Audience reviews
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Drakestalker
This entirely CGI movie produced by Digital Frontier is everything that the TV show is not. It’s good. It’s so fucking good and cool, it’s difficult to believe they’re part of the same franchise.
The premise is as simple as can be and gets established within the first 5 minutes. Once you die, you get transported to a mysterious room where a mysterious entity called Gantz plunges you head first into an infinite survival game. Armed with fancy sci-fi weapons and donning a black spandex bodysuit, you basically have to act as the Japanese Men in Black and kill hordes upon hordes of demons/aliens.
The film gives you about 15 minutes to acclimatize to the situation, after which the movie turns into a non-stop high-octane kill-or-be-killed battle royale full of gore and ultraviolence aplenty. T…
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Within the first few minutes, it becomes apparent that this movie has a hard time determining its audience. Fans of the manga will be peeved by the various edits done resulting in potential favorite scenes being cut out. Viewers who haven't read the manga will feel confused by the fast pacing and lack of explanations. At the end of the day, this movie is an exhilarating thrill ride from start to finish.
How much you enjoy the story is dependent on your familiarity with the manga. As a standalone piece, this movie is the tale of a brave teen who finds himself trapped in a horrific survival game. Manga readers may see this as a rushed and clumsy adaptation of a fan-favorite arc. It would've been much better if Gantz: O was instead a cinematic miniseries akin to Digimon Tri with more time to…
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i find it amazing that a single movie perfected every single aspect of such a shit manga.
gantz its the worst manga i have ever read, aside from the amazing art, it has horribly written characters and story, and its sexist,mysogonistic,homophobic,racist and ableist constantly.
But this movie took the concepts of gantz, ignored everything that oku wrote and made its own thing, and it was amazing, characters well written with strong female cast, no racism,homophobia,sexism,mysogony or ableism, amazing action, great cinematography and a great story with a good plot twist, the symbolism in the "i am god" scene was amazing, and how it portrayed nihilism was brilliant.
This movie its like the boys of anime and i love it, i wish the manga was like this, also i loved that kurono's character was to…
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tl;dr: A film that’s pretty shallow and more style than substance but is well made enough to pull it off.
Gantz:O is a CGI film based on the renowned seinen manga by Oku Hiroya. I have not read the manga, nor have I seen the anime. Thus, I went in as someone completely new to the franchise, and thus the review is from such a perspective.
The film certainly doesn’t do a lot of world building, though at the same time for what the film portrays much world building isn’t really required either. The world of Gantz is one where certain people after dying wake up in a room with a giant black ball and are forced to essentially play a real world survival game. This black ball sends them on missions to kill monsters using futuristic weaponry within a time limit. If they manage to acheive this, the…
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Gantz:O (2016)
Whilst this was an unexpected entry for me to watch via Netflix I must say I am very happy with it. Often CGI based movies and series are slated for how badly done they can be. This here is an excellent example of it being done right. If other shows used this style or they used this to continue the Gantz story then it would be marvellous. I had no idea it was from 2016, it could be 2022 and you could believe it to be new.
The story of humans vs aliens of sorts. Some think of themselves as gods but mostly the enemies are pretty goofy. You have Gantz which is a being of unknown origin controlling the situation of using people to fight an enemy.
The art like I say is fantastic and an absolute 10/10. It is crisp, well detailed and will stand in time for an extremely long ti…
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Now I did like this film, despite the story being a bit confusing. I went into it without any series fore knowledge, but now I wish to watch the series. It is a bit of shame that Netflix only has the movie and didn't decide to reboot, or start completly fresh the series. Also the ending gave me the desire to see more, kinda fell anti climatic, but maybe also open a bit.
Not sure I liked art the best. From distance the animation is wonderful whe the human close up wasn't the best on all the humans, specially the main characters.
I was epecting that there would be a twist as one of thecharacters did gave me a bit of the bad vibes but sadlly the twist didn't come so that was unpredictable.
The music was really great, keeping you on the edge of the seat.
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Perfect action movie to watch: you don't need context at all, start the movie even if you don't know anything about Gantz, everything important is explained.
It looks beautiful, the monsters are unique and the weapons too, and many epic battles, truly a good Cgi experience, the creative team behind this movie is really good as a whole they did a very serious job, everything feels realistic (except maybe the women chests) you can really feel the effort of the characters to carry/hit/throw things and their pain when they take damage.
One bad thing about this movie is that I don't recommend making "unreceptive" people watch it because it has oversexualized characters.
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I watched this on Netflix and it was interesting enough that I went to check out the anime. However, I found the anime was cheesy and not quite the same genre. Based on synopses, the manga might make more sense.
I do not recommend watching the anime series. It makes little sense and is more like a sci-fi version of one of those stories where people are trapped in a game with a mysterious, sadistic mastermind who just wants everyone dead and has to crush every little spark of hope
It could have been great despite the cheesy characters but unfortunately failed to deliver anything meaningful. It tries to save itself with a lame attempt at depicting society as a cruel world that sacrifices morals for self-preservation.
For 26 eps, at least give a fkn decent ending
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CGI is great but that's pretty much it. Everything is one big question: WHY? Why are they fighting this god knows what? Why are they talking instead of shooting? Why a monster that killed the best player and resisted any attacks was killed by a gun that was unable to takedown a weaker demon 10 minutes before? Why at the end his score was 100 if he killed more than just one last boss? It feels that logic and storyline was shredded by the same gun they use to shred those monsters. But boobs have physics. That should deserve an extra point but it shown only a couple of times, so no.
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This brings an incredible new view to animation and is definitely a movie that is one of a kind. I can't think of any other CGI movie as incredible to watch as this one, it is truly an experience. While at first this movie is confusing, the story comes together overtime and will have you trying to connect each piece of it as you watch. And afterwards, it brings a bit of confusion with a conclusion too. Overall, this movie will keep you as a viewer curious and wanting to see more. Definitely give this a watch, you will not regret it.
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Gantz was a long running sci-fi manga and it had multiple different anime adaptations. I went into this one without knowing anything about the series, maybe I shouldn't have started here?
Anyways, Gantz:O is a generic action film with nice visuals and no plot.
Story & Characters 3/10
Honestly, I couldn't really get a grip of the story. I'm guessing that you should probably read the manga first, but still I have to say that the movie doesn't really bother with trying to explain anything about the world. The characters are mostly cardboard blobs of cliches, perhaps there's more depth in the manga, but not here.
Art 9/10
The movie is fully CGI and it honestly looks really good. From a distance you could make the characters for real actors which is actually kinda impressive. Definitely the…
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The best movie or series about Gantz, unfortunately to be brilliant it should have been an NC 17 movie, something very difficult to happen because of the amount of audience and benefits that would be lost.
It is the most realistic animated film I've ever seen (GitS 2 the most impressive) and this opens a path or an important question. If you can already create an animation like the one seen here, does it still make sense to make movies with actors about superheroes, or comics?
In my opinion it would not be necessary, because they can not be compared to something like 'Gantz: O' (I repeat, in terms of spectacularity and fidelity) but the box office dictates, and an animated movie does not attract the audience in the same way than a movie about a comic or manga starring trendy actors can ma…
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• Gantz:0 is much better than the original Gantz TV series. The CG is well-done, it doesn't rely too heavily on shock effect like it's other incarnations, and there is a solid plot and throwbacks to monsters in the manga, like the naked, titty monster. It came off to me as a campy, fun ride. I might be biased on my enjoyment of it, since I watched it in 1080p quality on a nice TV, which I would completely, 100% recommend, but I digress.
• What are my experiences with the manga and anime series prior to the movie? When I was a teenager, I thought the TV series was fun and new, at the time. Everyone of any age can unanimously agree that the second cour was absolute bullshit, seeing as it was an anime-original ending and had crappy, hobo-beating filler characters and Kurono doing an homage t…
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This anime is a great choice, if you are looking for a visually stunning action-packed movie that includes rollercoaster of emotions.
1) STORY
The plot slightly differs from the one described in the original manga. If you are a Gantz fan, beware that it might disturb you a little.
If you are new to the Gantz title, there is no need to worry, because the most crucial concepts of the world are explained. However, some points might seem to be crazy or completely nonsense. That is why, for a broader comprehension of what is going on there, I recommend you to get acquainted to the parent story at least in outline.
It's hard to rate the anime for the story, but as a knowing person I give it 7/10, because it would have been better, if the movie followed the original script more precisely or wa…
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Gantz:O Review
Story (7/10) Good
Adapting arguably the best and most favorite arc from the Gantz manga (as far as Gantz fans say) and starting from scratch so that newcomers to the series aren't 100% confused, I felt they did a good job keeping it a close to the original version. Sure the story in this version that took place before this movie was drastically changed and if you compare it to the manga sure it's inferior but like I said I understand why they changed so much, to mitigate as much confusion for newcomers watching a CG adaptation of an arc of a manga they've probably never heard of that takes place like 230+ chapters inside the actual manga. This is also the case for people who might have just been original anime only watchers to the early 2000s anime adaptation as this arc…
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This 3D reboot is SO GENERIC... weak female character portraying fragility & hence emphasise horrors by contrast? Check. Helpful old man? Check. Arrogant kid getting slapped in the face due to his ego because irony? Check. Arrogant adults that "will never die" but dies anyway to make the monsters look more terrifying? Check.
"You have XXX (insert younger family member) to live for, right?", "I have to do this! Because (insert previous family member/courage/world/pedestrians)!!!".
Some contrived love relationship that's totally not a red flag for the inevitable death to feel heavier? Check. Protagonist finding fury/strength to counter-attack from said death? Check. This final fury as a deus ex-machina that finishes the boss because... revenge is the ultimate power in generic anime? Check…
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I went into Gantz O knowing very little about the franchise as a whole. I was worried there'd be a whole lot of convoluted nonsense to wade through as Gantz is a pretty old and well established brand, with an entire manga, some live action films and a couple seasons of anime all dating back quite a few years.
Fortunately, the film spends about 10 minutes introducing the rules of its world and then it's pretty much non-stop alien (or are they demons?) slaying until the credits roll.
It reminds me of old 80's and 90's action films - here's your gimmick; here's your hero; here's your hot girl; let's see how high the body count gets.
The film is not without it's flaws though - the CGI is good but still evokes an uncanny valley effect, and there were a bit too many instances of the ol' "hide…
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Gantz o is the ultimate guilty pleasure anime,this is the best way to describe it,the whole premise is kinda dumb and makes no sense but it was a lot of fun,if you aren't familiar with gantz franchise then don't worry there's enough info dumping to make you grasp the story of dead people ,resurrected by a black ball to fight aliens,the characters are mediocre and forgettable ,we have Kato as the main character ,he is a moral guy who has all the requirements to be a hero,he isn't that complex or deep of a character but he stands out among that sea of assholes and jerks AKA other gantz players,we have old man Suzuki for exposition purposes and info dumping,we have that asshole from the tv series i dont even remember his name,oh there is also reika ,she has a shiny hair and a big jugs ,she is…
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The plot mostly takes a backseat to the many action sequences. Characters have no depth and it's hard to care about any of them. If you aren't familiar with Gantz, the story will almost certainly be lost on you in the last 5-10 minutes of the film. The ending works for this kind of movie, but it's still unremarkable. BGM is unobtrusive. Sound effects are right out of an action video game's soundbank: a bit silly, but it works.
Where this film truly shines is the monster designs, action sequences, art and animation. The CGI is really damn good: stylish and striking. There's a lot of attention to detail in facial animation and character reactions. The monsters are really cool, and they really nailed the "video game boss" feel with all of them.
So overall, it's easy to appreciate how awesom…
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REVIEW WITH NO SPOILERS
Gantz: 0 offers a great CGI, a simple but interesting story and a bizarre but creative premise.I know nothing about the manga, but the film is cool and does not leave the viewer bored (which is great for a movie).
But there is not much development of characters and the work itself is not very ambitious, which can be good but which also makes the film well forgettable. But the universe CAN BE very rich of contet.
6 is a fair note in my vision and if you're looking for a 96-minute fun with some action, Gantz: 0 will be great fun.
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