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GANTZ
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How GANTZ actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
GANTZ reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
If you are chosen by the bizarre black sphere known as the Gantz, you are already dead—yet you might be able to reclaim your mortality. First, the Gantz demands that you undertake brutal missions of madness, killing aliens hidden among the population. It is your only chance and you have no choice. You must play this disturbing game. And if you die again—and you likely will—it’s permanent.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
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.
- Directed by Takashi Yamana
- Written by Masashi Sogo
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Masashi SogoWriter
Direction
- Hirotaka EndoDirector
- Takashi YamanaDirector
- Takashi SanoDirector
- Jun FujiwaraDirector
- Hazuki MizumotoDirector
- Takashi KobayashiDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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