Jul 16, 2011
This was truly the worst show, animated or otherwise, that I have ever watched.
The only thing that kept me watching after the first episode was my unnatural compulsion to binge on any new series I download until it's over, and I managed to finish this in two painful days.
What makes the poor quality of this anime even more depressing is that the manga this is adapted from is actually quite good.
So what could possibly make me give this show a 2/10 when the next worst I can think of would still rate a 6?
Everything.
Right from the beginning I did not like the art.
This may be
...
my personal preference, but it just looked bad.
If you watched it(please don't) you would see what I mean; the scenery is rendered in some 3D program separate from the characters and the camera moves through it, it looks really awkward.
Then there are the characters.
They constantly contradict themselves and don't make any fucking sense.
I don't know if this is Gantz's idea of "character development" or something, but sometimes a character will just do something that completely goes against everything they have stood for or said throughout the rest of the episodes with no explanation.
However, much worse than either of those is the pacing.
Some scenes go slower than a DBZ fight... YES THAT IS POSSIBLE.
The characters will stand around doing NOTHING, even while their friends are getting killed, just sitting there asking themselves if they should do anything or crying to themselves full of self pity, when they could easily solve the problem.
This is something that is impossible to understand until it has been seen, the pace is absolutely maddening at times.
Summary:
Pros:
Boobies (why it got a 2, not a 1).
Actually an interesting premise, just horribly executed.
Cons:
EVERYTHING else.
Just read the manga if you are really interested.
If you're here because of the manga, do yourself a favour and don't ruin it's memory by watching this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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