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“Amnesiac duo Retro and Pandy escape mutant-filled Moon prison after causing chaos and leading a prison break.”
Dead Leaves
デッド リーブス
7.2
3,622 rank · 101,698 viewers · 718 favorites
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Comedy
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Gore
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Synopsis
Amnesiac duo Retro and Pandy escape mutant-filled Moon prison after causing chaos and leading a prison break.
Shortly after waking up in an unknown street with no clothes or memories, Retro and Pandy team up and begin a life of thrill chasing and violence. Retro's wild antics and Pandy's carefree personality make them the perfect partners in crime to cause mayhem wherever they strike. When an accidental mistake lands them behind bars, Retro and Pandy are sent to Dead Leaves—a high-security prison on the Moon. Once there, they soon discover that the other inmates are clones, all products of genetic mutation experiments. With nothing better to do, they escape from their cell and lead a prison break with the other captives. Armed with a crew of mutants and a hunger for havoc, the chaotic duo begins their wacky escape.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 54 sampled reviews
7.1
/10
What 54 viewers settled on.
82%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.57
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.57 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.2 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 2.1
Yes
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Score over time
↑ 0.09
Running avg · Feb 2008 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “A visual masterpiece that shatters cookie-cutter anime conventions—just watch it, no analysis needed. Pandy and Retro drag you through a looping mind trip that keeps your eyeballs glued and your...”
- 9 “Dead Leaves delivers a blast of unconventional animation and off-kilter humor that rewards viewers with a taste for the bizarre, especially when its breakneck pace spawns hilariously awkward...”
- 9 “Retro’s old-school masculinity and the kool female lead make this a firme, hardcore pleasure to watch all the way through. The story does lose some steam near the end, but that doesn’t kill the...”
Verbosity
Short · 43%
Medium · 31%
Long · 26%
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A Movie Production
Production I.G.- Format 1 × 52′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 52m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2004 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-0880 catalog
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- Manga Entertainment Licensor