Anime Rec: Deadman Wonderland

[shadowfireflame]

Thank you so much for the smoochies, faithwood! They really made my day. :)

Now onto the anime rec!

Today's rec, Deadman Wonderland, finished airing to episode 12 recently, and I really enjoyed it!

The anime takes place in an absolutely fascinating setting of a prison turned reality TV theme park where spectators watch the prisoners kill themselves and each other. And there may be more going on at the prison than it seems. Sure, the premise has been done before (i.e. The Hunger Games and TRON, just to name a few recent examples), but as a sucker for the trope of whole-cast-in-one-enclosed-space, this anime worked really well for me. Our hero, Ganta (voiced by Romi Paku, who was Ed in Fullmetal Alchemist!), is framed for the murder of his entire class and then sent to the Deadman Wonderland prison, where he meets an otherworldly little albino girl, a conflicted kleptomaniac, and a whole cast of nasty and cool characters. In his spare time (between bouts of fighting for his life using his own blood as a weapon), Ganta tries to catch the villain who really killed his friends. I quite liked Ganta and Shiro, but my favorite character was Yoh, even though he wasn't in the last few episodes much.

If you're interested in more of my anime recommendations, go here for my huge list of anime reviews.

In other news, who else is ridiculously excited for the last Harry Potter movie?!

Comments

here's some more anime recommendations if you need them

[(Anonymous)]

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[appleling.livejournal.com]

*gapes* OMG you do anime reviews too?! Why didn't I come here sooner?! My sister's going to be so very happy to hear this - she likes stalking anime communities/forums looking for new stuff to watch and worship (and ship slashy pairs)

[appleling.livejournal.com]

Hey, my sister wanted to know between 1 to 10, how would you rate this anime's gore factor? Because she gets squeamish when there's too much blood.