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Region：Japan
Type：TV
English name：Gantz
Official name：GANTZ 〜the first stage〜
Chinese name：杀戮都市
Other names：ガンツ
Premiered：April 12, 2004
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Science fiction / Seek novelty / Hot blooded / Combat / Bloody / Meat / R(H) / Source manga
Original author：奥浩哉
Director：板野一郎
Scenario：十川誠志
Storyboard：松尾慎 / 西森章
Co-director：垂永士 / 犬川犬夫 / 水本葉月 / 吉沢俊一
Studios：GONZO
Production cooperation：ARTLAND
Family：Gantz
Official website：http://gantz.net/
Rating：18+

Gantz

Kurono Kei, a high school freshman, put on airs and thought only about girls.

One day, on his way home, he came across a man who accidentally fell from the train platform.

He did not care for other people, and at first he enjoyed watching the man who was about to die.

However, Katou Masaru, a classmate in his elementary school days, suddenly jumped down from the platform onto the train tracks to help the man there.

Being asked for help, Kei reluctantly began to help him.

But when they finally got the man onto the platform, saving him, the train arrived at the station.

They must have been killed by the train, but instead were instantly transferred into the room of some condominium.

There, they find a black sphere and people who are supposed to be dead like them.

And there is no way out of the room.

But where is this room?

Why are they still alive?

And what exactly is that strange sphere in the middle of the room?

Kei and Masaru find out, and are horrified by the answers...

Note: The original TV version of Gantz was heavily censored.

And besides the usual editing episode 2 and 3 got cut together and episode 10 did not air at all.

The basic structure was left intact.

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Main EpisodesTiles view / List view

Apr 12, 2004

EP1 - It's the Beginning of a Brand New Day

After Kei and his childhood friend, Kato, are torn into bloody pieces by a speeding train, they awake in an unfamiliar room, surrounded by strangers. In the middle of the room is a bizarre black sphere: the Gantz.
Apr 19, 2004

EP2 - They Aren't Human

The Black Globe suddenly starts playing a 1940s radio exercise tune, interrupting Katou and the Yakuza fighting. The globe tells them to kill Neigi Seijin (green onion alien). The globe opens up, revealing guns and suits. The men take the guns but ignore the suits, except Kei who puts one on. Kei is thrown into the deadly "game". Everyone goes off looking for the alien after Nishi shows them a GPS indicating the alien and tells them that there is a reward for killing it. Kei, Katou, and the girl go off on their own trying to find a way home. The politician tries to get home, but his head inexplicably blows up after a while. The Yakuzas, schoolteacher and the blond man find 'Neigi Seijin', who is a young boy with an affinity for spring onions. He runs and they chase him, eventually killing him with the guns they received from Gantz. The boy puts up little resistance and is very weak, but we see his father come into the scene looking enraged at what has happened.
Apr 19, 2004

EP3 - OK, Here Are Your Scores

The scores are tallied and Nishi explains some of what he knows about the rules of the strange world of the Gantz. The unusual situation grows even odder the next day when Kei wakes—and finds that this nightmare is no dream.
Apr 27, 2004

EP4 - That Means at the Time...

Seemingly back among the living, Kato must protect his brother from their hateful aunt. Meanwhile, Kei’s special suit gives him an advantage against the bullies at school. But will it help him when Kishimoto appears at his door?
May 4, 2004

EP5 - All Right!

Despite his best efforts, Kei remains unsatisfied during Kishimoto’s overnight stay at his apartment. At the place Kato calls home, more ugly evidence of abuse piles up.
May 11, 2004

EP6 - We're After You

Kato’s patience is being tested. At home, the abuse dished out by his aunt pushes him to the breaking point. Meanwhile, at school, a group of bullies forces him to take decisive and drastic action.
May 18, 2004

EP7 - Uh-oh!

A new round begins for the gang. Appearing before the Gantz, they find themselves joined by a diverse group of fresh players. As the game gets underway, Kei panics when he realizes his suit is nowhere to be found.
May 25, 2004

EP8 - I'll Kill You Without a Moment's Hesitation

As the group prepares to track down the Suzuki alien, Tetsu’s gang is creating conflict and Nishi’s smart mouth isn’t helping the situation. When tensions boil over, blood is spilled before the hunt even begins.
Jun 1, 2004

EP9 - He Can't Shoot

Kato is forced to take action to save Nishi from certain death, but he may not be ruthless enough to kill the Suzuki alien. Time is running out for yet another player trapped in the cruel world of the Gantz.
Jun 8, 2004

EP10 - Kato, You Wait Here

The group is beginning to figure out the rules of the twisted game in which they are caught, but survival is still far from guaranteed as the battle with the remaining Suzuki aliens erupts.
Jun 8, 2004

EP11 - Please Die

Kei, suitless and outnumbered by the Suzuki aliens, must face the biggest monster alone. When the battle ends and the scores are tallied, the group sees that there might be a way to escape their strange fate.
Jun 15, 2004

EP12 - Please stay here, Katou-kun

The team splits. Katou, Kishimoto and Hojo go after the other Suzuki aliens, while Kei and Testu, forced by Haruya under gunpoint, find the rest. Katou finds not one but five Suzuki-Seijin. Katou tackles one while the other four surround him. Kishimoto shoots one and it explodes, which also draws their focus off Katou. He and Hojo get one bird each to come out of its robotic shell with the bear-hugging method. Katou's suit then runs out of power. One of the birds tries to clamber back into its humanoid shell but suffocates. The two remaining aliens fly away and find Ryouta and his grandmother. The grandmother takes on the two aliens, giving the child a chance to run away, but he runs back, too concerned about his grandmother to leave her. He watches her die and is cornered himself, and also dies. Meanwhile, Haruya forces Kei and Tetsu into a building where six Suzuki and the apparent boss, a giant bird, are hiding.
Jun 22, 2004

EP13 - Please Die

Hojo and Kishimoto kill the two remaining Suzuki, Kei tries to approach the boss but one of the fledglings starts to bite his neck and he needs to take it off his shoulder and put it on the floor. The six Suzuki faces go from smiles to horrible snarls at this. The boss emerges, and Kei threatens to shoot it. When he does shoot, it has seemingly no effect other than enraging the boss. The Suzuki scream which makes Kei start shooting at them. He misses but all of his shots and the screaming of the Suzuki cause the floor to cave in, the roof following soon after. All the survivors arrive outside. Kei is jubilant, believing he has killed them all, until the boss emerges from the rubble and grabs Haruya. It flies into the air with him in its grip and tears his head off, which falls at the feet of the survivors. The boss turns on Kei and the others urge him to run. Hojo tries to aim his gun at the boss but he flings him away against a wall. Kei tells the group that he's tired of running away all the time and is going to kill the boss. He fires and misses, and the boss grabs him by the arm and flies high into the air. Kei grabs hold of some pipes from the bird's mouth, and the bird descends, exhaling heavy steam. The bird drops Kei, who shoots it on his way down, manages to blow its head off before falling onto a roof, and are the group is transported back a minute later. In the room, Katou gets five points, Hojo (whom Gantz nicknames homo ) and Kishimoto get ten each while Kei gets 38, the most of anybody thus far.