Deadman Wonderland is only a short series and is all about a sink hole which destroyed Tokyo and was then re built, in the middle of the sink hole a theme park was built....But there are no normal staff or caretakers at that theme park..There are all Prison inmates that where sent there as a capitol punishment, some are on death row and some are just there as a life sentence.
They have to work the whole time at the theme park, which is coincidentally named Deadman Wonderland, they all have to wear collars as well....These can be used as trackers, killers, poisoners and can be used to grab your attention every once in a while. The promoter (the owner of the park) keeps a lot of secrets all the way throughout the series, and keeps some prisoners like pet birds.
As long as all of the inmates have the collars on they will always be threatened by death as one of the main attractions at Deadman Wonderland is what they call the dog race, this is just like an obstacle course but the bad thing is depending on the promoters mood a certain amount of people will die, when the main characters Ganta and Shiro enter the race it's set on the highest level so nearly every single person who takes place in the race dies, on each obstacle in the race there's another way to die and as it's the most popular event at Deadman Wonderland thousands of people go to watch just one event of the dog race and they all get to see the players die.
Thing is though they all think that it's all special effects and most of them enjoy it whilst some others think it's disguisting and real, even one man says to a friend that "who cares if they do die, there all criminals." No one really cares but the inmates need to do this to survive so every day they risk their lives and sometimes their ended. The inmates have to take part to gain Cast points...
Cast Points/Cast Cards: Every inmate has to have one, whenever you take part in a event in Deadman Wonderland you gain Cast Points they can be used for buying food, cigarettes, drinks you name it and everyone needs them to buy Candy....If you can't afford the Candy then you can kiss you life good bye...
Candy: In Deadman Wonderland everyone has a collar, and these collars can obviously be used for all sorts of things....One of the worst features is the fact that when you put them on they automatically start to pump Poison around your body...The Poison only takes three days to kill you and on the third day you have to take the Candy if you don't then you'll obviously die....What the Candy does is break down the poison so it can be disposed off through your bodies organs..If you don't take the Candy You'll feel the effects of the poison and you'll slowly die......(What a lovely way to threaten inmates).
Ganta: At the beginning of the short series we see Ganta as a 14 year old high school student in a class happily talking to his friends about their next field trip. In the next episode we see him in Deadman Wonderland, He becomes a prison inmate and is on death row....He learns most of the things that he needs to know to survive off of the other inmates. In this short series Ganta is seen as weak and spineless, he can't fight or stand up for himself very well so he stands there and takes the criticism he gets from the other inmates. He doesn't really learn how to stick up for himself in the series, and to say he's a main character you would of though he would of been stronger as a person and a Deadman, Near the end he seems a bit stronger but he hides it quite a bit.
Shiro: She helps Ganta out quite a lot in the series and knows him from when she was younger but he doesn't remember her....She doesn't seem to bothered about it though and doesn't really pay attention to what Ganta says and keeps on reminding him that he can't o everything himself. Shes always seen wearing this weird white all in one suit, shes quite mysterious and pops up when you least expect it. All in all shes a lovely character and loves everyone!! Her mysterious background and sometimes quietness makes people feel a bit uncomfortable around her.
All together the series is amazing and i wish there was a second series. There where some really gross bits with all of the blood and gore, but if you get past all of that then the story line is amazing and sometimes a little bit confusing....If you don't know what i mean then pay more attention to those little side stories with the other characters. I really do wish there was a second series as all of the inmates could escape and tell the world about the true intentions of the Promoter and other staff that work together to make every ones life a living hell.
This really is an amazing Anime but it's a shame i haven't gotten round to reading the Mange series yet. There is a lot of violence, Blood and Foul Language but the graphics are alright and the fighting scenes are quite detailed to some extent. This is a must watch but i'm not quite sure about the Manga yet....
9:14 Pm 4th of November 2012 ~AmyXxx
