pros
+ interesting but twisted concept, shows the "darkness of human nature"
+ characters make you feel with them
+ good graphics
cons
- deviates from the manga and stops at the best part
- animation has its hiccups
- unnecessarily cruel in places

conclusion: first i have to say is that this anime features absolutely insane cruelty. it's not so bloody it could gain the title of 'second elfen lied' but i felt like it's unnecessarily brutal in places. 17+.
now for the real comment... in a twisted way, it's interesting enough if you're in for the darkness/brutality. graphics are good, the charas are designed so you're able to actually empathise with them, and the whole anime shows a look into "human nature"/the darkness of it. interesting in a twisted way, but personally, i prefer the manga, for the simple fact that this anime got cut short, aka stops right where it starts getting interesting.

peace. (show less)

Deadman wonderland started off great, the base of the story imo was something new with prisoners being used as entertainment in a theme park which lead to many of them suffering gruesome deaths. However after the start of the series it began to feel like they where rushing to get as much content into 12 episodes as possible making some of the fight scenes seem rushed and to be honest crapy (u may not feel this way but as I have read the manga it felt like that to me). The other bad point about this anime like so many others was that it finished right in the middle of the story leaving us to wonder whether they will make a season 2 or just leave it unfinshed which was annoying.

But anyway the good points about this anime is first off as I mentioned before I felt the base of the story was good and well thought out as well as the main villian of the story 'the wretched egg' although I do feel they could have made it a little bit less obvious who it was.But overall I feel that if u haven't read the manga then u will enjoy the series all the way through however if u have read the manga u will feel that they rushed it a bit, so if u don't mind a lot of blood some gruesome deaths decent supernatural powers as well as some twisted comedy then I would recommend watching this but if u don't like that sort of anime then watch it anyway just for crow who imo is a great character =D (show less)

Deadman Wonderland is the perhaps the most brutal, bloodiest and inhumane anime i have ever watch. In case the title doesn't give it away its about an private amusement park where criminals are forced to play horrific and death-defying games for others amusement and for those who yearns for more brutality there is an underground fights between inmates where the losers pay a penalty game where they lose one of their bodily part or organ. Everything about this anime is fresh and definitely unique from the concept of "Deadman", people who are infected with a "worm" that allows them to turn their own blood into weapons, to the mystery surrounding the Wretched Egg and the event called the "Red Zone" not to mention that the anime didn't shy away from actually showing how the characters dies! (yup each episode features bodies being slice, dice, burned, crushed ,blown etc...) This anime features insanely cruelty and brutality you could ever imagine and the fact that most people actually enjoys watching it makes it all the more twisted. Some characters are also quite interesting and each has their own twisted past to tell and it's interesting to watch the main character, Ganta, struggles to keep his own sanity while keeping up with the eccentric Shiro. However, i feel like the story was to too fast paced to be appreciated fully, the underground fights weren't really memorable and too short. Though there are a wide number of Deadman only a few of them we're actually shown using their powers fully in fact most of them died during the prison break which i think is a bit sloppy and not well thought off. Though the story is far from over there is still a lot things to look forward too and if you're looking for something that will keep you on the edge of your seats every episodes this might be the anime for you. (show less)