Deadman Wonderland

In this world of destroyed Tokyo there is a series of 12, 22 minute episodes that tell the story of a convicted child murderer. This series came out in Japan in 2011 and America in 2012.

Now as you may be able to gather from the picture, this is a violent series. The very first episode shows an ordinary middle school kid Ganta chatting with his friends before class. When suddenly there is a flying person out the window and everything goes red. Ganta awakens to see blood everywhere and all of his classmates dead. The man goes up to him and melts a crystal into his chest. Then Ganta is convicted of the slaughter of his entire class and is then sent to Deadman Wonderland. A prison/amusement park where the prisoners have to work to survive by performing for audiences and crowds of tourists. 

Ganta soon realizes how hard his life is, but further realizes that he wants to fight to survive. Then starts the supernatural stuff. Ganta is infected with a virus known as Branch of Sin that allows the infected to control their own blood and use it as a weapon. Each persons Branch of Sin is different, allowing for different types of weapons to manifest. Ganta's BoS is a gun like weapon while others are similar to a sword or whip or even as an explosive sphere. 

Ganta finally is entered into the hidden cell block G where all the inmates are forced to fight each other with their Branch of Sin. The loser either is dead, or plays a slot machine game where they lose a body part. The body part could be as small as a tooth (even small, they will remove this while you are awake without anesthesia), all the way up to a leg or an organ. Of course these battles are time sensitive no matter who you are as you are literally losing your own blood with each attack and defense.

I loved this series. It is violent with some sexuality that is there but not over the top (at least in my opinion). The series earns a solid 11 out of 11. It lost half a point on dialog, but earned it back with impressiveness.