Side-note: This anime is sadistic as fuck.
Story : 7/10
Gantz tells the story of our protagonist Kei Kurono meeting up with his childhood friend Katou in the subway by chance after not seeing each other in a very long time, as the two were chatting, Katou notices a homeless man on the train tracks, but right after they help the man, they get hit by the subway train and get killed, now suddenly our two characters find themselves trapped in an apartment with some other people that had a near death experience be their last memory too, in the room there's also a big pitch-black sphere called Gantz, Kei and the others are now forced to fight aliens and gain points. now the set-up is very interesting and exciting, and it just makes you beg for more after every episode, but sadly this anime has one of the most anti-climatic endings I've seen, but it definitely had some exciting episodes that grabbed you by the balls, since everyone in this anime is constantly wearing a red shirt and it actually kept you on the edge of your seat at times ,but I'm very glad that the manga continues after that mediocre ending.
Animation : 7/10
Gantz was produced by Gonzo, the same studio that brought us Bokurano, Hellsing and Gankutsuou, but Gonzo is far from perfect, even though they can have some amazing and thrilling action scenes here and there, they are known for using very bad CGI that would stick out like Kurono on Viagra , most of the scenes looked solid with a small amount of flaws, so other than the CGI the rest of the visuals were acceptable, nothing that would drop the quality of the anime overall.
Sound : 7/10
The Japanese Dub was good, but the English Dub on the other hand was a little mediocre, with the emotions of the characters being misrepresented quite often, but watch the dub if you can overlook some shitty voice acting for irrelevant characters that are going to die in a few minutes anyway, the sound effects were pretty good, the soundtrack always matched the atmosphere of the scenes really well, and Christopher Ayres's Kurono Kei was surprisingly above average.
Characters : 4/10
Our main character Kei Kurono is a perverted teenager that comes off as a complete twat at first , but he does get a good amount of development throughout the second half of the series. Katou is just a big pussy that you're gonna hate because of how useless he can be sometimes, and Kei Kishimoto is pretty much just an autistic version of Sakura from Naruto but with huge tits. Most of the side characters die just after getting introduced, the kill-count for this show is like Game of Thrones on crack, Don't get too attached to the characters because every single one has a high chance of getting killed at any moment, one character that i should mention is Nishi, he may not be the most original character ever but he was really interesting compared to most of the other side characters that were so bland that the writers, pretty much the only character that got any kind of development is Kurono Kei himself.
Enjoyment : 8/10
Even though this anime had its problems, the fun and enjoyment that you get while watching anime is never about storytelling or character development, it's just about the mindless action and intense fight scenes , you can watch this anime just for the excitement and action if that's entertaining enough for you on it's own.
Overall : 7/10
Gantz was quite an enjoyable ride, and i would definitely recommend it to anyone that has any interest for the action genre, even though it's quite mediocre on a critical standpoint, i think it would be worth your time. However, what i think you should do right now is that you should go watch the anime, and right after you're done with it, go start the manga on chapter 90 (since that's where it goes right after the ending of the anime) , and that's where gantz gets really good and exciting.
