Just Finished Gantz

[Milkymagic]

I really don't like this anime, everyone just stands there and doesn't act upon their situation, allowing themselves to get killed off rather easily. And, there's no clarity to the events occuring, though I was intrigued to find out if there was any.

In the end, I'm at least pleased to see the series try and make a statement of some kind, but there were a lot unnecessary deaths at the cost of standing around and complaining about what they should do. Gantz seriously tested my patience, and I did ever so much screaming to the characters as they freaked out and acted incredibly stupid.

Sad, considering it started out pretty good in the first few episodes, but I'm glad I watched both seasons to find out I didn't like it much. I can understand the appeal, but the execution had me wanting to slam my head against a wall, leaving me only to look at the show's designs. Sorry folks but I'm ready to pull out my worst anime ever, Roots Search on VHS, and make sure how much I didn't like it...

[Grasshopper]

It certainly isn't one of the best animes out there but I found it to be rather entertaining. I wish they would've taken things slower and expanded the story a little more though. I guess that's what the manga is for.

[Milkymagic]

I'll agree there Grasshopper, I found the concept appealing, but I felt like it was hard to explain what really happened. Maybe it's symbolic or something, or maybe they did all they could for an anime adaptation. I did keep watching simply because I wanted to see what foes they would face next, and find some more clues, maybe the manga would help with that.

But I still wish some of the characters would not watch their teammates die like they do, though a few of them did have excuses possibly (I didn't think the grandmother could do much for example).

Thanks for the input!

[Emeraldas]

Isn't this the one where the dog licks a girl's vag?
Yeeeeah, not ever, ever going to watch it, but I am curious to what its "point" was.

[Milkymagic]

Emeraldas' review for Gantz: "What's going on here? Yuck! Whose dog is that?!" The End

lol!

[Grasshopper]

Yeeeeah, not ever, ever going to watch it

That's because you're a girl.

[Emeraldas]

That's because you're a girl.

Yeah, I guess watching dogs licking vaginas has always been a guy thing. :vomit

[soundchazer]

Yeah, I guess watching dogs licking vaginas has always been a guy thing. :vomit

Well... you have to give the creators some credit... at least it was not the usual tentacle raping. They should get some brownie points for originality.

Seriously though, one has to wonder where they get all their creativity from. Some one the stuff they think about is quite sick.

[Starwind Amada]

I like that reference to the Iraq war in the final volume. I wonder if they mention Osama bin Laden in Full Metal Panic: The 2nd Raid? :p

[PsychoSaiya-jin]

The manga is many times better and is still going. That all I'm saying on this subject :)

[Chi]

It bored me to death. It seems to me that it's all just there to shock the watcher and there's really nothing more to it. I don't plan to finish it. If you want dark gritty anime with action and a story try Speed Grapher. It's got sex and violence as well but from what I've seen so far it seems to serve the story better than in Gantz.

[Milkymagic]

Wow, more Speed Grapher promotions, it must be a hint...

If I were to recommend something with mad amounts of sex and violence that was actually good (in my opinion), probably Wicked City or Ninja Scroll was entertaining when I think about it.

But Gantz definitely came out of the "sick factory" when they churned out some of this stuff, and a dog is rather innocent looking when compared to tentacles, so I guess they were holding back when I think about it. I'm also surprised Wal-mart sold this anime when I got it, given how much sex and violence there is, but then I'm someone's who's usually cool with sex and violence (usually as long as I'm entertained by the story and characters overall).

I didn't catch the reference to Iraq in there, but then I was frustrated with the characters by that point, and I'll bet the manga holds a better light anyhow.

Emeraldas might have to pay Gonzo a visit sometime, with a picket sign I might add, about the poor treatment of females by dogs!

[Emeraldas]

Emeraldas might have to pay Gonzo a visit sometime, with a picket sign I might add, about the poor treatment of females by dogs!

Uhm, sure. Mostly I'd just ask them nicely not to be sick f*cks.

[soundchazer]

I think you would be blaming the wrong people though. Gonzo did not create Gantz. Go picket at the mangaka's house instead.

[Zushio]

In the manga, what they are talking about never happened. In fact, after the first hunt, the entire second season never happened.

[Milkymagic]

Ouch! That's funny, well I suppose picketing the mangaka would be the best way, regardless if Gonzo could care less about showing some...dog-on-girl action! Of course, I should quit it, since I never truly let it get to me, lol! Do whatever you want!

Funny to know the second season wasn't even from the manga, because it is ironic I liked the first season better than the second, could there be something we might've learned from an accurate second season? Or was it a decision made to aim for fans of the first season? I wish I knew. The manga does seem like a good place to go to, especially since they don't say the same things in it apparently. I did like the concept initially, so it would pique my interest...thank you!

[jetfire]

I've seen the first season, as well as a bit of the second. It was an average anime. I feel like the highlight of the series is when they are actually playing the game of life and death. Even though some characters were stupid (and some of these people were meant to be stupid and ignorant, which caused their deaths), some situations turned out to be pretty intense. It was like a test to see who was the most smart and courageous, to see who deserved to live. The whole twisted game with life and death was a pretty neat concept.

I think that if the creator took the time to develop the characters more, and left out all of the unnecessary graphic sex scenes and themes, the anime would have been a bigger hit.

[Grasshopper]

I think that if the creator took the time to develop the characters more, and kept all of the necessary graphic sex scenes and themes, the anime would have been a bigger hit.

Fixed.

[Starwind Amada]

Yeah, why would you take the sex scenes out? That would ruin Kurono's character, who, as we all know, is a horndog who can't resist banging (or at least think about banging) a nice hot girl. I mean, he dreams about banging Kishimoto and actually has sex with Sei (the biker chick). If the sex was removed, it'd be like getting rid of Bobobo's nose hair; it would kill the character.

[jetfire]

It's just my opinion, really. Although I didn't entirely mean to leave the aspect of sex out, but just to not make it so graphic (like the scene where the main guy has sex with this black haired girl he just met in the hallway, or the scene that was just described with the dog pleasing the woman). It just felt like the series turned from an action series to a hentai in a second. But hey, if you're watching it for that kind of stuff, then go right ahead. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.

[Milkymagic]

Well, I'll agree it can be too graphic for the wrong audience, but it didn't bother me in the slightest (but this is coming from someone who likes Wicked City). It was the story's execution and the characters hesitating that bothered me most. But I do agree some of them had excuses, like the elder characters or the crazies. But at least Kurono is a character that can be appreciated one way or another, I mean, can't really blame a guy like him for having such hilarious urges if all the girls in the world of Gantz look the way they do.

lol! And yes, Starwind definitely gives a bit of a heads up on that situation I might add!

But I can understand it being offensive, like I said before.

[Shadowmage]

Gantz is very much an acquired taste. It goes out of its way to be as graphic and gritty as possible. Some characters are stupid, but I've seen more incompetent people in real life.

Ultimately, the show is a pretty much preaching the ills of society on a very pretty soapbox.

[Milkymagic]

"Acquired taste" is the polite way to put it, but it seriously does have an interesting concept. Can't help but wonder why some of its content was presented like it was for shock value...

By the series' end, I also felt there was a message about society in there, definitely had to be after all that...

[Johanen]

I'm not exactly a big hentai lover anyway, but i not only don't understand the idea that a dog muff diving on a woman is furthering the plot, but a cartoon dog clamcracking on a drawn vag really doesn't do it for me.

[Milkymagic]

lol, that wasn't a furthering of the plot, and I didn't intend to make it sound like I thought those moments meant anything. I think that stuff was put in for shock value, that's just the only way to justify it (unless there's some freaky reason I don't know).