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GANTZ:O
2016 · Film · 95 min
Directed by Yasushi Kawamura, Keiichi Sato
AnimationScience FictionActionDrama
After being brutally murdered in a subway station, a teen boy awakens to find himself resurrected by a strange computer named Gantz, and forced to fight a large force of invading aliens in Osaka.
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I've had a lot of fun with the concepts and setting of the Gantz series. Gantz:O in particular is a blast of a CGI movie. The story devolves into nonsense, but if you stick it out it's an absolutely bonkers ride through the end of the Manga.
The tech in the series is also really creative in terms of ideas, aesthetic, and the risk-reward built into many of the items. There's some really iconic imagery in it that sort of starts from how the "teleporters" work.
https://youtu.be/1CrmI7UDiV4
The anime and live action movies are "ok" though.
It has a weird way of kind of worming its way into your brain and leaves you always wanting more.
Be warned, parts of the media franchise are very NSFW.
If you thought Gantz:O was good, this show isn’t for you.
What makes a movie like Jaws or Alien good is you don’t really see the monster very much. A zombie show ought not to be judged by zombie volume.
Somewhat related, but anyone has noticed hard brigading and moderation to squash bad opinions about the show on Reddit? It sounds genius actually, if you produce content which success heavily relies on public opinion, why not hire a few PR companies to alternate the reality in reddit, youtube, etc.
Of course this is just speculation, but as a fan of the games I noticed a lot of weirdness around the reactions.
The show obv has some real budget and time constraints, which has meant so far that you don’t really see zombies (which sucks for a zombie show) and some epic scenes from the game have been either totally removed or botched.
My opinion: if they remake this show as much as the game, then it’ll eventually become great. A CGI show might make much more sense though (and seeing how good Gantz:O was, or Arcane, it’s totally doable with today’s tech). I hated the third episode because it did nothing to the story, but now I realize that the off episodes (3 and 7) are actually the best ones because at least I have no expectation.