Gantz (2010)

After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.

Director:

Shinsuke Sato

Writers:

Hiroya Oku (manga), Yûsuke Watanabe (screenplay)

Stars:

Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kazunari Ninomiya	...	Kei Kurono
Ken'ichi Matsuyama	...	Masaru Kato
Yuriko Yoshitaka	...	Tae Kojima
Kanata Hongô	...	Joichiro Nishi
Natsuna	...	Megumi Kishimoto
Tomorowo Taguchi	...	Yoshikazu Suzuki
Takayuki Yamada	...	Masamitsu Shigeta
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kensuke Chisaka	...	Ayumu Kato
Yûko Genkaku
Mukau Nakamura
Shun'ya Shiraishi	...	Hiroto Sakurai
Ayako Yoshitani

Storyline

After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | based on comic book | name in title | one word title | two parts | 

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

29 January 2011 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Gantz - Spiel um dein Leben

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chubu-nippon Broadcasting Company (CBC), Fukuoka Broadcasting System (FBS), Gantz Film Partners

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first song in the credits is in German. The lyrics consist only of the four words "Kämpfe gegen die Aliens!" ("Fight against the aliens!").

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Connections

Edited into Another Gantz (2011)

User Reviews

Great Adaptation of the Anime

I actually don't like film adaptations of anime, there's something crazy about trying to follow a series that's roughly 12 hours in length down to a suitable movie format of 1.5 to 3 hrs. What surprised me about the film adaptation of Gantz, is how well they adapted the idea of getting transported to a room relentlessly by a alien sphere to fight aliens shortly after your own death, instead of simply trying trying to mash the plot into a shorter format. They kept most of the aliens, but changed a lot to the series which is pretty refreshing after it had been out for five years. Also, the film is just as brutal and violent as it is in the anime, maybe even more so with the film's added realism.