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Dark Horse to Re-release Gantz Manga in Omnibus Form Starting in 2018
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Dark Horse Comics revealed on Twitter on Monday that it plans to release omnibus editions of Hiroya Oku's Gantz manga starting next year. The company said it will reveal more information about the rerelease at a later date.
Oku launched the original Gantz manga in Shueisha's Young Jump magazine in 2000, and he ended the manga in 2013. Shueisha published the 37th and final volume in Japan in August 2013. The original manga followed a young Tokyo man who is reanimated after a deadly subway accident. Kei and other resurrected people go on violent, seemingly endless missions at the behest of an unseen host.
The manga inspired a television anime series animated by GONZO (and released by ADV Films in North America) and two live-action films (released by NEW PEOPLE Entertainment). More recently, the manga inspired a 3DCG anime film titled GANTZ:O that premiered in Japan in October 2016.
The manga also inspired the GANTZ:G spinoff manga, and is inspiring a stage play that will run in Tokyo from January 26 through February 4.
Dark Horse Comics originally published the manga in North America between 2008 and 2015.
Thanks to Wes ker for the news tip.
