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Hiroya Oku is a manga artist who is the creator of Gantz, Zero One, and HEN, all of which have been serialized in Young Jump magazine.His manga often contain explicit violence and gore, as well as sexual situations. He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the pen name Yahiro Kuon. Gantz Volume 1 (v. 1) Hiroya Oku on Amazon.com.FREE. shipping on qualifying offers. How long will you stay in the game? The last thing Kei and Masaru remember was being struck dead by a subway train while saving the life of a drunken bum. The best place to read the latest & greatest manga for FREE! From the makers of the popular Manga Rock app, we aim to provide the best-quality manga & be the first one to publish new chapters.
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Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Gantz/Osaka InformationType:Manga Chapters: 383 Published: Jul 13, 2000 to Jun 20, 2013 Genres:Action, Drama, Ecchi, Horror, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, Psychological, Seinen Serialization:Young Jump Statistics1 indicates a weighted score. Please note that 'Not yet published' titles are excluded. Ranked: #5592 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Members: 124,174 | ReviewsSort
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A Japanese teenager waits at a train station, reading a trashy magazine featuring an idol enticing the reader with her big boobs. An elderly lady approaches the teenager, asking for directions. The teenager quickly mumbles a non-informative reply while thinking to himself what an annoyance the lady is, why should he give a shit about her? Oh look, a drunken tramp just fell onto the tracks and no one is going to help. Why should they? It’s none of their business, just look away and pretend you didn’t see it happen. This is Gantz. Hiroya Oku's exploitative, violent and cynical depiction of the Japanese and their behaviour when confronted with moralistic situations. There's also a bunch of ever-increasingly ludicrous battle royales with aliens and vampires that destroy various parts of Tokyo and other cities, but that all comes later. Back to that train station and that teenager: Kei Kurono. Instantly unlikeable, but oh so real. You either know kids like him, or you recognise your own traits in his character. You'll probably be lying to yourself if you don’t see yourself in some of these characters, its human nature to recoil from awkward situations. Gantz seems to gain great pleasure from thrusting its many random characters into awkward situations, sometimes involving nudity, usually violence, usually spontaneously. Gantz is about a room somewhere with a black ball and a very infantile presence who gives out childish nicknames to unfortunately-recently-dead and usually unwilling participants in a 'game' that requires them to kill aliens in a kind of real-life recreation of a First Person Shooter. The brilliance is in the mystery and its ridiculousness. People die and are transported to the room to pick up their suits and weapons, and if they survive the subsequent battle they're free to wander off and return to their lives..until they're transported back to the room for another battle, and so on until either they reach 100 points and are released from the game, or they die for real. Author Oku continually ups the stakes, regularly throwing bigger obstacles in characters' paths, and it becomes a case of “can he top this?” The answer is always: 'yes he bloody well can!” There is a massacre in Shinjuku, Tokyo that beggar’s belief in its astounding ambition to shock the reader with its scope, creativity and viciousness. Once I read this sequence, I knew any anime adaptation would either fail completely at bringing to motion what this manga gets away with, or it would follow it faithfully and probably be banned/censored. Obviously at the time of writing this review, the answer is the former, there aren’t many anime studios in the world that are as crazy as Oku. This is Gantz's best asset, its secret weapon, the reason for why it's so memorable. It's outrageous. Because it's happening in such a familiar world. Oku's attention to detail, the way people behave and react, either as individuals or as a collective, or even on the internet, is spot on. Whether it's a massacre on a street or in a school, or a small squabble in an apartment or a train, the tension is reminiscent of real life, because the dialogue and body language is grounded in reality, no matter how out there the action and sci-fi ideas are. The art of the manga is economical and precise; computer aided graphics help keep the locales detailed. The costumes, props and weapons design is a nice deviation from the typical 'dress the characters in black leather' trend that The Matrix seemingly rejuvenated in entertainment media. Kudos to Oku for using his imagination and not dragging the manga down with anything generic. It’s one of his many traits, taking existing ideas that are ripe for generic rip-off but putting his own spin on them. In this case the battle suits are humiliatingly tight, and regularly attract scorn and mockery from bystanders. The action sequences in this manga are some of the best I've ever read. Oku has a real eye for framing the action from the right angles and positions. His action pay-offs always bring a smile to the face, the audacity and enormity of what occurs on the page, is a sight to behold. The destruction to urban property gets exponentially bigger throughout the manga, no structure or vehicle is left spared. My review is intentionally vague to save the surprises for the reader, but if you like guns, swords, urban environments chopped, sliced and blown up to bits, then you're going to have a blast with Gantz. The ideas in Gantz are to do with the narcissistic state of 21st century living, the materialism of the masses, human relations in the face of ever disturbing circumstances. There is almost a Hitchcockian vibe in the way ordinary people are pushed into extraordinary situations and thrash around desperately trying to get out of them. The great mystery of Gantz is a sci-fi conspiracy that is always just bubbling under the surface. In the forefront of the story is the cast of lowlifes and nobodies. School kids, street punks, idols, yakuza, tourists, businessmen, random passersbys, random aliens and vampires. Would you jump onto the tracks and drag the drunken tramp back onto the platform? Oku's humorous retort to that is a train decapitating your head for your troubles. Welcome to Gantz. 383 of 383 chapters read
Here we have a manga that I cannot help but loathe and love all the same. Gantz being a thrilling Seinen, Sci-fi, Action manga that would take the reader on a gory rollercoaster ride, featuring amazing battles for survival. Yet it also happens to be riddled with poor dialogue and spontaneous plot developments that may stem one's enjoyment. It all begins as two young Japanese high school boys, meet their end by a homicidal underground locomotive. And that would have been the end for them, if this wasn't a manga. So having been semi-posthumously transported to an apartment, along with others in the same situation; they are now forced by some giant black ball, to partake in missions and kill random aliens, in what seems to be some kind of sick game. And that is Gantz in a nutshell.. a manga that can be both straight-forward and random. The plot, revolving around people forced into these high mortality mission, is simple at its core and honestly it is a bit too simple that those who yearn for more substance in their reading material, may initially be turned off by Gantz. I know I was and it wasn't until a particular mission that I got completely hooked; onto the graphic, gory, intense, vulgar manga that is Gantz. And since Gantz is so good at grabbing the readers by the balls and never letting go, it can easily get away with having some glaring issues with its story. Like how so often it seems there's little to no direction in the storyline and how readers had to journey through over 30 Volumes, to understand and get some sort of explanation regarding the overall plot of Gantz. Unfortunately the basic reasoning given, simply could not fill up all the plot-holes that were left unattended. Yet even when littered with the kind of issues that could greatly lower the score of some lesser manga, Gantz still remains as one of my all-time favourites. Kei Kurono is a large factor in all this, which is somewhat remarkable given how much of an annoying prick he is at the start. As the story progresses, so does Kei Kurono, along with a lot of the other characters that aren't basically cannon-fodder. And that is where the mangaka does a good job. In creating perilous situations for these characters to develop and also knowing how important it is to utilize the downtime for some more character development. However even though the mangaka tries to provides us readers with an interesting collection of characters, I can only give him an A-. Simply because a lot of the dialogue he had these characters spew could be mind-numbingly stupid at times. At least it doesn’t completely affect the overall enjoyment of the manga and it is the artwork that contributes a lot to this. The artwork can be described as a technical masterpiece, since Hiroya Oku does a fantastic job of utilizing 3D renders to create a uniform look to the world. So that both the real life & sci-fi elements look like it's all part of the same manga. Not to forget the attention detail, where even the odd blemish or decapitation looks as though at lot has been put into it. However artwork is largely a subjective matter, so what I like may not be the same as what you like. In the end Gantz is a violent, gory, lewd but overall an enjoyable manga. However in order to enjoy it, the reader must do one simple thing, turn off their brain and accept Gantz for what it truly is.. some lengthy piece of mindless entertainment. Kind of like a Michael Bay movie. If you cannot do that then you simply won't be able to ignore the numerous plot holes and the various plot elements that were shoved in, because Hiroya Oku must have watched some Western Movie/Show, which inspired him at the time (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer & 2012 comes to mind). 383 of 383 chapters read
Gantz is kind of awesome, but in a weird way. A really weird way. Not 'weird' because of any kind of originality, but because of how it manages to be awesome.The plot is extremely lazy with blatant holes throughout. It's mostly about the overblown/unrealistic action, and holy mother of god, is it overblown/unrealistic. Ammo clips are infinite, when actual guns are used. The masses are weak, brainless, and easily influenced cannon fodder, to an absurdly exaggerated degree. 'The masses,' of course, including just about all side characters. In the world of Gantz, gangsters hang out in toilet stalls and collect people's teeth like baseball cards. Characters lose limbs and just joke about it without bleeding to death. At one point, the crew fights off an army of massive evil Buddha statues. No societal or theological commentary there, just shits and giggles. This was clearly the product of a creative mind, at least at the outset, but a lazy one as well. It falls apart towards the end, it's full of terminated sub-plots and forgotten characters, and it constantly re-writes its own rules. So why was it not bad? Well, it is self-aware to an almost hilarious degree. Okay, it is absolutely to a hilarious degree. I can't imagine Oku (the mangaka) wrote this stuff with a straight face. The aliens are often ridiculously comedic in their odd design, although they got less so as the series went on. They have zero personality besides some funny quirks and rage buttons. Gantz plays with the idea of 'hey, what if they're just misunderstood,' and then, for the most part, tosses that idea out of the window along with all possible ambiguous morality or subtlety. Gantz first dons a façade of depth via things such as cynicism and death, but it acknowledges this and subverts it over time as if its playing a joke on you. This is actually enjoyable if you have the right attitude and observe it like you would an Ed Wood film or something of that ilk. The amount of tropes it ultimately evokes may be record-setting, and this is, in a way, impressive in and of itself. Terminated subplots are probably the biggest issue. At one point vampires are introduced. They are never explained, their exact abilities and motives are unclear, they just look like humans, and their whole diabolical vampire organization is forgotten. At one point psychics are introduced. Their abilities are never explained and the limits vary, the origin unclear. Things in this same vein happen again and again throughout the manga. That said, it's somehow a bit refreshing to have a poorly written series that just does not give a fuck about silly little things like 'plot,' if only in that it harbors no illusion as to its quality and just focuses on delivering good action and fanservice instead. The series is actually near-pure fanservice, in one way or another. At a certain point, if the plot gets bad enough, the author would be better off just not trying anymore. Gantz knows this. It knows where to focus its energy and how to play to its strengths. I wish manga like Bleach were more like that. Hilariously enough, the attitude the mangaka had while writing this manga epitomizes the nihilistic themes surrounding it far better than anything within the work itself. Unfortunately, the action is marred by inconsistency. Really, the entire manga is, but I think we've established that. The way the weapons and suits work changes inexplicably from chapter to chapter. Hell, even the way Gantz beams people in varies, in more ways than one. Not to mention all of the rules and limits. As the combat lacks proper consistency, it consequently lacks proper tension. It can be pretty entertaining, like some cheap Hollywood popcorn blockbuster, but it doesn't offer much in the way of substance or emotion. Tension is further reduced as more plot points are introduced that make fatal injuries and even death negligible. There is the whole 'what if the world is destroyed' thing, but the general populus in Gantz is so stupid that you kind of like it when they die. The characters are all either one dimensional or they ended up having development that was completely contrary to everything we had learned about them previously. They sometimes work as semi-clunky plot devices, but they are hit or miss overall. Any development they experience is to serve the plot, contrived, and spontaneous. They all invoke the 'parents do not exist' trope to some extent, because Oku considered the prospect of writing more characters and was all like 'dude, fuck work' and then I imagine he smoked a joint or two and had a marathon Idolm@ster watching session with Kentaro Miura and Yoshihiro Togashi. That said, a lot of the characters do manage to be entertaining, and, due to the high body count, only a few of them overstay their welcome. The few that do, I want to stab, but I also get some kind of masochistic pleasure out of watching them succeed and I imagine Oku bestowed plot armor upon them for this very purpose. The art is, surprise, surprise: inconsistent. Some faces are far too similar, or just generally not well drawn. Early on especially, they often looked really wonky. Landscapes are usually lackluster in terms of scope, and creativity during battle. I remember in a scene that took place in Italy the art was just chaotically beautiful, and repulsive simultaneously; the atmosphere was incredibly unique as well and I found myself wishing it was like that all the time, but alas, it was not. The different settings were usually not disparate enough, atmospherically. The aliens are mostly creative and detailed, with some exceptions, such as the entire final arc. The action is sometimes a bit hard to follow, but is generally fluid and well executed from panel to panel. The fanservice was generally alright, albeit forced as all hell, but I found myself thinking that Oku believes all titties are identical and are all the size of basketballs. I was gonna fly out to Nippon with my porno collection to teach a nigga about the vast spectrum of areolas and give him a tit diversity tolerance course and shit, but he eventually learned the concept of 'DFC' and I was reasonably satisfied. The rushed ending and drawn-out final arc is where Gantz went completely wrong. Expect to hear a lot of name-yelling by tragically separated lovers, expect the concentration of plot armor to reach unprecedented levels, expect one of the least subtle manga ever to get even less subtle, and expect to watch the only truly interesting character in the series turn into an annoying and generic Hollywood hero. Every single character morphed into a complete cliché, for that matter; even if they were somewhat cliché before, they still had some individuality. In the end, there isn't a single compelling character. If you want answered questions, then this is not the place to go. The plot points that were resolved (most were not) were all resolved with a ridiculously random deus ex machina evoking the age-old maxims of 'it was [more] aliens' and 'don't read too much into it.' The ending itself is not only a complete shift from everything that came before in the manga, it is completely devoid of all logic to an extent that I had never seen before this manga. Trust me, no exaggeration, wait until you read it. If you want mindless—and I do mean mindless—action, then you're in luck, because that's all Gantz really delivers on. That said, it delivers on this somewhat well and with a sense of humor. It is actually at its best when it's overblown, unrealistic, exploitative, and absurd. If you go into it knowing what to expect then you should end up enjoying it somewhat. I have to admit, the only other manga this length that I have reread as many times is probably One Piece. The final arc and horrendous ending drag the final product down pretty significantly, but it's still not bad Additional comments: I said 'Hollywood' three times in this review, but don't get me wrong, it isn't really like any Hollywood film. There are just some similarities in the intent. 383 of 383 chapters read
If you are looking for a series that is 'good' in any way, i urge you to avoid Gantz like the plague. I should clarify that i'm not necessarily offended by violence or sex; i'm a huge fan of other violent seinen such as Berserk and Vinland Saga. However, the author's main goal seems to have been to shock the audience as much as possible in order to give the illusion of quality. In Gantz, people who die are faxed into a room by a black ball that hands out weapons, talks in 'leetspeak', and tells them to kill aliens. That is literally all the story you need to know or will be told. The first 100 or so chapters of Gantz are nothing less than loathsome, and this begins with the characters. The main character Kurano is an unlikable douchenozzle, and that's his only character trait (besides his misogyny, which we'll get to); his friend Masaru is equally shallow but is instead a 'white knight' to contrast with Kurano. The worst example is Kei, whose appearance is as a naked suicide victim and is shamelessly exploited by both the author and by the other characters. Kei is seems more like the author's blow up-doll than an actual character; she is constantly being molested or threatened with rape, and each of the early chapters is preceded by an official drawing of her in an explicit pose. Characters don't have to be deep for a series to be good, but Gantz goes out of its way to make each character as shallow and unlikable as possible. Most of the minor characters that come to the Gantz room are gang rapists, and the main characters aren't much better. Somewhere around chapter 120 the main cast becomes somewhat interesting and likable, but at that point the series is caught in a vicious cycle between being really dumb and really offensive. The only character with a real arc is Kurano, and it can be summarized by 'got a girlfriend and became slightly less despicable'. By far the worst part of this series for me was the way the female characters are treated. Even after the 100 chapters of exploiting Kei have ended, each female character introduced after that is completely defined by their crushes or codependency on one of the male characters, who treat them like garbage. This trend only gets worse as the series goes on. Almost as bad is the relentless, naive cynicism at play. Every person who isn't a main character is portrayed as mean, stupid, and pointlessly cruel, especially the teachers (gives some insight into the author's life, possibly). Horrible things happen in this series for no reason other than to shock the reader. When a mass shooting occurs, it's because the author wanted to draw a bunch of people being machine gunned to death, not for any narrative reason (it is barely mentioned later on). In short, the world of Gantz is one that is frankly not worth saving, and this becomes tiresome to read. The sole high point of Gantz are some of the intriguingly weird alien designs, especially early on, and the level that the art gets to later on. I personally found the art to be uninteresting, but you can't complain about its overall quality. Against all of these criticisms, the other nitpicks i have seem irrelevant. The lack of any narrative flow, the poor pacing of each chapter, and the out=of-place story elements (there are vampires and psychics introduced that have nothing to do with the aliens, without any explanation at all). If you want to read violent schlock, go read Hellsing (which is REALLY GOOD violent schlock). If what i just described sounds like your cup of tea, then god help you. If you like story, character, or investment on the part of the author, then find something else to read. 383 of 383 chapters read
What can I say about Gantz? This dark seinen has been hailed a masterpiece by some, and utter trash by others. I would say that it is a bit of both, having some extremely good qualities and some glaring flaws which is enough to warrant the hate that it gets. However, it is not a bad manga at all, and I'll do my best to point out its pros and cons. The thing that really stands out for me in this manga is the level of creativity on display. Seriously. It's goddamned glorious, from monster designs to all the crazy situations our characters find themselves in. This is a rare and fascinating glimpse into an extremely inventive mind, and I guarantee you that some of these vivid images will stay with you. Crazy, crazy things happen in this manga that you will not soon forget, and some of the monster designs seen will undoubtedly crop up in your nightmares sometime. It's that remarkable. Another great strength is the art. A lot of it is done digitally, and this creates a unique feel not seen in many other manga. Environments, faces, monster designs, everything looks pretty amazing, especially towards the end. There is the occasional visual clutter or stuff-up of human proportions, but overall the art is really really great. I also liked the characters, which is something of a controversial opinion, given that many of the complaints regarding this manga has to do with the characters. Protagonist Kei Kurono is a complete douche-nozzle, but we see him evolve greatly and change as the story goes on, until he's a pretty great dude. Many other douche-bag characters exist, but I believe that these are deliberate social commentaries made by the author. He is trying to bring out the worst in people, highlighting the kind of scum that exists in society. I don't want to bring out any specific examples, but overall the use of characters in this manga is very good. Now let's get to the story, which is the most bumpy element of this manga. At first, it was amazing. It genuinely felt like a horror to me, with shocking unpredictable moments at every turn. The social commentary was in full swing, and there were plenty of moments of complete badassery. I consider this the best stage of the manga, a kind of social horror that is full of moral choices and dilemmas that make even the reader question their own morality. The social commentary and badassery continue for a long time, but after a while you begin to notice the bad planning of this manga. Many story threads are picked up and then suddenly dropped, creating plot holes and too many unanswered questions. Things are left poorly explained or simply not explained at all. After a while, it feels like the author was really just freestyling the story. Sure, a lot of creativity and badassery remains, but it never recovers fully to the standard of the earlier chapters. I kept reading for the sake of it, frequently getting bored and not feeling the same kind of excitement I did before. Eventually it loses its horror edge and becomes more like a Michael Bay film in the last hundred or so chapters, which allows for some great action but overall is quite dull. Some extremely awesome moments still remain, but you'll likely be yawning frequently, despite the badassery on display. At this point the series has lost it's edge, becoming nothing more than dull gore and occasional sex. Now don't get me wrong. This is still a great manga. However, given the length and the dullness of the later chapters, it does become kind of hard to recommend. This series contains some of the most awesome, creative monster designs, chaotic, mindblowing situations and really gripping, emotional drama, but it becomes increasingly more 'meh' as the series comes to a close. It's still pretty cool, just nowhere near as gripping as it used to be. Despite ending this review on a quite negative note, the manga's good parts are enough to warrant this a solid 8/10. 274 of 383 chapters read
Gantz is a masterpiece in my opinion. Even though I love this manga, this manga is definite not for everyone. This manga contain sex scenes, blood, blood and more blood, naked girls/monsters with supernatural and technological twist to everything. However if you can stand all of the above then, this manga is for you. The manga is about killing aliens with incredible suits, weapon, vehicles and with everything you can think of. The alien are not just standing there doing nothing, the monsters are strong and sometimes, they are way to strong, and makes you wonder if they can be killed or not. From human size alien that move an uses crazy fire or thunder power to dinasaurs with thousands of eyes to temple statues. Gantz is about a ball that save randomly the memory of someone that dies in any particular way and transfer the memory and created a clone and used it to fight the monster. Its like giving you a second chance but with one mission in mind, Kill and Survive. All the characters that stay long enough all they think is surviving. They all fight to survive not because they are afraid of dying, but because they still have something important to accomplish or they still have someone waiting for them every day or night. I see Gantz as a test for survival. If you really really cant die now, then you fight, you fight like never before, like there may be no tomorrow for you. You will fight as a team or fight alone, its the same but you should just stay alive for just one more night. This manga story is very complicated and even though it has +274 chapters, most of the facts around Gantz is still unknown. If you like all of the above, you should give it a try to this masterpiece =P Oh btw, Gantz starts with a very unliked character but at the same time with a tremendous will to survive. 276 of 383 chapters read
I'm going to make this short and simple. Gantz is quite questionable and confusing, because it doesn't make sense at all until you keep progressing throughout the story. Gantz is basically a black ball who chooses who he wants to fight for him. The series is not completed therefore many questions are yet to be answered. When the characters die in the anime, the chosen people appear in front of a black ball given a task to assassinate a certain type of alien/leader. They use futuristic motorcycles, to swords, to extreme never- before - seen guns. The setting of this manga is like a video game and for every monster you kill the more points you get and the main goal of Gantz is to get 100 points. If they do not complete their task, they lose all their points, or they are all killed. Kurono Kei is the main character and he's selfish and looks down on everybody. Throughout the series he changes and you'll see him change through drastic experiences. This manga is quite thrilling. The story is intense and makes you want to continue reading on all day. The art is quite interesting and gorey. It has all the elements you could want in a manga. The love stories, action, comedy. The only downfall of this is the way some characters act. If someone were to pop in front of you with a knife with blood covered all over them, you wouldn't just stand there and be like 'Hey why do you look like you want to kill me' and let them kill you without wanting to avoid the person. Some characters act illogical and seem to have zero common sense. To wrap it up this manga has more to offer then what is written in this review. I suggest you read a volume to figure out whether you would like to continue or not to. I give this manga a 10 288 of 383 chapters read
One of the greatest mangas I have ever read, I found gantz to be one of the most outstanding mangas out there. I've never been so hooked on a story ever since Berserk. Story - I gave Gantz a 9 because the story is just magnificent and very different I mean how many mangas start of with the character dying, but it does have some flaws. One being the beginning of the story to go on a bit slow, but once you get through the first mission the story will get clearer. Art - The art for Gantz is also one of the best I've seen, the characters really look real and the gore is fantastic. Oku has one of the greatest imaginations I've seen from an author, Gantz art is pretty much like Berserk without the medieval theme. Characters - The characters in Gantz is also one of the best, an example is the mangas protagonist Kurono, in the beginning of the manga Kurono is more like an idiot who cares about nothing but himself, not really the kinda character you'd think to be the main character. Then through out the series we see him develop from a punk into a "hero". One of the bad things about the characters though is Oku tend to kill them off rather quickly though most of em you won't care about some will make you feel rather sad. I'm not gonna put an enjoyment cause it's pretty much clear I enjoyed this manga and overall Gantz is a great manga that will make you want more. 21 of 383 chapters read
Great story, first manga I've been addict too. Good thing about it, is that you cannot predict anything. Some caracter will die, new will come.. I always asked myself what else will happen next page. If you want a gore, bloody, nasty manga, this is the one. Fight, Monster, Sc-Fi, Sex, Blood.. and many dead, many many many !! I start reading after I saw the anime. If you have seen it, the Anime is just a small part of the story, the plot is going much farter. Anime story stop near #5-6.. If I remember correctly. 378 of 383 chapters read
Seeing as most reviews praise Gantz wholeheartedly i find it worthwhile to express my opinion which is different .My review will contain some minor spoilers as i ll need them to make a point for my opinions . Gantz up to chapter 280 seems like an entirely different manga when compared with what came next .That will be my main point . Let's take it from the beginning : The story is a story of horror,mystery,survival and - above all- character development . And as every story it is mostly dependent on the charm of the characters to be successful-if the characters are unnatural or boring even the best story cant make up for it , and in contrast if they are believable and enchanting and fresh even a classical and otherwise overused story becomes equally enchanting . So ! Enter Gantz At the first chapters we are introduced to the presumes of the story and the characters that will unravel it.Our protagonist is like nothing you ve ever seen before : he is not a total loser and yet he is a misanthropist-he oozes with contempt for humans in general with a way that is more emotional than logical : he doesn't support misanthropy for the sake of an ideology , he feels it and one could say that even himself isn't entirely conscious of the fact . He is human , he is one of us , he knows how to love but living in a real world he knows better how to hate and how to become disappointed . He is truly a teenager in a rebellious phase with the true meaning - he is disappointed, alone , conflicted and with a rampaging libido that as is natural to real rebellious teenagers , ignores restrains and ethics if given the chance . He is a real person and a one of a kind protagonist . He is jealous of many things and his heroic self-titled friend seems to be like an open wound for him : something that reminds him of himself and of the lofty ideals of childhood .He lusts for a girl that clearly is yet another real person-conflicted,good and evil,painful and harmful and still beautiful . I have just described the protagonist as he is for at least the first arc , let's take a look on the rest of the cast : We have the aforementioned girl , who is a great character but unfortunately doesn't stay in the story for long as a main character .The two main characters besides our anti-hero protagonist is his heroic friend and yet another anti-hero , a cool expert on Gatnz warfare and above all a survivor that has experienced Gantz from before the protagonist get's thrown into it . One quickly learns to identify and love almost every character of the cast and by doing that , experiencing a truly humane experience : the love is human and the good and heroic ideals and morals are human but so is rage,despair,sadness,disappointment and lust and evil .Life is humane but Death is too , even if we would like it otherwise . And as the story progresses their emotions constantly renew themselves - they outgrow themselves sometimes to overcome challenges while other times they retreat to their fears because of them . They learn to appreciate life and truly despair about death , they learn their limits and they learn the pleasure of breaking through them . And then the setting slowly changes along with the characters .I may not be an expert but either the character of the author and his ideals changed with time or some marketing advisers had their say . Enter Arc Two-Allien Invasion The story loses much of it's mystery as many things are revealed . The horror continues but on a much grander scale , as whole countries get wiped off the map .The secret survival story turns now to open warfare and battle with the invaders . Much of the original cast besides the main characters has died and new people have filled the gaps time and time again . But here is when things went sour : the characters are not themselves anymore . Up until chapter 380 we will see our anti-social hero becoming yet another knight in shining armor , ready to save his newly acquired damsel in distress , always winning heroically after overcoming huge difficulties .Where did the inner conflicts go , where did the contempt and the rejection of the world ended up to ?I have no idea and obviously neither the characters do . The only thing that happened in our beloved's anti-hero protagonist life that may have changed him was that he acquired a girlfriend .Now,now a first girlfriend may be a major event in every mans life but what we see isnt actually the protagonist we knew effected by his girlfriend : it is someone of the much overused characters from industrial Anime-not even manga- that is overpowered , deeply troubled and saddened by the world yet eager to serve and protect everyone , cool and dressed in black , faithful beyond comparison to his love and unbeatable ( except when it gives a chance for his damsel to save him , thus proving once more her love to him ) And what about the other main characters of the cast you say ?Well as i already told you the most interesting girl that appeared since the beginning , the one that preferred the protagonist friend instead of him , is out long ago . The cool and expert warrior/survivalist is shown to be completely stupid and week , revealing his characters in his last moments as a truly lame and powerless child - a change of character that really surprised me since he was build as the cold and cautious murderer type for all the past story .And it was a bad surprise . Finally the only one to remain somewhat faithful to himself is the heroic friend of the protagonist that still appears as a hero - only this time he is more of a sidekick or the hero of a minor plot line if compared to the truly epic feats of the incredible and godly reborn protagonist . And finally - the author makes some very sad attempts to fill the gap caused by the lack of character consistency with some pseudo-philosophical touches that literally would have maked the original protagonist beat himself ( and probably the author) up if he could . Plus there was a plot line about the brother of the protagonist being a vampire or something that gets completely forgotten for the time being - he doesn't appear EVER again , something that makes him look like he was from some filler chapter/episode that an assistant came up with because the author was sick in a hospital in the meantime . The only thing that improved in the second arc of the manga was the background art , with grand scenes of carnage and technological sci-fi environments.But i suspect that could mainly attributed to the money spent on assistants and not on the author or anyone else . To sum it up i ve got to say that Gantz is a truly unique manga and it is worth reading .It is good and that is a fact . The reason i am disappointed is because it started out (and continued for quite some time ) as a masterpiece . There are really few manga that can compete with the first arc of it and even if you take the second arc as a given , it still remains a good manga .Just be prepared for the second arc - who knows depending on what you like you may even like it more than the first . But that was surely not the case for me . 325 of 383 chapters read
Story: 4 The story revolves around these 2 kids who faced a unfortunate mishap in the train station, but the story as a whole moves from arc to arc without never getting the feeling of any real progression. In short you wont be reading Gantz for its story. Art: 8 The art is pretty good, When i first saw this my thoughts where 'WHOA I CANT BELIEVE SOMEONE HAVE THE TALENT TO DRAW SUCH DETAILED LOCATIONS BY HAND' The characters, guts & gore, boobs & muscle tone are well detailed. It'll leave you in Awe at times. But my only gripe is it was not drawn by hand. Characters: 4 Characters Gantz are very typical. the main character Kei is feels somewhat like a Shonen main character his past shows how good he was @ things when he was younger & his over fearlessness gave me the overall Shonen vibe. The only reason he isn't one to the core is because it is a Seinen manga so the character can change @ any given point in time & can be put in a endless amount of traumatic experiences then other Shonen characters. Theres also generic character archetypes in this series. The quiet strong guy, cute popular girl (In this case famous) the wimps the scheming characters & so on. Characters in this series are not a breed apart & can be seen in many other series. Enjoyment: 7 If you can stomach half of the gore nudity and other strong content in this series its rather easy to get into. Most of the chapters can be read in 3-5 minutes because the pages don't have to much dialog and the pictures are just eye candy. The down side is you cant stay emotionally attached to the supporting characters because there most likely going to get killed off. The amount of fan service is endless i mean boobs is cool every once in a while but this series has it like every other page and it gets old quick, if i wanted to see boobs ill just watch pronz. Overall:6 Gantz is a good series if you want a quick fix of mindless fun. Unknown of 383 chapters read
What is a good attention grabber to immerse the reader into the story? Gantz, like Yu Yu Hakusho, starts out with the main character getting killed. Kei Kurono and his childhood friend Masaro Katou are run over by a train and are iinstantly transported into a war zone where people are violently slaughtered by strange aliens. The man who wrote this story, Hiroya Oku, is truly a genius, as he heavily immerses the reader into a breathtaking story. Whenever I read Gantz or any of his other works like Hen, I find myself unable to stop reading. Gantz has an amazing story and is very unpredictable, as characters you bond with can be killed at any moment. This manga is still ongoing and I have yet to witness the closure to this manga. The art is one of my favorite aspect of Gantz. The weapons, the armor, and the vehicles are completely original and add depth to the story. The aliens, likewise, are completely innovative and have intricate designs. This show has tons of gore and sex, yet none of it seems disgusting or repulsive and actually adds to the story. There are a lot of interesting characters to be found in this manga. Kei Kurono, the protagonist, starts out as a pessimistic and horny high school student who only sees the negative in society. As he fights in more battles, he transforms into a hero who values human life, but is not blinded by justice, like his friend Katou (who has trouble even fighting the aliens). Other characters, like Nishi and Izumi, tend to be a lot darker (antiheroes), yet I found myself cheering for them. Overall, this manga is a masterpiece and anyone who wants to read a great and original story, should give Gantz a try. The amount of gore and sex scenes can put off some people, but it really isn't that bad. This is one of my all time favorite mangas, so give it a try! 338 of 383 chapters read
Gantz - A story about a horny teenager. Upon reading the first pages of this manga, many people would consider Gantz's story, to be a simple and straightforward one. A tale about Kurono Kei, a horny teenager, that is selfish, self centered and obsessed with sex, and big breasted women. That is until he dies, gets revived, and forced to partake in a alien killing death match, with futuristic suits and weapons. From that point on the reader starts to understand that Gantz story is nothing but straightforward. Story: 9 One of the things that i like the most in manga, it's how a story is focused on it's key elements, but still offers something for everyone. And Gantz does just that, while you could read just for the action scenes, which are great, Gantz is much more than mindless fights. In fact if someone were to ask what exactly is Gantz, a complete answer would be something like : it's a Psychological, survival-horror, action/gore, seinen, etchi, drama, slice of life, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, romance story. And Gantz really is all that While might be confusing at first, Hiroya Oku does a great job at putting more and more elements to the story, at a comfortable pace, giving you a feeling that it's continually growing, but without breaking immersion. That growth means that you keep getting more and more hooked into the story and the fate of it's many characters. In fact if there's a 'but' to Gantz story, it's how it normally gives you a question and answers with another question, almost like watching a episode of 'Lost'.By the end of several volumes, you still won't know what exactly is Gantz, who's that guy inside it, why it can revive people, why does it make people fight aliens, where the hell those aliens came from and why are they in Tokyo. In the end, Gantz, is about survival. How people behave and react in extreme situations, and their ability to continue to live their lives and build 'normal' relationships, despite all the death and destruction they have to endure in every hunt. Characters: 8 One of the things that set's Gantz apart from other manga, it's how almost every single characters dies, and that no one is safe in the world of Gantz not even the main characters. This element means that you never know who's going to die, so having good characters that will not easily be forgotten, becomes very important. And in that aspect Oku delivers, while not perfect, every character have completely different personalities, and personal dramas behind them, always giving them a sense of purpose and importance. While some characters are just despicable, other are simply psychopaths, while some live only to fight, other live only to rape, and so on. Of course there is the good and pure characters, but Oku's specialty really is with extreme deviant behavior. In general the cast of characters, is complex and diverse, which is great, the main problem is that some secondary characters that get sent to Gantz, always come from the same formula of psychopaths, sadists and rapists. In fact most of the people in the world of Gantz are very negative, cruel and evil. While it does show how many people really are in reality, sometimes it seems Oku does it simply as a gimmick. Another minor thing that bothered me, it's how some characters almost look the same, similar faces with only slightly different hair, while others look completely different, which can make for confusing scenes. Art: 9 The art in Gantz is very detailed, with great action scenes, while it might not compete with, berserk or kuroshia ichi, it's still very good. In fact if there's a problem with Gantz art is that Oku uses CGI, in almost everything, from characters to scenarios, to the weapons, the suits, and the special abilities of the aliens. All of this is made with or with the help of CGI, so Gantz art really is a double edge sword, for the most part i like it, and it doesn't bother me. But for some other elements, i would have preferred a more 'classical' approach, since some times it's just to much CGI in just one scene. Fan Service: 9 Even thou Gantz is mainly more drama, than exactly comedy, it does have comic reliefs, normaly in simple and dry dark comedy, involving either sadistic killings or as in most of the time sex. That's right, Gantz has a lot of fan service, and when i say a lot, i mean that almost every chapter comes with some hot, nude, big breasted young woman, doing sexy poses. Which normally is fun and serves, to lighten the more chaotic and violent scenes, the problem is that sometimes is just too much and can get silly. To give you an idea, 9 out of every 10 women in Gantz not also are hot, they all share the huge breasts gene, and sooner or later you will see them naked and having sex with someone. So you might think that, hot women and sex is great Fan-service . There is, until you see a guy having sex with an alien in a middle of a battlefield while his friends are getting killed. And finally ,to show you that Oku really takes his Fan-service seriously,as he realized he was upsetting the lolicon's , Oku made a lolita as a main character, and of course she will appear naked and have her very own sex scenes. XD (lol) Enjoyment: 9 In a word, 'addictive', not many manga kept me , devouring every chapter and volume, until there was no more to read. Having read 31 volumes in 2 days, not also means that a have a lot of free time, it also means that Gantz became one of my favorite maga in just two days. If there's one thing that made my enjoyment a 9 instead of a 10, was that Oku's along with other seinen,/gore manga authors overuses certain elements, like extreme violence/gore, sex and rape just for shock value, or silly fan-service, which after awhile can becomes almost routine, Apart from that, Gantz is overall a great experience, that delivers in almost every aspect. Overall: 9 383 of 383 chapters read
I've been reading Gantz for the past 2.5-3 years and finally on aug 9 2013, a week after my birthday, I've completed reading this amazing series. I've at least read the first 200 chapters three times over and I still love it just as much as the first time going through. My biggest take from the manga is the character development. I feel like I grew onto the characters. Each character, good or bad, has their own distinct features that make a lasting impression and make me feel like I'm reading an original masterpiece. As soon as you cling on to a character and you appreciate who they are, suddenly they die or another plot twist takes you down the roller-coaster, taking you up and down, rising climax after one another almost like a rush. I want more, to the point that I catch myself reading consecutive chapters until I become too tired to go on. THAT is what I rate as a 10 manga. The only downside to such a long series, like many other long series, is consistency. The story has multiple arcs, each with its own lil theme but the arcs don't tie into each other very well. It's not like One Piece where it's well thought out from the beginning and EVERYTHING is meticulously placed giving you hints from the beginning to future events. It's barely a complaint in my opinion, no series is perfectly great. Even One Piece has its flaws considering it's a benchmark of story-line lineage. 337 of 383 chapters read
Death is NOT an end-Merely a new Beginning! (Unknown) PLOT: - The course of this series is full of bitterness and tragedy. Characters that have no control, no power and are inserted in a game that despite how well they play and the alliances they form, once they win, its back to the beginning. Imagine playing a high stake game, kill or be killed, meeting people who become allies, friends and even lovers but knowing that if you choose to collect your 100 points and leave the game, all the knowledge, personal growth and experiences will be blocked from your mind. It’s a tease. It’s harsh. And it’s a metaphor for the oft-times seeming futility of life itself. It’s an extreme case of human nature and the nature of the game, versus the individuals at play and their relations to one another. Gantz is a complex, multi layered story, told in a stunning visual style, abundant in detail and interspersed with blood and sex. This blood and sex is used as both a tool and a metaphor exemplifying the high and lows of humanity itself as protector and defender, hunter and the hunted, hero and villain. Two sides of a coin, both sides in a game. The story and the premise itself is interesting and thought provoking. Oku has captured a cross section of humanity within his pages, both in its glory and grotesque. His efforts while not always appreciated deserve to be applauded. CHARACTERS: - Gantz takes normal and everyday life characters and takes them to great heights with awesome character development. Originally some characters such as the lead character Kurono appear as plain, shallow and self-centered personnel, they develop into shining examples of the human condition, baptized in the fire of war. As the story progresses further characters add more humanity to the story, knowing that they have no place in the game, they still embrace a role placed upon them for the benefit of another or simply chose to overlook a horrifying and baser act of depravity in order to do what they must. Many characters are contradictory to each other. Some individuals play the game at the expense of other players and their own humanity while others develop bonds similar to those of team/family to support each other. Others are burnt beyond recognition, and display violent, extreme anti-social tendencies that place them squarely as villains and the aliens they hunt as victims. ART: - Art is a big selling point of this manga. The character art and backgrounds are top notch (some might say that they are close to or even better than Berserk). Everything about art is amazing. The gory and hardcore action, sexy babes at cover pages, the horrifying aliens and monsters, in short everything shows the greatness of Oku's artwork and imagination. TARGET AUDIENCE: - People say that Gantz is just for those who enjoy excessive and needless gore and don’t care about the story. However, I would recommend this manga to anyone who wants a visually engaging story, combined with some harsh lessons on human nature. TIPS: - * Read it at night, lights off and metal songs on (I enjoyed it more that way). * Read at least 10 to 15 chapters in one sitting. * Don't read it if you hate gore 383 of 383 chapters read
Anime/Manga have a lot of genres, but the more prevalent ones (at least for westerners) are the battle shounens and the slice-of-life's. Said that, another pretty important genre is the seinen, marketed to older men and can even feature gore and more sexual elements. One of the most famous manga of the genre is, without a doubt, Gantz. Gantz began serialization in 2000 and finished in 2013. It has 383 chapters and was created, written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku, who had previously created Hen and Zero One. In the start, Gantz has an unusual and (mostly) unpredictable story. The protagonist is not your usual hero and the action is pretty well-thought. An atmosphere of sadness and uneasiness surrounds every interaction of the cast. The ambiance is dark. but natural. The characters die, but it rarely feels forced. But this only characterises most of the first part. Thing start to go downhill when the vampires are introduced (yes, there also are vampires), and it only gets worse in the second part. The protagonist becomes a regular hero, a knight in shining armor, if you will. The atmosphere becomes just a whole lot of crazy with no clear sense of identity. The new characters are instantly hateable and die as soon as they are introduced. The conclusion actually goes against everything shown during the rest of the manga. It just so boringly predictable you would have thought it was taken from one of the hundreds of generic battle shounens that already exist. But the one thing that really annoyed me was how the shocking moments were all ridiculously forced and there just to shock, with no logic reasoning behind it. The design of the aliens becomes progressively crazier and more explicit and the gore reaches insane levels. The shocks eventually become just a laughable attempt to make the reader uncomfortable. To make matters worse, the second part tries to be philosophical. That is, only tries, but never accomplishes to do it in an interesting way. The approach is simply just too on-the-face to make it work. Also, it is hard to be philosophical when it also includes casual nudity, insane amounts of gore and nonsensical imagery only there to shock. Kei Kurono is the only truly interesting character in the gigantic cast between main characters and supporting members. The only one who truly presents a conflicting personality and evolves during the course of the series. The rest is all boring archetypes that are there either to die or to fall in love with the protagonist, most of the times. There were two particular girls who were crazy about Kei and constantly repeated the now-hated phrase: 'Kei-chan! Kei-chan! Kei-chan!!! ..'. You will be surprised by how much that you will dread this phrase, that is, if you get there. If there is one thing that Gantz excels in is the action. Intelligent and unpredictable, the fights have a real sense of danger and intensity that is not accomplished everyday. It is pretty gore-intesive, but that is to be expected from the genre. Whenever the characters use swords, the intensity receives an impressive boost, and so does the sense of speed. A huge part of that is the unusual art. Its process is also quite unique: after the initial story board, Hiroya Oka and his team creat a 3D representation of the scene in the computer, print it and draw over it. This creates a very particular style that is instantly recognizable, if a bit unnatural. This highly influences the design of everything from the humans to the aliens. Despite the lack of liveliness in the art, this not only fits the atmosphere of the manga, but also enhances it. Even after all that, I still managed to enjoy Gantz. Its action managed to keep me interested enough and it first part was not only enticing, but also highly entertaining. I even enjoyed a bit reading the second part, in a glorious trainwreck kind of way. Gantz has a great start and an incredible first part, but, sadly, the second part can't hold a candle to the rest. My advice, read the first part and then just drop Gantz. It is not worth reading the second one. Fans of seinen manga should give it a try, as it pretty important for the genre. If you are looking for an unusual story, this manga will probably interest you. 383 of 383 chapters read
First off, let me start by saying that I believe the manga should have two reviews: A review for the story up to about chapter 280, and a review for the rest up to 383. Up to between chapters 280 and 300, I'd give the manga a fantastic rating. The art is good, the plot is good, character development is good. It keeps me entertained and wanting more. Then it falls off a cliff. Between chapter 280-300, or maybe even the start of the final (3rd) phase, it feels like the author just wanted it to end. He also seemed to force the romance between the main character, Kurono, and his girlfriend Tae, even though the vast majority of fans (including myself) despised this as it detracted from the plot. In fact, the entire final phase (the final invasion) is simply to get Tae back - forget his missions, the Earth, and all of the other people he loves, he just has to save Tae! But the worst part, which is what utterly ruins the grade of this manga, is the ending. The final chapter (named The Final Chapter) is a short than normal chapter, and answers few if any questions. For those that have seen the anime, I would compare it to to the anime's ending if not worse. The author goes from the final battle to the end of the manga in half of a chapter, a quarter of which is simply crowds cheering and Tae crying. Overall, if you're ok with an absolutely abysmal ending then this is a great manga. I would argue it should have ended after the Osaka arc, which would have been a great ending albeit still with questions unanswered. 383 of 383 chapters read
A manga masterpiece and quite possibly Oku's Magnum Opus. Sort of blown away by finally finishing this manga, so I'll just share my input on what I found amazing. The technical skill in the art here far outsripts many things that i've seen. I can't imagine how much work it would take for the artist to make something. As always, story comes first when enjoying something in art, but the effort that this man put into this can absolutely not be denied. Fantastic. The manga has 3 major arcs, and they truly, truly up the scale and almost change the whole landscape of the manga. 3 phases of Gantz, and you find yourself upgrading from a close-knit survival sci-fi horror to something more, something greater. The cynical and no-nonsense portrayal of humans in a tough situation is interesting to see. I hate cynicism, but you can't deny the truths he's trying to show, and it makes it all the more interesting because Koruno Kei at a first glance is such a pathetic main character, and so very much human. This is undoubtedly what you'd call an 'r18' work, but I'd rather call it undiluted. The story does indeed take a long time to switch between phases, but from the get go (perhaps first two volumes) if you're not hooked by the art and the development of the situation then this is not for you. An amazing piece of work from Hiroya Oku, I hope to see some more spin-offs from this work (anime adaptation, movies) and especially more work from Hiroya Oku. This is the kind of manga you finish and applaud at. 343 of 383 chapters read
Story: 10 Human lives holds absolutely no significance. People will die, but in this manga, people's death do hold significance. This work goes against human nature, of the selfishness and greed. People who have died, are given a second chance, in return they kill aliens that are a potential threat to earth. Gantz, is like a Jack-Of-All-Trades. So many things are incorporated into this manga that it is almost a work of a genius. Action, romance, Sci-fi, sex, death, gore, ecchi, horror, drama, and psychological. This kind of story is one of a kind that does not appear many times. Art: 9 Fan-Service: There is much fan service on this work. Breasts and butts are very well drawn, that it averts almost any males or females eyes towards it. Realism: The muscles of a typical muscular guy are so well drawn you can make every cut in their muscles and you can tell where the muscles have formed on their bodies. When something is cut in half you can make out the organs that is oozing out. When the players are being transferred you can see every every body part as its own entity. The art has a big impact on you because the story is horror. A realistic drawing of a gory is what horror manga is meant to be. If a horror manga is not realistic its not horror. Also the realism makes it seem like everything that happens in the manga almost possible in the real world. Character: 8 The protagonist of the story is a average high school student that is known as a day-time lantern. He can be viewed as us, the readers. We're like every other person, mediocre with no special trait. The so called 'average high school student' kills aliens to survive. Everyone fantasies about killing aliens with big fictional weapons. This character is a outlet to the fantasy world that everyone dreams so much of. Everyone is appealed to this manga because they want to be the main character. The author made the main character so close to you that you can literally believe you are him. Enjoyment: 10 You kill aliens after you died, and when you lose a limb or two, you're good as new when your teammates finishes the job. Girls in the work are beautiful, so beautiful that it is not likely that you will find a girl like that. People die with gore every page you read. I enjoy reading about that kind of stuff. Its a thrill to read something like that when my life has none of those things. 383 of 383 chapters read
A post on what I think the appeal of Gantz is, taken from my instagram: Gantz is a manga that is able to draw from every genre imaginable and somehow still tell a cohesive story. There are elements of sci-fi, horror, romance, drama, gore and mystery. All of these genres flow together seamlessly, this means that there is something enjoyable for everyone in Gantz. The mangaka is a master of analysing elements of other popular works of fiction and implementing them into his own work, all while putting his own spin on these elements which in turn elevates them. Gantz has a very large and diverse cast of characters, for the most part these characters are fleshed out well and give you a reason to care about them, and if the time comes, mourn for them. There is a lot of death in Gantz, at times this makes it hard to get attached to any particular character, this is remedied by the cycle of characters that replace those who have died. The nature of Gantz’s plot lends itself well to having a revolving cast of characters with great backgrounds. The variety of backgrounds also does a great job in providing many different ideologies that often lead to intriguing conflicts between characters. The art is also superb, it’s perhaps the best art that I have ever seen in a manga, beating out even Berserk and Vagabond. The art is digital and I believe they created 3D models to base the art off of, this gives Gantz the most realistic art I’ve ever seen in manga. This realism also works wonders in telling the story, the fact that the art is so realistic gives the horrific things that happen in Gantz a lot more impact than if they had been drawn in a more unrealistic art style. Gantz also has a lot of interesting philosophical ideas, this is not the best thing about Gantz but I still thought it was worth mentioning, just to show the sheer amount of content that is present in Gantz. You may have heard that Gantz has a rather lacklustre ending, don’t be fooled. I would say that the ending is the weakest part of the manga but when it’s going from a 10/10 to a 9/10, I for one am not too upset by that. I highly recommended Gantz to everyone. Score: 10/10. |
Cover of the first Gantztankōbon, which was released in Japan by Shueisha on December 11, 2000
The chapters of the Japanese mangaGantz are written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku, and have been published in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Young Jump since its issue 32 published in 2000.[1][2] The plot follows a teenager named Kei Kurono and his friend Masaru Kato who die in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous game in which they, and several other recently deceased people, are forced to hunt down and kill aliens. Mario smash bros unblocked games.
Gantz is divided into three main story arcs referred to as 'phases'. After the completion of Phase 1, the author put the series on hiatus for a short time to work on Phase 2, which is also known as 'Catastrophe'. Phase 1 consists of the first 237 chapters. On November 22, 2006, the first chapter of Phase 2, chapter 238, was released.[3][4] As of chapter 303, the series was put in hiatus once again in order to let Oku prepare in the making of the final arc of the series. The series continued serialization in October from 2009.[5] The individual chapters are collected by Shueisha in tankōbon format; the first volume was released on December 11, 2000.[6] 37 volumes have been released by Shueisha.[7] An anime adaptation, produced by Gonzo and directed by Ichiro Itano, aired in Japan on Fuji Television and AT-X.[8][9][10]
Publishing company Dark Horse Comics acquired the licensing rights for the release of English translations of Gantz on July 1, 2007 during the Anime Expo.[11][12] The first English volume was released on June 25, 2008.[1] While the first three were being published quarterly, the following volumes are being released on a bimonthly basis.[13] As of July 2015, 36 volumes have been released by Dark Horse Comics.[14] The series is published by Glénat in Spain, by Editorial Vid in Mexico, by Tonkam in France and by Planet Manga in Germany, Italy, Brazil[15][16][17] and by Editorial Ivrea in Argentina.[18]
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Volume list[edit]
All of the Gantz chapters are published in a tankōbon volume. They were originally serialized in issues of Weekly Young Jump from December 2011 onwards.
Volumes 1–20[edit]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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| 1 | December 11, 2000[6] | ISBN978-4-08-876105-3 | June 25, 2008[1] | ISBN978-1-59307-949-9 | |
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| A pair of high school students, Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato, are hit by a subway train after saving the life of a drunk homeless man who had fallen onto the tracks. Kurono and Kato find themselves transported, along with a number of other people who have also recently died, to a room inside a building in Tokyo. By way of green text that appears on the surface of a black sphere named Gantz the group is informed that they have to kill a little creature, apparently an alien, to survive. They are transported out of the building and Kato, Kurono and a girl named Kei Kishimoto attempt to return to their homes. The remaining participants are able to kill the alien using weapons provided by Gantz. After killing the small alien, a much larger and more menacing alien appears and kills most of the team excluding Kato, who wanted to save the little alien. | |||||
| 2 | March 19, 2001[19] | ISBN978-4-08-876139-8 | October 1, 2008[20] | ISBN978-1-59582-188-1 | |
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| The tall alien attacks Kato, making him fall from a bridge and finds Kurono and Kishimoto. Both of them try to escape but as the alien focuses on Kurono, he ends up alone. Before the alien attacks, Kato appears and tries to protect Kurono but is mortally wounded. Kurono is enraged and the black suit he was given by Gantz gives him enough strength to immobilize the alien. After that another teenager named Joichiro Nishi, who was among the other people from the building, kills the alien. After the alien's death, the survivors return to the building. The ones who return are Kurono, Kishimoto, Nishi and Kato, whose injures are healed. The ones who returned are given points by Gantz based on the aliens they killed. Kurono asks Nishi for answers and he responds that these missions will happen several times and that many people have already died. | |||||
| 3 | June 19, 2001[21] | ISBN978-4-08-876163-3 | January 21, 2009[22] | ISBN978-1-59582-232-1 | |
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| After returning to her house, Kishimoto discovers that she is only a copy of herself and that her real self survived her suicide attempt. Having nowhere to go now—since her other self is living her life—she runs to Kurono's apartment to ask him if she can stay. Kato becomes angry while remembering how the little green alien died and attacks a bully from his school. During the following days, several people die and appear in the building in Tokyo along with the previous survivors. Kato tries to explain to them what is happening. A gangster tries to attack Nishi, but his suit protects him and he kills the gangster. As the people are transported to the city, Kurono realizes he forgot his black suit, having left it at his apartment. Unfortunately for him, he is the first to encounter the target alien named Mr.Tanaka, which has the appearance of a doll. | |||||
| 4 | October 19, 2001[23] | ISBN978-4-08-876217-3 | April 8, 2009[24] | ISBN978-1-59582-250-5 | |
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| Nishi fights against Mr.Tanaka, but is badly injured when Tanaka shoots a type of sonic boom that explodes his eyes, ear drums and destroys his suit. Kato attempts to rescue him and bear hugs Tanaka. As a result, a dying bird emerges from within Tanaka and Kurono shoots it. Kato asks Nishi about how to escape the game, to which Nishi responds that one hundred points are required to exit the game, while he had ninety. Due to his severe injuries, Nishi dies while calling out to his mother. Despite the alien's death, the group is not transported like before, which leads them to suspect that there must be more aliens. Some people try to leave the area, but their heads explode when they step outside the designated boundary. As Kurono does not have his black suit to protect him, Kato tells him to stay away from the fights. However, Kurono is captured by two gangsters, who force him to enter a building that holds a multitude of Mr.Tanaka aliens. Kato, Kishimoto and a fashion model destroy several Tanakas from the city, but discover that several of their fellow fighters are dead. | |||||
| 5 | February 19, 2002[25] | ISBN978-4-08-876267-8 | June 24, 2009[26] | ISBN978-1-59582-301-4 | |
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| Kurono confronts Mr. Tanaka's boss, a giant violet bird that attempts to kill him when Kurono accidentally steps on one of the little birds. Kurono fires his X-gun to the ground continuously to make the entire building collapse. Kurono manages to escape, but the boss survives. The giant bird boss attacks Kurono, who uses his X-gun to kill it. The survivors return to the Tokyo building and learn that, depending on how many aliens they kill, they will accumulate more points. In the following days, the surviving gangster attempts to kill other gangsters, but his head explodes as he reveals the gun from Gantz. Kurono and Kishimoto have an argument, as Kurono notes Kishimoto is in love with Kato and not him, and she leaves his apartment. Kato, who was living with his younger brother in a house with their cruel adoptive mother, purchases a new apartment. Kato is later transported to the building along with the previous group of survivors. | |||||
| 6 | May 17, 2002[27] | ISBN978-4-08-876293-7 | August 26, 2009[28] | ISBN9781595823205 | |
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| Back in the Gantz room, Kato tries to explain to the disbelieving newcomers about what they can expect to happen. A Buddhist priest convinces most of them that they have gone to the afterlife, and to ignore Kato. A new girl named Sei Sakuraoka, agrees to have sex with Kurono upon his request. The group is transported to a Buddhist temple, where they are supposed to kill two giant statues. The two statues start attacking the group and kill several people. Kurono fights back against the statues, defeating both. Just when the group feels safe again, another group of statues appears and confronts them. The new statues are mostly human-sized, with the exception of one giant Buddha statue. | |||||
| 7 | September 19, 2002[29] | ISBN978-4-08-876342-2 | October 14, 2009[30] | ISBN978-1-59582-373-1 | |
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| The group divides; Kurono, Kato and Kishimoto fight some of the aliens outside and the others enter the Buddhist temple, where they fight a new group of statues/aliens, only to be killed by them. After defeating their opponents, Kato and the others enter the temple. One of the statues, which takes the form of a multiple-armed god, begins to throw acid at them, and Kishimoto dies while protecting Kato. Furiously, Kurono attacks the god, but it recovers and destroys one of Kurono's arms and one of his legs. Kato takes Kurono outside and tries to stop his bleeding. Kato then goes to seek out and destroy the remaining aliens; while he is away, the god statue finds Kurono and Sakuraoka tries to protect him. | |||||
| 8 | January 17, 2003[31] | ISBN978-4-08-876388-0 | December 24, 2009[32] | ISBN978-1-59582-383-0 | |
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| Sakuraoka is killed by the alien statue, which also kills all the other surviving members of the group except for Kato and the wounded Kurono. Kato decides to fight against the last alien and discovers that the statue has eaten the brain of one of his partners, which has given him the ability to speak as the dead teammate. Kato destroys its statue form; however, the alien then exits the statue body and takes a larger form. Once again, Kato destroys it, but he is killed at the same moment, leaving Kurono as the only survivor. Kurono reappears in the Tokyo tower uninjured and is overcome by depression as he realizes that he is alone. In the oncoming days, Kurono meets a new student from his school, Shion Izumi, who tells him that there is a website that contains information about Gantz. Kurono does not reveal his knowledge of Gantz, afraid that his head will explode. Later, Kurono is transported to the Tokyo building again, but this time he is the only one there. | |||||
| 9 | May 19, 2003[33] | ISBN978-4-08-876442-9 | March 3, 2010[34] | ISBN978-1-59582-452-3 | |
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| Kurono is transported to his solo mission upon a rooftop. He discovers his targets, the Shorty Aliens, which are a group of aliens the size of children. With this knowledge, he is able to destroy all but one when they jump after him. The surviving alien communicates with him using telepathic abilities and tells him that he already knows all his moves. The alien destroys Kurono's black suit, but Kurono escapes and hides until his time runs out. Gantz tells him he failed, and reduces his score to zero. The surviving alien is furious about the death of his partners and swears to kill Kurono. The next time Kurono goes to his school, the alien appears in the body of a student and kills all of Kurono's classmates with the exception of Shion Izumi and a girl named Tae Kojima. Kurono decides to fight against him. At the same time, a large number of policemen enter the school to battle the alien. | |||||
| 10 | August 19, 2003[35] | ISBN978-4-08-876486-3 | March 31, 2010[36] | ISBN978-1-59582-459-2 | |
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| The Shorty Alien attacks a group of policemen, who are unable to stop it with bullets. Kurono sneaks up behind it and uses an X-gun to successfully kill it. In an attempt to keep the incident a secret, government officials tell Kurono to keep silent. Afterward, Tae Kojima becomes the girlfriend of Kurono, who realizes that he is no longer all alone. In the following days, a teenager named Hiroto Sakurai learns from a man, Kenzo Sakata, how to use psychic powers and uses them to kill bullies from his school. A giant man, Daizemon Kaze starts searching the city for a strong person to fight to have a capable opponent. He fights Kurono, and Daizemon is ultimately defeated by the power of Kurono's suit. | |||||
| 11 | December 18, 2003[37] | ISBN978-4-08-876538-9 | May 26, 2010[38] | ISBN978-1-59582-518-6 | |
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| Shion asks Kurono to meet him at the school and tells him that he was once a participant in the Gantz activities. He mentions that he recently received a small Gantz-style sphere with a message that instructed him to kill several people. Kurono is unable to shoot him and Izumi tells him he will do what Gantz has asked of him. The following Sunday, Izumi disguises himself as a black man, and begins massacring all of the pedestrians in Shinjuku with a bag of guns. Tae is in the middle of the attacks, but is saved by Daizemon Kaze. Daizemon tries to stop Izumi, but is killed after a long fight. Hiroto and Kenzo also try to stop him by blocking his bullets with their telekinetic abilities, but they die as well. | |||||
| 12 | March 19, 2004[39] | ISBN978-4-08-876578-5 | July 28, 2010[40] | ISBN978-1-59-582526-1 | |
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| Shion kidnaps Tae in an effort to lure Kurono into battle. Shion dies in the duel and Kurono is mortally wounded. Both are transported to the Gantz room, along with a number of those killed by Izumi that day. Izumi punches Kurono unconscious before he can tell anyone what happened. When Kurono awakens, Izumi and most of the others have already been sent. Kurono is told by Gantz that he must get fifteen points to survive. He also finds a door that Izumi recently opened, and discovers vehicles, taking one with him on the mission. The mission's official target is the Kappa Alien, a deformed person that wears a large hat. Kurono is joined by an old man named Yoshikazu Suzuki and Reika, a famous and beautiful Japanese idol. Everybody is attacked by several alien dinosaurs, but most of the dinosaurs are killed by the combatants. | |||||
| 13 | May 19, 2004[41] | ISBN978-4-08-876608-9 | September 29, 2010[42] | ISBN978-1-59582-587-2 | |
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| A dinosaur alien that Shion was fighting escapes from the museum and attacks Reika. She manages to survive because of her suit. Kurono and the old man, Yoshikazu, use the Gantz monowheel vehicle to attract the attention of the dinosaur and lead it away from the rest of the group. However, while they are leading it away Kurono falls from the back of bike where he was acting as gun-man. He is able to fight, and ultimately kill, the dinosaur. After that, all of the others who were sent by Gantz acknowledge Kurono as their leader. The group is surrounded by the Kappa alien and a group of Velociraptors. The team separates and kills them all. However, a Brachiosauridae alien emerges, and appears to be furious about the death of the others. Kurono challenges the new dinosaur and lures it away. | |||||
| 14 | July 16, 2004[43] | ISBN978-4-08-876637-9 | November 24, 2010[44] | ISBN978-1-59582-598-8 | |
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| With the help of Shion, Kurono destroys the last dinosaur and the mission ends. While all the people from the mission are being transported, a group of swordsmen dressed in black begin attacking them. Most of participants are killed, but Yoshikazu is able to return. Upon returning to the Gantz room, scoring commences and Kurono's earns 58 points. After Kurono's performance in the last battle, most of the other surviving group members start training daily with Kurono to improve their own abilities. During the following days, Kurono's younger brother, Akira, learns that the people that attacked the Gantz group before are known as Vampires, and that he is one of them. The Vampires want to take revenge for all the deaths of other vampires by the hands of the people from Gantz. Some of them are able to find Shion and try to capture him. | |||||
| 15 | December 17, 2004[45] | ISBN978-4-08-876717-8 | January 5, 2011[46] | ISBN978-1-59582-662-6 | |
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| Despite having the black costume broken, Shion is able to kill the leader of the Vampires he previously fought. In the following days, Kurono has a date with Reika and the event ends up being published in several popular celebrity magazines. Tae finds out about it and breaks up with Kurono. Soon Kurono and all the other members are transported by Gantz to kill aliens dressed as black knights. They manage a swift victory, but are then tasked by Gantz to kill Tae for unknown reasons. Kurono demands to be transported first and goes to her house so that he can protect her. All of the remaining members except Kenzo, Hiroto, Daizemon, Yoshikazu and Reika are intent on killing her. | |||||
| 16 | April 19, 2005[47] | ISBN978-4-08-876780-2 | March 16, 2011[48] | ISBN978-1-59582-663-3 | |
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| Shion's team finds Tae after injuring all the people who aimed to protect her, and successfully kills her. Kurono attempts to commit suicide but he asks Gantz what will happen if he gets 100 points. He discovers that he can resurrect anybody who has participated in Gantz's missions and resolves to revive the friends he has lost, including Tae. In the following days, Sakurai, who still regrets killing the people who bullied him, uses his telekinesis to stop criminals. In the next mission, among the newcomers is a child named Takeshi who died as a result of parental abuse. He thinks that Daizemon is a hero that he used to admire before dying, and that he was meant to save him. | |||||
| 17 | July 19, 2005[49] | ISBN978-4-08-876826-7 | May 18, 2011[50] | ISBN978-1-59582-664-0 | |
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| The group is sent to kill the Oni Aliens, which are creatures that are able to transform into anything. Takeshi is attacked by several of them but Daizemon is able to defeat them. Hiroto and Kenzo fight against one that is able to manipulate fire and, although the alien is killed, Hiroto is incinerated. Other aliens enter the bodies of several people and explode them from their insides. Ultimately, Kurono destroys all the aliens. Meanwhile, Daizemon manages to calm Takeshi by claiming that he is the hero that was created for Takeshi's protection. | |||||
| 18 | November 18, 2005[51] | ISBN978-4-08-876881-6 | August 3, 2011[52] | ISBN978-1-59582-776-0 | |
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| Daizaemon faces an Oni alien who is able to turn his body into rock. After a prolonged fight, Daizemon manages to kill the alien. A new lightning-wielding alien appears in Tokyo and starts killing people. Shion confronts it, but is unable to inflict any damage. However, he is saved by the remainder of his fellow hunters. They also attempt to fight it, but in the end are all defeated by the alien despite Kenzo managing to blind it. Kurono repeatedly fights against him, determined to achieve enough points to revive Tae. In the end he is tired but still wants to fight, and a weakened Shion arrives to help him. | |||||
| 19 | June 19, 2006[53] | ISBN978-4-08-877069-7 | October 19, 2011[54] | ISBN978-1-59582-813-2 | |
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| Kurono and Shion kill the Oni Alien by beheading it and the hunters are transported back to the room to receive their scores. This time, most of them are able to achieve 100 points. Kenzo uses his points to revive Hiroto. Reika, Yoshikazu and Daizemon all decide to use their points to revive Tae, Kato and Nishi who are then able to assist the other participants. However, when Kurono is about to revive somebody else, his partners tell him to ask Gantz to choose the option that allows him to exit the battle cycle. He reluctantly follows their advice and is able to return back to his normal life, with no memory of the Gantz activities. Since he does not remember anything, he also forgets that Tae was his girlfriend. This confuses him, since he still has her gifts and pictures. Kurono realizes that he lost his memories and attempts to get them back. | |||||
| 20 | December 19, 2006[55] | ISBN978-4-08-877187-8 | December 21, 2011[56] | ISBN978-1-59582-846-0 | |
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| Kurono is asked by a detective named Seiichi Kikuchi about the 'Gantz team'. However, he is still unable to remember any of the events that occurred. The detective tries to interview the Vampires but they force him to reveal information about the Gantz team instead. After that, the Vampires confront Shion, who they kill when he tries to protect his girlfriend. Akira calls Kurono and tells him that he is the next target of the Vampires and also tells him that they are vulnerable to sunlight, which he uses to make weapons. That night, when he is attacked by the Vampires, he confronts them, but is killed by one of them. Kato and his friends try to rescue him but they are attacked by two Vampires in the process, and are transported by Gantz along with them. | |||||
Gantz Manga Free Download
Volumes 21–37[edit]
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| 21 | May 18, 2007[57] | ISBN978-4-08-877276-9 | February 22, 2012[58] | ISBN978-1-59582-847-7 | |
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| Following Kurono's death, all of his former teammates are transported to the Gantz room. Kato is determined to achieve 100 points so that he can revive Kurono. This time, in addition to the previous survivors, two Vampires that killed Kurono are also transported and are forced to aid them in the next mission. They are sent to Osaka for the mission instead of Tokyo. The team must destroy the yōkai aliens. Takeshi is the first one to be sent and accidentally kills some of them after becoming scared. The other members discover another Gantz team from Osaka, which tells them not to attack the aliens in their territory. Daizemon finds Takeshi and helps him to destroy other local aliens. Meanwhile, after discovering that the Osaka team has obtained 100 points several times, Kato is told that it is impossible to revive everyone and get out of the missions from Gantz. | |||||
| 22 | November 19, 2007[59] | ISBN978-4-08-877349-0 | April 18, 2012[60] | ISBN978-1-59582-848-4 | |
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| Kato goes alone to fight the yōkai. He meets Anzu Yamasaki, a woman from the Osaka team, who tells him that in her team there were a couple and a child without suits to protect themselves. Kato and Anzu run to where they are and find them being attacked by a giant alien. Kato traps the alien in a small shop and kills him. At the same moment, the two Vampires encounter a pair of samurai aliens and make an attempt to ally with them, but the aliens betray them. However, the blonde male Vampire, nicknamed 'Host Samurai' by Gantz, destroys them and rescues his female partner. Meanwhile, two members from the Osaka team discover the strongest of the yōkai, the Nurarihyon, which is worth an entire hundred points alone. When Kato hears this, he becomes motivated to defeat it to receive the points needed to revive Kurono. | |||||
| 23 | May 19, 2008[61] | ISBN978-4-08-877445-9 | June 20, 2012[62] | ISBN978-1-59582-849-1 | |
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| A member of the Osaka team severs off the head from the 100-point Nurarihyon alien, but dies in the process. A fellow Osaka member is attacked by two other aliens resembling a tengu and an inugami and in a panic staves them off using leftover eye-beams from the 100-point alien. With the help of an invisible being he is able to escape but is surrounded by members of the Japanese military. Kato tries to defend him but they are attacked by the former two aliens. Three members of the Osaka team arrive and destroy the alien duo, although a team member dies in the process. After that, the 100-point alien reappears. Despite being destroyed several times, it resurrects into a new form each time and continues to fight. | |||||
| 24 | October 17, 2008[63] | ISBN978-4-08-877511-1 | August 15, 2012[64] | ISBN978-1-59582-907-8 | |
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| The 100-point Nurarihyon alien transforms into a giant composed of women's bodies and proceeds to kill several of the Osaka combatants. Kato and the other members from the Tokyo team join the battle and try to destroy it as well. The alien once again transforms and becomes a giant minotaur, seriously injuring the Tokyo team. Kenzo decides to distract it while the others escape and dies in the process. The Nurarihyon continues to follow the Tokyo team but just when they are about to be killed, the last hunter from Osaka, Oka Hachirou, appears. He uses an improved version of the black suit to overpower the alien. The Nurarihyon again resurrects, this time in the form of an old man and continues fighting Oka. Oka is victorious, but he decides not to finish off the Nurarihyon, thinking he may die while doing it. The alien transforms into several balls and proceeds to attack the Tokyo squad. | |||||
| 25 | February 19, 2009[65] | ISBN978-4-08-877597-5 | October 24, 2012[66] | ISBN978-1-59582-908-5 | |
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| The previous attack from the Nurarihyon leaves Takeshi seriously injured, and Daizemon decides to fight the alien to let Takeshi return to Gantz's room safe. The Nurarihyon takes the form of a skeleton and fights Daizemon. As Daizemon is left wounded, the alien leaves to find and kill Oka. Unwilling to give up, Kato asks his comrades to attack the alien while he will be a bait. As the Nurarihyon returns, all the hunters shoot in order to defeat it. However, the alien manages to defend and cuts Kato's legs. Before Kato is killed, Anzu protects him, dying in the process. The vampire Host Samurai fights the Nurarihyon, allowing Kato to kill the alien. With the mission over, the surviving Tokyo members return to Tokyo, where Kato receives 100 points from Gantz. Kato decides to revive Kei, who appears without remembering what happened after he chose to leave the room. Meanwhile, Nishi tells the team that nothing matters now as, according to Gantz, all of mankind will be destroyed in a week due to a possible new nuclear war. | |||||
| 26 | June 19, 2009[67] | ISBN978-4-08-877668-2 | January 23, 2013[68] | ISBN978-1-61655-048-6 | |
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| The members from the Tokyo team return to their common lives, but they remain concerned about Nishi's comment about the world's destruction. The members reunite once again, and ask Nishi to tell them about Gantz. Nishi tells them that there are various Gantz teams all around the world and that it is suspected that the aliens and the black spheres were made by men. Meanwhile, Kikuchi goes to Germany, where with the help from a person named Sebastian, he finds a factory of black spheres. Reika goes to Kurono's apartment and confesses her feelings to him, but Kurono tells her he is in love with Tae. As she leaves the apartment, Reika decides to get 100 points to revive Kurono once again so that the new one would love her. As Nishi returns to his school, he is attacked by the other students who have grown a dislike for him. Enraged, Nishi kills most of them, forcing several soldiers to attack him. Before being killed, Nishi is transported to Gantz's room along with all the members from the Tokyo team. The team is then transported to Italy where they find that all the Gantz's participants from the city are being killed by Roman statue aliens. | |||||
| 27 | October 19, 2009[69] | ISBN978-4-08-877721-4 | April 17, 2013[70] | ISBN978-1-61655-049-3 | |
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| Participant Kouki Inaba gives up while confronting the aliens and Suzuki is killed by them when he tries to protect Inaba. Realizing that Suzuki cared for him, Inaba starts fighting to survive the mission, but is killed by an enormous statue. When the Tokyo team is overpowered by the aliens, Gantz transports them back to Tokyo, where the sphere announces that the mission has ended. As most participants leave, Reika finds that the person from the sphere is out and asks her who she wants to revive. Reika chooses to create a clone of Kurono, who decides to stay with her when he realizes he is a clone and cannot continue being with Tae. Sometime later, Sebastian takes Kikuchi to Germany where Sebastian discovers that a group of men created Gantz using a coded message transmitted by an ill person. Kikuchi grows suspicious of Sebastian. The next day, the sky becomes red, and an unknown black ship destroys North America's military force. | |||||
| 28 | May 19, 2010[71] | ISBN978-4-08-877854-9 | July 24, 2013[72] | ISBN978-1-61655-050-9 | |
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| Giant beings resembling the black outfits appear in Japan and start slaughtering the citizens. When Kurono decides to battle them, he discovers they are humanoid aliens. The other Tokyo hunters also battle them, managing to protect various people. As Reika and Kurono's clone also fight the alien, they are supported by other hunters who proceed to unarm and capture them. | |||||
| 29 | September 17, 2010[73] | ISBN978-4-08-879025-1 | October 23, 2013[74] | ISBN978-1-61655-150-6 | |
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| When trying to protect Tae and his schoolmates, Kurono is transported to an area along with various hunters from different cities. They are ordered by a group of hunters controlling black spheres to go fight on the alien ship, threatening to kill them if they disobey. In the ship, the hunters battle the humanoid aliens until they are able to secure one and transport it back to land. The lead hunters send the other hunters including Kurono back to different cities at random, but as Kurono runs to find Tae, she is kidnapped alongside various humans by an alien ship. | |||||
| 30 | January 19, 2011[75] | ISBN978-4-08-879088-6 | January 29, 2014[76] | ISBN978-1-61655-151-3 | |
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| As they enter the alien ship, most humans are killed by the machines in there. Tae and other humans manage to escape and appear in an alien city where the giant humanoid aliens live and humans are used as food. As aliens continue killing the humans, Tae is taken by a child alien. Kurono arrives to the ship, desperate to find Tae, but decides to help the surviving humans escape from the area after they plead. | |||||
| 31 | April 19, 2011[7] | ISBN978-4-08-879129-6 | April 23, 2014[77] | ISBN978-1-61655-152-0 | |
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| After finding his girlfriend killed by the aliens, Hiroto grows furious and starts killing all the aliens in the area. Meanwhile, the Tokyo Hunters reunite and make the humanoid inside the black sphere use the sphere for them. The Kurono revived by Reika then sends a message to Hunters across Japan seeking their help in rescuing the people taken by the alien's spaceship. As various Hunters start arriving, the other Kurono takes an alien hostage so that she will guide him and the humans he found outside the ship. Learning that they cannot revive people anymore, the Hunters recruited in Tokyo transfer to the spaceship to save the people in danger. | |||||
| 32 | August 19, 2011[78] | ISBN978-4-08-879185-2 | July 23, 2014[79] | ISBN978-1-61655-428-6 | |
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| The Tokyo Hunters start transporting the hostages back to Tokyo with the black sphere. However, the aliens in charge of the ship view them as terrorists and start sending creatures to eliminate them. Moreover, the black sphere from Tokyo is then hacked, and the hunters cannot transfer anymore. Gantz's room is then attacked by aliens, and while Nishi and Takeshi manage to escape safely, the humanoid from the sphere dies. Now in the aliens' city, the Hunters try evacuating the humans but are confronted by more enemies. | |||||
| 33 | January 19, 2012[80] | ISBN978-4-08-879255-2 | October 22, 2014[81] | ISBN978-1-61655-429-3 | |
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| The Tokyo Hunters continue being attacked by a diverse amount of creatures that reduce their numbers as well as the people captured. The remaining Osaka Team members try to protect the humans captured but are overwhelmed by the aliens. Now having nearly ten members alive, the Tokyo Hunters manage to help the Osaka Hunters. Back in the ship's city, Kurono is able to finds Tae with help from the alien he took hostage. | |||||
| 34 | May 10, 2012[82] | ISBN978-4-08-879328-3 | February 4, 2015[83] | ISBN978-1-61655-573-3 | |
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| Without warning, Kurono is put in a superpowered machine and sent to destroy a tower that supports the alien ship. After killing almost all the aliens in the building, the Tokyo and Osaka teams leave with the second Kurono staying behind to kill the last alien. Reika refuses to leave and sacrifices her life to save the second Kurono. | |||||
| 35 | October 19, 2012[84] | ISBN978-4-08-879438-9 | April 22, 2015[85] | ISBN978-1-61655-586-3 | |
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| Hiroto starts to use telekinesis to destroy the machines in sight, but is distracted by hallucinations of Kenzo and Tonkotsu. After the hallucinations end, Hiroto is killed by an incoming electrical-powered laser. When Kurono reaches the tower, he rescues Tae when the miniship of the alien who saved her is shot down, and the alien sacrifices herself. He then confronts Nishi, who wants to destroy the aliens for good. Kurono has second thoughts about killing the entire alien population, after being convinced by Tae that they are not eradicating Earth for their liking. After a brief argument, Nishi attempts to kill Tae, but Kurono manages to escape with Tae and leaves Nishi to die in the chaos below the tower. Soon, both Kurono and Tae find out that they are in space, and with a shuttle, immediately headed back to Earth. Meanwhile, the rest of the team is transported to a headquarters in space, where some of them abuse the aliens endlessly. | |||||
| 36 | March 19, 2013[86] | ISBN978-4-08-879588-1 | July 22, 2015[14] | ISBN978-1-61655-587-0 | |
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| Shortly afterwards, the members of Gantz are transported into a room with a divine figure who appears to have omniscience. The figure explains that the aliens the Gantz teams fought were immigrants from a dying solar system. They also explain that they are responsible for sending the Gantz technology to Earth, and did so after Earth was the next world in line to be attacked by the final aliens encountered in the series. Though thanked by the teams, the figure clarifies that it sent the technology out of a perceived obligation to 'restore order to the Earth itself' rather than to save humanity, and that humanity is extremely arrogant for its status akin to dust in the grand scheme of the universe. After being teased by revived lovers and friends of the past that the divine figure conjures, the clone Kurono manages to get himself obliterated trying to kill the figure. The team ends up being transported back to the alien ship, where they discovered that they incapacitated almost all of the aliens and are at the verge of winning the war. | |||||
| 37 | August 19, 2013[87] | ISBN978-4-08-879627-7 | October 28, 2015[88] | ISBN978-1-61655-588-7 | |
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| The hunters struggle to defeat the strongest alien, Eeva, with many casualties before Kurono flies straight into Eeva's head, killing him. As Kurono tries to convince the last alien to stop fighting the humans, the alien commits suicide, and the entire alien ship is set to self-destruct. Most humans safely transport themselves back onto Earth, with the exception of Kurono and Kato and some leftover Gantz members. The duo escape the ship before it explodes using the flying Gantz bikes, and fall into the ocean, experiencing hypothermia and starvation before military personnel arrive. Kurono and Kato manage to get out of the water, and are greeted by Tae, Kato's brother Ayumu and a host of onlookers as the war officially ends. | |||||
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- ^Oku, Hiroya (2004). Gantz Manual. Shueisha. p. 227. ISBN4-08-876735-7.
- ^'Gantz Returns! Gantz: 2nd Phase'. comipress.com. November 22, 2006. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2008.
- ^'Gantz 2nd Phase to Begin Serialization This November'. comipress.com. July 19, 2006. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Manga Enters Final Phase in Japan on Thursday'. Anime News Network. October 1, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
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- ^'Gantz Official Site'. Gantz.net. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
- ^'Gantz (Fuji TV)'. Fuji Television. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
- ^'Gantz Season 1 Boxset'. Amazon.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
- ^'Dark Horse Licenses Gantz, Blood+, More'. Anime News Network. July 1, 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
- ^'Dark Horse Nabs 'Gantz' Manga'. ICv2. July 5, 2007. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^'Michael Gombos on Gantz'. Dark Horse Comics. May 22, 2008. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ ab'Gantz Volume 36 TPB'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ^'Gantz vol 1' (in Spanish). Glénat. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^'Gantz 1 Ristampa In fumetteria e online Planet Manga' (in Italian). Panini Comics. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^'Gantz vol 3' (in German). Panini Comics. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2012-02-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^'Gantz 2' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 2'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz 3' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 3'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz 4' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 4'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
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- ^'Gantz Volume 5'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
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- ^'Gantz 8' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
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- ^'Gantz 9' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
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- ^'Gantz 10' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 10'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ^'Gantz 11' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 11'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
- ^'Gantz 12' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 12'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
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- ^'Gantz 14' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 14'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
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- ^'Gantz 16' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 16'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
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- ^'Gantz 18' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 18'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
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- ^'Gantz Volume 20'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
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- ^'Gantz 22' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 22'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^'Gantz 23' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 23'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- ^'Gantz 24' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
- ^'Gantz Volume 24'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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- ^'Gantz Volume 25'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ^'Gantz 26' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
- ^'Gantz Volume 26'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^'Gantz 27' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^'Gantz Volume 27'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^'Gantz 28' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- ^'Gantz Volume 28'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
- ^'Gantz 29' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^'Gantz Volume 29'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^'Gantz 30' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^'Gantz Volume 30'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
- ^'Gantz Volume 31'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ^'Gantz 32' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- ^'Gantz Volume 32'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
- ^'Gantz 33' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
- ^'Gantz Volume 33'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^'Gantz 34' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
- ^'Gantz Volume 34'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^'Gantz 35' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^'Gantz Volume 35 TPB'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^'Gantz 36' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ^'Gantz 37' (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
- ^'Gantz Volume 37 TPB'. Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
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