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Oct 5, 2008 5:06 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Overall for the series I'd give it a 7 out of 10 because it was inconsistent, it had moments where it was really exciting and freaky, but other parts where it was boring, silly and the characters just talked for too long. So yeah, it was alright, i don't think i'll bother with the next series though.

Oct 28, 2008 2:10 PM
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I'm not even sure myself why I loved it, but some how I feel I am able to relate the character's personality with myself. 5/5 I really do not know why.
Oct 29, 2008 1:13 AM
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strangeee..y do i keep thinking i watched up to 20 eps or something...??
is there really only this much episodes?
Oct 29, 2008 1:14 AM
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I guess... the anime kinda ended quickly
Apr 9, 2009 1:02 AM
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This series was around a 6.5 for me for quite some time due to the pacing issues in some episodes.

Some episodes were good, while others were really draggy affairs where the characters spent far too much time talking, whining or complaining, etc. A lot of the characters were really, really annoying too.

At least this episode made up for it; this episode helped to make up for some of the earlier parts in this series which I forced myself to sit through.

Overall 7/10. Not bad I guess. Now for the 2nd half of this series.
Aug 3, 2009 1:14 AM
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This anime was the very first anime box set I've ever purchased, and I was very disappointed. I found it to be boring when they got back to the real world. Yeah it was cool "in game," but other then that I didn't like it.
Oct 29, 2009 5:22 AM
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Jan 4, 2010 9:02 AM
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The series started off as good and hold allot of promise, blood, gore, tits, moral indifference etc xD
But sadly it rapidly grew quite boring and I just started to become angry at the characters and they pathetic reasoning and so called 'sense of justice '. Like Nishi said hypocrites the whole lot of them. And those last robot chicken enemies.. give me a break.. the fact that they where so fugly and annoying is reason enough to kill them.

Overall 7/10 which gives reason enough to watch the second season.
Feb 2, 2010 10:58 AM
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Yea, I like the concept and everything. It's slow and they talk to much. The characters are annoying sometimes. I too give it 7/10 and am going to watch the second season because I finished everything that I start.
Feb 6, 2010 2:06 PM

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Slow pacing and annoying characters. First season didn't really explain anything plotwise. The "monsters" were ugly as fuck, so I couldn't take them seriously. Kishimoto's boobs were nice, but that's about it. Expecting something better with the second season. Hopefully, the characters learn how to use those guns instead of arguing with each other.
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Mar 27, 2010 1:12 AM

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Yeah, I'll give it a 7 too... and I think that's being generous. I mean, it was slow as FUCK in the middle, and there wasn't a character I didn't want to personally murder for some reason or another, but Gantz's humor and the gore and tits (somewhat) made up for it. Not the greatest ever, but I'll watch the second season (or series, whatever it is) in hopes that it's better.
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Apr 6, 2010 7:34 AM

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This anime is so weird. o.o

Oh well, onto second season~
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Apr 24, 2010 4:59 AM

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I like this series. It's characters personality and how they react based on the situasion they are in.
It's realistic enough imo. Eventough there are some weakness like many things still left unanswered. I think I can forgive it. Well, off to 2nd season now.
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An odd but somehow fitting ending.
Aug 12, 2010 9:55 PM

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I think I'm going to give this an 8 because I did enjoy it, but the pacing was fucking slow. I am definitly going to watch the second season.
Aug 27, 2010 2:23 PM
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10/10 This show is a masterpiece, it has blood, tits, drama, perfect character, perfect bad guys, Gantz is badass and funny and the show was actually funny + that guy beating the crap out of a black homosexual gangster = priceless :)

The animation is perfect too, 2D characters in a 3D world. Reminds me of Ragnarok Online.

Season 2, here we go.

Oct 8, 2010 2:30 PM

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t0MaToe said:
strangeee..y do i keep thinking i watched up to 20 eps or something...??
is there really only this much episodes?


there is another season. 26 episodes in total i believe? Yeah, super slow pacing, lots of standing there while shit is about to go down, instead of fucking doing something about it. I gotta finish it though. No wonder people say you'll either love it or hate it.
Oct 17, 2010 7:31 PM
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Weirdly, the ending made up for alot...if this ended badly I wouldn't have bothered with the second season, but I guess I'll be watching it. I actually thought it was a 4.5 or 5* episode...weird.

Korono manning up at the end was a big pay off too and the ending with the girl asking the hero like guy if he was alone was pretty funny seeing how Korono really likes her.
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Dec 19, 2010 10:26 AM
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I would rate this anime a 5/10.

Like many people mentioned, the pacing was way too slow. They could've easily reduced a few episodes; lots of scenes were dragged on. That wouldn't have been so irritating if there wasn't so much fighting and yelling.

I didn't like any of the characters. Every single one of them were annoying and very obnoxious. There was too much screaming; it reminded me of Dragonball, how they screamed so much prior to an already lengthy fight. I was surprised at how flat and oblivious the characters were to the surrounding situation. How can they continuously stay dubious when they've been teleported to a random room by a giant ball? Ridiculous.

The ending was wtf for me, too. I was hoping they'd tell us more about why these people were brought to the room (Surely, more people die. Throughout the world, too, not just in Japan) and what Gantz really was. "Oh, I get it. The more you kill, the more points you earn!" I thought that was very apparent from the start. From the looks of how the storyline is flowing, I doubt they'll give anymore clarification. Will not bother with the second season.
Jun 17, 2011 1:55 PM

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Oh wow something actually happened this episode in which the pacing wasn't horrible horrible.

Hehehe....Cockadoodledoo motherfucker. That was a good line.
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loved it, defiantly watching the next series, and then the manga! hmm 9/10?
Oct 21, 2011 2:33 PM

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Dec 1, 2011 1:03 PM

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The idea was good but there was too much talking and slow pacing. But the thing that annoid me the most was the whiny characters. They always start to shake and cry in stead of killing them aliens off like a boss.

not sure if 6 of 7/10
Apr 29, 2012 10:50 AM

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Hmm! this episode made up for all those episodes I didn't care that much about. It was a good episode -the 1st and the 13th episodes were the best for me. I liked this one a lot. I think it had a lot of good action and violence in it and I also loved Kurono's guts: I'm not running anymore, I'm fighting! I love this type of personality and I hoped he'd do something of the sort once and for all.
I dislike the fact they are crying. I mean, too much crying for me, really.

I'm glad the kid and the granny died. They annoyed the hell out of me...

Also, the soundtrack, gosh! I loved it.
I'm going to watch the second series as well.

The anime's not bad, if I think about it, I just get the feeling it's kind of "incomplete", if I can say so. But the 13th episode was really, really good.

The dog has 0 points, hahaha... poor dog.
Kurono -18. Kickass, right?!

mhm... let's see what's next :)
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Oct 21, 2012 8:25 PM
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This season gets a 7/10 from me, but this episode however gets a 5/5! The animation was pretty decent, and it was very intense. Kurono did his thing as well, so things are definately looking up and I will go into the second season without hesitation!
Oct 24, 2012 12:40 PM

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Wasn't an all to bad anime tbh the pace was good the story was good and the art wasn't all to bad, though quite slow per episode the global story line was decent enough good that there is a second season or this would really not have a good ending!

From this first season I'd say 7/10 lets see if the second can do better!
Feb 10, 2013 4:19 PM

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Well, the boss fight was way better then the previous ones. The episode was one of the best this season. Looking forward to season 2.

Feb 12, 2013 10:00 PM

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Fucking yea Kurono totally redeeming yourself!
May 14, 2013 6:24 AM

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''Homo''
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Nov 13, 2013 5:48 PM

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FINALLY! THIRTEEN EPISODES IN AND SOMEONE STANDS UP FOR THEMSELVES! COCK-A-DOODLE-DO, MOTHERFUCKER!

Now THIS was a good episode of Gantz. Incidentally, it's also the end of the first season! Why couldn't there have been more of this? It feels like they could of wrapped up the second hunt in two episodes but instead it took us foreeeeeeeeeeeever to get to this point! Had there been more action and less standing/crying around, I think I would have really enjoyed this but I can't go any higher than a 7/10, if even that. 6 might be more appropriate but I haven't decided.

I don't think I'll check out the second season yet, if I ever do. There IS a second season, right? I've noticed that the list on here only goes up to 13 episodes. I might try a new series first. I need a break from that sometimes unbearable pacing. Might pick it back up later, but for now I'm finished.
May 4, 2014 8:23 AM

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This episode was by far the best though, with Kurono finally standing up for himself and "homo" lol.

7/10, the concept had so much potential, but the pacing was so off.
Definitely not following up, might watch the live action for Ken'ichi Matsuyama.
Jun 1, 2014 9:19 PM

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Finally! Took 12 episodes for someone to finally just say "FK THIS SHIT!" When Kei said he ain't gonna run anymore it felt like I just woke up from a nightmare.

Overall, pretty inconsistent, BUT I was kept entertained throughout the whole process. :)
Jun 16, 2014 2:49 PM

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Awww. Ring girl got nothing.

Good show. 7/10. Slow but good I guess.
Are there more episodes than 13?

Where does the dog go? And lol at the fag.
Jul 12, 2014 3:43 PM

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Well, that's how anime are translated from a manga, face it.

I think this covers chapters 42-43
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Jul 31, 2014 3:11 PM

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The manga is more bloody and shocking it seems. The gruesome parts happen too fast in the adaptation and they're not as detailed, so it doesn't have the same effect.
But the adaptation has more character development and it represents society even more cynically. I really liked that.
Overall I enjoyed it, but feels like something is missing.
Aug 12, 2014 4:05 AM

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This really is a slow paced anime... 2 "rounds" of Gantz in 13 episodes... Hoping that the second season is better.
Aug 26, 2014 1:40 PM

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Good end to the first season.
Nov 17, 2014 3:04 AM

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At least last episode had some more action not just standing and waiting till main hunter dies ...
Nov 21, 2014 8:55 AM

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"The fag" lmao. So far Kurono has fought both final boss, I wonder if he will fight the next one too, because I don't like how he's always in the spotlight. (the way I see it)
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Feb 13, 2015 1:06 PM

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pff... well I have to admit I was a bit disappointed by this show. The first few episodes looked promising but there's not much going on later, they just kill those (innocent?) things.

Everytime they engage in a new round I wonder whether there's a peaceful/clever solution, whether we'll learn some more details about how/why they died, what keeps them alive but everything that always happens is that the main characters get in some sort of mini drama but make it out on top, regardless of how foolish they act.

Can someone give me a personal recommendation on whether I should take a look at season 2?
Feb 13, 2015 1:55 PM

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MikeMike said:

Can someone give me a personal recommendation on whether I should take a look at season 2?


If you didn't like the first season, then there is no reason for you to watch the second I think. It's a bad adaptation of a disappointing manga.
Aug 1, 2015 1:03 PM

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I like when they all got their scores, We all forgot about Stalker-chan didn't we?? oh and the Kei guy did all that shit in his socks this round. What ever sub I was watching had random letters and words facing backwards the whole series.*sigh
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Jan 31, 2016 10:46 PM

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slow paced but I still liked it.
Feb 1, 2016 1:58 AM

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The only likable character in this show was the dog.

6/10
Feb 11, 2016 9:55 PM
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I guess a 7/10 is a pretty fair rating for it, considering how it ended. But I guess there's season two to watch then.






Mar 1, 2016 4:35 PM

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why did i bother with this show?
4/10
May 27, 2016 2:16 PM

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Well, it was just fine. It had many boring moments, but 6/10
Sep 9, 2016 9:40 AM

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They can just compress the two seasons into just one.
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Nov 1, 2016 11:02 PM

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So in the end the stalker did exist lmao. Well, the show was ok, just really slow.

8/10
Jul 24, 2017 6:06 PM
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I was watching this w my friend and just like you guys, they complained about the slow pacing. However, I didnt mind the slow pace. I enjoyed the dark vibe it emitted. What bothered me, where the RETARDED and SUPERFICIAL characters. The nudity, gore, abuse etc was also in abundance. Overall 6.5/10. Rounded down to 6 bcs this isnt worth a 7
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