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Gantz (manga)

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Alternative title:
GANTZ殺戮都市 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Гантз (Russian)
Ганц (Russian)
ガンツ (Japanese)
간츠 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Somewhere in Tokyo, there is a room. In that room is a black sphere. Periodically, people who should otherwise have died are transferred to the room. There, the sphere gives them special suits and weapons, and sends them out on a mission to kill aliens here on Earth. While these missions take place, the rest of the world is largely oblivious to them. These missions are lethal - few participants survive them. The sphere calls the shots, and it's not the slightest bit nice. Its name... Gantz.
User Ratings: 682 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 215 votes (Eng:92, sub:76, dub:22, edit.dub:4, ?:3, raw:2, others:16
6 Spanish subtitled
4 Spanish
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian
1 French subtitled
1 German
)
 Excellent: 194 votes (Eng:101, sub:62, dub:13, raw:3, raw:2, ?:2, others:11
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese
1 French
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian
)
 Very good: 127 votes (Eng:82, sub:28, dub:3, edit.dub:2, ?:2, raw:1, raw:1, others:8
1 Spanish
1 French
1 Portuguese
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German
1 +
1 Polish
)
 Good: 74 votes (Eng:48, sub:19, raw:2, ?:1, dub:1, others:3
1 Russian
1 Finnish
1 Portuguese
)
 Decent: 34 votes (Eng:26, sub:5, dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish
)
 So-so: 8 votes (Eng:3, sub:2, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish
)
 Not really good: 9 votes (Eng:7, sub:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 12 votes (Eng:11, sub:1)
 Bad: 7 votes (Eng:6, sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1344 users, rank: #35 (of 7042)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.447 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.7161, rank: #424 (of 7928)
Weighted mean: 8.248 (Very good+), rank: #703 (of 7928) (seen all: 8.61 / seen some: 8.10 / won't finish: 5.23)
Bayesian estimate: 8.245 (Very good+), rank: #176 (of 3557)
Number of tankoubon: 37
Chapter titles: We have 383
Vintage: 2000-07-13 to 2013-06-20 (serialized in Weekly Young Jump)
Release dates: We have 193
Official website:
Official GantZ Website (Japanese)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
Gantz GN 4-5 (Aug 17, 2009)
Gantz GN 2 (Nov 24, 2008)
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Deadline: Julius Avery to Direct Hollywood Live-Action Gantz Adaptation (Nov 2, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 3-9 (Oct 5, 2021)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 9-15 (May 11, 2021)
Deadline Entertainment Website Lists Hollywood Gantz Adaptation (Sep 13, 2020)
Hiroya Oku Writes New Gantz:E Historical Spinoff Manga (Jan 9, 2020)
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 19-25 (Aug 21, 2018)
Dark Horse to Re-release Gantz Manga in Omnibus Form Starting in 2018 (Dec 24, 2017)
Hiroya Oku's Gantz Manga Gets Stage Play (Nov 17, 2017)
Gantz:O 3DCG Film's New Visual, Main Staff Revealed (Apr 27, 2016)
3DCG Gantz Film Titled, Slated for October 14 in Japan (Apr 18, 2016)
Gantz Manga Gets 'Full 3DCG' Anime Film in 2016 (Nov 14, 2015)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 25-31 (Oct 27, 2015)
Hiroya Oku, Keita Iizuka Launch Gantz Spinoff Manga in November (Oct 16, 2015)
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North American Anime, Manga Releases: May 15-21 (May 18, 2011)
Hiroya Oku Draws Gantz Manga 1-Shot Spinoff (May 13, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 2-8 (May 11, 2011)
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1st Live-Action Gantz Film's U.S. Theaters Listed (Dec 13, 2010)
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Graphic novel
    Gantz (GN 1) 2008-06-25 (from $4.78)
    Gantz - [Omnibus] (GN 1) 2018-09-04 (from $19.12)
    Gantz (GN 2) 2008-09-24 (from $10.99)
    Gantz (GN 3) 2008-12-24 (from $6.03)
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    Gantz (GN 5) 2009-04-29 (from $14.50)
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    Gantz (GN 7) 2009-08-26 (from $15.32)
    Gantz (GN 8) 2009-11-25 (from $10.36)
    Gantz (GN 9) 2010-01-27 (from $10.39)
    Gantz (GN 10) 2010-06-01 (from $10.39)
    Gantz (GN 11) 2010-06-08 (from $30.00)
    Gantz (GN 12) 2010-08-10 (from $10.39)
    Gantz (GN 13) 2010-10-12 (from $10.39)
    Gantz (GN 14) 2010-11-24 (from $10.39)
    Gantz (GN 15) 2011-01-05 (from $7.32)
    Gantz (GN 16) 2011-03-16 (from $27.72)
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    Gantz (GN 20) 2011-12-21 (from $41.99)
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    Gantz (GN 22) 2012-04-18 (from $10.39)
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    Gantz (GN 24) 2012-08-15 (from $10.39)
    Gantz (GN 25) 2012-10-24 (from $10.39)
    Gantz (GN 26) 2013-02-05 (from $224.95)
    Gantz (GN 27) 2013-04-17 (from $11.19)
    Gantz (GN 28) 2013-07-24 (from $11.19)
    Gantz (GN 29) 2013-11-05 (from $199.99)
    Gantz (GN 30) 2014-01-22 (from $149.99)
    Gantz (GN 31) 2014-05-06 (from $245.00)
    Gantz (GN 32) 2014-08-05 (from $121.50)
    Gantz (GN 33) 2014-11-04 (from $126.60)
    Gantz (GN 34) 2015-02-10
    Gantz (GN 35) 2015-05-12 (from $78.98)
    Gantz (GN 36) 2015-08-11
    Gantz (GN 37) 2015-11-17 (from $237.49)
    Gantz [Omnibus] (GN 2) 2019-01-01 (from $16.55)
    Gantz [Omnibus] (GN 3) 2019-05-28 (from $19.64)
    Gantz [Omnibus] (GN 4) 2019-12-24 (from $20.53)
    Gantz [Omnibus] (GN 5) 2020-03-24 (from $23.24)
    Gantz [Omnibus] (GN 6) 2021-05-25 (from $23.24)
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    Gantz [Omnibus] (GN 8) 2022-01-25 (from $17.59)
    Gantz [Omnibus] (GN 9) 2022-05-24 (from $17.59)
    Gantz [Omnibus] (GN 10) 2022-10-11 (from $174.99)
    Gantz [Omnibus] (GN 11) 2023-01-03 (from $17.35)
    Gantz [Omnibus] (GN 12) 2023-05-09 (from $149.00)
    Gantz [Spanish] (GN 7) 2003-06-30 (from $271.49)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Hiroya Oku

Assistant:
Hanaoka (Characters Team)
Ishiue (Computer Team)
Sekino (Computer Team)
Umetani (Computer Team)
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Lia Ribacchi
Translation: Matthew Johnson

Book Design: Scott Cook
Editing: Tim Ervin
Editorial Assistant: Ryan Jorgensen
Publisher: Mike Richardson
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Dark Horse Comics
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Studio Cutie
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Editions Tonkam
French cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Coordinadora de Mercadotecnia: Norma Monroy Flores (Grupo Editorial Vid)
Director Editorial: Carlos Francisco Jiménez (Grupo Editorial Vid)
Editora Responsable: Teresa Ponce Torres (Grupo Editorial Vid)
Gerente de Administración Y Finanzas: Lydia Rodríguez Romero (Grupo Editorial Vid)
Gerente de Comercialización: Fernando Castillo Marín (Grupo Editorial Vid)
Presidente Y Director General: Manelick De la Parra Vargas (Grupo Editorial Vid)
(none)
Spanish companies
Licensed by: Grupo Editorial Vid (Mexico; expired)
Publisher:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Glénat España (Spain)
Grupo Editorial Vid
Panini Comics (Spain; since 2012; Mexico; 2015; Colombia)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Ernesto Cellie (voll. 1-5)
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Planet Manga (pa)
German staff
German cast
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Planet Manga
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation: Tomasz Molski
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Kotori
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Publisher: Planet Manga (Brasil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Sharp Point Press
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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