Ben Davis 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.

reid296 The preposterously stupid conviction in the first five minutes or so of this show completely put me off from watching the rest of the series. I only made it to the end of the first episode. How is ANYONE supposed to believe that this kid blew IN a window from INSIDE of the room, then butchered an entire classroom of 29 students and their teacher? Would none of the other students have opposed him? Any forensic investigation of the crime scene would have exonerated Ganta completely, but then we wouldn't have a show. No, obviously it was rigged and it was obvious that the creator of the series wanted us to see that. However, it's handling was so heavy handed and inept that it was offensive. If the people killed had been killed in a believable way, then MAYBE I'd have bothered watching the rest of the series. As it stands, I have no confidence in the creator's ability to put together any narrative that makes sense. Save yourself the head scratching and/or frustration and avoid this series.

Jim Fess I've never seen a show with this sick twisted concept, if you like blood, action, and sick fight scenes with amazing story line you'll love this show. I absolutely loved this show!! Its just out of the normal of a show, you just can't not love it. My only complaint is the main character, Ganta's voice over is pretty bad but i got use to it after episode 2-3ish. I REALLY want to see a season two, i don't understand why they didn't make it. This show has a lot of potential. I've also read the entire series of the manga, and its pretty good although i do feel the last few chapters were definitely rushed, to just finish the series. So i wont lie the ending wasn't done that well it was a bit confusing and i had to re read several times to make sure i knew what was going on, but if you really liked the anime i advise reading the manga to the end so it at least wraps up the story for you. People say there supper different but in actuality there minor differences and what wasn't shown in the anime at the same time as the manga could easily be added in the anime through a number of ways so ignore those people. Overall Anime: I said 10/10 but thats due to me wanting a second season In actuality for the English dub version i have to say 4.5/5, due to Ganta's voice over just not fitting well at all.(I've heard from many that subed voice over are much better)(Praying for a second season!)Overall Manga: 4/5, Ending seemed really rushed. But well enough that it gave closure to the series and wasn't to bad, for fans of the show i'd have to almost guarantee you'd be content with the ending.

kierstynle Deadman Wonderland is definitely a great anime, filled with lots of action, gore, and psychological themes. However, it is not a show for kids. It contains lots of violence, plenty of gore, and strong profanity. The main character is Ganta Igurashi, a normal teenage boy. However, his entire class is slaughtered and he is the sole suspect. All evidence points to him (even though he is totally innocent), and he is sent to Deadman Wonderland, Japan's only private-run prison. This is no ordinary prison. Prisoners can participate in deadly obstacle courses and games, with the reward being 'cast point's, the prison currency. At the prison we meet Shiro, a mysterious and very eccentric girl who we learn is Ganta's childhood friend. Ganta finds out he has a power called Branches of Sin, which allows him to control his blood.He vows to destroy the person who killed his friends, whom he calls The Red Man, with his newfound power. This anime is very gory and intense, but I highly recommend it as it is an awesome anime.