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Deadman Wonderland
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Romi Park
Ganta Igarashi (voice)
12 eps
Kana Hanazawa
Shiro (voice)
12 eps
Megumi Takamoto
Mimi (voice)
1 eps
Kenji Sugimura
Mimi's Father (voice)
1 eps
Takeshi Maruyama
Kazumasa Kouzuji (voice)
1 eps
Shohei Kajikawa
Yamakatsu (voice)
2 eps
Yuka Saitou
En (voice)
1 eps
Akira Harada
Kazuya Itadaki (voice)
1 eps
Yuki Kaji
You Takami (voice)
8 eps
Kengo Kawanishi
Matayoshi (voice)
1 eps
Takao Mizuno
Koumoto (voice)
2 eps
Masayoshi Sugawara
Ueshima (voice)
1 eps
Masaaki Itatori
Kosugi (voice)
2 eps
Saeko Zogo
Harumi (voice)
1 eps
Mina
Rei Takashima (voice)
4 eps
Junichi Suwabe
Tsunenaga Tamaki (voice)
11 eps
Takako Honda
Makina (voice)
9 eps
Chika Horikawa
Kyouko Kasuga (voice)
7 eps
Masayuki Katou
Kiyomasa Senji (voice)
7 eps
Iori Nomizu
Minatsuki Takami (voice)
3 eps
Hiroshi Naka
Rin'ichirou Hagire (voice)
3 eps
Kumiko Ito
Karako Koshio (voice)
6 eps
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Genkaku Azuma (voice)
6 eps
Daisuke Ono
Nagi Kengamine (voice)
5 eps
Jun Fukuyama
Bundou Rokuro (voice)
4 eps
Ayumi Yonemaru
Obara (voice)
4 eps
Natsumi Takamori
Hibana Daida (voice)
3 eps
Minoru Hirota
Gazuchi Mouzuri (voice)
2 eps
Hiroto Kazuki
Mr. Aohi (voice)
2 eps
Miyuki Sawashiro
Toto Sakigami (voice)
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Deadman Wonderland actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Deadman Wonderland reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He's framed for the carnage, sentenced to die, and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. And then it gets worse.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 12 episodes.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
Crow Claw
Ganta is locked away in Tamaki’s lab after tangling with Senji, who wields powers similar to his own. While quarantined, Ganta learns more about his new abilities - and discovers that he’ll soon have to use them in a fight to the death.
- Directed by Tomoaki Ohta
S01E01
Death Row Inmate
Ganta quickly learns of the very real dangers lurking around every corner in Deadman Wonderland. He soon meets the unusual Shiro, and while defending her from other inmates, discovers a strange new power within himself.
- Directed by Ryuichi Kimura
- Written by Yasuyuki Muto
S01E02
Antidote (Candy)
In order to earn “cast points” that he can use to buy antidote for the poison injected by his collar, Ganta goes head to head with one of the prison’s toughest inmates in a deadly obstacle course.
- Directed by Tatsuya Igarashi
- Written by Yasuyuki Muto
S01E03
G Block
Unable to afford antidote, Ganta faces his impending death - until You comes to his rescue. Later, after learning that the Red Man might be an inmate, Ganta, Shiro, and You venture into the secluded G Block to find the truth.
- Directed by Yasuhiro Geshi
- Written by Yasuyuki Muto
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E02
Textless Opening
S00E01
Wielder of the Red Knife
S01E12
Relief (Grateful Dead)
- Directed by Koichi Hatsumi, Tatsuya Igarashi
- Written by Yasuyuki Muto
S01E11
Gig of Despair
- Directed by Akitoshi Yokoyama
- Written by Yasuyuki Muto
S01E10
Caretaker (Undertaker)
S01E09
Pro-oxidant (Worm Eater)
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Takashi ImamotoProducer
- Takashi KouchiyamaProducer
Writing
- Yasuyuki MutoWriter
Direction
- Yasuhiro GeshiDirector
- Koichi HatsumiDirector
- Tomoaki OhtaDirector
- Ryuichi KimuraDirector
- Tatsuya IgarashiDirector
- Akitoshi YokoyamaDirector
Cinematography
- Takeshi KatsurayamaDirector of Photography
Music
- NARASAKIOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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