Gantz/Characters

Kei Kurono



 * Anti-Hero: Classical Anti-Hero
 * Badass
 * Badass Normal
 * Back from the Dead
 * Butt Monkey: Outside of missions.
 * Chris Ayres: SEVERELY Playing Against Type.
 * The Determinator
 * Hopeless Suitor: to Kishimoto
 * Jerkass--> Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * The Lancer --> The Hero
 * Lovable Sex Maniac: Kurono. Though, the 'loveable' is disputed among fans.
 * Love Hurts
 * Messiah Creep
 * Official Couple: With Tae.
 * Our Hero Is Dead:
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Playing Against Type: Chris Ayres normally plays deep-voiced characters, so it's surprising he'd play a young teenager. Plus, where else have you seen Chris play a lead character?
 * Survival Mantra
 * Technician vs. Performer: The Performer to Kato and Izumi's Technician.
 * Took a Level in Badass
 * Took a Level In Kindness

Masaru Kato

 * Badass
 * Back from the Dead
 * Cartwright Curse
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome
 * The Combat Pragmatist
 * The Determinator
 * Good Is Not Dumb: He is about as morally upstanding as they come, but he'll still pre-emptively ambush a guy on the toilet in order to defend himself and head off further violence.
 * The Hero
 * The Messiah
 * The Obi-Wan: To Kurono
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Promotion to Parent
 * Technical Pacifist
 * Technician vs. Performer: Technician to Kurono's Performer.

Kei Kishimoto

 * Action Girl
 * Anguished Declaration of Love
 * Bath Suicide - Kishimoto finds herself in the Gantz room after one.
 * The Chick
 * Cloning Blues
 * Gag Boobs
 * Hello, Nurse!
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Naked on Arrival
 * Sacrificial Lion
 * Stupid Sacrifice: An alien throws a highly corrosive acid at Katou. Instead of, say, pushing him out of the way, Kishimoto runs around him, blocks him with her body, and takes the blast.

Joichiro Nishi


""Remember how I thought you had a little bit of potential last time? I was wrong. You should be the first one to die!""


 * Anti-Hero: Type V.
 * Ax Crazy: After his classmates throw him out the window of their classroom (on the second story of the school), he comes back.
 * Chris Patton
 * Back from the Dead
 * Dirty Coward
 * Eye Scream:
 * Ineffectual Loner
 * Jerkass
 * Lack of Empathy
 * Not So Different: He does that with Kei in the third episode.
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Psycho for Hire
 * Serial Killer
 * The Social Darwinist
 * Token Evil Teammate
 * Tsundere: In the Gantz PlayStation 2 game if you follow his route. He even says something along the lines of "Don't get the wrong idea; I didn't come here to help you" during one event. This is mind-meltingly weird for anyone who's familiar with the Jerkass Nishi from the manga and anime, to say the least.

Sei Sakuraoka

 * Action Girl
 * Badass
 * Expy: Sei Sakuraoka of Lara Croft
 * Sacrificial Lion

Shion Izumi

 * Anti-Hero: Type V-> Type IV.
 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Blood Knight
 * Broken Ace
 * Dissonant Serenity
 * Ineffectual Loner
 * Inferiority Superiority Complex
 * Jerkass
 * Lack of Empathy
 * The Lancer
 * Nominal Hero
 * Omnicidal Maniac: He
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Pet The Panda: Cold-blooded killer Izumi will not hesitate to murder dozens of innocent Tokyo citizens, including Kurono's girlfriend, but he will save Hoi Hoi when escaping a bunch of dinosaurs.
 * Psycho for Hire
 * The Resenter: Towards Kurono.
 * Sacrificial Lion
 * Serial Killer
 * Sociopathic Hero: For any given definition of hero.
 * Suicide by Cop
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * Technician vs. Performer: The Technician to Kurono's Performer.
 * Token Evil Teammate

Tae Kojima

 * Back from the Dead
 * Died in Your Arms Tonight: Dies in Kurono's arms
 * Killed to Uphold the Masquerade
 * Morality Pet
 * Official Couple: With Kurono.
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Second Love

Yoshikazu Suzuki

 * Badass Grandpa
 * Cool Old Guy
 * In-Series Nickname: Old man.
 * The Lancer
 * Only Known by Their Nickname

Daizemon Kaze

 * Badass Normal
 * The Big Guy
 * Blood Knight
 * Gentle Giant: Towards Takeshi.
 * In-Series Nickname: "Muscle Rider"
 * Manly Tears: After finding out
 * Papa Wolf: Kaze to Takeshi. When one of the Nura alien's attacks hurt Takeshi, Kaze went apeshit and attacked it, dealing more damage than Oka Hachirou did even with his Power Armor.
 * Promotion to Parent: for Takeshi.

Hiroto Sakurai

 * Back from the Dead
 * Badass
 * Beware the Nice Ones: If you're a Giant alien, you are screwed if Sakurai catches you
 * From Nobody to Nightmare:
 * My God, What Have I Done?: Sakurai experiences this
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Psychic Nosebleed
 * The Smart Guy
 * My God, What Have I Done?: Sakurai experiences this
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Psychic Nosebleed
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Smart Guy

Kenzo Sakata

 * Badass
 * Heroic Sacrifice
 * The Mentor: To Sakurai
 * Psychic Nosebleed
 * The Obi-Wan: To Sakurai
 * The Smart Guy

Reika Shimohira

 * Action Girl
 * Anguished Declaration of Love
 * Badass
 * Battle Couple:
 * The Chick: In Kurono's team.
 * Fan Girl: A Kurono fangirl.
 * Gag Boobs
 * Hello, Nurse!
 * Hopeless Suitor: To Kurono.
 * Idol Singer
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Reika
 * The Lancer: In the Osaka arc.
 * Love Makes You Crazy: It seems like is starting to head down this road after
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Ordinary High School Student
 * Smurfette Principle
 * Stalker with a Crush: Crush on Kurono.
 * Took a Level in Badass
 * Unlucky Busty Girl
 * Yandere
 * Stalker with a Crush: Crush on Kurono.
 * Took a Level in Badass
 * Unlucky Busty Girl
 * Yandere

Takeshi Koumoto

 * Morality Pet
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Took a Level in Badass

Kouki Inaba

 * Butt Monkey: In the Tokyo team.
 * The Chick
 * Dirty Coward
 * Hopeless Suitor
 * Mauve Shirt: among others. Interestingly, he was perfectly fine as long as he kept a Red Shirt status, and got killed off right after receiving his Character Development.
 * Redemption Equals Death: though more of an Usefulness Equals Death or Action Equals Death, as he'd stopped being a Jerkass a bit earlier.

Hoi Hoi

 * Panda-ing To The Audience
 * Team Pet
 * What Happened To The Panda?: Hoi Hoi disappears after the Italy arc; presumably he was killed, but it was never shown.


 * Battle Couple:
 * Badass
 * Cloning Blues
 * Doppelganger Replacement Love Interest
 * Tomato in the Mirror: