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Deadman Wonderland Review
Wonderful, beautiful, amazing.... potential. Despite its lack of popularity of Japan, it grew its popularity when it aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami.
Plot Summary
Ganta, a young boy, begins a new day in his classroom, talking and joking with his classmates...suddenly to find himself in the middle of their massacre by a strange man in red. Blamed and framed for the massacre, he is tossed into Deadman Wonderland, one of the first privately owned prisons. There he discovers he can use his blood as projectiles - and that he isn't the only one who can use his blood as weapons.
Story
The plot begins simple, but it quickly thickens, introducing a beautifully complicated story that... never really concludes. No answers are definitely given, and it leaves you with a cliffhanger ending (or, in other words, no ending).
To the artist's credit, there was originally a second season planned, but due to the lack of popularity in Japan, they canceled the second season. I think they should grow through with it, because it would help the story greatly, and because of the series' growing popularity in the West.
8.0
Characters
The main character, Ganta, starts off as a wimp who cries a lot(and who wouldn't be, after the trauma that he goes through), and, though in the second half he seems to grow up a bit, he takes a huge step back in the second to last episode in which he resorts back to crying. The last episode makes up for part of it, considering he does stand up a little more.
The other lead, Shiro, is an upbeat, almost innocent girl who still kicks butt, managing physically make up for Ganta's weakness. She is Ganta's friend, and helps him through a lot of deadly situations. I love both her personality and her unique character design.
The side characters felt a little unbalanced, focusing on characters that didn't seem to be as interesting as some of the less touched-on characters. However, they were all still interesting to some degree.
7.4
Animation
The animation in this is beautiful. It flows well, the color palette worked well, and the plentiful action scenes were riveting and memorable.
8.9
Music
The opener to this is amazing. Go watch it. Right now.
The closing has a great song, but the lack of animation in it makes it forgettable.
The background music is diverse and plentiful, but, for the most part, didn't blow me away. There were parts where I noticed it, but it never completely grabbed my attention.
8.3
Overall
I really did love Deadman Wonderland, and I may read the manga in the future, but it isn't one of my absolute favorites.
Gibbous
8.05
Other
Rokuro is like what would happen if Orichimaru (from Naruto) and L (from Death Note) had a baby. c:
And I the only one who loved the blood in this? I mean, I'm not usually a bloodthirsty person, but the blood...gaaahhh, I blame the great animation. The other horrific elements, too. Heh. Maybe it's just the sadistic side of me coming out.
Crow is epic.
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