Gantz

When i was thinking that a great part of the animes were looking similar, i watched this one with no great expectations.I got surprised with the realism of the characters' actions. OK the history is NOT the most incredible that i've seen in my life but that's not the point in this anime. Maybe some will think it's shocking,too violent or will not like the strong language etc... However this was the way to show each characters actions and feelings in the worst situations. This anime is great because it is really innovative and explores the characters like no other. There's taboo, so anything can happen anytime, always letting you surprised . If you're bored of the old story of the princess and the magic world and the magic sword and the magic... GANTZ is VERY recommended.

GANTZ has somewhat interesting start but there are a few annoying things that I couldn't continue past episode 6.

First if all, the atmosphere is jumpy between serious and teenage comedy. There is a lot of talking in wrong places like an action scene is extended to half episode by some blabber. The sexual component is straight up repelling. Closest comparision to this anime I guess would be Elfen Lied but even that show at least had some common atmosphere and feeling, while GANTZ felt just.. flat. Nothing.

Pretty awesome when I saw it for the first time. A decade later it was fresh again when I saw it with a new girlfriend. It sticks with me and I'm troubled by the hints of lunar occultism. Another case of an anime teasing you with something beyond the veil and doing it with the style you can't get anywhere else.

The Gantz anime series is an amalgamation of events that occurred in the first few volumes of the manga. It's an introduction to the Gantz universe and its inhabitants--most notably, the aliens and their human hunters. Like the manga, the anime centers around the growth and emergence of Kurono (Chrono) as a hero and his effort to win and survive at all costs. There's a good deal of sex and violence as well as long stretches of philosophical banter and social critique, but it often comes across as being so self-righteous and ultimately defeatist that most messages would only be appealing to audiences that already had the same beliefs.

The artwork is dark and is true to Oru Hiroya's concepts down to the intricately detailed weapons and power suits. The characters range from the sexually eager and aggressive Kurono, to the gallant Katou, to the buxom Kishimoto. The animation is mostly satisfying. Since Hiroya's artwork uses 3d models for scale and proportion, they can seem stiff and often lack fluidity. That same flaw is evident in the anime as well.

The story is intriguing, at the least, and seems to be inspired by movies such as The Cube. The sci-fi aspects are cool and even I would like to run around in a power suit for a day or two.

Altogether, it has some great ingredients that are marred by plodding progression and preachy characters. The fan-service is there, though not to an excess, but this is certainly not for children or those that are easily offended by violence, gore, or opinions diametrically opposed to your own. It's definitely worth watching and depending on who you are, you might just like it a lot.

Gantz tells the story of people finding themselves revived after death and forced to battle aliens. It's hyper violent and full of gratuitous nudity, and grabbed me right away. I bing-watched all 26 episodes in a few days.

The protagonist of the story is Kei, a sex-obsessed high school student, Kei, and he's one of the most self-centered, jerky protagonists I've seen in anime. The hero of Gantz is actually his friend, Kato.

After dying and finding themselves in a room with a bunch of other dead people, they are thrown into crazy action with futuristic but oddly flawed weapons.

The action is intense but also hesitant, because a lot of these folks have never killed anyone and don't want to start. This makes sense at first, although this hesitancy of the main characters continues on into season 2 by which time it seems pretty ridiculous. How long does it take people to adjust to a new reality.

In fact, a lot of what people do is stupid, but to be fair, these aren't trained fighters and while it's easy to watch them and say, "why don't they do this?" I probably would be just as stupid if people were trying to kill me.

In between fights, these folks lead their normal-ish lives. Part of this involves a romantic-ish triangle between Kei, Kato, and and a girl also named Kei. Boy-Kei is hot for girl-Kei, who is hot for Kato, which is inexplicable to boy-Kei even though Kato is kinder, braver, and far less creepy than incel boy-Kei.

I was riveted by Gantz. While episodes can sometimes drag with long philosophical discussions about whether to kill people and arguments about what's going on (since there is high turnover with new confused people constantly arriving) the show does a good job of ending each episode on a cliffhanger that forces you to keep going.

Unfortunately, there are issues with the series that become more annoying in season 2. Watching confused people argue over what to do gets more tiring each time it happens, as does the constant, chatty indecision of the main characters. The season also becomes bleaker, with increasingly shocking deaths and an increased misanthropic emphasis on how Kei's awfulness is far more typical of humanity than Kato's nobility. I really should have stopped binge-watching in season 2 and just watched maybe an episode a day.

I wasn't surprised that the series didn't really explain what was going on by the end. If you're curious you can read the manga or just do what I did and read the wikipedia entry on it, which actually does explain things.

The series ends in a very odd way that you can find much animated discussion of online. It's clearly saying *something* but it's unclear what (there are good theories online) and it's not entirely satisfying.

I absolutely loved the first half of Gantz, but was so exhausted of it by the end of season 2 that I was actually relieved there wasn't a season 3.

I highly recommend watching this, although you might want to space out episodes more than I did.