I think this COULD have been a great anime if it were longer and if it actually developed and explained what was happening.

@johndoe1053

9 жыл бұрын

AGREED. I finished the anime about 3-5 weeks ago. And the ending just made me disappointed in the anime. And I didn't get what happened in the last episode. And what made me even more disappointed in the anime about is that they used the ONLY OVA to explain one of the character's back story. You'd think they'd try to explain who's the redman. So... yeah. Long story short, the ending just left me disappointed.

@YOSUP315

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, just who the hell was the Redman, and what was he doing? I can't even remember all the unanswered questions I had, there are so many of them. Guess you 'just have to read the manga' as they say.

@lightingwillstrike

9 жыл бұрын

Manga. Read the manga. There is an awesome ending and I almost cried.

@YOSUP315

9 жыл бұрын

***** But Shiro literally means white, and she's a teenage girl. Exactly how could she be a red man?

I hate how the anime ended so soon they could have done so much more, especially with the way the manga continued afterwards...they had a lot of potential with it...especially with Ganta.

Deadman Wonderland is a lot better if you read the manga

@frederickgrandison3609

3 жыл бұрын

I don't like how it ended too soon

ok ONE question about ur review.............. HOW DO U GO THRU THIS WITHOUT MENTIONING CROW? D:

Well this DID happen in our reallity... it was called the Colloseum and yes thousands of "normal" people did go day after day to watch hardened criminals fight for thier lives or die bloodily.I understand it was quite a while ago but looking at history human nature hasn't really changed all that much. Not arguing with you just trying to make a point

@ShadowACS1

10 жыл бұрын

A lot of people have brought up that argument, and while I didn't make this very clear in the review, the point I was making wasn't that human nature would never allow something like this to happen. My point was that it was ridiculous for it to happen the way it did in modern-day Japan.

@Tikbal

10 жыл бұрын

Oh sorry i guess your point just didn't come across that well what you said makes more sense now. Love the vids and content you put out btw =D

@ShadowACS1

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks. :_

"Can you honnestly see a facility like this in real life." Yeah, built in good ol' Texas.

@DacLMK

3 жыл бұрын

Concentration camps are a great example, though minus the attraction factor.

“What kind of sick, sadistic sociopath would enjoy this?!” Ancient Romans : *NERVOUS SWEATING*

Never underestimate what people will watch, afterall people came from all over the ancient world to Rome to watch people fight in the coliseum.

@moonleafteaofthemonth

10 жыл бұрын

And let's not forget the hunger games. ;D

@moonleafteaofthemonth

10 жыл бұрын

Which gets it's inspiration from ancient roman customs

Love your videos by the way

follow the manga because all things you listed were in the manga and explained

Also, keep in mind that they didn't just decide to make a gruesome prison like that the second the disaster ended. 10 years passed. That's quite a bit of time for something like Deadman Wonderland to come into effect.

Since you liked Senji so much, you would be pleased to know that there is an OVA about his backstory. Or, to be more accurate, PART of his backstory. RAAAAAAAAGE.

Personally, I think this does somewhat fall in line with reality. Back when the world had gladitorial arenas political leaders enjoyed a live, up, and close brutal end to people. Even later, executions during the French Revolution were also made public so anyone, even children, could view such things. Public executions still continued well into the old west, public hangings for criminals for instance. This is just another part humanities dark nature. We desire this and perhaps Deadman Wonderland, in it's own way, shows us that we haven't changed at all. Simply being a fan of the show, myself included, isn't that proof enough already?

The anime does say once that Ganta's mom died in the red hole incident but I have no idea where the dad went.

1. Shiro's character does have a unique “spin.” I'm pretty sure it's shown at the end of episode 5. 2. Tamaki wasn't the Director of Deadman Wonderland, he was the Promoter. Shiro's grandfather was the Director, and once he dies midway through the anime Tamaki “officially” takes over. 3. On the outside, Deadman Wonderland is a carnival for tourists. It's natural for them to assume that no one actually dies. 4. What did you think of characters like Crow, Minatsuki and Nagi?

The last name Higurashi gives you bad to insanely horrible luck. Kagome Higurashi: Falls into well - Gets attacked by demons - Shatters the Shikon Jewel Gonta Higurashi: Only survivor of mass murder scene - Gets framed - Sentenced to life in sadist-land

You're my idol Shadow. Just wanted to let you know that from a subscriber :) [PS: I almost died when you said "We know he had friends, and they all died." They way you said that and skiped scences just seemed funny to me Cx]

Saber's original VA was Kate Higgins A.K.A C2 from Code Geass, Talho from Eureka 7, and Pascal from Tales of Graces. One of the more overlooked VA's in the business.

I suddenly remembered an episode of Tales from the Crypt where this guy received a heart transplant from a cat and afterwards realized he had nine lives. So he gets a job at the circus where people pay to watch him die in an impossible stunt and come back to life. There's even a scene where a kid is given a gun, kills the guy, and everyone cheers. Made me think of this review.

The "lawyer" later seems to have some pull with the government, or at least the group sent to check in on the wonderland. Not to mention there was a massive disaster that struck enough fear into everyone to warrant the creation of such a facility in the first place. It seems like it would have been in the best interests of many people for the deadmen to be treated and sentenced in such a way.

In all I still think it was a very good review, kudos to you.

There's more information that's cleared up in the manga. If they do make a second season (doubt they will, they didn't include some pretty important characters in the first season) they will probably be explaining about all of the things you are wondering about.

if they had followed the manga, it wouldve been amazing.

@carabe197

10 жыл бұрын

it would have been better if they had waited that manga ended

@lifeisahipster5088

9 жыл бұрын

carabe197 Who knows, if we're lucky, it might get a remake, like what happened with Fullmetal Alchemist.

@JuanTeriyaki426

9 жыл бұрын

Brooklyn Good omg yes!

@alfredaramouni5884

6 жыл бұрын

John Ree I felt like if the story was rushed. For example the training of ganta was badly written. We left crowd he almost didn't have blood he wasn't able to crowd told he "you need a break you don't have enough blood" when he see shiro he sundly have can take on the undertaker. And their is also a lack of character development why don't we see ganta and shiro talk of when they were young it is an important step for their relation andband is messing. On like shadowacs I am ok with the begging of the story i did watch the other anime with similar storyline

in the manga it did go on past the point where the anime ended and it explained more about their pasts. the reason ganta chose to stay is because he felt he would always regret not finding out who the person who killed his friends was and the best place to find out who it was waould be for him to stay there and gather more information.

It's sad that there are reviews like these and don't know about the manga? It puts a lot of the issues brought up here into perspective given that the anime was cancelled even and will likely never get a second season though it definitely needs one in order to clear up these issues. Also, I am a little irked by the fact that you claim Deadman Wonderland isn't a shonen. It may be a dark one, but yes, it is actually a shonen but perhaps for an older shonen audience e.g. 15-18, not 12-year-olds. It is decidedly not "dark enough" to be a seinen either like e.g. Berserk or Hellsing.

@Rubyfire41

10 жыл бұрын

I agree, plus lets not forget to mention that some of these points weren't even entirely valid( like the example he showed at 7:30).

@Kamishi845

10 жыл бұрын

Rubyfire41 You mean in relation to the manga plot where the "depression" definitely is a pivotal aspect of the storytelling? I also have to say that it is also what made the manga so enjoyable to me even though the climax with the villain was a little exaggerated. Deadman Wonderland is at its core a tragic story but with a mystery perspective so the tragedy isn't made readily apparent from the start, and I have to say it's definitely one of the finer ones I've read in some time too. It was really touching.

@CircusTalia

10 жыл бұрын

Just because the manga tells the story better and gives better explanations does not mean that the anime should automatically get a free pass. I'll be honest, I've only seen the anime and I've heard about what happens in the manga. Personally, I love Deadman Wonderland. But you shouldn't expect someone to bring up how the manga does the story if it's an anime review. Unless Shadow was someone who does compare the manga (or game) to the anime, then there's no reason why you should expect him to know about the manga or read it.

@Kamishi845

9 жыл бұрын

CircusTalia Did you even read my post? I did not say that the existence of the manga excuses what happened to the anime, but as I wrote, it "puts things into perspective" and "[a second season] is needed to clear up these issues". Very different.

@CircusTalia

9 жыл бұрын

Did you finish reading my post? "you shouldn't expect someone to bring up how the manga does the story if it's an anime review." That was a response to you saying that there are reviews like this one that don't know about the manga. Whether someone knows about the manga or not, it should not be needed to understand what is going on. Yes, you did say it puts things in perspective, but doesn't putting things in perspective also mean you get a better understanding of what's going on or why? The anime should be able to stand on its own and be understandable without having to know what goes on in the manga.

They didn't want him to shut his eyes and not watch the footage.

He was disturbed. The only thing that was keeping him sane at that point was a small cat he found and took care of. Once his tormentors killed that cat, that's when he TRULY lost it. Reminds me of Elfin Lied, actually.

That scene was meant to be a references to A Clockwork Orange. 06:43

In the manga, I havent seen the anime ganta says that his mother died when he was really young, around 5 years old and in the same scene he starts to remember childhood memories with Shiro before Ganta's mother died. But then I start thinking, how possible it is to remember memories from that far in your past? They would need to be real affecting traumatizing or something else as effective

I was happy to see his opinion about this anime.

Actually, there are 13 episodes. The thirteenth episode is an OVA detailing some of Crow's life before he came to Deadman Wonderland. However, seeing as how it didn't do well Japan, the FULL backstory, as well as the rest of the anime, will forever remain incomplete.

I fucking love one flew over the cuckoo's nest...so happy you put that in there.

no the one where two boys who strives to become manga artist

I normally like Death Match stuff, but this made me think about checking it out. You ever seen or thought of reviewing Gantz (it's also in that genre)? On the bright side it has great animation and theme song. Though I've only seen 3 episodes, I couldn't find one likable character and it tries for shock-whoring.

Some versions of Deadman Wonderland supposedly make the darker scenes even darker for whatever reason. When I watched DW on Toonami there was no such issue.

The eye thing is to stop him from closing his eyes. They were used in one of the most iconic scenes of A Clockwork Orange that managed to make us feel sympathy for a serial rapist watching porn.

I really liked this anime, and still do. Another great epic video though. =)

Great commentating. You brought forth some pretty valid points. Though, I would highly suggest reading the manga, if you get the chance. It goes considerably deeper into Ganta's past, the reason for taking Deadman's organs in the Penalty Game, and might just change your opinion regarding the series. I, personally, enjoyed this anime (then again, I'm a classifiable Sadist). Also, I'm honestly surprised you didn't seem to have an opinion on Rokuro, his calculations, and incessant neck cracking.

@shadowACS the gloves are to hide her torn apart hands, later in the manga shes revealed to be "the man in red" she has a alternate personalty to kill and she tries to kill Ganta

they give you some of that. they show that Ganta knows Shiro from the past in that same flash back that they tell of his mother. they imply that the red quake thingy is Shiro's fault. also at the end (if you hadn't figured it out already) they imply that Shiro IS the red man that killed his classmates. so like yah IF you pay attention to the back story and the hidden detail you learn a lot more. more about Ganta, what is there now... yah he has like no past. but its more that you let on.

ok the whole thing with prying his eyes open was because he had to watch someone he just fought get a body part removed but he didn't want to see so they forced him

one more thing, shiro has an amazing secret that you'll see in the manga.

No Prob C: I also have a question. Was Sola developed by Key as well because it kinda has the same concept as *Spoiler Alert* Clannad when people start to forget about was it Fuko? Or am I thinking of Kanon...?

I don't know if I asked this already or not, and if I do, I apologize, but is it possible to do a Top Ten Best Endings In Anime and a Top Ten Worst Endings In Anime?

Sure the show may be depressing, but towards the end of each episode there's always a moment where Ganta overcomes this despair. This is something that made it great in my opinion. The sick pleasure people get from watching the prisoners is definitely a dramatization of how sick people can be. However, if you take into account things like the Roman Colosseum, its not so unbelievable. What detracts from this anime most is the fact that it is incomplete. There is still a lot left to be explained

Did you ever notice that Shiro seemed to have a split personality and her ties to Ganta (dont know if i spelled that right) may have had something that had to do with the murderer in episode 1? (if you catch my drift)

You make awesome videos but this anime was one of my favorites.

I have some guesses as to why they didn't address it: A) Maybe like Mega said, it was insane looking and seemed to fit in with the park. B) It was a prison type outfit that was made specifically for her for some reason. C) They probably did off screen or in a visual novel or something. D) They were too tired/lazy/insane to even care to acknowledge it. Haven't seen the show so I maybe wrong on some of these...

can you do an analysis of hetalia axis power if you havent? (this is the first vid of your ive seen :3)

There's a difference between a "reason" and an "occurrence". That air-bullet guitar guy, whose name escapes me, they give a backstory where he's this bhuddist-type person, then the earthquake hits and he murders his tormentors to "free" them. Yes they tormented him, but is that really a reason why he became"batshit crazy"? Seeing them vulnerable made him feel the need to kill people? Obviously he was disturbed before that happened.

You should review Noein! I really want to hear what you think.

ShadowACS did you possible see this anime with eng dub? If you did, Youhei Sunohara from clannad and Ganta Igarashi from this anime have the same voice acter , right?

Oh and Ganta's an orphan... His parents are dead another reason why he didn't leave the prison... He also made new friends and didn't have a life to return to with his old ones dead

It's on his list of his top 30 anime and he's mentioned it in several of his videos. So of course he has.

On the note of the director forcing Ganta's eyes open, I think that was so that he couldn't look away or close his eye's to the video which would in effect render attemps to scare the shit out of/inform about the game to Ganta useless

the background of the characters missing is not a problem of the anime, is a problem of the 2º season not being made. The manga keeps going and there is a lot more of the past of the characters that explain the loss ends the plot as. It is not a problem with the story but with the lack of continuation from the studio that made it.

Hey ShadowACS whats your opinion on Ao No exorcist?

Also, can you do a review on Buso Renkin sometime?

Crow /Senji does ask (freaks out) about shiro outfit, by the way what do you think of him

The manga has the full version, an alternate ending- reading it would be better.

@bluemacjagger2

9 жыл бұрын

the anime is unfinished

Hey remember the coliseum in rome where thousands of people would watch prisoners kill eachother. Though you are right, its highly unlikely a prision like that would be made, atleast I hope not. It would take something drastic, some kind of game changer like a world war or something.

Some of your points are awesome. Great commentating skills too. But I love the idea about a privately owned prison with no rules, all the gruesome depressing scenes/music that are counterbalanced with funny ones. all IMO like you said tho =P

Hey ShadowACS, have you seen the movie, The Seven Samurai, or the anime based on it, Samurai 7?

Hey ShadowACS sorry to bother you with another question but I'm so curious, what do you think of that little girl villain in the second season?

Sorry for commenting so much but do you plan on a Bleach or FMA review? FMA was perfect & I see why you like it but I never really got into bleach, not saying it's bad... But its to predictable which made it boring & I want to know what makes you love it

I had heard a lot about this anime, thanks for reviewing it. although many people might disagree with you, I am on your side when you said that anime should connect to real life in one way or another if it is set in our universe. -_- We are still watching a representation of human beings in the anime!

To be honest, I think that the Deadman Wonderland could be explained with one thing: EVERYONE IDOLS THE ROMAN GLADIATOR FIGHTS. EVERYONE.

The woman in the window was Gantas mother, its shown MUCH more in depth in the manga. It did piss me off how we knew nothing about Ganta -___-

The only explanation they give in the anime is that the promoter is trying to "manufacture" branch of sin, but it's a vague conclusion that you draw from his conversations. Of course, the purpose of that isn't explained until the second story arc. You assume he's trying to make bio-weapons for the government, but that's just a red hearing.

Got a question for you mate :) Have you ever thought about making your own anime? Because it sounds like you can make a master piece if you just tried :)

I'm guessing (or at least am going to guess that) Ganta stayed so he can get the other people in the Wonderland out of there (and finally be free from torture and suffering) and stop the villains from doing anymore crazy bullcrap and get away with it. He'll probably need some more help from his allies and maybe become an unintentional leader amongst the group like you said before(?)...

It could also mean Strawberry, but it depends on the context.

a one flew over the cuckoo's nest reference, i love it.

do you only review animes that are ENG dubbed and finished? if not could u review "Binbougami ga!" ?

No I meant the second part of the show. You know the part where it started to get interesting.

Its a good show about a guy in a place called academy city and that city is,if not hinted from its title has a lot of schools in it. Those schools can be any were from elementary to collage which makes the city about 20-30 years more advanced in technolgy. It also has another purpose to unlock other peoples potintial and make them espers. This is were the protaganist Kamijo Touma lives when he one day he meets a nun on his balcony claiming she is part of a magic society. Thats the first episode.

I don't think Deadman Wonderland is supposed to have a second season. This is only rumors, but I've heard that this anime was only released to advertise the manga.

true but yah, it is halfway through the show and my analysis is that the story is sorta being told from an second or first person point of view. revolving around Shiro. so that being said there could have been more done to tell Ganta's backstory and the reason why Shiro is in the prison to begin with

I was actually mimicing L from Death Note. You know how he has an L on almost everything? Well I put a "D" in the same font as his "L" as my profile pic :3

C2 from code geass is another super national sidekick... kind of, I LOVE C2 though :) She comes off more of a best super national friend character to me though. Oh and question! Do you think you could do a review of Black Butler? You have talked about it in a few videos but didn't really go very far with it, not as much as you have for anime like code geass and fullmetal and so on.

I have a question ShadowACS, do you think the powers in Deadman Wonderland are cool and original or overrated and dumb? Otherwise cool video dude!

the problem with the anime is that it suffers from restriction of episodes and not being finished. most of the plot problems could be solved though the finishing of the anime

its awesome, worth watching :)

y'know, if they make a second season you SHOULD watch it. Everyone's pasts are revealed, and Shiro becomes someone really more important than just a sidekick. Well I shouldn't really be saying this because I didn't even watch the first season, I just read the manga (and I listen to the opening daily)

the nextseason is airing in mid january

10:12- They're both done by the same Japanese voice actress: Kana Hanazawa! : D

I got a recommedation. Despite all, I love it. It is KV. Valvrave the Liberator. You'll either hate it or love it. But either way, you WILL remember it :)

Hey ShadowACS, have you seen The Shawshank Redemption or The Green Mile? If so, which do you like more? I personally prefer The Green Mile.

I want to point out that the Lawyer/manager is NOT the villian in the red. The villian is a huge spoiler so I don't want to say it here and be the jerk who ruins it for everybody. The manga goes on longer for characters to be fully explored,but only the first book is out in English.

You're like an Anime Nostalgia Critic :D But much calmer

ganta lost his memory shiro was a childhood friend

After hearing he thinks machina is messed up I want to hear what he thought about minatsuki (hummingbird) because she is the one character who develops

Japan made Dears, Sailor Moon and Time of the rapture so it wouldnt really suprise me if in a few years they watched prisoners kill eachother

I haven't even heard about it, is it any good? What's the plot?

Hey ShadowACS, I'm not questioning your decision but: You say Ganta's character is not that great and is bad for the story because we know nothing about his past. Yet with someone like The Joker in The Dark Knight, we know nothing about yet he is a great character and his lack of information is great for the movie. What exactly is it that makes one greater than the other despite very similar circumstances? I'm just curious about this sort of thing in general.

did you ever check out the manga it is based on btw? it is a dark and mature rated anime and manga

Hey Shadow, have you seen tengen toppa gurren lagann?

But it's been stated that it isn't modern-day Japan. It's post-apocalyptic Japan. The series takes place about 10 years after this massive earthquake, which Shiro/Redman coincidentally caused. Japan is still struggling, and failing, to get back on its feet. It's no surprise that, in addition to stuff like the economy, morality has gone to shit. The Senji OVA shows life outside the prison, and that it's not much better than the prison itself.

you got the point about their body parts in jars wrong. they do that so they could see how they got their powers when the earthquake hit them... btw ganta mother name is sorea igurachi. she was shot when ganta and shiro were kids when sorea found out that she was helping these people making shiro into a monster. so sorea said she didint want to do that to shiro..

Hey ShadowACS. Deadman Wonderland isn't EXACTLY popular. BUT IT'S VERY GOOD. It is deserves a second season.