This anime is surely a dark one.. It has dark plot, dark character.. anything in this anime is dark.. It is surely for adults who are brave enough to watch this kind of stuff.. Maybe I am exaggerating a bit but this is what I felt..
Well, where in the blue hell can you see a prison wherein a boy of I think 15 years old will be imprisoned? Well, I feel sorry for Ganta because his background is definitely a background of very sorry, very unfortunate, very pitiful moments..
This is a short preview... There is this prison in the middle of some city.. That prison is known for having amusement park establishments.. All those establishments where run by the inmates themselves.. Welcome to the not sure if hell or heaven prison called Deadman Wonderland.. Then after some screw up moment, a boy named Ganta was imprisoned in this one hell of a place.. In that prison, he met a girl named Shiro.. Then, together with Shiro, Ganta was further involved in some of the most screwed up scenarios inside that prison.. There are fights involved wherein you must not lose.. Ganta must fight in order to save his sorry bass to the unfairness of reality..
Here are my thoughts..
Story (9)
I was like "F*ck this series!".. I meant it in a positive way and a negative way.. Let's discuss first with the positive side.. This is one hell of a story.. The moment that they showed the "amusement park" like prison, it will definitely sparks your interest.. Not only that, the way the story flows, it has shocking plot twists, plot devices and plot elements.. You need to see them for yourselves and I assure you, you're going to find the awesomeness despite all the disturbing things that you're going to see.. I mean it! It's freaking awesome!!
On the negative side... I'm going to give the one main word: DISTURBING... All of the things that happened in this series are really disturbing.. The gore, bloodshed, mentality, mind games, the personalities of people etc.. You will definitely sensed that there is something about the minds of these people are really screwed up.. There are many loose screws on their heads.. Also, the hardships and trials that the main protagonist Ganta endured. For me, it's very damn disturbing.. You know, this is really DISTURBING.. I think that this anime is
Art (10)
In my opinion, there are no questions to be asked in the art.. The art is good.. The animation is fluid... Perfect!!
Sound (8)
Well.. the theme songs are quite fine..
Character (9)
As what my main word says: DISTURBING.. There are a bunch of disturbing characters that showed up in this series.. I'm going to give a short list of some of the traits of some characters but I will not reveal them so that there are no spoilers.. ok? There is the:
1) Mentally screwed up
2) Sadistic
3) Master mind
4) Pitiful
5) Gay
6) Has split personality
7) Traitor
8) Fired up to kill or hurt people
See? Those are some of the characters that you will see.. Take note, I didn't list up some positive characteristics in order to be biased with the DISTURBING motif, it's just that there are no positive that can be listed..
Enjoyment (8)
You are going to ask me if I enjoy the series?
Honestly speaking, I am 50/50..
50 % me says that I did enjoy the series because of the shonen elements within it.. You know, the action flavor with some dramas and other elements..
The other 50% says that I am scared like hell!! It's freaking scary.. The version that I watched is censored or filtered.. Imagine if it is not filtered..
Overall
Despite some moments wherein I felt scared and disturbed, this series has something special within it.. You know, it makes you want to read the manga version of it.. You will be interested on what comes next.. There are more things to come aside from the things that were shown in the anime..
One more thing, are you brave enough to watch this in it uncensored version? Do it!! If there is a uncensored version.. This is a good anime to watch especially when Halloween comes.. As what the motif says, also watch Halloween-related shows.. That means watch scary shows.. Just try to compare which is scarier: SAW or this one.. HAHA.. Anyway.. Good Luck and have fun..
That's all
LightningSnow :)
