nicowwyao PLEASE READ THIS!Do not believe all the hype bullshit that people are saying its good. It truly is not worth anyones time. The anime is just soo bad that i had to write a review to warn you people to not waste 2 seasons of your time on this anime.1) it is so badly written, plot is bullsht, characters whine non stop like a bitch, thank god for that kid and grandma to kid freaking lamely beemed to death 2) REALLY you will hate all that whinny characters, who you will not grow to love of any sort. 3) draggy with action only every 3 to 4 whining episodes, if you are watching this for the actions, i suggest going to youtube and searching for all the death scenes as there aren't that many and honestly not spectacular. DO NOT WATCH! there are so many other gory shows which are worth your time....i fell for the hype and forced myself to watch the first season but the 2nd NOOOOO, FK OFFF NOOOOOOO action comes in late, you watch the main character bang that stupid whining whore..... DO NOT WATCHHH watch: Berserk, claymore, sword of the stranger, afro samurai, samurai champloo, elfen lied, helsing unlimited! ALL THAT ARE GREATS! GANTZ however is SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

ImTiredOfThisJunk Gantz is a series with weaknesses that far outweigh its strengths. The writing, the action, the animation; it's all complete nonsense. It is a series that tries to be edgy and character driven, yet fails on the most basic levels of quality. 7.4 average! What series is everyone watching here? If there is one lingering thought I had after finishing the entire series, it was the horrible pacing that plagued each episode. Without giving anything away, the bulk of the story follows one main character along with many supporting characters that come and go. Now it is fairly obvious that the director did not have a decent budget to work with, since there were scenes that were drawn out for minutes on end. This is not Dragon Ball Z drawn out either. It is even worse. There are scenes early on that drag and drag with pointless banter in the most unrealistic situations. And when the action finally does come, it is about as memorable as last weeks breakfast.The animation is poor, as it makes constant use of still shots and low quality CGI. Do not expect anything remotely decent until very far into the series. What is even worse are the character designs. There are gigantic boobs on the women, terribly designed monsters, and about five locations that I can remember. And if you enjoy not having your ears assaulted, at least watch it in Japanese. The dialogue is so bad, it makes Michael Bay and Stephenie Meyer look like Shakespeare.However if you still find yourself intrigued by the series' notorious violence, you might find something here. But be warned, as this show will try to do anything to get you to hate it. The last few episodes do start to finally pick up the pace, but all of a sudden it's over.Instead of watching this show, do yourself a favor and watch Black Lagoon instead. It does everything this show does (action, vulgar language, animation, story arcs, and characters, sexy women) ten times better. Skip this if you have any respect for anime.

ocana2001 I think Gantz is an excellent anime. It is not for children because is very violent and has sexual scenes, but for adults (guys in particular) is OK. I think that Gantz is an intense thriller with unexpected situations that make the anime great. If you watch this anime you should have and open mind so you can perceive the philosophical themes. The story is weird, as human life by itself, what I try to say is that as the characters in the anime appear one day in a room and they must survive, we born one day in a room and we must to survive too. Sorry because of my English, I still learning.Watch Gantz and enjoy it, please, and don't forget to reflect on the themes.

theghost50 The reason behind my review on Gantz is to speak out a tad more clearly since most of the reviews I've read were somewhat vague and incomplete. This review does include spoilers.First of all, the thing that allured me into this series and I believe it's the only real awesome thing about it was the plot. I thought the idea was very original, very crazy, and had the potential to turn into a great, fun story. This big black ball claims the lives of individuals that die in the real world, only to provide them with an opportunity to go back to their real world lives if certain tasks placed before them are completed. It dictates the scenarios, displays a timer along with the objectives and opponents, provides weapons and a Spawn-like black rubber suit, and kicks them into a supernatural battlefield where no one living can see or hear them. In a weird way, it reminded me of Saw 2, where a bunch of random people get thrown into a hell hole with a very rare, but tangible chance to climb their way out… if they only would just remain coherent and work together. This is what sets in motion the decline of the Gantz series. The story had two paths in which it could take; one every serious and creepy, grim and dark, and the other a heroic alliance between everyone to overcome and defeat evil. The anime tries to do both… and it just doesn't work.I did like the main character Kurono, particularly when he keeps his chalkboard-scratching voice silent, only because he finally breaks the "frozen with fear" stage (a stage it seems everyone initially gets locked into), begins to discover the potential of their obscure suits and weapons, and actually kicks some alien ass in the 2nd and 3rd missions. Unfortunately however, the action to drama ratio leans way too far in the favor of just talking… or in this case yelling. Endless frivolous arguments abound from why are they are there, are they alive or dead, whether or not they're going home, who they should or shouldn't listen to/trust, to who is or is not in charge. Where was the leadership, the confidence, the control? After six times of just rolling my eyes up at the ceiling with how ridiculous the constant altercating dialogue was, I stopped counting... but that's not to say my frustrated gestures ceased. Even from Mission one, there is rapid yelling and screaming between the characters in a cloud of confusion and uncertainty, which, in a way, is to be expected. However, it gets quite trite quickly, it doesn't progress the story really at all, yet it continues pretty much throughout every episode. If the constant arguing wasn't enough, the alien creatures are simply too powerful for the less motivated of the captured souls to even combat. Hence, numerous times, my shoulders slumped to the fact that much pathetic death ensues these whiny side characters while overall continuing the consistency of a sheer despairing environment. This emotion capitulated with the conclusion of Mission 3 (ending around the 21st episode). I was happily amazed to see some of the 2nd group (mostly just the three main characters though) actually bond and work together and with quite heavy difficulty, defeat the missions' first two big, stone warrior aliens, only to watch their efforts disintegrate in vain when the two fallen aliens are immediately replaced by six more stone like alien statues, along with an apparently stronger new head leader, that pretty much singlehandedly kills off all of our heroic alliance in a few bloody stabs and separations.Seriously, the path taken with the overall story was just downright depressing. After having watched this, I can't see how anyone that intently involves themselves in this story can walk away with a satisfying, "that was worth it" smile. The fact that the series is devoid of hope brought me to the conclusion I will not watch this series again and am greatly thankful I watched it online without shelling out any money. But that's just me.I must admit the series did have an addictive element. Sex (ep. 15) and gore in anime are just what I want and expect. Also, the music choices, both for the opening and closing themes, as well as for the random song inserts throughout were perfectly picked and placed. However, at least for me, I wanted to watch this series as quickly as possible so I could put it behind me and look forward to more gory sexy anime that would not suck as much.Overall, the series was okay. A 5 out of 10, nothing utterly terrible but surely nothing great either. If you do watch this, make sure to have a fast forward option easily accessible. It was just too long… dragged out over 26 episodes when it could have snuggled into 13. I really wanted to enjoy Gantz. A lot of other reviews raved about how good it was, but to me, I was sadly disappointed by the overall depressing feeling the series gave me. Anyone who just hails from above how spectacular this series was really has not watched a lot of anime or has very simplistic morals for being entertained. While the plot and music excelled the experience, the mediocre animation and very poor dialogue just pulled the whole anime down the outhouse hole. Comparing to other animes like Basilisk, Blue Gender, and Ergo Proxy, Gantz, outside of its original intriguing idea, really doesn't hold a candle.