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Gantz Stage 02
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nubbe said:
yup, I'm dling the DVD-Rip of first season now and it's fucking great!!!
Though I still don't understand why A1 doesn't want to re-encode Gantz S1 DVD and Gantz S2. For S1 DVD, they only have to reencode and just time the subs again. No need for translating anything because it's already been done. I guess with the new season coming up, they just wanna open up themselves to something more. =\
So W-dreamers got their game together and has now subbed 6 eps, and let me tell you, Gantz is teh ownage uncensored!!!
Fuck this series is unbelievably good! The sheer action in the last 3-4 eps has got me spellbound. Imo best series out there today. Gantz 19 rocked on so many levels it's not even funny. There was one cool thing in that ep that made me half scream out loud "Not that was fucking cool!". Go! WATCH! NOOOW! Damnit are you still here??!
Fuck this series is unbelievably good! The sheer action in the last 3-4 eps has got me spellbound. Imo best series out there today. Gantz 19 rocked on so many levels it's not even funny.
There was one cool thing in that ep that made me half scream out loud "Not that was fucking cool!". Go! WATCH! NOOOW! Damnit are you still here??!
Funky Papa
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Why? What are the differences?
oh man I had NO IDEA that season 2 is this good! I just caught up to episode 19. The music feels completely new (is it?) and the action is so intense. The first season gave me a headache with all the whining the lead characters did. It looks like they're getting into it now. I also have the manga but I have not started reading it.... yet.
BTW episode 20 is out.
BTW episode 20 is out.
Crazymoogle
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You guys have no idea how much more insane this series gets. :lol
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Chrono said:OMG WTF @ EP 20!!!!
HOLY SHIT SHE DIED!!1 Kishimoto died! NOOOOOO!!!! I don't want her to die. ;__;
Dammit now I wanna know what happens next... I don't want to start the manga though because I have a midterm to study for.
I expected that to happen, the ending credits give that away. It shows her fading away...so very sad.
I've only watched up to Episode 16 so far. I love this series, I don't know why I waited so long to check out Stage 02. I can't imagine things getting more insane, or maybe I just couldn't handle it. The end of season one had so much tension, I was actually getting nervous during that last episode.
Crazymoogle
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Culex said:
I think the manga-ka goes a little overboard sometimes on what he wants to draw, but...
Yes.
You guys will probably explode from what happens in the next few eps, and even then there are some mind bending arcs coming up.
Randam_Hajile
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Gantz is probably one of my favorite manga of all time. I haven't read since chapter 168 since the chapters are so short and I've been waiting for a good buildup. I just got chapter 180 today so I think it's time I start reading again.
The uncut anime is almost just as good as the manga, IMO, although the art is WAY better in the manga. The soundtrack (especially in season 2) is one of the most intense soundtracks I've ever heard and seriously adds to the extremity of what's going on.
I have the first 4 episodes uncut but haven't seen anymore out. I haven't seen but the first 3 episodes of the TV release and they sucked ASS because of all the editing. I'd actually like to see the rest of the first season (TV or Uncut) so I can show it to some other people. Does anyone know if there are still torrents for the first season? If so, PM me.
The uncut anime is almost just as good as the manga, IMO, although the art is WAY better in the manga. The soundtrack (especially in season 2) is one of the most intense soundtracks I've ever heard and seriously adds to the extremity of what's going on.
I have the first 4 episodes uncut but haven't seen anymore out. I haven't seen but the first 3 episodes of the TV release and they sucked ASS because of all the editing. I'd actually like to see the rest of the first season (TV or Uncut) so I can show it to some other people. Does anyone know if there are still torrents for the first season? If so, PM me.
Randam_Hajile
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The TV version of Gantz S1 is EXTREMELY edited to the point that, where S1 ends at the same spot regardless of the TV or DVD versions, there are 13 episodes of the DVD version (as opposed to TV's 11) because so much content was cut. All the original violence, nudity, and sex from the manga was cut from the series, but so much of the story was cut as well that, by watching the TV version, you don't even really get to see the first mission at all. The TV version of episode 2 is basically just a montage of scenes from the uncut 2, 3, and the beginning of 4.Funky Papa said:
If you've seen the TV version and haven't seen the uncut DVDs, you haven't really seen Gantz and you owe it to yourself to do so.
Randam_Hajile
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Ok, so I just finished browsing Gantz.net where they have screenshots through episode 26, which is the final episode of season 2. Looks like a brand new filler arc from episode 22 onward. That sucks. I mean, it actually looks like a really cool mission, but if they do a fucking filler arc here at the end of season 2 and don't do season 3 and on, I'm gonna be pissed. As long as they do season 3, I don't care about this final season-closing arc. Of course, the only way they can do season 3 is
if they kill off everyone in the new filler arc so that Kurono can do his solo mission coming up.
Randam_Hajile
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That could actually be why they're doing filler now, so that they can fit a good chunk of story into a 13 episode 3rd season. If they start a season from where they're at (manga-wise) by the end of episode 21, they could theoretically get through (manga spoilers)Vandiger said:
Kurono's solo mission in Gantz's world and at the school, Izumi's murderous rampage, and the dinosaur mission. By the end, they could introduce the vampires and could stop there. I haven't read chapter 169 and up yet, so I don't know if that's a great stopping point or not, but it seems likely.
Randam_Hajile
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So after the first (uncut) and second seasons have made me so happy that they've been almost exactly like (and sometimes better than) the manga, I'm now back to fucking hating Studio Gonzo for the Gantz treatment.
Major spoilers for the end of season 2:
Again, I hate Studio Gonzo right now.
Major spoilers for the end of season 2:
Not only is the end of season 2 all filler, it's the end of the series. Looks like Studio Gonzo decided to tack on their own ending and finish the series here rather than continue with the series. For those who want to know what happens...
Everyone in this mission dies and Kurono stands in front of the train and gets hit (assumingly) right as Gantz disappears. What the fuck?
It sucks that we'll never see all the awesomeness that comes after the Buddah mission in the manga.
Everyone in this mission dies and Kurono stands in front of the train and gets hit (assumingly) right as Gantz disappears. What the fuck?
It sucks that we'll never see all the awesomeness that comes after the Buddah mission in the manga.
Again, I hate Studio Gonzo right now.
Randam_Hajile
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It's sad because the manga IS pretty popular and is nearing 200 chapters now. It's a different case with Berserk because while Berserk ends at a point where they can pick right back up and continue where they left off in the manga, Studio Gonzo chose to give Gantz an ending.
Crazymoogle
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Wow, I can't believe how bad this filler arc and ending is. I mean, I'm used to anime series that have to make up something for themselves, but this is just really, really bad writing.
seems like it deviates from ep 23 to end, because that last story arc is nowhere to be found in the manga.
it also makes almost no sense at all, wtf was Gonzo thinking??
they could have just requested a 3rd season and allow the Gantz goodness to continue but bleah, whatever.
it also makes almost no sense at all, wtf was Gonzo thinking??
perhaps they were trying to replicate the feeling of the Tae Kojima arc in the manga, but still a stupid idea and way to end the series
they could have just requested a 3rd season and allow the Gantz goodness to continue but bleah, whatever.
Crazymoogle
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Pellham said:
23? The first slaughterhouse arc ends on ep 21. The fresh cast of characters is pretty much all new, unless I'm forgetting something.
Crazymoogle
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GG-Duo said:
Well, there is reasoning behind the violence, but it is pretty damn violent even when compared to other violent shows. Sex and nudity on occasion. Most of the cast gets replaced every so often as a result; I'd say the show is slightly more violent than Blue Gender. The anime ends before things get as bloody as the manga can be, though.
As the story goes, when certain random people in Japan die, they instead get "copied" into a small room overlooking the Tokyo Tower. No way out. A black ball in the room known only as "Gantz" gives the copies an order: kill a specific alien hiding out in the city. The alien usually looks human, but often turns out to be something much different (and very interested in it's own survival).
Suits that grant superhuman powers (but have limited energy supplies) and a wide assortment of guns are provided. Of course, Gantz doesn't bother what anything does or what exactly the rules of the game are, so half of the people still think they are in some sort of afterlife, and their ignorance tends to make them very dead.
Just to spice things up, a few minutes after announcing the victim, everybody is teleported onto the streets of Tokyo. Leaving the area of engagement causes the copy's head to explode. There is also a time limit, and while their presence is very real, almost nobody not in the game can see them. (Talking about Gantz outside of the game can have a penalty as well)
If the target is captured or killed, everybody who still has a pulse is teleported back, good as new, assessed a score, and then freed from the game....until the next one begins, at which point they are teleported back and it begins again.
Beyond that, the story is mostly about chick-obsessed student Kei Kurono, who initially starts off as a no-responsibility keep-me-the-hell-out-of-it sort of guy, but gets put through so much shit that it starts to turn him into a confident leader type.
I originally got hooked by watching a few season 1 eps, but after that you really owe it to yourself to read the manga, as Season 1 is basically severely edited in its original release, and Season 2 ends on a shitty filler arc.
Crazymoogle
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GG-Duo said:
It's not really "episodic", though. Teams get wiped out, but Kei's life changes pretty constantly and there is a fair amount of exposition during the Gantz events. If it isn't about Kei growing up mentally, it's about how Gantz effects his personal life (nothing wrong with wearing the suit outside the game...), or finding out just how the game works.
The protagonist would fight back...if he knew how. Gantz seems to be invincible within the confines of the tower. More to the point, there are two major ongoing questions:
1. What is Gantz? There are rumors, especially early on, but nothing certain. A major story element revealed recently in the manga further stirs the pot by
adding a counter-Gantz society. The counter-Gantz members are literal vampires thanks to a join-up ceremony that injects them with nanomachines (which presumably give them their powers). It's not entirely sure if they know what Gantz is either, but they have nothing against ambushing copies in normal real life situations.
2. What happens if someone survives long enough to reach 100 points? (Somebody early on suggests that frees you for good, but...) Hell, for most of the manga the players hardly know what constitutes earning points (Gantz has a rather twisted sense of humor).
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