It starts off with a bang so I was interested in it from the get-go. We don't get any explanation about the world, the setting, the event etc in the start. Instead, we get bits here and there in almost each episodes, this increases your interest about finding out everything.

The protagonist is your usual clichéd kid who gets some kind of special power but doesn't know how to work it yet etc. I thought he would be yet another wimpy annoying brat, but thankfully he didn't go in that department far enough and he grew on me. Aside from him, there are TONS of other characters, many who are pretty good, my favourite being The Crow (Shinji), who also has his own OVA, which was great.

There is a lot of good action, cool looking powers and techniques and LOTS of gore. Plus, the anime thrives at displaying it in a brutal manner. The soundtrack was decent too, which helped elevate some key moments.

It's a crime that this anime was only 12 episodes long. They could have made it 24 episodes long and fleshed out the large character cast a lot because it just felt rushed in the later episodes. Also, it is sad to see there is no sequel for it since we don't really get to see a proper end of the story, many of the stuff is just laying around, begging for a sequel. I hate it when this happens.

Even though it doesn't end the story, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for some gory action and interesting setting.

8.3/10

This anime is one of the best action anime in recent years, certainly not for kids because of the graphic violence but it's very good.

It has a very dark tone and even the characters you will like the have a dark side to them. The story is very good with great plot twists and with characters developed in very realistic ways.

There is only one fatal flaw that stops me from giving this a 10 and that is the fact that it is incomplete, what I mean by that is that the show ended in a cliffhanger and it was canceled after that, if you liked this,go read the manga with the complete story.It is certainly not for the squeamish and outside of the violence, contains some mature content, but it is strongly recommended for anyone who can handle it.

but definitely not for kids, what with all the ultra-violence n stuff...

Ganta is a school kid wrongly accused of murdering everyone in his class, and he is convicted and sentenced to this hell-hole theme park style prison where the inmates have fiendish games and tests that usually kill lots of them...certain prisoners have a special power enabling them to make weapons out of their own blood, and the twisted warden who runs the joint fights these special prisoners called 'Deadmen' against each other for paying guests in an arena style death-match. Ganta is trying to find the real killer of his friends while also trying to stay alive in this nightmarish place...

with awesome animation, interesting characters and an engaging and twisted story, plus copious blood and gore, this show is a real winner...as long as u are not easily offended...

everyone has a little bit of bloodlust in them, this program makes you aware of yours, there are moments that you will see (for example) someone's eye pulled out or someone's arm cut of, it's pure gore, but it's fascinating in a way.

I really enjoy the show, the story, and the characters, in the first part of the first episode, you'll think that it's pure justice that these prisoners are risking their lives for the audience's pleasure, but once you start to know the characters, you will see that they have problems of their own. especially the boy, he's been put there unjustly.

overall a great thing, keeps me thinking :P p.s. bear with my bad English.

Ganta's dub voice is something else. I know, why am watching dub, right? I like to watch while I work and dub is the best way for me to do that. I don't have time to sit down and actually read the sub version (how I actually prefer it).

Overall the show feels pretty generic. Nothing too special or different. My favorite part of the show is definitely the psychological elements, specifically the backstory of some of the inmates and why they're the way they are.

Shiro is extremely annoying and makes no sense. She act like a 7-year-old but due to plot armor that's ok I guess. Ganta is the generic over-the-top, no life experience, overly optimistic, 100% virgin heart of gold trope of a character. Not every relatable or humanly.

The anime also ends abruptly with no real conclusion or reason. I was hoping the show was more horror and psychological but it's more action and comedic. Not bad just not exactly what I'm looking for.

When I watched this show I got hooked and watched the rest of the shows. To my dismay I found out that it was only 12 episodes. Out of curiosity I read the manga for the first time in my life to find out what happened to the characters. To no surprise it was pretty good. So why haven't they made a 2nd season? The content is there but they didn't finish the anime. Leaving it half finished... I just hope that this show will get enough attention and out cry that it will get its ending that is deserves because if you are someone that read the manga like me you will feel the same. Plus, if they finish the show I think it would be the best anime out there.

Deadman Wonderland looks and sounds great, and if all you're after is a series that has lots of violence, blood, weird characters and a storyline that requires you to disengage your brain, then this may be for you. The series may have its problems, but the concept is interesting even if the implementation leaves a lot to be desired, and it does retain a degree of entertainment value for its action set pieces.

Deadman Wonderland is a anime that some might find a bit to dark and probably offensive in some ways. But this anime is really good for what its worth. I really liked the idea behind the story right from the beginning and the show did not hold back when developing the plot. What gives this anime bonus points is the violence. From a class room slaughter to decapitation, when push comes to shove this anime doesn't hold back. Also the characters are perfect in this anime and I personally thought the dubbed actors/actresses were excellent.

One problem I had is that the anime didn't feel like it was finished, the so called ending was good but so many questions were left unanswered and apparently this anime didn't do to good in Japan so its most likely this anime will end up being like "Highschool of the Dead". In other words not getting a second season.

A good show but feels incomplete as doesn't adapt the whole manga. If the show was renewed and wrapped up the story it would easily be an 8 or 9 out of 10 but the ending with no resolution let's it down, I fully suggest reading the manga to anyone else disappointed by this.

Positives:

• great animation.

• great music.

• cool character designs.

• pretty interesting story.

• good fight scenes.

• cool powers/abilites.

• pretty interesting characters.

• great voice acting.

• gore.

Negatives:

• not a fan of Shiro's design and role in the show..

• I am mixed on the mc, Ganta. On one hand he has the motivation and will power to succeed and on the other, he can be very whiny.

• the story felt a bit rushed at times and the ending felt kinda underwhelming because it's an uncompleted show.

Overall, it's a good show imo. Give it a shot, it's super short anyway!

Violence is the name of the game for this anime.

But like a lot of anime the violence is only part of this entertaining show. The action is fast paced and the plot is simple and easy to follow. the characters are quite well developed and you do have some feeling when they eventually die or come to harm. There aren't too many huge plot twists like in a lot of other anime.

The only gripes I have are that i don't really like reading subtitles so i like English dubbed anime and they always use the same crappy voice actors. the main characters voice is especially annoying.

It was also disappointing to get to part 12 only to realise that it wasn't the last episode and there was a whole other series that they haven't finished yet

This show blew its chances at being named among the greats in anime. The end (and a lot leading up to it) kind of ruined it. It started out so well too. It's a about this kid named Ganta Igarashi, who one day at school sees his entire class slaughtered by this "Red Man" as Ganta dubs him. This Red Man, for whatever reason, leaves him alive and gives him superpowers that allow him to use his blood as a weapon. Ganta actually is blamed for this crime, found guilty, and is sent to Deadman Wonderland, a place where the send criminals to participate in all sorts of fight to death games for the amusement of the general public. Okay, this sounds amazing right? And it was…. until other stuff happened, but I'll get there later. Watching Ganta try to fight and survive is quite cool and entertaining and I really wish they would have stuck with him having to fight and eventually become a real badass and have him take on the Red Man at the end. Unfortunately, that didn't happen and we got…. what we got. Before I start ranting about this shows problems, I'll finish the positives about it. The animation is fantastic. All the fight scenes look incredible and everything else is all shiny and polished, which is always a plus. Last positive is the character of Shiro. Shiro is absolutely, without a doubt the best part of this show. She is funny, adorable, cute, badass, and provides a much needed relief from Ganta's… lets call it whining. Now with the bad, and believe me, there is a lot. Like I said before, the show doesn't stick with the whole Ganta struggling to survive aspect. It begins to veer into a kind of fight the power storyline, and it didn't really work in my opinion. Ganta meets these rebels in the prison, and they all try escape and yeah it goes from there. All this storyline did was 1) limit Ganta's abillity to become a more powerful badass and 2) brought on a ridiculous amount of pointless secondary characters with no development whatsoever. Ganta as a character is also a bad aspect of the show. Like I said before, he never really grows as a character or in physical strength, leaving him to be quite bland and uninteresting. Now both of those things aren't enough for me dislike a show as much as I disliked this one. Hell, Sword Art Online had both of these issues and I could watch that without a TON of cringing. No, no, no, no Deadman Wonderland had another, more terrible issue. It had possibly the worst ending to any movie/TV show that I have ever seen. The end literally happens with Shiro and Ganta sitting on a roof. That is it. Answer the many, many, MANY questions the viewer may have had? Nonsense. Why would that be a good idea? You know, it's not like people watch the show to find out what happens. That would be stupid. Seriously though, it answers literally none of the questions it proposes. In fact, the end leaves you with more questions than before! After the credits rolled, I stared open mouthed at the screen, seriously thinking there had to be more. I couldn't understand how incompetent you would have to be to say "yeah, that was a perfect ending" and then actually put it in the show. Alas, the end we got is true (unless you count the manga, which I don't) and I have never been so disappointed in my life. I think this show would have fared much better from 25 or 26 episodes, not 13. The beginning of the show feels like they planned for 25, 26, but once they found out they were only getting 13 they rushed and tried to cram too much into too little. Unfortunately, Deadman Wonderland will go down in history as the show that could have been. Sigh.

Love this but only 13 episodes hows that work? What happened to leave it at this. Need more to understand what's happening.

I really enjoyed this anime. It was action packed, interesting, and had a lot of engaging scenes.

The downfall... They cut the show short. I realize they never promised a second season, but I honestly believe if they answered the 100 questions they left to interpretation, they would have really created a fantastic show.

In terms of entertainment this show succeeds. the fight scenes are fun, and the powers brought from blood is a cool concept. Shiro is a fun and bubbly character and adds a bit of pizazz to the series.

Worth the few hours, but the ending may leave you feeling a bit underwhelmed and empty. Watch at your own delight, I give it a 7 out of 10, which would likely improve to a 9 or so if they produced a second season

This show has a disturbing premise with characters that shine throughout and yet it does have that same recognition that a series like Tokyo Ghoul has.

They're pretty close in terms of quality and yet Deadman seems to always get the short end of the stick popularity wise. It definitely deserves more attention.

Very enjoyable watched the whole thing - it could have been better - I felt it was plodding a little in the middle- other than that it's a pretty harrowing tale, where you do feel for the little lad. Good.

The episodes are absolutely mesmerizing. The background music complements the exhilarating action sequences wonderfully! It brings to mind "Death Race", but without the racing aspect. The animation is visually impressive; however, my only complaint is the fact I struggle to believe that anyone would convict the protagonist: a 14-year-old boy destroying a building wall and take down 29 students without anyone noticing is just so unlikely. While I acknowledge it's a fictional series, the situation seems rather unlikely. It moves from one action packed scene to the next. Overall, "Deadman Wonderland" was quite entertaining, and I would definitely recommend giving it a watch!

I'm thoroughly glad I found this show. I picked it out of a list of Japanese cartoons on some website because it had "wonderland" in the title and I'm really into "Alice and Wonderland".

A story of immense humor, brutality and pathos, I'm a little disappointed that it stopped at one season but I have made a point of just reading all the comics one day. One day...

It really hits the ground running in a way that i was not totally prepared for; our protagonist is thrown into a desperate situation by seemingly no fault of his own into the amazing concept of a prison contrived into some kind of macabre reality TV show.

The whole thing uses an aesthetic of carnivalian grotesquery where lurid colours and stuffed animals are the gate way to execution by combat and weaponized blood. A full spectrum of characters convey the sinister and adorable (even at the same time); the design and execution of the world we are invited to is formidable, vivid and dazzlingly well imagined.

Our hero is a simple, cute little boy; the type Germaine Greer Dreams of. He's not too tough or macho, he's just an innocent thing, framed for something he didn't do, having to deal with a horrific situation. We have an excellent deuteragonist too but I want to leave that a surprise but suffice to say, I think you could watch the show just for them.

Not a comedy...well no more than any other Japanimation. But done with verve and whimsy. You're in a dark yet kitsch world that only relents for moments that will near enough tug at the heart as we dig deeper into this mystery.

The theme song is badass. It's not that genre most japanimation themes seem to come under (in my limited experience of them). It's some kind of alternative metal thing and it's awesomely done.

On the negative side, I think there are too many episodes for the story they're trying to tell and it feels a bit repetitive by the end but I know that's the executives fault, not the writers. My numerical rating is more of an averaging out of its episodes. It just gets tiring after a point.

Treat yourself to this brilliant piece of sugary terror.

The start of this show is great. I'm talking about the first three episodes, the other episodes are not of that level. The ending is just bad, really bad. The storyline makes no sense. If you would watch this, don't watch more than the first three episodes.