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[edit] Voice actors?

Doesn't anyone know who the voice actors are for Gantz(English and Japanese)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.228.180 (talk) 21:40, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Images help

Anyone know what im doing wrong, I uploaded the images from the manga mostly from the chapters cover pages. It got removed by the orphanbot after it told me to give the authors info & licensing which I did after I got the " You have new messages". I re uploaded them & some new ones. Old - nishi,cherry,masanobu,sadako. New - Old man, kaze, sakata & added the author & licensing info for them.


Can anyone check & see where im making the mistake for having orphan bot take the pic off. Ssjasper2003 01:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)ssjasper2003

I'm not sure what you're doing wrong basically, but if possible, awlays point out where exactly you got the images from. e.g. excerpted from the manga Gantz page XX chapter XX. I don't get my images removed very often this way, although some genius uploads one, removes mine and gets his removed thereafter.

Weird thing is, my pictures are removed as well, but most of them are still here, even when the details were clearly written and explained, even after pointing out. Says that it's "disputed".

- pmc (talk) 11:11, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] faults section

as it's pretty unnecesary, unprofessional, and inaccurate, i'm removing it. 76.183.106.17 23:42, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] osaka team

hey i was just wondering if the osak gantz team will be added soon --Zetsuie 03:28, 25 January 2007 (UTC)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zetsuie (talk • contribs) 03:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC).

Not much is known about them, not even their names just their personalities lol. Seem a bit crazy & mightve been doing it for a while now maybe more than a couple years id say.

All of there profiles were addressed somewhere in between 250 and like 255. I was going to look up the actual number, but I got bored :P. I don't really know if theres enough info. for a whole section, but keep your heads up for more detail. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.244.134.166 (talk) 06:14, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Censorship section?

This should have mentioned the heavy censorship in the anime, how ADV handled the release, ETC. yea, the manga has lots of sexually explicit content, and nudity, tons and tons of blood (its good that mangas are in black and white(otherwise i might feel nauseaus (forgot spelling)).

Heavy Censorship?? I thought that the Anime was more Gory than the Manga. But then again the Manga is Black and white. Still I dont think that Gantz Cesors anything. I believe there is a Censored version of the anime, but I haven't seen it, so i dont know how they did it. --Guille2015 07:04, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
I've been currently watching the anime on Anime Network on-Demand and they've had this anime on Uncut, with dubbing I assume, and now they're playing it subtitled, and it's definately UNCUT and UNCENSORED because they have all the bloody, gory scenes intact, and they had the sex scenes in too. --Sabishii Kouen
I think he meant the censorship that took place in the original Japanese TV run of the anime. Among other things, the cutting of scenes caused some things to make little sense. I think it's worth mentioning. As far as I know there hasn't been any censorship in the North American version, with the DVD having the same uncut and uncensored scenes as the Japanese DVD.
The Japanese version of the Manga has naked teenage girls, and teenagers having graphic sex. Since it is illegal to display such things in America and Canada, I assume the American version of the manga censors things like that out. I've only seen the original Japanese artwork, with English written in by fans of the series. Dream Focus 09:38, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] too much info and the layout problems

Every character images with frames were done by me. Seeing there have been some new images of the characters, I should try to modify them so the page has a more unified look.

About the character information... the amount of info there is getting rificules. Gantz series is still running, and it is impossible and impractical to update them everytime there is something new come out. We seriously need to trim the information down. What we are doing here is almost like trying to fot the summary of each chapter of the manga into one page. Either we build a seperate page with plots of each chapter, or don't do it at all. The page about Superman doesn't have the plot of each and every issue, so neither should Gantz.

Also, I don't think we need images for the weapons.


In my opinion, we have to create a new page for characters only. I know the gantz information is still running, and its very difficult to update the info each time an issue appears.Otherwise, I created a page for Targets on Gantz thinking on informing what happened in each chapter. I guess it can work better if we reorganize the Gantz main page structure.

P.S. Maybe nobody has enough time to write down about each Superman character. --Robvaler 05:58, 11 June 2006 (UTC)--


That's brilliant! Yeah, we should split the info into smaller articles. Perhaps we could split manga and anime info as well?

--YiantheGreat 09:58, 17 June 2006 (UTC)--

I disagree with splitting the anime and manga. I think it would be better to create a Main Character page, a minor characters page, and perhaps a mission summary/synopsis page or series of pages outlining the various events throught the missions and in the plot that develops between the missions. I think a chapter-by-chapter synopsis is probably going overboard.

A separate page for the known rules/scoring system, and even one for the weapons/tools/vehicles might be in order as well. Thoughts?

-Marc Jones (aratsubo at hotmail dot com)

[edit] targets on Gantz(new pages)

I uploaded several images about weapons and aliens correcting the links someone else put before. Because of spoiler danger and article size reason I splitted the article and create a new section "Gantz Targets" (Actually, I think "Targets on Gantz" would be a better title , but I missaved the page with the current title. I'm gonna add more information about the game in the next days.




why did he have his memory wiped, i don't understand, was he being selfish or something. why didn't he wish for kei kishimoto, then everybody he cared for would be back. but maybe he wanted a normal life, so that he could be with tae kojima. (damn made me cry too, both of em made me cry (this some crazy shit)).

If you get 100 points and decide to quit the game, you have your memory wiped (this is mentioned in the article under "plot"). Kei probably released Joichiro because Joichiro is a stronger player and has more of a chance to help the team survive than Kei Kishimoto, who really didn't participate that well. Perhaps Kei was showing a bit of pity as well? However, these comments really have nothing to do with building the GANTZ article, you may want to find a BBS for discussion of GANTZ.

[edit] video games

I have added a little section about the video game for Gantz on PS2. It isn't much, just the fact that Konami published it and its website. Anyone know more about it, such as the general reception to it and all, please feel free to add more.

I've edited the video game section and decided to name it as Gantz: The Game and I've also followed the section up with three new sections. I didn't delve much, since I don't read Japanese all too well myself. Sections added include Game Modes, Playable Characters and Enemies. If you wish to make those section better, be my guest. =) Piecemealcranky 14:19, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


Too much info, namely about the options. Nobody cares that you can change the vibration on or off. Please clean that up 67.177.250.167 05:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] About the spoilers

Guys, Do you think it is apporiate to have the amount of spoilers it has right now? It really ruins the plot completely! Shouldn't this page be informative without sacrificing the fun of the actual series? Please let me know what you think about this.

-Response: I think that Wikipedia prefers articles to be thorough as opposed to introductions to a series. But it wouldn't do any harm to increase the amount of information prior to the spoiler tag.-

-Reponse: I believe that it is VERY important to note before the spoiler tag (or at the beginning of the spoilers section) how important it is to go into Gantz cold, to learn the mysteries as they are revealed, rather than spoiling. The purpose of the page is for completists or those looking for analysis or reference, NOT for the casual reader who wants to get into Gantz.

[edit] Some additions

Looks like the Oni alien section has been cleaned up as well. That should conclude the alien section's clean up. I will check if there is any stuff we have overlooked.

I'm thinking about adding a section talking about the PS2 video game for Gantz. I don't believe it was released in US, but it exists.

[edit] addon to aliens,kurono and tae

YO... i would like to thank the ppl that finished the alien section... i finished a little of it uhh i think we should edit some of the stuff and add more characters...

thnx -ORYN

[edit] addon to aliens,kurono and tae

would it be ok if i added kurono and tae to the aliens section? i khow they arent really aliens,maybe we should change it to"gantz targets" because the vampires may turn out to be targets as well. though gantz does seem to have a habit of calling everthing he targets an alien:). i would state that neither of them are REALLY aliens,just idenified as aliens by gantz. in case any of you are confused about the kurono alien,its an anime excusive. in the final ark of the anime, gantz assigns kuruno the target of the mission. he is idenified as"kuruno alien"if (anyone can provide the likes,dislikes,characteristics,and qoute,that would be great. i admit that i have not actully seen the show;p) and the group is made to kill him. despite kurono being displayed as the mission target,the two insane hobo killers(ryuji and hajime) are the real enemy. they take advantage of the confusion and began killing the other contestants,and kei unites the group against them. the hobo agressors are killed in the end,leaving only kuruno and the random girl(what was her name again?) kei is then teleported to the very train platform in which his whole deal with gantz started with the girl on his back. it should also be noted that this final ark of the anime is metaphorical,random,and crpytic. its critisized by many fans of the manga as making little sence and being part of the filler ending(my guess is that gantz found out that keis brother was a vampire,and feared they were in league. but then again,the hobo killers were the missions real targets. i khow alot of people think(perhaps rightly so,but who am i to say that?) that this ark is filler,and im sure there are some people who khow more about this then i do. so feel free to edit the crap out of me. at least add a tae alien section,and if you want.... "critism of the anime by manga fans"

[edit] and also.....

if anyone wants the profile for the tae alien,its characteristics:small,weak likes:drawing manga qoute:kei-chan

[edit]  ?

so,responce? have we decided to stop editing this article? why?

This is Zephyr414 from Shoc's forums for Gantz (http://forum.caticus.com) and I did some cleaning up to the equipment section. I will continue to clean up the grammatical and factual errors and try to find a better picture for the top of the page.
I cleaned up the first plot paragraph. Here is the old version:
The plot involves a high school student and his friend who are both killed by a train as they try to save a homeless man who fell on the tracks. They are both transported to an apartment where they meet a group of similarly confused people who have also just died. In the center of the room lies a black sphere simply called GANTZ. GANTZ informs the people that their lives have ended. The words, "What you do with your new life is entirely up to me. That's the theory anyway," materialize upon the black sphere's surface.

[edit] English Manga

(First off, quickly, a MUCH better picture is needed) Does anyone know if there are any plans for an english adaptation of the manga? Elijya 16:21, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I dont know that, but I know that you can get(or should I write download) somewhere in the web. I know they translated it, I read about 100(or more) chapters. User:Kniaz
If you could point me in the direction of a site where you read it, Kniaz, I'd be very greatful :) (also, somebody change the picture, it's absolutely horrible) Elijya 07:37, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
You could try http://www.stoptazmo.com/gantz - they have a translation of the first 225 chapters, I believe. (Zephyr414 - unregistered) 16:40, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] response to English manga

Well, It's very easy to get a much better image. The problem is with its copyright. In order not to violate any copyright laws, I think we can only use small images with web quality.

Second, we don't encourage people posting links to unauthorized version of the manga. So the links will have to go, sorry...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 156.12.31.63 (talk • contribs) 19:45, 14 February 2006 (UTC).

Small images yes but you can go bigger than whats here, something of the quality youd find on amazon.com is fine. Discordance 00:18, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] bigger image

Alright, if we are to use a better image, what are the rules? Friom what I have read so far, it seems that everything we find on the Internet cannot be used...?

Actually until Gantz the manga is licensed by english publish company outside of japan japans laws allow for manga scans and translations.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.121.23.117 (talk) 04:00, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] some other stuff

so........no kuruno alien? i khow the last 5 episodes of the anime are critized as filler and considered non-canon by most fans of the manga,but if we want to by comprehensive,perhaps we should add that. and why isnt there a diffrences between the manga and anime section? how about......a section pertaining to the secondary gantzers that appear during te missions? i dont khow if we should include all of them,maybe we could make a seprate article. heres an example,we could do it mission by mission "name:inamori takeshi gantz name:blondie appearace:wears a pink shirt under a lavender-colored sweatshirt,has long back pants. also has blue eyes,and as his name suggests,blonde hair with a ponytail. he has an effeminate look to him. weapons:x-rifle kills:almost killed baby onion alien,attempted to shoot the large onion alien,but hit hatanaka instead. description:a teenager that appeared during the first mission. he was hit by a car while taking a smoke break from work. in the anime,he took pictures of kishimoto naked with his cell phone. he was killed by the adult onion alien,though his death in the manga wasnt clearly displayed.in the anime,his head was riped off quotes:"have you ever seen that movie...the sixth sence? its like they...cant even see us.." "why are you naked? are you some kinda fag?" "IM SORRY! IM SORRY!" i khow his name because of a site that shows all the people in the missions,the creator khows because he has read the gantz manual,the site is at http://www.filefarmer.com/gantzball/home.html feel free to use other info on this site for the sake of editing this article,it also has summaries of the manga. thk ppls!

[edit] anyone still here?

we can still make this article better. how about pictures of the characters and aliens? (and what about the kuruno alien:)?


Images from the internet are fine if your put on their image page a link to where you got them from and use the correct image tag, say who owns the copyright, you should also write why you think the image is fair use, generally list the reasons its low quality, doesnt infringe the copyright holders rights, doesnt damage their sales, helps identify a character/plot element (say which chracter/plot element). Kuruno alien and a comparison between the anime and manga should be added, sorry i dont have much time to help but add as much as you can and ill try to help copyedit it. Discordance 20:44, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] character images

All right, I added some. More will come. Could someone make a table so the layout doesn't look all messed up? Thanks!

[edit] Gantz Bike

Why is the article referring to the bike as "O-Cycle"? The real name of the bike is "Gantz Bike". That is proved in the Gantz Manual, which contains lots of info on both the anime and manga series. I never heard that "O-Cycle" term, but I think this should be fixed.--Kaonashi 04:24, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Fixed.--Kaonashi 05:24, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] more additions coming!

I agree with the O-cycle fix. Gantz Bike seems to be a better option since there is a reference for it. I might try to make the character's pictures in one standard format. The problem is with the vampires. If you have a small pic, you can only show one or two of them, which will feel weird. Maybe we should exlude the vampires? Also, the kid doesn't seem to be that important, to me. Should we keep the kid in the character's list? That Tomb Raider girl might be very important, but the list is based on the manga, so I say we make a seperate list for the anime.

I also feel that there is way too much spoiler in the character info. We don't really need to detail everything the characters have done up to this point, in my opinion. Ganza manga is still running, and there will be more story being revealed. It would be silly to keep adding stuff here as the series runs along.

[edit] Alien pics and Manga/Anime controversy

I think we should add pictures of the Aliens. maybe one from the manga(if possible) and one from the anime(if possible)

Onion=just a normal picture of him,i don't know if it would be big or litle one Tanaka=if you could find a full body picture of one smiling,looking like its about to say"yuzo?" that would be great Budda=either rowdy or grumpy looking all angry Chibi=a normal full body picture Kuruno=just a pic of him all freaked out during the mission Dinosaur/Kappe=i honestly have no clue Ring=one of them up close,though i think we should show its collosal size Tae=maybe her in pajamas or after she had been slashed Oni=one of the basic ones,after its transformed.

[edit] This article is really growing too fat

Well, personally, I think we need to trim the article. Gantz manga is still running, as Kurono, after losing his memory, begin to pick up clues of Gantz' existence through this researcher, and now Gantz has been linked to a German religious cult. We can't possibly just keep adding more as the plot goes along. The best way to do this would be to simplify the character bios, maybe even getting rid of a few of them, and we really don't need an entire section talking about every single alien they have encountered.

-Response: I agree that the article is pretty big. But wouldn't the logical thing to do be to create a separate characters page? It would also make sense to have the missions be listed on a separate page as well.-

I disagree. The recommended article size limit is usually 32 KB and the Gantz article has not come close to that limit yet, so it's completely unnecessary to trim the article at this stage. We should only consider reducing the article if it becomes larger than 32 KB. Jagged 21:06, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
I think that it might be a good idea to begin offloading sections onto new pages. For example, I'm the guy that just tripled the size of the rules section. I could have gone on and one for pages on analysis of the rules, and the "false" rules that have proliferated (such as Nishi's contention that if Kato shot him in the head, that Gantz would make *his* head explode instead). What do you think? -Marc Jones (aratsubo@hotmail.com) 18 August 2006

Could this article be seperated into Anime and Manga articles? It makes for confusing reading when you talk about something from a perspective and another from the other reference and then sometimes compare the two. 202.12.233.21 23:59, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

-The manga and anime are almost identical I see no reason to separate them. I would agree with making another article for the characters though, could maybe go into the aliens in detail a bit more. Betawaffles (talk) 08:13, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kojima pic

Whats up with the tae kojima pic currently being of director kojima of MGS? Midusunknown 12:35, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Split article?

Would it make sense to split the article into Gantz (manga) and Gantz (anime)? This one seems to flip-flop between the two at random. I know they're similar, but they're not the same. --Mister Six 14:56, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I would hardly go so foar as to call them similar. I agree, the article should be split, with the focus on the more popular anime version. Piuro 02:17, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Maybe I'm just jumping at the word "popular", but the recent licencing of the manga gives it a chance of succedding the anime in popularity in North America. Furthermore, the manga is the "true" version, and information gleaned from the manga is more relevant towards the "Gantz universe" than what is discovered in the anime. Even so, I don't disagree that the article would benefit from being split, perhaps having the manga as one and the anime, along with the game and any other spin-offs, as the other?

[edit] Tagged

I have tagged this article for wikification, as it seems to draw out onto the eccentricities, theories, and speculations of the story. We should make this article more clear cut, and expand only with necessary information from there. All prominent theories should probably be grouped into a single "Theories" section. Normally I would say leave them out, but for quite a few of them there is almost a universal consensus among fans. Piuro 02:33, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] unsolved questions

sould there be a sect for unsolved mysteries.

1) what happened to the dog. it just disappeared. is this by intension?

The dog was killed in the Buddha alien mission. It was stepped on by one of the statues For Thine is the Kingdom. 10:21, 30 November 2006 (UTC)be0wulf

2) how did Ryōko know so much about the suit when izumi was fighting the vamps?

[edit] Updating the character section

Should we mention the Osakans collectively like we do with the vampires? --Bushido Brown 08:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

And while we're on the subject of updating the character section, I believe Host Samurai should have his own private section, instead of being lumped with all of the other vampires.

I agree, and if no one else gives a good reason not too, the vampire section should be erased with the exception of host samurai. The section is fat, contains very little useful information on the vampires and is hard to read. This will also help remove some of the weasel words. Will also be looking into making the characters section they're own page. Betawaffles (talk) 06:03, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Female Vampire

Is it just me or does the female vampire look an awful lot like Chiaki Kuriyama? I'm thinking that this character might look like her on purpose, as on the DVD bonus features for Gantz the anime, she said that she enjoyed the series quite a bit. 70.67.143.56 10:57, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

-It is absolutely supposed to look like Chiaki Kuriyama; that's been established, and she's stated on the record that Gantz is her favorite manga, she loves the vampires, and would absolutely love to be a part of a Gantz live action project, so long at they could come up with a character for her to play that wasn't like her characters in Battle Royale or Kill Bill.

-Looks like Oku did just that.

[edit] Cowboy Bebop Influence

The 'bang' reference has done plenty of times in japanese tv and anime as sort of "breaking the forth wall" sort of deal, to tell the audience it is simply a show. The reference needs to be broadened or eliminated as it is misleading. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.90.4.163 (talk) 17:28, 3 April 2007 (UTC).

Agreed. I'll go erase that now, since a brief Google search couldn't back up that statement. 74.230.193.146 (talk) 14:34, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dirty sex?

Yes, it's really dirty.

  • v5 c56 p183: Kurono sits on a toilet bowl with no pants on.
  • v5 c56 pp184-185: Gantz transfers Kurono into the room in front of everyone pantless.
  • v5 c58 p213: Sakuraosa wants to use the bathroom but Kurono does not know if there is a bathroom in the apartment.
  • v6 c59 p6: Kurono asks Sakuraosa for sex.
  • v6 c59 p10: Sakuraosa takes off Kurono's clothing.
  • v6 c59 p11: Sakuraosa faces Kurono's dick at close range.
  • v6 c59 p16: Kurono enters Sakuraosa's body.

See? There's something terribly wrong with the sex. Kurono possibly just put on his pants without any clean up and in a few minutes he's fucking Lara Croft! This sex scene is really dirty! -- Toytoy 04:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

JakorKnave: "Who cares?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.228.180 (talk) 21:44, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Mexico Publisher

I added the publisher of the manga in Mexico

[edit] Vampire

"The Blond Vampire, in chapter 238, attempted to plunge his blade into the human body contained within Gantz, but was unable to do so. One possible explanation for this is that the body may be surrounded by the same invisible barrier that prevents Gantzers from touching the windows or leaving the apartment until the hunt ends." - Isn't it because he has a microchip in his head like all the others? Thant biker guy died outside of gantz because he had a chip in his head. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.235.4 (talk) 17:26, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

Several people have touched Gantz before, from the middle schooler sticking a finger in his ear to get his attention, to someone else touching his face. It blocked the sword but not their hands. Does the chip let it read their emotions, and know their intentions? I don't think the creators of the series really plan things out before hand, so its best not to read too much in it. Dream Focus 09:53, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Kurono only used Sei Sakuraoka for sex, and said so

The article currently reads in Sei Sakuraoka's section "Kurono holds a strong attachment to her." In the manga he was crying about loosing Kei to Kato, she stated she saw him crying was touched, he then asked her for sex, she agreeing. Then whenever she tried to show affection for him or get him to agree to go out with her, he'd remain silent. When he was dying, and she asked him about it, he said he just wanted sex, and she was there, and he thought she'd say yes. That was it. So no, in the manga, he certainly didn't care about her at all, not getting to know anything about her, nor caring at all, just wanting sex.

In the anime after having sex with her, and going on the temple mission, she did have more lines, but he didn't seem to show too much interest in her around Kei, the girl he was crying over. She even asked him, and said oh, she was worried he might be a guy like that, only after sex.

I read all the manga and watched all the anime episodes, and I'm thinking that should be changed to "Kurono just used her for sex, but she seems to have real feelings for him, despite knowing virtually nothing about him." What does everyone think? Dream Focus 11:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Although Kurono pretty much forgets about Sei after meeting Tae he does demonstrate some closeness throughout the Buddhist Temple mission and wishes to build a relationship when they come home alive. AKLR

I don't think that he used her purely for sex. I think he was an angsty teenage boy of only 15, he obviously had no people skills. Probably he started out with only thinking "Hey! Hot girl in my lap!" But like how he both liked, and hated Kato, it developed a bit more. He even wants to see her again after she dies, so he seeks out her double and cries over her. 69.207.42.15 (talk) 18:31, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Her double? You are thinking of Kei, who he did apparently have some feelings for. Sei Sakuraoka had no double, and he never got to know anything about her, nor cared. Dream Focus (talk) 23:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Video game characters... metrosexual or homosexual?

I doubt those are official character descriptions from the game. I'm wondering if it came with any that can be used instead.

Where it says "Masanobu "Homo" Hojo (a former metrosexual model)" shouldn't that be homosexual? He was clearly gay, having no interest in women at all, rejecting the attention of a gorgeous model on his cell phone as I recall in one of the issues he was first in. And why does it say former? Just like Reika, I don't think he gave up his modeling job. Dream Focus 12:41, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

They were kissing when they died together. That would at least be bi-sexual. Metro-sexual covers the character well when no opinion either way is concerned. --Cashed (talk) 19:49, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] theater song?

Hi, This is one of my first posts on wikipedia and I was wondering if anyone knew the song that was being played in the theater where Hojo was at right before the Buddha mission. I believe it was in Episode 15 of the anime. If someone knows, perhaps it can be posted in the trivia section?

Thanks! Nekrataal7 (talk) 03:17, 10 December 2007 (UTC)nekrataal7

[edit] Spoiler - Anime section

When I first decided to take a look into this anime, I read the first line here on Wiki. It tells the ending of the series without any sort of spoiler warning. The information is clearly in the wrong place.

If no one objects, I would like to remove this line altogether. If that's a problem, it should be moved to the plot section.

--Cashed (talk) 19:49, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Gantz DVD.jpg

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[edit] Seperate character article?

It's not very encylopedic as is, so I propose a separate article for the characters. 75.42.88.248 (talk) 14:55, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Other anime/manga have character lists, with only the main characters on the main article page, with the recurring, less main, secondary, etc kinds of characters at the list article. It would make this article better looking if this were done. 70.51.8.220 (talk) 12:41, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of Gants episode now says to discuss merger here

On the page titled "List of Gantz episodes" it reads "It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Gantz." It then links here to "Discuss". Why would it be merged at all? Every article about a television show that I ever remembering seeing, has the episodes listed on a separate page. Will whoever decided to put that marker there please post your reasons why. Dream Focus (talk) 05:15, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I suppose it could of been a bot. Betawaffles (talk) 02:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm removing this. There's a discussion at arbcom with an injunction on merging/deleting these until a decision about WP:EPISODE is decided. 70.51.8.220 (talk) 12:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] manga chapters

 Please help improve this article or section by expanding it.
Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. (March 2008)

There should be a list of Gantz chapters like the other manga have, which looks like a list of episodes. 70.51.8.220 (talk) 12:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] word for word from manga

I edited the hundred point menu to be word for word from the English translation of the first issue they showed the list. It previously was worded in a way which might lead to some misconceptions. Gantz doesn't just make you forget about the game, but everything that happened to you since you first died and appeared before him, as seen when Kurono left. Under Gantz Equipment, it list the Radar as Controller. I'm going to change that as well now, since on their first mission, someone called it a Radar, and I don't recall it ever being called anything else. I'm reading from the fan made translation, not the official licensed one, so if they officially translated it as something else, please revert and inform. Dream Focus (talk) 16:59, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] curious about recent addition to the character section

In the character section, it list that in the current version of Gantz, 268, the Old Man got his arms broke. I believe he died, since they left him there, but you can't be absolutely certain yet, since the enemy might have just wanted to leave them helpless. Since all non-fatal injuries are eliminated once the mission is over and you return to the room, I wonder why this is mentioned. Listing what mission they started on and what mission they died on, and if ever they were brought back, has encyclopedic value, but listing their injuries each mission(since they aren't permanent) seems a bit unnecessary. What does everyone think? Also, should any of the characters have their own wikipedia page like characters in some other series have? Is there enough information about them out there for that? Dream Focus (talk) 11:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


I believe Reika is carrying him in the final panels. It's hard to see in the low quality release, though. He is likely still alive but in very bad condition. Sakata is definitely dead though. 69.243.158.192 (talk) 07:37, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I think Inaba is already dead he felt to the ground with his head on the asphalt. No one can survive that. Well is obviously that He's dead, he surely broke his neck.Envysf 19:30, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Misleading info

Change where it says volumes. It says 22. It should say something like 22 - Ongoing.98.226.181.33 (talk) 17:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question about tags. Back it up or remove it.

I'm curious about two of the tags. First off if you say "This article may contain original research or unverified claims. Please improve the article by adding references. See the talk page for details. (September 2007)" then you should have at least one "citation needed" thing in the article, to show what part is not supported by information provided by the series or in interviews. And I also see "The quality of this article may be compromised by weasel words. You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words." Where exactly are these weasel words? Please give an example. If you make a claim, back it up. If you saw some weasel words and took the time to add a tag, then take the time to post about them in the talk section. Dream Focus (talk) 14:38, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Anyone know where to find interviews with anyone from the Gantz series?

I Googled about yesterday but didn't spot anything, other than a mention that the DVD of the anime version has interviews with a lot of people. Have they done no other interviews, in magazines and whatnot? Has anyone found anything at all? Dream Focus (talk) 12:39, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rifle is shotgun? Question of recent weapons edit. Manga versus anime relevance

Chibi Gohan, please explain your recent edit. You edited out my bit "This weapon has also been demonstrated to be far more powerful than the X gun in the Anime, but had no difference in power in the manga." I believe this is relevant, since the Gantz article is about both the Manga and the Anime. If you look at the Temple mission in both, you can clearly see the difference. There was a discussion about this over at the stoptazmo forums, various issues used as reference. Also, shotguns don't come with sniping scoops. Are you sure it translated properly? Is there an official translation, or just a fan sub? In the Anime, Temple mission episode, the guy using the weapon to snipe targets with called it a rifle. Dream Focus (talk) 10:23, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree, it has a long range, a scope, and lacks the spread pattern of a shotgun. I think that it is much more like a rifle.--Ascura (talk) 02:22, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Chibi Gohan has once again edited something. Alright. There are places in the manga and the anime where they call it a rifle. Shotguns do not have a scope. If you look up a definition of a shotgun, and that of a rifle, you can see it is clearly a rifle. The fact that someone mistranslated it in the Gantz manual isn't relevant. And discuss things on the talk page. Dream Focus (talk) 18:01, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't think to check the talk page. Anyway, I have the actual Japanese Gantz Manual, I wasn't reading a translation of it. I tracked some scans so I could show you guys a source

Hell, even Japanese Wikipedia calls it the X-Shotgun (They do note, by the way, that it has a scope like a Sniper Rifle.). It's the third weapon listed, written Xショットガン, input that into Babelfish and you get this translation: X shot cancer/gun (I don't know where it got "cancer," Babelfish isn't the most accurate translator...).

If any of you have a source for it being called the X-Rifle, changes can be made, but if even the Japanese Wikipedians call it the X-Shotgun, any mention of it being a rifle are probably errors in translation.

As a side note, the weapon has been used for close range like a shotgun (hell, shotguns can shoot pretty far), and it is some kind of alien weapon, so it's not unthinkable that the weapon could have a scope. You can't say it's called the X-Rifle just because it has some properties of a real life rifle; that would be Original Research. Chibi Gohan (talk) 07:51, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Good point. Looking at that picture, it looks like it was originally designed as a shotgun, with it made to pull back on the front part to reload it. They just added a scope to it, and gave it an insane range like a real world rifle would have. Alright, my mistake. Thanks for explaining. Dream Focus (talk) 09:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] manga/comic book articles never list the manga/comic as reference

Where it says "This article does not cite any references or sources. (March 2008)" what are we suppose to put? In any wikipedia page I see for any comic book or manga out there, they don't bother listing the thing itself as a reference, its simply assumed. Should we list every single issue, page, and panel that every single bit of information comes from? I think that would increase the size of the article considerably. Dream Focus (talk) 10:05, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] what does the Gantz manual say about the firing power of the x-gun and x-shotgun? What about the swords?

Does the Gantz manual list any information about the firing power about the weapons?

And having seen the Japanese version of it, I'm curious if its only about the Anime, since that is where all the pictures come from.

I think it would be a useful and interesting bit of information to have in the article.

Also, can you tell me what it says about the swords, and why Izumi's can do far more than everyone else's can. Dream Focus (talk) 09:13, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Frequency change head explosion?

Someone added to the radar that too many frequency changes caused heads to explode, as seen in the Dinosaur hunt. First off, I believe that was in another mission, and changing frequency constantly ticked off Gantz, because it made the guy visible to anyone, Kurono's girlfriend taking a picture of him, and thus they having a hunt to go after her. Everyone agree that should be reverted? Is there anywhere in the dinosaur hunt I don't remember of someone using it at all? Dream Focus (talk) 14:40, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sending affects whole body even if head is removed before it gets to it.

In Gantz issue 87, on page 10 and 11 you can clearly see the original body the boss of the Temple mission was in, being sent away, despite the fact that its head was already detached, it then moving to form a new body. It shows the body being sent away, and then on page 11, nothing but a foot left, the sending working on it. So even if the part which was hit by the sending first, is removed, the rest will continue to be sent as it normally would be. In the Anime, the same alien boss just snipped off its top bit, and that got sent but not the rest of it. The rules are different in the manga and the anime. Dream Focus (talk) 23:39, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The book mentioned in anime ?

There's a book called The Labyrinth, by Miranda Frost in the anime, which is mentioned quite a lot. Specially a quote from it's first page "There are no labyrinth's you can not get out of." or "No labyrinth is inescapeable." (i'm not sure which one is the correct translation). Does this book really exist, or is it a reference to a real book ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaang (talk • contribs) 18:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nishi's suicide?

I was just wondering about the character bio on Nishi, for the fact that when I read the manga and watch the anima it did not say anything about him shoplifting and escaping from the police. Also in the anima wasn't he seen jumping in his school uniform, leading me to think he jumped off a school building. But I don't know for sure, and was just wonder if anyone actally did know about that and could tell me or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wvbanshee (talk • contribs) 02:33, 10 June 2008 (UTC)