Dead Leaves

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Japanese: デッド　リーブス

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 16, 2004

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: Manga Entertainment

Studios: Production I.G

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Themes: Gore, Super Power

Duration: 52 min.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 7.20¹ (scored by 44,123 users)

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Ranked: #3496²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #2326

Members: 100,775

Favorites: 712

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Synopsis

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.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Retro

Main

Yamaguchi, Kappei
Japanese

Pandy

Main

Honda, Takako
Japanese

Drill, Chinko

Supporting

Tobita, Nobuo
Japanese

666

Supporting

Iwata, Mitsuo
Japanese

Dr. Yabu

Supporting

Takagi, Wataru
Japanese

777

Supporting

Yanada, Kiyoyuki
Japanese

Galactica

Supporting

Mizutani, Yuuko
Japanese

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Morishita, Katsuji

Producer

Imaishi, Hiroyuki

Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Character Design, Animation Director

Fujiyama, Fusanobu

Sound Director

Scott-Frazier, Jan

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Ending Theme

"The Moon" by DJ SHINKAWA vs Future Breeze

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Aug 26, 2025

HERMIT_PAIMON

Recommended

I thought I had seen it all, then I saw dead leaves
There is 0 plot here, so go on ahead an just pay attention to the animation and the quick fire adult jokes. Once you realize this movie is strictly about escaping out the window of reality, you can thoroughly enjoy this film.
There isn't any hidden or underlying theories which we usually get in these kind of movies . This is just peka brian rot stuff .
The main point which is director trying to convey that sometimes we need drugs , animation or simply both to escape from reality or pointless life which usually ...

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Jan 15, 2013

angelsreview

Mixed Feelings

This is a kind of rather wacky and out of control, kind of like FLCL and SuperJail. I will not have you watch this without a warning, this show is really over the top, packed with sex, poop, gore, and pretty much any type of joke around. Those who take offence to any of this or are young children should leave the room, as I will probably be talking about stuff like that in this review. Are they gone? Alright, back to the review.

This show is, hard to actually review as it’s that type of humor that you either get it or you don’t. Its ... not something you can actually explain well or have a large discussion about because then it loses its humor. We all know (or at least any Otaku out there who watches anime can tell you) how strange and odd Japan is. Frankly, I believe it’s partly because of how strict their country was on honor, morals, and codes of conduct. Those who did not have these standards had to hid or be killed. With that little bit of history, I can see why they have something like this. It’s out of control including many scenes of sex and gore. Many different… should I really call them ‘fetishes’ are pronounced in here like tubes up the ass and all manner of gross images I can never unsee.

The story has an interesting storyline, and YES, it does have one. They actually didn’t just throw crap into it and try to make a show off of something that doesn’t have consistency. It follows two main characters, Pandy and Retro as they call themselves, who one day wake up without any idea who they are or what they are doing naked near a futuristic Tokyo. They start on a crime spree and it takes no time for them to be caught and sent to the moon prison where they find that they and so many others are rejected clones. They try to free themselves and that’s as far as I can go without spoiling anything more. If I read into it, and I have to review such a thing, I would consider this more of the dangers of mass cloning and those trying to figure out their place in life. I can only guess that because there is very little to work with. We got a bunch of rejected clones fighting to have their own life.

The animation, lets face it, its god awful, not looking like the banner or cover at all. But yet, I have to say this is one of those shows that I really didn’t care much. Similar to Panty and Stocking, it has its own interesting spin, although creepy. All the shadows are done in black, leaving rather jagged edges to even more jagged characters. Sometimes it’s hard to pick out what are backgrounds and what’s a character because the bodies elongate and squash depending on the scene, sometimes filling the whole screen to the point that they look more like a strange deformed background. It doesn’t help that everything is a mass of oddly shaped colors pieced together like a puzzle. A lot of times when Pandy is pregnant, her belly changes shape, growing and shrinking from scene to scene.The aliens are actually rather creative, including an alien that has a dick that’s a drill (Although I really freaken don’t want to know more about him!).

The English voices are actually pretty good, being dubbed to each character. Jaxon Lee and Amanda Winn-Lee do pretty good jobs as Retro and Pandy, playing off each others personalities as well as keep the characters interesting. Pandy is almost always in monotone, while Retro seems not able to hold himself back and has a tone of energy (think sort of like Naruto from Naruto and Haruko from FLCL had a kid). The music is pretty fast paced and retro sounding, almost like some old action adventure game, but with a lot of techno after tones that make it more sci-fi feeling.

It’s not something I would really watch again, but it was interesting none the less.

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Jul 28, 2021

Ashkody

Not Recommended

Funny

The plot of this anime was a big mess. There was a lot of filler and segg. I would never recommend it to anyone. Biggest waste of time, in my opinion. Very weird script and innuendos. If I remember correctly the voice actors did a poor job; I watched in sub. When there was action happening, there was too much happening on screen to focus. Messy production as well. Personally, this is my least favorite anime I have ever seen. The main characters were more perverted than 'Food Wars' or Mineta from BNHA.

Filler Filler Filler Filler Filler ...

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