Gantz 2nd Stage (Gantz: Second Stage)

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Synonyms: Gantz *uncut*, Gantz - Second Stage, Gantz 2nd stage

Japanese: ガンツ

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Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Aug 26, 2004 to Nov 18, 2004

Premiered: Summer 2004

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: Fuji TV

Licensors: ADV Films, Funimation

Studios: Gonzo

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Themes: Gore, Psychological, Survival

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 7.03¹ (scored by 95,809 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #3875²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #1371

Members: 157,978

Favorites: 444

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Synopsis

Despite having seemingly returned to their normal lives, Kei Kurono, Masaru Katou, and Kei Kishimoto are forced back into the lethal game after Gantz's recent activity. The black sphere continues to summon recently deceased people to fight alien invaders. And having survived the two previous encounters, the trio are more than prepared for the upcoming missions.

As they progress through the tournament's stages, the three proceed in their attempt to earn 100 points, which is said to be the only way to leave the parallel dimension for good. However, with the constant onslaught of alien invaders and the threat of imminent death, they must first focus on the task at hand—immediate survival.

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Due to the ongoing serialization of the manga during the anime's production, Gantz 2nd Stage diverts from the manga's plotline midway and features an original ending.

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Adaptation:	Gantz
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Characters & Voice Actors

Kurono, Kei

Main

Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Katou, Masaru

Main

Yamaguchi, Mayumi
Japanese

Kishimoto, Kei

Main

Nabatame, Hitomi
Japanese

Sakuraoka, Sei

Supporting

Sonozaki, Mie
Japanese

Gantz

Supporting

Suzumura, Sadayo

Supporting

Kakazu, Yumi
Japanese

Muroto, Hajime

Supporting

Madono, Mitsuaki
Japanese

Hojo, Masanobu

Supporting

Kamiya, Hiroshi
Japanese

Togo, Juzo

Supporting

Shirokuma, Hiroshi
Japanese

Kanda, Mika

Supporting

Sasajima, Kaoru
Japanese

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Itano, Ichirou

Director, Storyboard

Suzuki, Shingo

Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director

Nishimori, Akira

Storyboard

Tsukasa, Sunaga

Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Super Shooter" by Rip Slyme

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Ending Theme

"Last Kiss" by Bonnie Pink

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Aug 15, 2010

deleteme234

Recommended

The anime version of Gantz is split into two seasons, and I'm reviewing the second season; Gantz - Second Stage. Check my earlier reviews as I have already reviewed the first season of Gantz and the manga version of Gantz.

Gantz - Second Stage is a mixed bag since it contains one of the best missions that Gantz has to offer (the Buddha mission), but also contains a lackluster ending to the anime that makes people scratch their heads.

The Buddha mission continues where the first season left off, and is highly addictive and kick-ass to watch. It contains everything I love about Gantz; the unpredictability ...

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May 26, 2015

Wickardo

Not Recommended

Gantz (both first and second season) is a proof that no matter how attractive and original an idea is, it's condemned to a monumental failure if the execution is not proper. I don't know about the manga since I've never took a look on it, perhaps it is a masterpiece without any comparison, but regarding the anime, I couldn't have been more disappointed.

First things first: the series tries to show a distorted and exaggeratedly negative view of society on which is based a great part of the storytelling, which consists of the saddest and poorest attempts of plot devices. Seriously, the vortex of stupidity wherein ... becomes the argument is massive, and that is seen in the senseless acting of the whole cast under any circumstance. "Wow, this green monster just severed that man's head with its bare hands, I've got a gun right here but I'm not going to use it nor will I run away either, I rather grab the monster from its jacket and yell at it right on its face". That's an humoristic (yet quite literal) interpretation of one of the many stupidities that occur during the first chapters of season one. From the beginning, most of the troubles the characters get into and the subsequent deaths are the result of their apparently NULL common sense. Because of the good reviews I read previously, I kept watching Gantz hoping that nonsenses would eventually come to an end and things would get better. Boy, was I wrong, the absurdities had NO END.

Secondly we have all these 'tension and suspense' scenes when you see people aiming their guns at the aliens they must defeat whilst inwardly saying stuff like "I've got to shoot, I'm going to shoot" but you can leave the chapter playing, go for a snack with a coffee, and then take your sit again only to find out the guy hasn't shot yet. This is not suspensive at all, it's just boring and stressful, I wanted to get into the show through the screen to grab the gun and shoot by myself... not at aliens, but AT HUMANS! Not only are they completely incoherent about their decisions and behavior, but also they lack of any trace of personality. All of them are characterized by basically one or two traits, and are depressing beings mostly for the sake of being depressing. No personality, no credible personal conflicts or desires, no initiative, just hollow animated figures that won't pull the freaking trigger until half the team or so is already dead.

After having tolerated all this torture (and I still don't know how did I make it) to the final arch of the series, I realized that I was not going to get anything similar to a proper ending. The reward for my patience was an abrupt change of the storytelling, with some empty and pretentious tone of intellectuality and not a single issue about the plot answered. Serioysly, 20+ chapters and you won't get any close to at least a hint about what the hell is going on here, you simply don't know what the main topic of the story was supposed to be, if it ever had one.

Besides the relatively detailed animation (thanks to which we can at least get a handful of well conceived action scenes), the fluency and variation in the approach angles and the intriguing of the plot, I can't say nothing in favour to Gantz and I'll never understand why so many people think so high of this show.

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Jul 4, 2008

Deep

Recommended

I think overall, the second season of Gantz was my favorite. However, I watched it without even realizing there was a second season at first (I watched all 26 episodes straight.) There wasn't really a break in between the first and second season, at least I could barely tell. If it showed in the opening song, I didn't really watch all of that. Otherwise, this is really a great series.

I started watching this only a few days ago and I finished yesterday actually and I really wanted to write a review for it but I couldn't access the site for some reason. And going ... to work in between watching this series only made me anxious to continue it yet again. In other words, it was good enough for me to want to go home immediately and watch.

Story: The story was good. The characters may irk you but the concept of the story was great. It talks about death and sex a lot and with the topic of death, it certainly gets you thinking, well, if you care about it at all anyway. There's a lot of blood, guts, violence, and gore in this. So...if you're liable to vomiting, get sick, or something like that, then you shouldn't watch this. Otherwise, the story's good besides it's only flaw: the ending. And you all know how that goes usually. Starts out great but ends in a questionable manner. Yeah. Of course, I've heard that the manga is better.

Art: I liked the art for the most part. It was good. It wasn't choppy or anything like that. However, when compared to the manga, I guess it just didn't make your stomach turn as much. A few years back, I read the first chapter of the Gantz manga. I was a lot younger but I remember it being quite graphical that I didn't like it and I put it down. But I think it was mostly because the drawings don't move like an anime in which you see the scenes for merely less than a second. Since the drawings don't move, you focus on certain images and it makes it more gory and disgusting. Anyhow, I certainly liked the art went it got further making Kei look really cool.

Sound: To be truthful, I don't remember much of the sound effects they used but I'm supposing they weren't using effects that made me cringe with incompatibility. I loved the opening song by RIP SLYME.
By the way, I watched the Japanese version and I though the voices were compatible.

Character: This is one of those series where you really hate/dislike the character at first (at least in moral sense, some may find them amusing instead) but then later you start to really like them. Well, I'm mainly talking about Kei, the protagonist, who went through the most character development. You start to like certain characters but they soon die off making you mad or sad but they are soon replaced by new members of the Gantz team once again. The most puzzling character is Gantz, and this is also a flaw in the story which doesn't tell us what exactly is going on in the Gantz world.

Enjoyment: If you can take blood, guts, violence, sex, immorality, and anything related to that then it's all good. (You might hate some things, but you'll get over it)

Overall, I give a 9 because I really liked this anime. I hated the ending since it's so obscure but this certainly helped me give a shot at the manga once again.

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