List of Gantz characters
The anime and manga series Gantz features a large number of fictional characters created by Hiroya Oku.
The series takes place in a modern Japan, in which several creatures known as aliens start attacking citizens.
The series starts with the teenager Kei Kurono, who dies in a train accident along with his childhood friend Masaru Kato.
A black sphere named Gantz revives them and then it sends them messages, telling them they have to kill aliens if they want to live.
Kei is a 10th grader who is summoned by Gantz, along with his childhood friend Masaru Kato, after being hit by a subway train in an effort to help a hobo who passes out on the tracks.
He is summoned, along with Kurono, by Gantz after they were hit by a subway train while helping an unconscious hobo who fell on the tracks.
They leave after Kato saved enough money to rent an apartment room for both of them; in the anime version, they moved after he could no longer stand their aunt hitting his little brother.
After taking pictures of the Game's participants during their mission, she immediately becomes the next target (considering Gantz wants to remain unknown to outsiders).
[10] In an effort to return to Gantz, he commits a mass shooting on a busy street disguised as a black man, killing or injuring 387 before being stopped by Kurono.
After being ostracized and bullied by his classmates, which ended with them hurling him out of the classroom window, he has killed all of them (except one girl who had a crush on him and did not support the rest in wanting to chase him out of the school).
She dies during the Buddha mission to protect Kato from the acid attack of the boss alien, Thousand Arms.
He sees Kurono as a role model, and even gives his 100 points to revive his friend Masaru Kato so that Kei may leave the game.
Like almost everyone else who arrives at the dinosaur alien mission, she is caught in the line of fire during Izumi's killing spree in Shinjuku.
She succeeds in reviving a second Kurono who exists concurrently with the copy brought back straight from the Oni mission end transfer.
After the Oni Aliens mission he collects slightly over 100 points, but chooses to remain in the Gantz game in order to both continue testing his strength and fighting skills against more powerful enemies and to protect Takeshi.
Despite his cold outlook, he does have a softer side—in fact, he weeps when he thinks of how Takeshi died at such a young age without ever having experienced love.
Having imitated Kaze's fighting style, Takeshi manages to dispel a group of monsters that surround him, as well as injure a rather large creature that comes from the river, earning himself 26 points at the end of the mission.
Kurono is shown to still have some affection for her, as when he's about to tell Kaze who he would like to revive, he thinks briefly of her and Kishimoto, before choosing Nishi out of sheer pragmatism.
They can see past the Hunter's cloaking modules with special contact lenses or sunglasses, in addition to being able to spawn weapons from their bodies.
Chiaki, nicknamed "Kill Bill" (きるびる, Kiru Biru) by Gantz, is a vampire under "Host Samurai"'s leadership.
She appears as a young woman wearing a suit, with long dark hair, and is nicknamed after Gogo Yubari of the movie Kill Bill due to their extreme resemblance.
[24] She then reappears as a vampire attacking Kei Kurono, and after she attempts to kills Reika she is sent to the Gantz room with Host Samurai.
Akira enjoyed his life, having a girlfriend and doing well in school, but began to notice changes, such a skin condition developing on his back and headaches.
After Sakurai had posted online about wanting to commit suicide, he received a comment from both Sakata and Tonkotsu offering help.
Tonkotsu and Sakurai decided to meet up at a store in Shinjuku with Sakata, but became caught in the chaos of Izumi's shooting.
In a review from the manga, Carlo Santos from Anime News Network noted the series to have good fights, although when it becomes better, the characters tend to stop as "the story is trying to make some statement about the downfall of society".
He also criticized artwork from the author, saying it was "lifeless", mentioning that the only visual innovation to be found here is "unwrapping body" effect, as well as the fanservice, and the violence.
[27] James Musgrove from IGN agreed on this and added that all the characters have good reactions based on their different backgrounds, making them "all believable and well-crafted".
[28] Dan Barry from Mania Entertainment defined the series and its cast as "sick", making them not good for many people to watch due to all the violence and adult content appearing in most episodes.
However, he then mentioned that if they can watch they will note they are missing "some of the most intelligent topical material and realistic portrayals of humanism I've ever seen in any kind of series".
