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Aura_Familia

By Aura_Familia,
Posted on: 2012-05-16 16:50 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture

 

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Wow...Deadman Wonderland is a seriously messed up show. They must sentence every criminal on that planet to that prison, given the high rate of turnover of convicts.
DW is Japan's only prison in the show's setting. So, yeah, all Japanese criminals get sent there, regardless of what their crimes are.

 

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DW is Japan's only prison in the show's setting. So, yeah, all Japanese criminals get sent there, regardless of what their crimes are.
Death sentence for jaywalking. Overkill...but effective. You'd think there'd be no crime whatsoever in that country.

It kinda reminds me of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode where Skinner and the rest of the teachers turn into cannibals with the students.


 

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Death sentence for jaywalking. Overkill...but effective. You'd think there'd be no crime whatsoever in that country.

It kinda reminds me of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode where Skinner and the rest of the teachers turn into cannibals with the students.
Actually, last night's episode made it pretty clear the general public is unaware of just how lethal DW is. The audience at the race seemed to think all the deaths were just special effects.

 

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Actually, last night's episode made it pretty clear the general public is unaware of just how lethal DW is. The audience at the race seemed to think all the deaths were just special effects.
You would think the families of the inmates would think something is up when their relative goes in for a six month stint but never comes back out.

There's not whole lot of special effects that can cover up someone splatting onto the ground or getting impaled in a spike pit in a live scenario. The gunfire and electrocution? Ya, that could be played at sfx.


 

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Glad Toonami is back.

That last episode of Deadman Wonderland disturbed me a bit. Gunfire I can get, pendulums I can get, but when it gets to the point where people are dissolving to death in a corrosive gas... squick.

But at least the shows have teeth now. The death and gore is done as a serious part of the show, instead of the wanton gore that occupied the other shows for comedy. That stuff just isn't funny to me, but at least it sets the tone of the show. Though if every episode is going to be like that I may find myself just tuning out.


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I had just the opposite opinion about the violence in DMW. It started out being somewhat serious and disturbing, but in this week's episode it was ridiculous and over the top, reminding me of (like what someone above said) an anime version of "Superjail!".

And so far that's what DMW seems like to me. Superjail but with an actual story arc attached. Even the warden SUPER reminds me of the warden from Superjail, always smiling, with those glasses. He just needs a top hat and he'd be the perfect likeness. And the main guard lady is somewhat like the main guard "lady" in Superjail, very... uncompromisingly violent.

I'll keep watching for now, but it hasn't hooked me yet.

As for Casshern, I'm not sure how well it'll do. As I recall from watching fansubs, this week's episode is... fairly indicative of what to expect from the series as a whole. A bit plodding, generally depressing, and ultimately doesn't lead anywhere. It LOOKS really nice in my opinion, and there are a couple of interesting robot-on-robot fights later on. But I probably would've preferred the older 90s OVAs that they showed on the Sci-Fi channel years ago, or even the original 70s series. (Though admittedly I haven't actually seen the original series.)

Something I'm also very grateful for though is that they're actually showing these two new series in FULL HD, and not just stretching out their letterbox versions on the HD channel. Both DMW and Casshern look beautiful in HD. Now if they'd just do the same for GITS and FMA, I might rewatch those.

 

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Wow...Minatsuki is the craziest ***** I think I've ever seen in an anime. Also, headbutt for the win! Literally!

I wonder what they have in store, given Tom's spiel tonight about reruns...


 

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I watch 6-7 episodes of Casshem Sins on Netflix. I really wanted to like it. Everything about it interested me, story, themes, art style. Somehow execution and how the story was told just killed it for me.


 

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I must put this on facebook noa. My friends must know!