Gantz

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From Dark Horse:
Tokyo teens Kei and Masaru are killed by a subway train but awaken in a room with an ominous black orb that gives them weapons, suits and orders. Fighting bizarre alien monstrosities in a deadly game, will they win their freedom or die for the final time?

Colored webtoon

Type

Manga

Gantz:G (Side Story)

Gantz:E (Prequel)

[unknown series] (Alternate Version)

Associated Names

GANTZ: T

GANTZ:T

Ганц

กันสึ

ガンツ

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Latest Release(s)

v.37 c.383 by Whatever 10 years ago

v.37 c.382 by Whatever 11 years ago

v.37 c.381 by Whatever 11 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

37 Volumes (Complete)
18 Volumes (Bunkoban; Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (TV) / Vol 21, Chap 238 (Gantz:O)

Ends at Vol 8, Chap 91 (TV) Original Ending Ep 22-26 / Vol 25, Chap 280 (Gantz:O) Some differences

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Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (2893 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.08 / 10.0

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Last Updated

April 22nd, 2025 6:26am PDT - 1 week ago

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Genre

Action Adult Horror Mature Mystery Psychological Romance Sci-fi Seinen Tragedy
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Year

2000

Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Young Jump (Shueisha)

Jump TOON (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Dark Horse (37 Physical Volumes; Complete | 12 Physical Omnibuses; Complete | 6 Digital Omnibuses; Ongoing)

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3 Month Pos #575

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Year Pos #795

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Hiroya Oku, Keita Iizuka Launch Gantz Spinoff in November

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A great manga...until you reach its disastrous ending

by Mr. White
9 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

I loved 'Gantz' for having an insanely unpredictable plot, characters you could care for, thrilling action, scenes that moved me and great artwork. But then my love for 'Gantz' stopped when I reached its disastrous ending. I felt like Hiroya Oku stopped caring for his series. And it showed. Characters disappeared from the story for no reason, sub plots stayed unresolved and characters remained undeveloped. For a story to end with so many glaringly obvious loose ends is an insult to the readers who spent so much time, focus, energy and money reading it. They deserved so much better. What a way to stop a manga from being great!

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Good read.

by LUEser
10 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

You know, I'm really glad I gave this manga another chance.

When I first read it (up to the part where Kurono's girlfriend becomes the target), all I understood was that they get transferred back to Gantz again and again to kill aliens Gantz had created. Don't worry. I now know Gantz didn't create them. I didn't like Kurono at all because of his behavior in the beginning.

The artwork took me a little while to get used to. The first few girls that Kurono goes through are very typical big-breasted women who are obviously attracted to him because of his heroism and his confidence to fight (almost without fear). Not to mention that at the start of every chapter, there's always a pinup of some naked or half-naked chick with some cool weapon or vehicle to show off her body. Just some shitty ecchi to keep audience invested. It gets old fast. I've even considered stopping because seeing so much it made me assumed that maybe this was just gonna be a shallow fighting manga. But I'm glad I stayed with it. Despite all the naked chicks, the artistic ability of the characters (later on in the manga), the "aliens", the fighting scenes and so forth were extremely detailed.

The story has great character development. I have to say that the buildup of the Gantz killings to Katastrophe was pretty good; each Gantz game makes a little more sense as to the purpose of it. The Vampire Arc, however, I find it utterly boring and irrelevant. This was where I find the need to question the mangaka as to why he plopped it in there. I think this Vampire Arc with Kurono's brother was introduced so that we can further dwell into Kurono's past, but it was poorly executed. And what about his brother (who was a vampire), as Shinjite Florana stated, seemed like he might've played a pivotal role but then was killed off screen? Well, that was a waste of time to get to know his brother then. Two vampires joined them in one of their Gantz adventure and when it was over, was never seen again, almost as if the vampire arc never existed. Then we have the ending, Katastrophe, after Kurono defeated an Alien war veteran, drops back to earth, and then...end. I wish more could have been added to it, like Kurono's true happiness.

This is one manga I'll never forget. It had all the components to a good manga, even though I've stated quite a few wrongs in it. I definitely recommend to anyone who likes dark action, tragedy, love (not boring romance), and heroism (with a little ecchi, I guess). Enjoy your reading and hope this helps.

... Last updated 4 years ago

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F***ing funny

by tnwls523
10 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Haha this manga was so absurd it was just...ridiculous. Aliens, vampires, clones and the whole bag. Hahaha... Well, I have to say it was a pretty interesting read. Nothing lacking in the action/suspense department. Art was truly amazing. So bloody gruesome.evil smirk (although, I do think there was an excessive amount of big boobs, and surprisingly, d*cks!! being bounced around...can't.stand.ecchi..) I believe there was some character development but I don't feel like he explored them far enough. I would have liked more for the ending, maybe just a chapter more for an epilogue or something, explaining what happened in the aftermath. It all just ended...

after the battle. I can't say it was on the super freaking awesome level because the characters just didn't seem to stay...in character the whole time. I feel like the author could've just developed the manga a little more overall...it just...didn't have that final oomph. Very fun, engaging read though, if you can sit through a ton of what the f*** scenes thrown at you. I think I too would have found this series infuriating if I had to wait chapter after chapter for it to give some answers to all the questions, especially when it didn't really deliver a satisfying ending. I for one really enjoyed it since I read it in one sitting.

... Last updated 10 years ago

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Awesome stuff

by great_k
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Gantz is a rarity in the hugely shonen influenced manga world where even most so called seinen are just shonen manga masquerading as seinen manga just with more explicit sex and violence.
Kuruno is such a unique character which is a breadth of fresh air and the action is really adrenaline pumping.
Oku's art is excellent and even improves greatly after the first few volumes.
There are logic faults with many of the story devices and the story writing does seem a bit lazy at times but the manga delivers so much FLASH that most people who like this genre wont be to distracted by these shortcomings.

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CRAZY in the head

by residentgrigo
10 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

The series starts off ok but got good around Vol 8 and goes insane during Phase 2. Nano-Vampires? WTF? I don´t know what the author thought when he came up with the main plot of Phase 3 but it misfired in the best way possible and the manga answered more questions than expected. You even learn if god exists. Thx Mr. Oku. The series is and remains a rollercoaster of bad, good and everything else under the sun but the was some weird cohesion to it all. The core characters are also way more likable than they should be and the CG art was the best of its kind during it´s time. Hiroya's take on cyberpunk/sci-fi is even a bit fresh which is becoming harder and harder as the years go by. His other manga outside the "followup" Inuyashiki (7/10) aren´t recommendable in any way. Too bad about his inability to write women and the mostly shlocky use of sex but that is an issue with a lot of "macho" sci-if. He just took it way further but it could have been worse. I fully expect him to make Phase 4 the moment his cocaine money runs out and read Berserk, Parasyte or Suicide Island if you want to see what a properly written survival manga is supposed to look like but this is close enough.

Update: Oku instead made a, as of now middling, samurai prequel that breaks the lore again. The 2 anime are good btw if I can disregard the added material/"ending" in the Gonzo version and the first live-action film is ok too.

... Last updated 2 years ago

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infuriating

by chinookk
11 years ago

Rating: N/A

Reaching the end of this manga was the most relieved I was in my manga experience. I am a big fan of sci fi, in manga as well as in novels and movies, and from what I'd read on forums Gantz was one of the most talked about mangas of the genre. So when I finally got around to reading Gantz, I had expectations. Thing is, there are many many things wrong with it. The plot makes no sense, the way it escalates like crazy out of nowhere makes no sense, 99% of the characters make no sense. It's either this guy is super nice and a hero, or this man is a psychopath that rapes aliens. There is no inbetweens in anything. The art (the author can draw, but what he draws is another debate) can fool you into thinking this manga is something more than just another gore shonen with big breasts and rape pretending to be seinen. But it's exactly what it is. There is no depth whatsoever, the overall psychology would be the one imagined by a 13 year old who just hit puberty, and the fanservice is so grotesque you wish you had the author next to you so you could castrate him.

The reason why I'm so virulent about this manga is because it's just entertaining enough that it's hard to drop. And when you reach the end, it feels like a huge waste of your time. And it angers me to no end. If you're looking for a meaningful piece of sci fi, save the precious time it would take to read the 300+ chapters and try something else. Do yourself a favor, do NOT read Gantz.

There are way worse mangas, but Gantz is the most INFURIATING I've ever read, and sometimes it's so absurd you can't help but laugh at yourself for reading it.

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FUCKING ANNOYING

by Angrierthanyou
11 years ago

Rating: N/A

Alright so I really would have liked this (and maybe I still will Im not that far along) but what really PISSES ME OFF and takes away a lot from the enjoyment is the way the mangaka deals with women. THERES TITS EVERYWHERE. really, everywhere. and thats all the male characters (except maybe the best freind) think about. sex and raping girls. and obligatory female with big tits#1 gets almost raped ALL THE TIME. what the fuck? I get that this is written for teenage boys but jesus they can get bad porn for free on the internet. as a girl I have to deal with a lot of sexism (and no Im actually not a bearded feminist) and you just get to accept that there will ALWAYS be a lot of fanservice/tits/yuri-ness/ecchi in mangas and animes but dammit. this is really off setting for straight girls. you guys dont want to see the dingdongs of your fellow men displayed solely for the gratification of us girls right? And it would even be 'alright' if there was ecchi if there was any RELEVANT reason for it. you know, if it furthered the story. but nope. blondie just gets pawed, squeezed and humped because its hot to see her nasty-ass sweaty titties bounce.

sooo for someone who has read further than me (ch.36) does it get better or worse?

and sorry for the rant, I just had really high hopes for this -__-

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a favorite but lots of flaws

by NeoFish
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

i must admit, gantz really sucked me in and i ended up reading the whole thing in one day. its been awhile since it finished but its worth the comment
as much as i would love to ramble on and on about this manga, everything that needs to be said has been said
basically gantz is really great and enticing but also has a lot of major flaws

kei starts off as a horrible scumbag kind of guy and i think he was really interesting as a main character. youre not really supposed to like him but by the end of the series hes gone through such major character development that he becomes some typical heroic shounen main character with superb morals, bravery, and ability; overall he becomes a duller character in general ESPECIALLY his romance with Tae, wow that was just tasteless and boring and he was so obsessed that it was annoying.
i recognize that this is a seinen manga, but there were literally zero females in this manga that were not created as a sole purpose to enhance a male character.
the ending was certainly disappointing, the whole arc was. i suppose it felt like Oku sensei hadnt planed the whole manga out when he started and this was the best he could come up with. like even he was getting sick of gantz at that point and said "oh f*ck it"

even the whole explanation of "oh yeah some aliens sent some weird signals to a fat chick with instructions to create the gantz balls" was far fetched and relatively unexamined further. dont even get me started on what the heck was the relevance of the vampire arc and kei's brother? though, stuff like poor explanation of the weird circumstances isnt something that drastically affects the enjoyment of the series.

i think what this manga really did well was with characters and jerking the reader around. it was well written and, as many of the commenters and i have confessed, it sucks you in and you end up reading it all in one day. the characters are very interesting (except for the female characters) and i definitely consider this manga to be one of my favorites, despite the big bumps in the road.
i feel like with there being so much to complain about this manga, that the comments are heavily negative, but it really is a quality story you wont be able to find anywhere else, definitely recommend if youre into seinen.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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A nonstop read, but ....

by kitty1826x
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

This really is a nonstop read, but I'm started to hate it the more I read. I've never been entertained by something interesting and feel this agonizing pain of being bored at the same time. It really is an odd feeling. I kept thinking I need to know what happens, but it mostly felt dragged out. Each and every single arc was dragged out. Not to mention the forced and corny romance that was going on. With a crybaby male lead. (Yes I thought he cried why too much. A few of those times it was okay to cry, but most was just overkill.) There was probably a total of 5 chapters I didn't feel bored or tortured. I guess I just find this too preachy or something. Most of the meaningful points just felt forced, corny, and over dramatic. (This coming from someone who read shoujo often, and is a sucker for romance.)
A nonstop read I'll give it that, but definitely not for me.

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well, hoped for more

by Handschuh
12 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

Well, Its something else and thats why interesting, but all the whining through the whole story is a bit annoying and everything seems rushed at the end... I think in the last 100 chapters I wasn't really able to follow the storyline..

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