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''[[Gantz]]'' is a horror/sci-fi series by Hiroya Oku. As it begins, Kei Kurono, [[Jerkass|a rather unpleasant]] teenage student, is run over by a train after he and his childhood friend Masaru Kato rescue a hobo from the rails. Instead of being dead, suddenly Kurono finds himself trapped in a small apartment along with Kato, a bunch of weird people (including a hot naked girl, a dog, and a middle-school boy who seems to be the only one who knows what's going on) and a large black sphere.

The sphere names itself Gantz, sings an exercise song, and explains the situation: They ''were'' dead, but Gantz needs them for the mission of killing a weird alien creature (the first of a series, as it turns out). The rules are easy: They have one hour to complete the assignment. If they are hurt but alive at the end of the time, they are fully healed, but if they are killed they'll remain dead. If they get too far outside the hunt area they will die. Their performance will be measured for points; when they get 100, they can be free. With all that said, Gantz gives them high-tech battle suits and some futuristic equipment and armament, and launches them into the mission.

Essentially, the first nine volumes (and the whole 2004 anime series) consist of senseless killings; gory, horrific violence; [[Fan Service]]; and sex scenes. Then, [[Growing the Beard|the manga began to improve]] when Kurono was given a romantic interest and an impressive [[Character Development]]. And then, "vampires" are introduced, some secrets are revealed, and things become truly weird and extremely convoluted. The fights also become longer and longer, to the point they seem interminable. And as the sphere of influence from Gantz and its actions have encompassed all over the world, things [[It Got Worse|have become horrifically worse for everyone]].

Just recently, theThe series got a two-part live action Japanese movie, released in the winter and spring of 2011. Another movie, this time a animaded 3D CGI effort titled ''Gantz: O'', based in the "Osaka arc" of the manga, premiered in 2016,

** {{spoiler|She feels guilty about it imediately afterwards though and when the [[EndoftheThe End of the World Asas We Know It|Alien Invasion]] begins she seems more eager than usual to sacrifice her life in the defence of other as some sort of atonement}}