The story was intriguing to say the least, but a lack of any substantial plot development by the halfway mark left me waiting for the series to actually get going. The art and sound were fine, nothing interesting, but nothing terribly negative. Then came the characters, who are some of the least interesting, shallow, and simply boring characters I have ever endured in an anime. The fact that they are terrible people wasn't what bothered me, I loved the Droogs from a Clockwork Orange, but they had actual motivation. By the end of GANTZ the protagonist hadn't changed in the slightest, and was still the same whiny coward he was in the beginning. The "monster fights" generally ended on anti-climatic notes, and I couldn't wait to see that ending theme for the last time.
