Deadman Wonderland

I don't want you to think that I'm only watching girly anime (and Pokemon) so , I decided that today I will review Deadman Wonderland.

Deadman Wonderland was my first gory anime. Until then I was mainly, watching comedy and fantasy style anime. The reasons I started the series were two: 1) My friend George urged me to see it saying how cool it was and how much I was going to like it and 2) Fukuyama Jun was the seiyuu of the character Rokuro Bundo. I love Fukuyama Jun! Not as much as Akira Ishida but I liked him since watching Kuroshitsuji a.k.a. Black Butler. Grell Sutcliff was a fantastic character.

Plot
From the first episode DW had my full attention. The everyday life of the protagonist ,Igarashi Ganta is portrayed in a quick yet efficient way. And then, so quickly that I couldn't comprehend what was happening, takes place the event that changes his life. It was so sudden I had to pause the video, look at my laptop screen and squeal : " What the fuck just happened?". His life was fucked up in a matter of minutes and I felt pity for him.

The anime only lasted 13 episodes and compared to the Manga left out so many details. I was hoping for a second season, but while reading some forums I found out that the anime wasn't as popular as the producers expected so they had decided not to invest money in an anime that wouldn't bring the desired profit. In other words    "No second season"...
 So, as some of you may have guessed I was really dissapointed with the ending... 

Characters

Igarashi Ganta / Woodpecker
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 At the beginning I wasn't sure if I liked Ganta. The events that took place in the first episode messed up his life and in the eye of the audience  he has become a tragic character. I pitied him, that's for sure, but I didn't like him. I generally like mentally strong characters and Ganta was your average boy, more naive than most. He's banished to the world of Deadman Wonderland, the infamous prison where all sorts of atrocities take place. And all that because of that bastard Tsunenaga Tamaki, the tyrant that rules DW . However, slowly we see a change in Ganta. He starts becoming more mature in order to get stronger and reduces the oh-so-annoying crying habit. But, I kind of understand him, I don't like blood either. And his reaction in the "Penalty Game" is quite reasonable.

Shiro

Shiro sometimes irritated me a little. She was even more naive than Ganta and so childish I wanted to smack her head. But she could kick ass when Ganta was threatened. I extremelly loved her in the second episode when she was racing along with Ganta. At the beginning I was annoyed at her naive way of facing that dangerous situation, but I couldn't help a loud "Oh! I love you Shiro!!!" when I saw that in fact she was protecting him the whole time. I am also very intrigued  with the double personality fact. I generally love that in a character.


Minatsuki Takami / Hummingbird

I was indifferent to Minatsuki at first I must admit. But during her match with Woodpecker I loved her. She became my number one female character in the series. The whole acting like the cute sister in order to fool her older brother was amazing and her foul mouth had me laughing and clapping my hands from enjoyment... I think I'm weird.



Kiyomasa Senji / Crow

He is the most amazing male character in the series. The badass ,kickass guy who helps the protagonist stop being a wimp and become a man. He is the guy who's already complete mentally and has his own justice. If that's not an awesome character what is? On the other hand he becomes totally embarassed when it comes to the female body.(LOL)

Sakigami Toto / Mockingbird a.k.a. Hagire Rinichiro

... I don't think we've met the actual Sakigami Toto through the anime. Toto is actually the third and Final Generation of Hagire. So no, we don't meet the original Toto at all ...Anyway I liked Hagire's personality. quite twisted and sadistic.


Hibana Daida

I hated that girl from the first moments. It was like watching the "Orphan" all over again. Every scene she was in, gave me goosebumps and an intense pain in the stomach. The only scene I loved with her, was when she was killed by Toto/Hagire (From that moment I liked him even more).

and finally...

Rokuro Bundo

The second reason I started DW ladies and gentlemen... Acting like a timid , computer-genius Rokuro hides his true personality, which is quite twisted (everyone becomes crazy in Deadman Wonderland O.o). His violent neck-cracking habit made me think ,every time, that his head was going to seperate from the rest of the body.


I generally like Deadman Wonderland and the reason I focused only on Characters & Plot is because these are the two things I liked most. And also the animation.

Deadman Wonderland : 7.5 / 10

Next Anime :  Corpse Party: Tortured Souls

Amnesia

...And no it has absolutely nothing to do with the horror game "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" . Except the fact that in both stories the main character has got amnesia.
 I've read a lot of stuff for this anime in reviews and such and most of them underline how bad it is. I've also noticed that most of the reviews are written by boys (at least the ones I've read) so let me make something clear....

 Hem, hem..

 This Anime is supposed to be a REVERSE HAREM. Meaning the audience of the anime is supposed to be... women! So yeah, I understand why guys wouldn't like it. It's normal. Except the heroine and some faceless girls there are only TWO other girls in the series. I'm not saying that all girls love it; on the contrary. In general this anime has received many negative reviews.

In any case. I watched the whole anime in one day ,it wasn't that long anyway, just 12 episodes.

The Plot:

 From the first episode Amnesia was fucking confusing. However, for the sake of the anime (and the hot guys) I decided to keep an open mind and see what's going to happen. The second episode confused me even more, but at the same time gave me some suspicions about the story. Basically, the Heroine wakes up and can't remember anything about herself or anyone else. And during the story she tries to collect her memories back. The plot though is more complicated, for some strange reason every time she dies she goes to another universe (in every universe she has a different boyfriend... ). Also, in every universe the personalities of those around her, change. Throughout her little adventure she meets Orion a fairy in the form of a boy who helps her remember her past.
 For me it wasn't that difficult to figure out the story and the whole going-to-a-parallel-universe idea. People who watch Sci-fi movies and well... anime are well acquaintened with that concept. However, to be truthfull the plot lacked something. Amnesia was originally a Japanese visual novel series, so I didn't raise my hopes plot-wise.


The Animation:

 I don't have many things to say about the animation but none of them is bad. Since 2010... o.k. 2011, the animation became awesome. Mored ideas, lovely colours ... In Amnesia I loved the colours and the style of the eyes. It's amazing. I also loved the eyes of the Shiki anime. Pure awesomness! Anime that have to do with magic and such are finally justified.


The Characters:

 Heroine : 

... Oh jesus. I don't know how to say this politely but eh..... I fucking HATE the protagonist.I don't know if it's correct to characterize her as a Mary-Sue since she is so clumsy; she falls so often down its annoying. Basically I don't like shy characters; they are tolerable to an extent but she is so shy I want to slap her repeatedly while shouting "Jesus Fucking Christ woman! Snap out of it!!!".  In one episode she was imprisoned in a cage, like a bird or a dog,  and she is still o.k. with that. She doesn't laugh often, she answers most of the times with one word ,otherwise making sounds meant as a reply, she is naive, she doesn't get irritated no matter what you do to her; she is basically boring!

P.S. Let's take under considaration that after she wakes up with amnesia and she goes to worlds where some people know her, she doesn't even ask her name. Yes ,I know it symbolises that way any female that could undergo such experience but still...

Shin:

... Ah~
Hem hem... So yeah Shin...He is one of Heroine's boyfriends and his personality varies depending on the universe. He is normally timid and logical . I like him a lot as a character.


Ikki:

Ikki in all universes is the characteristical good looking (rich?) guy that every woman wants. Excuse me..., EXCEPT  the protagonist. She is different... She is a retard... God she annoyes me. Anyway , Ikki sometimes works in the same maid caffe the protagonist does. He has a huge fan club, consisted of faceless girls who hate the Heroine (way to go girls!) and try to cause her trouble in almost every episode. Something like Team Rocket from Pokemon, but in comparison to them the fan club actually succeds.

Toma:

I like Toma. He is the cute ,playful guy that every girl would love. Except that episode where his over-possessivness takes over him and drugs the Heroine so she can't leave his house and then locks her in a cage. Other than that, he is a ray of sunshine.


Kent:

Kent is overly serious and a mathematical genius with no sense of humour and knowledge of how to interact with human beings. He is the character that I thought I would hate or at least dislikemost . That is until I paid attention to his voice and recoginzed his seiyuu. Akira Ishida (fan girl scream!). I adore Akira Ishida! His voice is intoxicating. The very first time I heard him in an anime was in Slayers as Xellos. Anyway, although Kent is a little dislikable at the beginning he turned out to be a very cute character.

Ukyo:

Probably my favourite character in the series. Ukyo is the Heroine's true lover (damn you bitch!) and his normal behaviout is shy, timid and well..adorable. He reminds me of N from Pokemon. I also love his bipolar personality. His other self is the exact opposite: His hates the protagonist and tries to kill her repeatadly (yeah!!!). His reasons are explained during the last episodes. Though personally, I don't think he needs an excuse for that.

About the Ending:

 The Ending kind of dissipointed me. There are five possible worlds she could go back to and we never learn which she will choose.Personally, I would choose the Joker Path a.k.a. Ukyo. He killed himself many times in order to save the damn bitch Heroine. The parting with Orion and the fact that she will forget all about him are really sad too.

Generally though, I liked the Anime and I recommend it to female audience who like Otome games.

Amnesia : 5/10                                                                                                                                          
Next Anime : Deadman Wonderland