Story: The story has a good premise, unlike most other anime's, when i watch deadman wonderland i'm not strongly reminded of any other anime series which serves as a testament to its originality. The series starts off very strongly in my opinion, however I did bring it down because a few times in the latter episodes i did find myself doubting the plausibility of many scenarios, I know that almost everyone will rebut by saying its an anime its not supposed to be realistic, but suspension of disbelief is something writers have to strive hard to achieve as well. Final score for story is 8.
Art and Sound are both outstanding in my opinion, the quality of animation is fantastic and the style and heavy use of red tones gives the series a very unique feeling. Sound is also pulled off extremely well, the music is always dark but ranges from a straight off heavy metal track to gloomy opera like style music, music choice is also usually spot on for the sequence.
Characters are the one thing that lets down DW in my opinion, i started off feeling very sympathetic towards Ganta but as the show progressed i found myself caring about him less and less. Also the backstory to hummingbird i thought was a bit too weak and unrealistic, they went for shock but i find myself almost laughing at the stupidity of the sequence (i won't specify - spoilers). Shiro is probably the only character i find consistently interesting at this point in the series.
Overall, i very much still enjoy Deadman Wonderland, and urge more people to watch it especially if you're a fan of darker stories such as elfen lied and higurashi no naku koro ni.
9/10 final score
