Deadman Wonderland

• Ja Kanji — デッドマンワンダーランド • Ja Romaji — Deddoman Wandārando • Genre — * Action thriller • Dystopian • Post-apocalyptic

• Author — * Jinsei Kataoka • Kazuma Kondou • Type — manga • Publisher — Kadokawa Shoten • Magazine — Monthly Shōnen Ace • First — April 26, 2007 • Last — July 26, 2013 • Volumes — 13

• Type — tv series • Director — Kōichirō Hatsumi • Producer — * Hisashi Imamoto • Takashi Kōchiyama • Writer — Yasuyuki Mutō • Music — Narasaki • Studio — Manglobe • Network — tvk, GBS, TVQ, SUN, TVS, Tokyo MX, MTV, CTC, BS Nittele • First — April 17, 2011 • Last — July 3, 2011 • Episodes — 12 + OVA

• Portal — yes Deadman Wonderland is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace from April 2007 to July 2013, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes. Tokyopop acquired the licensing rights to distribute the manga in English and released the first five volumes before the company shut down its North American publishing division in 2011. The series was later licensed by Viz Media, who published the 13 volumes from February 2014 to February 2016. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Manglobe aired between April and July 2011, pulling content from the first 21 chapters of the manga. The anime is licensed by Funimation and aired on Adult Swim's newly revived Toonami programming block between May and August 2012.

A massive anomaly caused a great earthquake that ravaged Japan's mainland and destroyed most of Tokyo, sinking three-quarters of the city into the Pacific Ocean. Ten years later, Ganta Igarashi is a seemingly ordinary ninth grader attending Nagano Prefecture's middle school who survived the great earthquake, leaving him with a normal life and no memories of the tragedy. This all changes when a mysterious person covered in blood and crimson armor floats through his classroom windows and massacres his entire class, but spares Ganta and embeds a red crystal shard into his chest. Within days of the massacre, Ganta is placed on trial as a suspect. Due to evidence rigged against him, he is sentenced to death at Deadman Wonderland, a prison that doubles as a theme park run by warden Tsunenaga Tamaki (who posed as Ganta's lawyer and was secretly responsible for the manipulated evidence). At the prison, Ganta is fitted with a special collar that monitors his location and vital signs. A lethal poison is constantly injected into his bloodstream through the collar, but it can be neutralized by consuming a peculiar candy-like medicine every three days, which can be acquired through various activities in the prison, such as performing for audiences, working backstage, and purchasing with Cast Points (a form of currency among inmates at Deadman Wonderland). To gather Cast Points, an inmate must participate in the facility's lethal games and survive. Fortunately for Ganta, he is aided by a mysterious albino girl named Shiro, who appears to know Ganta, and Yoh Takami, a fellow prisoner hoarding Cast Points to free his sister, who was imprisoned for murder after their mother neglected to protect her during the earthquake. While trying to survive as an inmate on death row, Ganta intends to find the "Red Man" to clear his name. In a bizarre twist, Ganta develops the ability to manipulate his blood, eventually becoming able to turn it into a weapon. Unbeknownst to Ganta, he has become one of the prison's "Deadmen," an isolated group of prisoners possessing the Branches of Sin, the capability to control their blood. After discovering his ability, Ganta is forced to participate in brutal gladiatorial death matches known as Carnival Corpse, whose anonymous spectators pay large amounts of money to watch. In his long struggle to survive, he manages to befriend some of those he fought in the arena and with their help, Ganta continues his quest to uncover the identity of the 'Red Man', why he turned into a Deadman, and the dark secrets the prison authorities are hiding.

Written and illustrated by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou, Deadman Wonderland was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace from April 26, 2007, to July 26, 2013. Kadokawa Shoten collected its chapters in 13 tankōbon volumes, released from September 21, 2007, to August 21, 2013. In North America, the manga was first licensed for English release by Tokyopop. The publisher released five volumes from February 9, 2010, to May 3, 2011, before ceasing its publication. The manga was later licensed by Viz Media, and the 13 volumes were released from February 11, 2014, to February 9, 2016.

On July 30, 2009, a retailers' solicitation sheet reported that an anime adaptation had been green-lit. It is animated by Manglobe and aired in Japan from April 17 to July 3, 2011. An original video animation episode was released on October 8, 2011, alongside the eleventh manga volume. The opening theme is "One Reason" by Fade and the ending theme is "Shiny Shiny" by Nirgilis. The series was licensed by Funimation in 2011. The anime was broadcast on the revived Toonami block from May 27 to August 12, 2012. The anime aired in North America on the Funimation Channel on December 1, 2012.

Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "One Reason" by Deadman Wonder Band (DWB) feat. Fade, while the ending is "Shiny Shiny" by DWB feat. NIRGILIS. The two themes are used in all 13 episodes. Certain characters also have their own image songs: Ganta, Shiro, Genkaku and Minatsuki all have songs; these songs are created by DWB and NIRGILIS, with each character's voice actor serving as vocalist.

Shiro's costume is featured in the video game Lollipop Chainsaw. It can be unlocked during gameplay by using the coins at the closet menu.

Deadman Wonderland is a manga series associated with Japan. Written and illustrated by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou, the series was serialised in Kadokawa Shoten’s shōnen manga publication Monthly Shōnen Ace between 26 April 2007 and 26 July 2013. Kadokawa Shoten compiled the individual magazine chapters into 13 tankōbon volumes, which were published from 21 September 2007 to 21 August 2013. Catalogue entries for comics and original comic art state issue, page, medium and any grading. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently. English-language distribution of the series involved multiple commercial entities. According to English Wikipedia, Tokyopop initially acquired the licensing rights for North American distribution, issuing five volumes from 9 February 2010 to 3 May 2011 before shuttering its North American publishing division in 2011. Open Library records show catalogued holdings for a 2010 edition as well as three catalogued editions from 2011. Following Tokyopop's closure, Viz Media secured the licence and released all 13 collected volumes between 11 February 2014 and 9 February 2016, a sequence reflected in Open Library entries for the first volume issued in 2014. The exact financial terms of these licensing agreements are not established in the available evidence.

The narrative of Deadman Wonderland is framed around a fictional cataclysm that devastated the Japanese mainland, submerging three-quarters of Tokyo into the Pacific Ocean. His life is disrupted when an armoured figure shrouded in blood, identified as the Red Man, attacks his classroom, slays his peers, and embeds a red crystal shard into Ganta’s chest. Falsely convicted of the massacre due to evidence manipulated by warden Tsunenaga Tamaki, Ganta is sentenced to death and incarcerated at Deadman Wonderland, a privately operated prison doubling as a public theme park. Inmates at the facility are fitted with lethal collars that administer poison unless counteracted by consuming a specialized medicine every three days, purchased using Cast Points earned through hazardous entertainment performances. Assisted by an albino girl named Shiro and a fellow prisoner named Yoh Takami, Ganta discovers his ability to manipulate his own blood as a weapon, designated a Branch of Sin. English Wikipedia notes that Ganta is categorized as a Deadman and forced to fight in gladiatorial matches known as Carnival Corpse for paying spectators. The precise physical origin of the red crystal shard remains unestablished in the provided documents.

On June 12, 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Culture listed Deadman Wonderland among 38 anime and manga titles banned in China.

On 12 June 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Culture formally placed Deadman Wonderland upon a blacklist of thirty-eight anime and manga titles prohibited from distribution within China. The formal listing placed the series among a group of Japanese media works targeted by state regulatory authorities, preventing its legal dissemination across Chinese territories. The specific administrative criteria or legal findings applied to individual works in the decree are not detailed within the public announcement. Beyond its core literary and animated formats, the aesthetic design of the series entered interactive media through licensing and character costume integrations. The costume worn by the central character Shiro was adapted into the console video game Lollipop Chainsaw. Players of the game are able to acquire and equip Shiro's outfit by exchanging accumulated in-game coins within the title's designated closet interface menu. The commercial circulation and international dissemination of the narrative span multiple publishing channels and broadcasting platforms. Created by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou, the original manga was serialised in Kadokawa Shoten's shōnen magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace between April 2007 and July 2013, with Kadokawa Shoten compiling the narrative into thirteen tankōbon volumes. The North American English edition was initially licensed by Tokyopop, which issued five volumes from February 2010 to May 2011 prior to the cessation of its North American operations. Subsequently, Viz Media acquired licensing rights for the region, publishing all thirteen volumes from February 2014 to February 2016. Open Library maintains catalogued bibliographic records covering these North American editions, including early releases from 2010 and 2011 as well as volume one from 2014. The media franchise expanded into television animation with a twelve-episode series animated by Manglobe, which aired in Japan between April and July 2011 based on the first twenty-one chapters of the manga, followed by an original video animation released in October 2011 alongside the eleventh tankōbon volume. The anime was licensed by Funimation in 2011 and subsequently broadcast in North America on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block between May and August 2012, followed by a broadcast on the Funimation Channel in December 2012.