Gantz: Information and Synopsis

Last Modified: March 3rd, 2006
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Contents

  1. Information
  2. Premise
  3. Volumes
  4. Notes

Information

Gantz was started in Young Jump in the Summer of the year 2000 by Hiroya Oku. His previous works had been serialized with the magazine, including HEN (Strange Love) which is why he chose Young Jump for his latest series. There is currently nineteen volumes of the manga (topping 226 chapters) and it is still being serialized every week. The manga has also been turned into a thirteen episode anime series, which was followed by a sequel known as the Second Stage which was an additional thirteen episodes. The seasons go together to make a twenty-six episode series telling a percentage of what the manga has so far. ADV Films have licensed the anime for North America and it has also been licensed for release in Australia.

Premise

Kei Kurono was just your average arrogant teenager when he saw a homeless man fall onto the tracks at his local subway station, he noticed an old school friend standing next to him and couldn't have predicted what would happen next. His old friend got down on the tracks to help and called up for Kurono to help him, without realising it Kurono was down there within moments and they were both facing certain death. Suddenly they are both transferred into a semi-posthumous game in which no-one really understands, who knows what will happen next...

Volumes

If a chapter name is a hyperlink it means you will be able to click that link and then read a summary of the chapter, with the main events listed down. As this process takes time, it may be a while until every chapter has been summarised and is available here.

Volume One - Released on the 19th of December 2000

Volume Two - Released on the 19th of March 2001

Volume Three - Released on the 19th of June 2001

Volume Four - Released on the 19th of October 2001

Volume Five - Released on the 19th of February 2002

Volume Six - Released on the 17th of May 2002

Volume Seven - Released on the 19th of September 2002

Volume Eight - Released on the 17th of January 2003

Volume Nine - Released on the 19th of May 2003

Volume Ten - Released on the 19th of August 2003

Volume Eleven - Released on the 18th of December 2003

Volume Twelve - Released on the 19th of March 2004

Volume Thirteen - Released on the 19th of May 2004

Volume Fourteen - Released on the 16th of July 2004

Volume Fifteen - Released on the 17th of December 2004

Volume Sixteen - Released on the 19th of April 2005

Volume Seventeen - Released on the 19th of July 2005

Notes

Konami, the publishers of such games as Metal Gear Solid, released a video game based on the manga for the Playstation 2 in Early 2005. The title was Gantz: The Game and it was rated as a restricted 18 due to it's highly violent and graphic content, the game has never been released in English and there are currently no plans to bring out a translated version.

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