Gantz O

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... read more

speed-reading scans of gantz feels like another lifetime, and it probably was like 10-15 years ago. you kinda have to take this series for what it is. ott spectacle with the absolute bare minimum of character development. one thing i do remember from reading the manga was thinking it would work better in motion, and based on this i was right. oku fiddles so much with effects in his drawings that it might as well just be one big, bombastic cg animated monstrosity. which this is. another thing i remember is it being formulaic. excuses for set pieces. from my memory this might just be the read more

visually arresting, and brimming with gory action- all at the most breakneck pace, gantz:o is absolutely worth a watch. it seems to be a mainstay on netflix, and i'm so glad i finally gave it a look. i tried watching the anime a while ago, and i kinda hated it? the protagonist was an apathetic, rape-y, selfish, pervert. i couldn't stand him. thankfully, he's not even in this movie. they shifted the focus to a different lead, who's much easier to get behind. so, with that context in mind, i loved gantz:o. it doesn't muck around with overt fan service, and doesn't creep on the women in the read more