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Gantz  
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Description
Somewhere in Tokyo, there is a room. In that room is a black sphere. Periodically, people who should otherwise have died are transferred to the room. There, the sphere gives them special suits and weapons, and sends them out on a mission to kill aliens here on Earth. While these missions take place, the rest of the world is largely oblivious to them. These missions are lethal--few participants survive them. The sphere calls the shots, and it's not the slightest bit nice. Its name... Gantz.

Type
Manga

Related Series
Gantz no Moto: Oku Hiroya to SF Eiga Monogatari (Spin-Off)

Associated Names
Гантз
ガンツ
杀戮都市
간츠

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Latest Release(s)
c.381 by Utopia Scanlations (10d ago)
c.376-379 by Whatever (34d ago)
c.380 by Utopia Scanlations (39d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
36 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 8, Chap 91

User Reviews
Gantz by Anonymous
Gantz by Manick
Gantz by Master_M2K
Gantz by xombiemonkey

Forum
118 topics, 1278 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.4 / 10.0 (1869 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.37 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 13th 2013, 7:21am PST

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Genre
Action  Adult  Drama  Ecchi  Horror  Psychological  Romance  Sci-fi  Seinen  Tragedy 
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Author(s)
OKU Hiroya

Artist(s)
OKU Hiroya

Year
2000

Original Publisher
Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)
Weekly Young Jump (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Dark Horse (26 Volumes - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #271 decreased(-13)
Monthly Pos #118 decreased(-65)
3 Month Pos #53 increased(+25)
6 Month Pos #63 decreased(-1)

List Stats
On 6666 reading lists
On 947 wish lists
On 289 unfinished lists
On 374 custom lists

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Forum Posts
Gantz Creator Oku: Manga to 'Reach Its Final Chapter Soon' 1 days, 4 hours, 31 minutes ago
Live-Action Gantz Films 299 days, 22 hours, 35 minutes ago
How close is Gantz to completion? 333 days, 16 hours, 10 minutes ago
Gantz/Minus and Gantz/EXA 420 days, 18 hours, 18 minutes ago
art style 434 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes ago

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 agreed with dude below   
Rating: N/A
by blaznazn22
March 28th, 2011, 1:34pm
man oh man, the beginning of the manga was just a freakin roller coaster ride, and then these fukn UFOS had to show up and mess up the entire plot line. Damn I hate how such a god like manga can go to sht after a few years. Gantz is still a decent read, but hopefully the author decides to end it sometime soon and not milk it like another manga we know cough "berzerk"cough
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 Used to be awesome. Now it's boring.   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by claudiofd
March 17th, 2011, 10:58am
Should you read Gantz? Absolutely. It's one of the best mangas I've ever read up to chapter 90. Then it falls a few levels but remains quite entertaining and interesting until around chapter 280.
Should you continue from chap 280 onwards? Hell No!! It gets so bad from that point on it's hard for me to put it into words. The arcs get so stupid and pointless it disgusts me.

But let me go through the phases:
Until 90: 9.4/10.0 (I hardly ever give a 9 on serious ratings so this is quite good)
90-280: 8.1/10.0 - some arcs were better than others, but you could definitely see some flaws that weren't there in the beginning.
280 onwards: 2.5/10.0 - Just a big piece of shit.
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 Oh god!!!@! >.> give me more   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by iguy bin
December 26th, 2010, 5:12pm
the story is good and the art is improve overtime. This manga keep killing new character and another new one come in make me mad sometime but so far the story looking good and everything is come to concluse and the mystery will reveal soon i hope. this is one of the craziest manga out there
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 woah!!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by callmebaboon
December 15th, 2010, 7:25am
compare the other manga i have read so far....this manga lead it way to the top of my list...it have the whole package..no overpower character...acceptable fanservice..great story..balance manga..enough said..read it and you will know...
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 Graphic, Violent and sometimes Good   
Rating: 8.5 / 10.0
by MangaGhost
December 11th, 2010, 8:53am
Its good but it also has its share of weaknesses. I think the story starts out really strong. Its mysterious because no one has a clue what's going on at first, with fatal consequences. It has elements of horror in the beginning because the characters never know the whole situation that they are going to get thrown into, they are powerless against Gantz and its machinations so there's a good feeling of being trapped, and anyone can die. There are alot of bad people in this series, some are supposed to be on the "good guys" side, which sometimes makes it more disturbing than what they are supposed to be fighting. On top of that, one of the main leads starts off as kind of a selfish jerk, who slowly evolves over time. All of this is decent.

Unfortunately, there are weaknesses, some plot holes, and a few things that never get explained as the series moves on. A few times, it felt like the author was stretching for ideas and some of it became filler. The story started out small but has ramped up relatively quickly, arc after arc to mega-scale confrontations. The result is that some of the character development, plot and romance aspects have taken a back seat. This is unfortunate because its become a bit shallow, and lost some of the atmosphere it had in the beginning.

Another criticism that other reviewers have made and I agree with is the artwork. The characters look good and the art style has matured in contrast to early Gantz and certainly since the mangaka's earlier work Hen. However, the backgrounds are sometimes terrible. Its obvious that some are photos that have been run thru some Photoshop-type filter and it doesn't match the artwork well.

I still like Gantz and I am sticking with it, hoping that the writing will turn its focus back on the characters and resolve some of the many issues that have been left hanging.

... Last updated on December 11th, 2010, 8:57am
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 Gantz=Men In Black   
Rating: N/A
by AiFever
October 26th, 2010, 6:51pm
to all the people saying gantz is uninteresting, try reading all the new chapters now that there out in succession. it may have just seemed that way since months would go by before a new chapter was released and a lot of those chapters were just 20 pages of nothing, leaving u sitting for another month until something happened......thats why i just kinda let gantz slip from my mind for some months, looked at it today and had like over 10 chapters to read in a row, really makes a diff.

... Last updated on October 26th, 2010, 6:55pm
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 unbearably boring   
Rating: 3.0 / 10.0
by yuno19
September 27th, 2010, 12:28am
until about five volumes, this manga is nothing about gore and boring story line. but well, the main idea is fascinating and the application is good enough.

from then until about volume 20, this manga is very interesting. there are character development, new challenge, plot twist, and neat style.

from then until now, the manga turned unbearably boring. the art is hybrid of hand drawing and photograph which doesn't joined gracefully. they are like patches and it doesn't improve as time goes by. every chapters not showing a good story development, three volumes (27-29) don't mean anything. the plot hole doesn't make this manga interesting like it happens in earlier volumes, they're just upsetting. i don't know when the story and art will improve. i still keep hopes, but very little.
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 Huge turn   
Rating: N/A
by Fakt
August 15th, 2010, 10:45am
It was REALLY good until the story took a huge turn
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The main point of the story switches and suddenly aliens are all over the world and the whole storyline doesn't line up anymore from what it started.
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 great Manga   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by Fatmanjj
July 8th, 2010, 3:01am
I love this Manga's original concept and characters though I've kind of lost interest recently around chapter 305 it just seems to be driving if its self into a rut I don't know I just loved the balance between the action and romance though in the recent chapters it really seems as if the romance has really taken a backseat and by that I mean practically nonexistent
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 Gantz mini review   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Lewb
June 30th, 2010, 2:15am
I watched the Gantz anime awile back and didnt relly find it too my liking. recently i decided to give the Gantz manga a try because it is so popular. I gant beleave i put the Amazing manga off for as long as a did it is the best acion/story/art oriented manga i have every read and others in the same gonera dont even come close to how Awesome this is. the Characters start off scared and wimpy to eventally becoming the hero's of earth and at times you will feel sorry or even sad when one of the characters die. there ist much more i can say other then you MUST and i mean MUST read this manga in your life time. Thats why i must give the manga a................

10/10
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