Reviews

Gantz is many things, aside from being one of my favorites, it is also met with great criticism, and may very well not be your favorite. Most of the backlash stems from its seemingly dull, sometimes annoying characters and their actions e.g. their hesitation to "pull the trigger" when the situation is dire. Or possibly even the slow-burn plot progression and the multiple episodes of nothing but character development sans fight sequences. I however saw all of these things as near perfect. Gantz follows the story of average, run of the mill human beings drawn into a war with the things that hide in the dark with no training and lacking the constitution for it. Most of the hesitation from the characters can be explained away at this notion, even if the dialog and actions from them are over-exaggerated and seem unlikely. You must remember that these people are just people, not bad mofo fighting machines portrayed in other anime. This is primarily where my affection for this show stems, as it tried pretty hard to steep the characters in real human defects of character, even if it's way over-embellished. And yes, this show is brutal af, but who doesn't like some great gore every once in awhile? Honestly I'd suggest this show to anyone, but it's not my job to make the world love this little gem as much as I do, that's for you to decide.