Gantz

So it's called "action anime"? Oh well... The first two or three episodes were really interesting and teasing for me. I noticed high quality of animation and expected exciting plot based on popular yet not used out conception "survival-game". I thought it would be something like "Cube" movie, with secrets and psychological analysis. But after that... I started to understand something was wrong when the green-Frankenstein-like-clawed-monster ran after characters for about 3 episodes in a row, spilled a lot of blood (well, generally, I'm not against violence, I loved it much in Elfen Lied, Afrosamurai and all that), and the Almighty-Heroes just held their Mega-Blasters and ranranran. And for half an episode the main char couldn't kill trapped monster... well, I've seen lots of sentimental Hollywood blockbusters where superheroes can't kill people... But damn, they don't hesitate for SO long! In fact, they simply don't have so much time, american time is too expensive. And now, as I woke up after sleeping (I mean "watching-these-last-pathetic-episodes-where-characters-still-didn't-learn-how-to-fire-their-guns"), I can remember two real advantages of this anime: energetic opening theme and cute big-breasted chan (looking at her I understand this perv K-chan with constant erection, hehe). They say manga is better. Well, I'll try to read, I'll really do my best... until someone else says "No, I can't shoot them".

To simply put "Gantz" in one word? Fuckin' Awsome. Gantz had everything any anime fan or emo person could want, Twisted Plot, Amazing desgin, blood, gore, nudity and the occasional awkard ness with a hot chick. If you liked elfen lied or any hentai ever made with action in it, then this anime is for you. I absolutely loved it and Im still reading the manga. P.S. I know where you can read the manga for free online, the only problem is that it comes out like, every 2 - 3 weeks, and its annoying to wait for such a materpeice. Messege me for the link.

One of the worst anime series ever The story is incredibly dull, occasionally attempting complexity but failing miserably, Some parts are so absurd that you wonder if the writers even know what they're doing. There's no depth or thought, just a jumble of scattered ideas. It's like a child jotting down a fleeting thought but not knowing how to develop it. The characters are terrible, boring at best and annoying at worst. They don't feel like real people, just clichéd stereotypes, You can't understand their motivations or motivations, Their dialogue feels forced and uncomfortable, It's difficult to engage with the characters because the writing offers no reason to. The world-building is also disappointing. The world feels empty and incomplete, with illogical or unexplained rules. It's like a backdrop placed solely to push a weak story forward. The mystery elements are repetitive and predictable, relying on clichés. There's no suspense or discovery. The same old formula is repeated over and over again. Then comes the animation, which is one of the show's worst aspects. It's not just bad, it's bland. The characters move stiffly. The action sequences are boring. Every frame feels unfinished and lacks detail. The work feels like it was never completed. There's no creativity or visual identity. Nothing distinguishes it. The animation is so bad that it's a distraction from trying to improve it. In short, this anime is a failure by all measures: the story, the characters, the world-building, and the animation. There's nothing about it that makes it worth watching. It's not just disappointing, it feels like a waste of time from beginning to end. Honestly, it's not even worth trying.

Gantz is by far one of the most mean-spirited, misanthropic, hateful, cynical, depressing, cruel, and heartless anime series I've ever seen. AND IT IS SO AWESOME! Gantz can pretty much be described in one phrase: COCKADOODLE DOO, MOTHERFUCKER! This may sound like a "so bad, it's good" type of show. But I can ensure you it is anything but. Gantz is the kind of show you either love or hate. And people tend to love it or hate it for the same reasons. Gantz is filled to the brim with sex, gore, and profanity. This will either be why you hate it, or the reason you love it. As for me, I absolutely love this show. It is so absurdly hateful and cruel to its characters that you can't help but bask in awe of the sheer amount of hate that oozes from the pores of humanity (as represented in the show). Gantz is essentially Japanese MiB with an extremely mature twist. There's a mysterious black ball called Gantz that forces recently deceased (and resurrected) Japanese cit is ensure into a life-or-death Battle Royale against aliens. Talk about an absurdly entertaining premise. It holds promise for tons of action. However, the characters spend more time talking and arguing than they do fighting aliens. Each encounter with the absurd kind takes up massive chunks of the 24 episodes (both seasons). This is mostly because the pacing is absurdly slow. If you thought Monster or Shiki were really slow, you have yet to experience the insane pacing of Gantz. Normally slow pacing would be considered a flaw. But like all of Gantz's other flaws, I see it as part of the show's charm. One positive of the pacing Is that it immerses you in the situation. When I watched this series, I binged it all in one sitting, and it's easy to see why. Gantz absorbed me into the world. Where I felt like I was right there next to the characters. And part of why is actually the slow af pacing. Everyone in Gantz is a completely unlikeable, hateful, selfish, degenerate asshole! AND IT IS AWESOME! Many of the characters in Gantz are so unlikeable, that they come right back round to likeable. This is especially the case for the main character, Kei Kurono. Keith started off as a selfish, perverted, asshole douchebag, but he eventually developed into a rather likeable protagonist. Kind of hard to believe, but it happens. Especially in the second season. Keith goes from asshole to pervert to badass to reluctant hero. And man, his development was one hell of a ride. As for the other characters. Kato, his "best friend" is the other likeable character. He's the only legitimately good person in all of Gantz (manga not included). He is a caring older brother, a good friend, a responsible paragon of sorts. Though he is a bit of a crybaby in the second season (though he had good reasons) Then there's Kei Kishimoto. She's basically just Tits McGee. She contributes little other than getting in the way (and having big tits). While she is a likeable and memorable character, she didn't feel like a very useful character to have around. Other characters include Nishi, the cold-hearted veteran with ruthless resolve (he's a bit weird, but I quite liked him), Muroto, a sadistic evil fuck who kills homeless people for fun, and many more. So yeah, the characters tend to be absurdly unlikeable. But once again, that's part of Gantz's charm. Just like how Gantz itself always makes jokes at the cast's expense, so does the anime blow our minds with how cruel it is. Gantz has really dated CG environments blended with 2D characters. It makes for a really jarring visual spectacle. It is very inconsistent. It looks very much like a video game. Boy, do the 3D computer generated environments make everything look absurd. While this would normally be a bad thing, this jarring and inconsistent animation somehow works in Gantz's favor. The character designs are cool and stylish. The Gantz suits are especially appealing to look at. The aliens each a have very interesting designs as well, especially the Buddhist Temple Aliens, which have a very artistic look to them. Gantz has a very weird blend of hand drawn and CG animation that looks rather dated by today's standards. But regardless, it looks amazing precisely because of this. This being said, Gantz does have some great animation whenever it stops using CG So? Sub or Dub? Definitely Dub. Dub is better because it more accurately reflects how cruel and heartless the show is. The English voice actors just do a better job at conveying a really hateful, onpbnoxious, and stupid cast. The Japanese version doesn't really capture the absurd and ironic awesomeness of the series. The OST is a tricky one. It has so many great tracks that we can hear while watching. But the real problem arises when you try and Google the OST to listen to the full score. The problem being that the OST cannot be found ANYWHERE. Believe me, I've looked far and wide. It is a damn shame that we simply cannot find it. (If you can find it, lemme know). From what we can piece together in the series, the ost is rather kickass. The opening is really fun and gets you pumped up. It's much like a warmup routine. It gets you prepared for the various absurdities and emotional gut-punches you will experience. And the ending theme has a certain appeal to it, as it is slower and allows you to rest. Gantz is an anime with tons of problems, but i cant help but love its bravado. These "problems" would be legit were it any other series. BUT THIS IS GANTZ! The problems don't work against the show. They, more or less, add to the experience I stead of taking away. Joking aside, Gantz is a show with some really emotional and sad scenes scattered throughout, as no character is safe from death. However, other than that, Gantz can't help but make me smile at how damn awesome Gantz is. I give the entire Gantz anime series a 8/10. Thanks for rreading.

Ok. Let me begin. This is my first review on an anime. Gantz is a very brutal, grusome, gorish anime with a lot of tragic incidents and people dying. They wanted to do an anime like Battle Royal or Elfen Lied, but they couldn't make it, so they did "Gantz". Character (6/10) The characters I like it sometimes and sometimes not. They didn't explain and develop well the characters because they were not good characters. They were simply not humans, didn't had emotions or anything. They just kill and kill. [spoiler] When I think about titles like Elfen Lied and Battle Royale, they're violent, but they succeed because the protagonists at least have something to them that makes them human. There's something about them that you identify with, that despite all the horrible things they do, you can tell they're trying to rise above it. Just because circumstances force them to become monsters, they don't have to stay that way -- they can redeem themselves or at least try. [/spoiler] Art and Music (8/10) At the same time, this is one of the best animated television shows I've seen in years. The artwork is gorgeous, the character designs are beautiful, and the blending of the CG and cel style just looks good. Technically, it's one of Gonzo's best; they also pushed the envelope in that sense, and did it right. The music om the show, both the score and the songs, are awesome. The opening ("Super Shooter") is by Rip Slyme, one of the most popular and skilled Japanese rap groups out there. (Yeah, Japanese rap -- and it's fun!) Gantz is really the pinnacle of anime exploitation. In trying to be edgy and relevant, Gantz glorifies everything that is seen to be bad about manga and anime, and makes you ashamed to be human in the process

Overall Wow, this was a different anime. Perhaps not the best, but very different. More mature content than the average series, with gore, slime and tits everywhere. Animation The graphics give a dark and gloomy feel, which is cool. Blood and dismemberment look good and is better presented than in, for example, Elfen lied. The characters are not great, though. They look rather plain and "normal". Sure, this is an anime about normal people, but the dull characher design was one of the letdowns of this anime. Still, a high score for all the splatter and the dark theme. Sound Nice intro/outro themes and background music. The voice acting is alright, but there are waay too much "eh, uh, ah" moaning of people hesitating. Gets on my nerves. Story Wierd but interesting story of people being forced to play deadly games. The actual "Gantz" plot doesn't develop too much, though. Instead, the series focus on the people in it, and their moral dilemmas, like "when is it alright to kill?". Somewhat interesting, but there is way too much "people pointing guns at stuff but get paralyzed by hesitation". Character Most of the characters are only temporary, but some are very memorable. Kei, the main character, is a very interesting fellow; not really a good guy, but more of an egoist. There are lots of character development, but since most people die pretty fast, it doesn't go very deep. Value I don't regret watching this one at all, it was a unique experience. Sure, it could have been better, but I'll watch this again just for the uniqueness. In a couple of years. Hopefulle there is a 2nd season on its way.

Before I started watching this show a while back, I've been informed of how imperfect it was, and how better the manga was in a lot of ways , so i can't say i was disappointed with this anime at all, since my expectations were that high to begin with, but I'm not saying that this show was entirely bad, because even though I can notice some major flaws in this adaptation, it certainly had some qualities that made the show worth watching. Side-note: This anime is sadistic as fuck. Story : 7/10 Gantz tells the story of our protagonist Kei Kurono meeting up with his childhood friend Katou in the subway by chance after not seeing each other in a very long time, as the two were chatting, Katou notices a homeless man on the train tracks, but right after they help the man, they get hit by the subway train and get killed, now suddenly our two characters find themselves trapped in an apartment with some other people that had a near death experience be their last memory too, in the room there's also a big pitch-black sphere called Gantz, Kei and the others are now forced to fight aliens and gain points. now the set-up is very interesting and exciting, and it just makes you beg for more after every episode, but sadly this anime has one of the most anti-climatic endings I've seen, but it definitely had some exciting episodes that grabbed you by the balls, since everyone in this anime is constantly wearing a red shirt and it actually kept you on the edge of your seat at times ,but I'm very glad that the manga continues after that mediocre ending. Animation : 7/10 Gantz was produced by Gonzo, the same studio that brought us Bokurano, Hellsing and Gankutsuou, but Gonzo is far from perfect, even though they can have some amazing and thrilling action scenes here and there, they are known for using very bad CGI that would stick out like Kurono on Viagra , most of the scenes looked solid with a small amount of flaws, so other than the CGI the rest of the visuals were acceptable, nothing that would drop the quality of the anime overall. Sound : 7/10 The Japanese Dub was good, but the English Dub on the other hand was a little mediocre, with the emotions of the characters being misrepresented quite often, but watch the dub if you can overlook some shitty voice acting for irrelevant characters that are going to die in a few minutes anyway, the sound effects were pretty good, the soundtrack always matched the atmosphere of the scenes really well, and Christopher Ayres's Kurono Kei was surprisingly above average. Characters : 4/10 Our main character Kei Kurono is a perverted teenager that comes off as a complete twat at first , but he does get a good amount of development throughout the second half of the series. Katou is just a big pussy that you're gonna hate because of how useless he can be sometimes, and Kei Kishimoto is pretty much just an autistic version of Sakura from Naruto but with huge tits. Most of the side characters die just after getting introduced, the kill-count for this show is like Game of Thrones on crack, Don't get too attached to the characters because every single one has a high chance of getting killed at any moment, one character that i should mention is Nishi, he may not be the most original character ever but he was really interesting compared to most of the other side characters that were so bland that the writers, pretty much the only character that got any kind of development is Kurono Kei himself. Enjoyment : 8/10 Even though this anime had its problems, the fun and enjoyment that you get while watching anime is never about storytelling or character development, it's just about the mindless action and intense fight scenes , you can watch this anime just for the excitement and action if that's entertaining enough for you on it's own. Overall : 7/10 Gantz was quite an enjoyable ride, and i would definitely recommend it to anyone that has any interest for the action genre, even though it's quite mediocre on a critical standpoint, i think it would be worth your time. However, what i think you should do right now is that you should go watch the anime, and right after you're done with it, go start the manga on chapter 90 (since that's where it goes right after the ending of the anime) , and that's where gantz gets really good and exciting.

It REALLY pisses me off how people put down the anime, Gantz in most of the reviews on here. This is an awesome anime besides what most people think. Gantz, is a diamond in the rough because of its surreal feel that provides a look at the darkest aspects of human behavior and the human mind, by letting you get to know the characters from the inside out. Characters think out loud in some sorta stream of consciousness, showing that which is normally left unheard. This keeps the phrase/cliché “show the evils of humanity through children” theme from being dull. In combination with the uniqueness of the situation, the character's thoughts make Gantz an intriguing watch. A creative use of the human logic and the raw look at the best and worst of humanity makes Gantz more than a gore-fest, but an OUTSTANDING series. Yeah i think they could have taken it farther since the Manga goes on Forever, but i think it was a great series altogether. Yes, sex in the anime, violence in the anime, doubtlessly made it attractive; one could even argue that the makers of the anime are making a statement based on how we are drawn in by our own nature, or apprehensive thoughts in this messed up society we all live today, where some human lives are worth less than others. In the end, there is nothing that cannot make Gantz both a great work of art and a great creative success because to me art is suppose to shock you, and this series did exactly that. This is why I believe Gantz is a perfect unique piece, regardless of how great the manga was. You don't have to agree with my convictions/analysis, but I just hope that it could lead people to reexamine their initial approach to this amazing anime. check out my page when you get the chance :P

Gantz is an anime that I heard mix reviews about from other anime fans,some said it was an exciting unique work,while others relegated it to gutter trash.Kei Kurono is your typical foul-mouth horny teen.One day while at the train station he meets an old friend and the two of them while helping to save a drunk homeless guy who had passed out on the tracks gets killed by the train. To their amazement they somehow survive and finds themselves in a room with other people who have recolections of dieing themselves.one of the individuals a male teen tell them that they died but then were brought back by gantz,a huge black ball that gives them information of individuals they need to hunt.As the series progress they will later find out that they need a total of 100 point gathered from every suspects that they individually kill in order to get their normal lifes back. Now gantz is an anime that portrays a world of constant negativity.Everything that can go wrong does.Nothing good ever happens,all the thought of people are wicked and immoral is some way.whether its pervertion,bullying or child abuse its all negative. Flaws of the show.At the very first episode when Kei Kurono and his friend got killed by the train it was due to the fact that for some ridiculous reason they thought it would be better to try and outrun the train rather than to just climb back up unto the passenger platform which the anime portrayed as being to high to climb even though it was only a few feet tall.the scenario just seemed as a mediocre way to develop the plot {would had been more realistic just to have them robbed then killed,}.The characters while not being unique or memorable are fairly interesting, it was good to see their interaction between the real world and the world of the gantz. This show also have unnecessary amount of perversion and fan service which i thought was just silly at times.The animation isn't that great either,the characters have pretty basic details and the Overall surrounding is just ok.The series did get slightly better at the end and hopefully season 2 is a great improvement

this was an extremely unique idea that was poorly elaborated upon. the characters seemed to have little common sense, not to mention that the main character was huge horny bitch. this anime disgusted me and anyone who will defend this trash is a moron

I do not even know where to begin with. So I'll do my analysis the same way the anime showed: with sloppiness and really messy because it's not even worth the time to do a serious analysis. This anime has a very slow pace, very bad scene montage and cutscenes. The firstfruits is good, but the characters and the way they are shown is all bad. Shallow characters, who talk a lot but have little to say. The anime is lost with half of it worrying about showing bullies being bullies with others for free or not (seriously the main plot could be summarized in 6 episodes of so much waste made by the script) and some fan services, also free and many of them unnecessary that only delay the main focus of the plot and the narrative. And it does so because it does, without evolving the script, plot and characters. When we have the action scenes, the characters start to make surreal decisions that clearly run away from any human rationality to the point that you hope they die. Speaking of hoping they die, the narrative makes you start to feel disgusted with the protagonist and that disgust only increases more and more until the end because he is despicable. The narrative is told slowly and even slower are the action scenes, making the anime boring to watch. To get an idea, the script is so slow that it arrives at the end of the 13 episodes and they only faced 2 different races of aliens! Anyway. Terrible direction that lost more than half of the anime with creation, presentation and narrative plastering of totally disposable and not at all fluid situations! Note 4. And, honestly, this anime having a 7 on MAL must be from old grades because for the time maybe it could be a good thing. But still, even for the time it is a very high note. Let's see the second season. But I believe that, apparently, with 13 episodes, nothing will last and I already have a view that it is another great first fruit wasted! Damn Kim Kataguiri who referred me to this. It was a total waste of time!

Okay, where to start... It seems to me that Gantz is underrated by the general anime community due to the gore in the series, yet if you can move past that I believe that there is a profound element that shines through in this series... namely a bold take on the meaning of life. It seems that the critics of Gantz are unable to appreciate the amplification of the qualities that make us human behind the violence that is prevalent throughout the series. If you are torn asunder between watching this series or not, be bold and watch it, despite the reviews created by people who are afraid of the possibility of non-absolutism (in the traditional sense) of life and are henceforth unable to even pose the question of a Gantz-like scenerio. Aha! This is precicesly the point of this show, you will feel strong emotions while watching it, but as any free person, attempt to at least consider the show's perspective and you may learn something valuable about existence in general. The cruelty that humans are capable of imposing upon fellow humans is appalling, yet Gantz just brushes upon, with great brevity, some of the atrocities humans commit against one another. If you cant accept this simple fact you are too weak to appreciate this series. Character development in the show is especially impressive, as the protagonist changes when faced with dire circumstances. He MUST become the hero and BE the person with no fear to help the humans around him to survive. Please excuse the disorganization of this review but consider this when thinking of Gantz: this series epitomizes the beauty of life by forcing people to break their daily habit of living, (going to work, eating, passing away) and deciding what makes going through the pain of breaking their routine to accomplish something worth it. Essentially posing the question.. Why is going through the pain and horrors of life worth it if their is no after-life (in this scenario)? And then giving answers in an ambiguous way that many fear for most people don't want to hear it (need absolutism) but... I interpret this series to say that life is not a question to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Sorry about the grammer throughout, and not trying to shatter any beliefs here but a test of a strong mind is the ability to consider possible perspectives and their implications.. to watch this series you need to assume that there is no morality other than that which is created by the herd instinct of society. Additionally that no "higher" justice will befall wrongdoers. Hope you learn something from this animation!

It’s a wonderful thing when a scene doesn’t have to rely on constant dialogue and allows other elements such as music or maybe even silence to combine with what’s happening on screen be it atmospheric or action based to deliver more powerful story telling than what words alone can do. If you have no idea what I was just talking about then you will probably like Gantz First Stage because all it is, is characters talking, shouting, talking or shouting across each other, screaming, crying, complaining, whining, you get the picture. To sum up the experience of watching this anime in one word it would be "headache", because that’s mostly what I got out of this noise fest. The only reason I give it a 6 instead of a 4 or a 3 is because the parts outside of the terrible action scenes were done so well in my opinion that it brought the whole thing up somewhat. Let me break it down. Story – Just like with Afro Samurai (the first Anime I reviewed, this is the second) the plot makes no sense. From what I understand when a person dies in a specific area of Japan they are transported into a room with whoever else died that night or survived their last mission and they have to work together with the people in the room and destroy the aliens they are told to by this big black sphere called Gantz. They are given a powerful futuristic weapon and protection suit each and if the “subjects” let’s call these dead people that are brought back refuse to cooperate and make a run for it the government sends down a satellite beam that blows their heads off. Why the government need random people that happen to die to kill these aliens instead of handling it themselves with skilled men goes beyond me, especially considering all the aliens in this series are complete jokes. Of course it’s supposed to be a story about human nature, perhaps even an experiment. What happens when there become no rules, when a human is put in a situation where their animalistic nature can get the better of them and allow themselves to go nuts in their alien hunt mission? It’s a good idea but just not executed too well. Let me sum up how one of these alien encounters goes. Character points a gun at an alien. Character hesitates to pull the trigger but looks like they might be able to do it if they absolutely had to and feels they have to tell everybody about it. Another character tells them not too because it’s not right. Another character tells them to blow its head off. Those two characters get into an argument. The character holding the gun shouts that he doesn’t know what to do. Oh too bad the alien just killed 3 people. It gets old fast and if it wasn't bad enough they did this all the way through the first of the two Gantz missions this series making me think the lessons they'd learnt would make them do better next time, they do the exact same thing again the second mission! It's extremely tiring, especially when the aliens are just about as loud and obnoxious as the characters, which we will get onto now. Characters – This is where some points can be redeemed. Kei Kurono is one of my favourite Anime characters (not in my top 10 but I still like him a lot). While he can be just as annoying as anybody else in the Gantz missions outside of the Gantz missions his progression is great. We really get to see inside his head and although many people wouldn’t want to admit it a lot of the time the things we see him contemplating are very realistic and things that we as real people might think about in these sorts of situations. Is he pathetic? Absolutely. But he's a pathetic kid who now has bragging rights. As he gets used to his suit and weapon he gets more cocky just as any human being would now that he has the technology to go beyond human limits. This and his personality in “other” situations make for some great moments that are really interesting, kick ass and also hilarious to watch. I don’t really want to spoil exactly what happens here. But if I sound like I know what I’m talking about so far then you can take my word for it. As for the other characters… well they’re all pretty darn annoying and never shut the hell up ever. Seriously I know I’m going on about that a lot but it really is a repeating problem. Masaru Kato. Good god! These aliens are trying to kill you and everyone around you. Stop trying to see the morality in EVERYTHING! Kei Kishimoto is your standard hot big boobed character, likable but not that interesting. Many people may not have liked Nishi for the simple reason he’s a massive dick but I liked him, he’s the only character who got anything done and could have got more done if he had the back up from his pathetic squad! Everyone else is an annoying forgettable side character. Art – Gantz has definitely jumped on the CG bandwagon which makes for some great shaping but not so good details in the art. Aside from that it doesn’t really jump out at you as a unique art style particularly with character designs unlike something like Code Geass or Monster for example. One thing I can say is that the Gantz manga is one of the most detailed I have ever seen. It might be worth checking it out. Animation – Terrible. Absolutely terrible. And it’s all because of the CG it tries to implement in order to try and create 3D environments and proximity between characters. It looks laughable to say the least and it is constantly distracting. Occasionally you might get a cool looking scene in an epic action shot but for the most part everything looks so dodgy, especially when the camera is moving, it’s like a load of 3D models put on the gamer grid. Action – Like I’ve already said, if there was less chit chat and dilly dallying around and more shooting some freaking aliens it could have redeemed some points here. Especially considering most of the aliens in this series could have been killed really easily. The animation does make the action look stupid and what the characters end up doing in order to win (see Masaru vs chicken robot) doesn’t help in its favour either. But if you like to watch characters shooting guns maybe you might get something out of this. Sound - Some of the sound effects are pretty cool being that they are using futuristic weapons but I can't say the soundtrack was particularly memorable but that probably means it can't have been that bad either. The opening is pretty catchy, after watching both First Stage and Second Stage it managed to stay in my head for weeks on end. In my case that was good as I liked it, but hopefully it doesn't get stuck in your head in a negative way. The English Dub I should point out is done very well. And that's not just because they use the mother of all swearwords (c**t) but the voice actors do great jobs too. Especially Chris Ayers as Kei Kurono. Enjoyment – As far as I’m concerned the Gantz missions were horrendously painful to watch and the parts outside the Gantz missions were absolutely fantastic. They are easily the more interesting parts as you see the characters lives unfold now that they’re doomed to do these missions and nothing else really matters anymore, especially to big boobs. I already mentioned Kei Kurono is awesome here but even Masaru who I hated was likable in his everyday life and I did manage to get invested in the side plot with his kid brother. Overall – I don’t recommend Gantz First Stage. But I recommend you watch Gantz First Stage so that you can watch Gantz Second Stage the better series. It might not stick to the manga in its ending but the missions were vastly superior and the everyday life was just as enjoyable as before. But I guess I have to say it's a decent series overall, if you've seen much more anime than I have and missed this one out I'd probably say check it out to add to your collection but if you're kind of starting out on the Anime road there are much better series out there I'd say you should watch before getting onto this one.

Ahhh....Gantz.... Yet another bloodbath anime. And how! Story: The concept of Gantz is incredibly interesting and terrifying at the same time. The idea that people didn't really "die" until they've defeated the Gantz was kind of reassuring, but once I saw the trials that the characters face in the series, I wasn't sure I wanted the extra chance was worth it... I tend to dwell on these things, so life after death-philosophies are best kept away from me... The story was pretty good, it was pretty intriguing, and like I said, an original way of viewing an "afterlife". In the end, it was what kept me watching the series because every episode just seemed more terrifying than the last. That being said, the series probably could have been shortened because throughout half of the series this conversation was going on: "This has to be done." "But I can't..." "Well you have to do it!" "But I can't!" "But no one else can!" "But I'm scared!" "But you have to!" "But I can't!" "Stop wasting time!" "I don't want to do this!" "You have to!" "But I can't!" .................................. "We don't have much time, come on!" "Then you do it!" "But you have to do it!" "But I can't!" You get the picture....I could have gone to eat lunch and one character would still be trying to persuade the other to do something. This was EXTREMELY frustrating and annoying, and a major source of lost points for me. Art: I don't like the art style of the series. Period. I just don't like that realistic-y anime style. And yes, they made an effort to combine CG animation into the show. They really shouldn't have. I hate when animes do that. Pick one and stick to it, unless you make it seamless. And the makers of Gantz really didn't. Sound: The beginning and ending themes are good; I like them! The OP is certainly catchy, and the ED is really pretty. I wasn't really paying attention to BGM music during the series...I think I was too busy pulling my hair out due to their drawn out decisions to actually DO something.... ("Should I take a step that way? No, that's stupid...But she'll think I'm cool if I walk like that! But naw, that's dumb.") GRRR!!!!! Characters: In the beginning, I wanted to strangle Kei. Both of them. Boy-Kei was especially unbearable to watch ("Why does he like her? All he does is selflessly help other people while I masturbate in my room alone all night.") I don't know if it was because I was watching the English dub for the whole series and I find the English actors rarely do a series justice, but a lot of the characters were just painfully painful to watch... Kei actually became really admirable in the end, however, and I found myself rooting for him then. :) But that still doesn't make up for the crappy, freeloading character he was the rest of the series. Enjoyment: While it sounds like I've ripped this series to shreds, it actually was still enjoyable. I mean, I finished it. If it wasn't at least decent I wouldn't have stomached the rest of it. It's very gory, I won't lie. This got verrrrry unappetizing. Like untasteful-gory. It was also incredibly sad and I was on edge for a lot of the series, because you kind of knew people were going to die, you just really hoped that maybe this time, they wouldn't. This is what kept me watching; the hope that this group would finally be saved somehow. Overall, it's a pretty good anime. I would suggest watching it, because it the kind of thing that makes you appreciate your life and what you have. If you're not pulling out your hair while they try to decide whether to blink or not.

Story 9/10 - Innovative to say the least. I've never seen anything compare to the creativity put into Gantz. Without spoiling the plot twists, the story follows a young man who is killed, although finds himself in a strange room after death with a mysterious black ball. This black ball puts this young man, amongst others, into serious life threatening combat situations in which they are struggling to regain the life they had lost. Completely amazing. Art 10/10 - The blood is well done, the characters are well done, the visuals are amazing and the enemies are creative. Perfection. Character 9/10 - Nearly perfect. A few bothersome people who i could have done without but hey, 9/10 isn't bad :P Enjoyment 10/10 - Amazing. Absolutely amazing. If you are into intense combat, a thrilling story, and a little romance on the side, Gantz is for you. It had me on the edge of my seat from the very first episode, and kept me there until the very end. Overall 9/10 - Just watch it people. Seriously :P

Definitely not for children MA. Contains much nudity and a few heavily sexual scenes. Gantz is pretty bloody, probably won't find many that have as much or more gore than this. The characters grow on you so you'll probably like them. This one is meant more for the male population but has romance drama melted in very well. The animation is above standard as is the character design, looks to have CG mixed in. Not the best I've seen, I think the creators had a message but with this kind of action it gets kinda blurred.

Gantz. What can one say about this? Feels like no words are enough to describe this. I think the simplest way to categorize it is to put it into the ”so bad its good category”. First i havent read the manga so this is only based on the anime in its entirity, 26 episodes. Animation: Bad. Yes its from 2004 but you can find animes från the 90s, hell even 80s that have better animation and artstyle. The 3D and CGI is also bad. Its Gonzo so i was surprised it was this bad. But also in a way i guess it somehow fit in the ”so bad its good” theme cause it just makes it more absurd and weird. Sound: Decent. Nothing special. Voice Acting is bad. But this again feels like its on purpose and keeping up with the theme of the show. Story: Is there even one? Theres no explanations whatsoever about what happens. Characters are really think and dont make much sense. Hell nothing makes sense in this show. But coming back to it again it probably was never supposed. I guess one can say there are some cynical themes in there about how fucked up society is. I do find myself enjoying it but at the same time theres not much depth to it but rather more just putting it out there as being edgy and keeping up with the shows theme. TLDR version. ”So bad its good”. Its gory. Vulgar. Ugly. Pervert. Degenerate. And quite entertaining in all its absurdity. Its simple a must watch for people not easily offended and who are able to not take the show to serious. With all the above though it cant go higher than a 7/10 since it only has its absurdity going for it and no other strong points.

What can be said about Gantz? It was a big deal when it came out, ahead of it's time probably since it had to deal with a lot of censor and bans all over the world. If you were a teenager (like me at the time) you loved the violence and anxiety it gave you, it's was almost as if you were there. (Since this is the first half of the series I'll keep my harsh critic to the second part) If you want to get into the world of Gantz it's ok to watch this first half of the anime, but after that go an read the manga, the second half does something that should never be done in any adaptation no matter how bad their situation is.

Are you seeing Gantz posters everywhere? Are you thinking why it has such a low rating and overrated at the same time? Are you hesitating start watching it or not? Then let me guide you! If you are searching for something different and unlike any other Anime, then you've come to a wrong place it is generic and typical and I have no doubt you've seen some more cooler stuff than this. sure if you do not believe me then you could start watching and I give you an insurance that after the first episode u'll force yourself to watch the show till the end of the season hoping that something interesting could happen, so that is why I am here to assist you and to save your precious time! bare with me! Lets go! First and foremost not to be very rude the anime really had a potential in the start, it's idea could be interesting,what we have all thought about, what would happen after we die? do we continue to live ? is it obscurity ? BUT definitely NOT what this anime shows you is even a LITTLE bit close to our answers , our reality or fantasy, our needs, and our entertainment!!! and if someone tells you that it's a fantasy well then the writer definitely, definitely lacks the vision and imagination of what fantasy really is! The idea literally gets destroyed, butchered, annihilated on the second episode of the show.we see monsters in almost every fantasy anime, some are scary, some are gruesome and brutal, but in Gantz they are funny alien chickens that are voiced very poorly even in Jap Dub and you can't take them serious unless you are 14 of course! and do not ask me why it has such a portrait,main characters were afraid of them and could not shoot a single gun(for straight 3 episodes the show is stuck whether they can shoot them or not) MEANWHILE I just could not sit and watch those scenes with a straight face!!!! it really cringed me and spun my head to 360 degree! I almost forgot that sometimes we meet mild nudity in shows that really IS necessary for better understanding and beauty, but in this case it was purely perversity and nothing more than an eye candy for pervert people who have a fetish for alien chickens and big breasts. Not to totally destroy this anime and its pure poor plot I'll make this shorter.The entire show I anticipated that the situation would've gotten more serious and interesting, because then why would it have a second season right? do not give yourself a hope that this anime is worth a coin, if someone recommends you definitely ignore and skip it.

It had potential but in the end it was absolute garbage. You'll most likely spend most of your time yelling at the screen for someone to do something. 80% of this anime consists of people with guns in their hands NOT shooting at the threat. Its a cringe fiesta, its like they all want to die. Character development was shit. Every goddamn one was either bland and stupid, 1-layered evil, or cannon fodder. The animation was also shit. Lots of frames of close ups of people just standing around, I had to check every now and then if I had accidentally paused. Soundtrack was not memorable at all. All of this applies to the second season as well, but that one was even dumber. Conclusion: Waste of time.