Gantz
If you are chosen by the bizarre black sphere known as the Gantz, you are already dead-yet you might be able to reclaim your mortality. First, the Gantz demands that you undertake brutal missions of madness, killing aliens hidden among the population. It is your only chance and you have no choice. You must play this disturbing game. And if you die again-and you likely will-it's permanent.
- 2004-2004
- 2 seasons
- ADV Films
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
- TV-MA
If you are chosen by the bizarre black sphere known as the Gantz, you are already dead-yet you might be able to reclaim your mortality. First, the Gantz demands that you undertake brutal missions of madness, killing aliens hidden among the population. It is your only chance and you have no choice. You must play this disturbing game. And if you die again-and you likely will-it's permanent.
Season 2 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2004
Episode 1
Sayônara
23 mins
Change is in the air for the players of the deadly game. Fed up with his aunt, Kato finds a new place to live with his little brother. Meanwhile, Kei's attitude pushes Kishimoto away, and Tetsu's life spirals brutally out of control.
Episode 2
Hayaku ikitee'!
23 mins
The Gantz calls the players for another round. Among the new faces gathered before the sphere: a television evangelist that thinks he has all the answers and a girl who seems willing to give Kei the attention he seeks.
Episode 3
Ore gayaru!
23 mins
When Kato shares what he knows in an effort to help the new players, the evangelist begins to think something sinister is afoot. The holy man learns just how correct he is as the game's new targets make their presence known.
Episode 4
Koitsura utte iin'daro?
23 mins
The team's efforts to defeat the giant aliens are hindered by two thugs who are brutally tormenting a homeless man - the very same homeless man that Kei and Kato encountered just before their deaths.
Episode 5
Okaeri
23 mins
Kei is on a rampage, leading the battle against the giant aliens. Unfortunately, when the towering beasts fall, the group discovers that their fight to survive is only just beginning.
Episode 6
Nanja, aryâ'
23 mins
After claiming victory against the giant red and green aliens, the group boldly rushes into battle against the smaller statues. Soon enough, they find their numbers thinned by an enormous new enemy.
Episode 7
Ore o ute'!
23 mins
Several players meet with gruesome ends as the living statues continue their onslaught. Tragically, one of the mutilated victims is someone very dear to Kato and Kei.
Episode 8
Onichan?
23 mins
The carnage continues and truly no one is safe. As wounded Kei struggles to stay alive, his teammates fall one after the other. When the final foe is defeated, only one player will be around to see the score.
Episode 9
Ni do to iuna!
23 mins
Kei returns to the Gantz and finds many familiar faces will be joining him in battle. Unfortunately, Kei is shocked to see that their alien prey wears a familiar face as well.
Episode 10
Kurono seijin!
23 mins
With no explanation, the Gantz has chosen Kei to be hunted. At first, the rest of the players are unsure of what they should do - but the black sphere soon helps them decide that Kei should die.
Episode 11
Derarenai meikyû wa nai n da
23 mins
The new players are beginning to see just how dangerous the two bum-killing freaks really are. As the situation escalates, the members of the team look to the one person who might be able to help them survive - Kei.
Episode 12
Ikite kaerôze
23 mins
Madness is taking over as the team hunts the two brutal maniacs in their midst. The number of fatalities grows quickly, and Kei begins to understand that the Gantz might not be his worst problem.
Episode 13
Ikite kure
24 mins
When people die, they are brought to a room where they must suit up and fight for their lives against all odds for the chance to return the the lives they once knew. Gantz, the maniacal sphere that brings the dead back to a state of limbo, will rest at nothing to see that it is entertained by senseless killing of alien creatures it gives orders to dispatch. Can Kei Kurono survive the insanity of this upsidedown reality?