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_______Gantz(Whole Damn series)_________

So this is a Japanimation show about 2 guys who get hit by a train and killed..but right before they die, their bodys are cloned and teleported to a condominium in Japan.
When arriving there they learn that they have died..yet not died and their old bodys were erased, with no traces right after they died...in the Condominium there are 7 others there and a girl then gets materializes in the room also, who apearently commited suicide in a bathtub..thats why shes nude..
After a few antics of the people in the Condominuim and one guy trying to rape the girl one of the 2 main Characters Kato(Other Kei) ends up saving her, and she falls inlove with him.
They are kind informed about their situation by some emo guy and then sent out into the battlefield..

Now Gantz(The Black Ball) makes copys of people before they die, and implants bombs in their heads that explode when they mention Gantz to others, or if they die, or go out of the main area..

Gantz makes them fight 2 Green Union Aliens..the first one goes down quick, then the more adult version..which looks like The Hulk, Freddy, and Swamp Thing.
It kills most of them, but leaves The girl, Emo Guy, The Dog, Kei and Kato..
They get a kinda explanation of the happenings then its some filler eps about the suite and how The girl(Named Kei Also) moves in with Kei because she actually didnt die.
So they get called back, and theres new characters..but dont pay attention to them they die..
So in this mission they fight Robotic Rock Lee's and Chicken creatures...The Emo Guy also dies in this one because Kato ******** sucks..

Kei try numerous times to make a move on Kei..Then get in a fight with her and makes her leave...Also Kato is dealing with a b***h of a foster mother..
So then 3 more main characters are Shown..And I dont remember their names..Ones a Model(Speculated To Be Gay..) anothers the Stalker Of The Model..and then the last is a gang member who is shot when getting milk for his kids..(He dies after ******** around with the guns, and then mentioning gantz and having his head Asplode..)

Their next mission is fighting agenst Oni statue Aliens...Kei actually gets laid by a girl Whos name I also forget...She falls inlove with him..and he kinda feels the same..but its clear hes more into the other kei..In this mission there is alot of characters, and most of them actually can do stuff..
Kei goes all bad a** and kills all the oni's but then more statue things come out..These kill almost every member of Gantz, exept Kei, who actually survives..(Even Kills Butter Dog..)

Kei is pissed that gantz doesnt bring them back and tries to shoot him..
The last and final mission in the show brings alot of old characters..like the bookstore owner, Kei's teacher, a girl who the person Kei ******** gave a book to, and sadist bum killers, and rapists(Who show up in the episode where they fight the statues..and just so happen to sing the song gantz plays before a mission..

Gantz is pissed that Kei tried to kill him, so he makes him the target..
Which leads to alot of confusion, killing and chasing..eventually they learn Kei isnt the villian its the Bum killers and go after them..Which leads to a whole lot of confusing s**t I wont go into..So finally everyones gone but kei and a girl who is dying..and then some wierd flash backs to when the train hit him stuff is shown, and all the characters apear, and it shows how all these people relate to Kei..then a fade out, the clock hits zero and then the train goes by the station with no one there..Suggesting Kei might have died..

So This is based on the manga..Which is okay...and is actually longer..
The shows english dub..(The one I watched) has alot of wierd dialog you wouldent hear in normal Anime shows..Like theres a Shaft Reffrence in one..Its also very perverted..and im pretty sure episode 15 is just porn..
The show is also very short..and I dont know if thats bad or good..because it seemed they tried to squeeze everything together in the end..also leaves alot of questions like what happens to Kato's Brother?...Its just a mind ********..

And overall it was good..Really good. Last show I saw that good, that gorey, and that perverted would be Elifin Lied(I have it all on DvD)..
It was also pretty short..But It was a good 26 episodes...Also the ending may have been alittle weird and vauge but it was good overall. Worth a watch...Also the Dub on it isnt that bad..This had a really wierd jokes and reffrences..It even has a Shaft, Cowboy Bebop, and a Fist Of The North Star reffrence threwout it...And alot of Cosplay jokes..
From What ive heard, The manga is still being made, and is much longer, and gets into the story more...I will try to get some of the manga..
Also has a problem with
Bad Character Syndrome:Almost everyone in the show, will annoy you till the end...Now I can explain why this makes scence..
Given the situation they're in, and the fact they're normal people and this show really catches how normal people in society act pretty well...The characters in this show are acting normal...But Kei is a whinney b***h.

The animations good, storys pretty good...First anime where I enjoyed watching filler eps..also like the dialog..and some..of the characters(Most of the one time characters are ******** annoying..looking at you preist..)

Overall:
Episode Length:3/5 I like how it doesnt have a million like other animes..but I do wish there was more..
Dub:4/5 Damn good.
Plot:4/5
Characters:4/5
Music:4/5(Love some of the music in this show...exept the end theme)
Action:5/5
Gore:5/5 Scanners worthy head splosions..
Overall:4/5 Needs more eps..