REVIEW
Title: Deadman Wonderland
Genres: Action, Biopunk, Sci-Fi, Drama, Gore, Horror, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Tragedy
Deadman Wonderland (Manga):
Publication Start: September 26, 2007
Publication End: August 26, 2013
Volumes: 13
Deadman Wonderland (Anime):
Season 1
First broadcast: April 16, 2011
Last airing: July 2, 2011
Episodes: 12
Deadman Wonderland (OVA):
Released: October 8, 2011
Episodes: 1
SYNOPSIS:
Ten years have passed since "The Great Tokyo Earthquake", a natural disaster that sank more than 70% of Tokyo into the ocean. Igarashi Ganta is a 14-year-old high school student in Nagano Prefecture. Ganta is a survivor of the earthquake, but he has no memory of the disaster and simply wishes to live a normal life. Everything changed one day when a mysterious man covered in blood appeared in his classroom window. "The Red Man" kills Ganta's classmates, but strangely lets him live and thrusts a crimson crystal into his chest. Ganta's life goes from bad to worse when he is convicted of the gruesome murders and sentenced to death in "Deadman Wonderland."
Deadman Wonderland (DW) is Japan's only prison run by a private company, built after the earthquake as a tourist attraction to help revive Tokyo. The prisoners serve as staff and entertainment for the visitors, as well as a secret game called "Carnival Corpse", which is made with the contribution of private donors who pay to watch the fighting between Deadman. Due to the heinous nature of Ganta's crime, he is given "the death penalty" from DW, which is a metal necklace that slowly injects poison into his body. The only way to delay its execution is to consume a special antidote, similar to a candy, every three days. Shortly after arriving at the prison, Ganta meets a mysterious girl named Shiro,
In his quest to profess his innocence and obtain revenge, Ganta becomes obsessed with finding the "Red Man", who may be somewhere within the prison. In the course of his search, Ganta begins to develop an uncanny ability to control his blood. He soon discovers a secret level under the prison where the "Deadman" live. These, like Ganta, can control their blood and use it as a weapon. Ganta is forced to participate in secret fighting tournaments against other Deadmans, in which anonymous people pay large sums of money to witness them. The winner receives a large sum of Cast Points, which is the Deadman Wonderland coin. The loser, if he survives the combat, loses a part of his body selected by a slot machine,
While the threat of violence is constant in the prison, most inmates enjoy a lot of freedom within Deadman Wonderland. With the use of Cast Points, prisoners can purchase a wide variety of items from ordinary meals, to luxury furniture for their rooms and even reductions in their sentences. Those sentenced to death also use Delivery Points to purchase their life-saving sweets.
Score: 10/10
REVIEW:
Deadman Wonderland is a very good anime where everything about it stands out, such as the magnificent creation of its characters, the environment where the story unfolds without counting its opening and ending.
Musical themes:
Fade - One Reason
Nirgilis - Shiny Shiny
TERMINOLOGY:
Deadman:
They are those people who have the ability to manipulate their blood as a weapon. Most of them are inmates in block G of the prison where they are forced to fight each other for the amusement of the spectators.
Scar Chain:
The Scar Chain is a group of Deadman who opposes the imprisonment they suffer and devise an escape plan with the intention of revealing the truth to the rest of the world. They believe in each of its members' own definition of "freedom." It is led by the Deadman Owl (Kengamine Nagi).
Undertakers:
The Undertakers are a special execution group, specifically trained as fighting soldiers against the Deadman. The group is made up of some of the worst criminals in Deadman Wonderland, the people who couldn't be rehabilitated. They possess technologies that allow them to nullify the powers of the Deadman, in such a way that any blood construct created by the Deadman that comes into contact with their weapons and armor will revert to ordinary blood, unless it breaks the sound barrier. . Other members are various soldiers armed with anti-deadman weapons called worm eater.
Forgeries:
The Forgeries are artificial Deadman created by the prison promoter Tsunenaga Tamaki in order to defeat the Wretched Egg. The peculiarity of these Deadman is that their Branch of Sin abilities have poison.
Carnival Corpse:
Carnival Corpse was a game held in Deadman Wonderland. It consists of a series of tournaments based on the gladiatorial battles that took place in the Colosseum in Rome. The similarity lies in the brutal and bloody battles, which are seen as entertainment for anonymous viewers. In this case, the gladiators are Deadman, and before each battle, the spectators place bets on who will win. The names of the participants are changed by aliases related to bird names.
