Product Details

• Actors: Alyssa Anderson, Christine M. Auten, Chris Ayres, Jessica Boone, Victor Carsrud
• Directors: Ichirô Itano
• Writers: Masashi Sogo
• Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Section 23
• DVD Release Date: July 4, 2006
• Run Time: 325 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FJH5JU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,372 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Gantz Season 2 Box Set" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Gantz was the most notorious Anime series of 2005 but it s the second season where they really upped the ante! With more blood guts and alien gore than any other series the Gantz Season Two thin-pack is guaranteed to fly off your shelves!System Requirements:Running Time 325 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM Rating: NR UPC: 702727146824 Manufacturer No: DGZ/BX200

Customer Reviews

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Forever Disturbing but Slow, June 4, 2006

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Antonio D. Paolucci "Collector of Entertainment" (Beaver Falls, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gantz Season 2 Box Set (DVD)

In the first season of GANTZ, we get a kind of introductory package that shows us all of the characters in their everyday roles as well as their GANTZ roles. It also presents us with the stark setting and ultra-bloody, unflinching look at violence. This season decides to step up the ol' ultra-violence and puts a whole lot of emotional impact behind the blood and guts, making this a breathtaking and somewhat difficult series to watch. Yet it's so addictive, it's almost impossible not to watch...

Season two presents two of the final battles. I say two because, for a lot of the GANTZ gamers, the final battle just so happens to be the first battle. Kei, Kishimoto, and Kato face a duo of giant statues that appear, at first, to be impossible opponents to defeat. Yet when things seem to start moving in their direction, new opponents present themselves and make the task that much more difficult to complete. This battle also introduces a few more key characters to the story, as well as bringing back some more of the survivors from the previous battle with the bird alien. And finally comes the actual final battle, one in which I will not describe here so as not to ruin any of the surprises that come along the way.

What I will say, however, is the final outcome is too ambiguous to be satisfying, which is why this box set gets a 4 instead of a 5. To add, the story in this season slows down a lot from what it did in the first season.

This box set contains volumes seven through ten, representing the time when ADV decided to release GANTZ in a more consumer friendly format:

Vol. 7 Fatal Attractions
Vol. 8 Deathwatch
Vol. 9 Judge, Jury, and Executioner
Vol. 10 Endgame

No anime series I've seen has been as disturbingly violent and mature as this, especially in this season, as it kind of takes a step in the direction of soft-core porn. Still, that is a brief moment in the story, and also kind of an important part of the storyline, so the not-so-graphic sex scene doesn't feel forced. As a series, though, this is definitely one of the better ones to have been released in the past couple years, and as long as your of age, I highly recommend this box set along with its first season companion.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "No labyrinth is inescapable.", October 30, 2006

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Scott Promish - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gantz Season 2 Box Set (DVD)

Their first two missions complete but having suffered the loss of arguably their most valuable teammate, the Gantz players (with several new replacements) are sent on their deadliest mission yet.

As with the first half of the series, the concluding half suffers from a maddening amount of useless time-wasting where characters stand around and either verbally spar for an inordinate amount of time, or philosophize in the midst of battle on the ethics of destroying something that is trying to kill you.

On the positive side, the third mission is fairly exciting due to the fact that it looks like they couldn't defeat the enemy even if they were at their best. As it is, it results in a shocking number of casualties.

The final mission takes a sharp left turn as the opponent is the last any would expect. Also, many of the players chosen bear some kind of connection to each other this time around.

This was a frustrating show and if I hadn't been so curious to find out what Gantz was and why it was doing all this, I likely would have quit after the first couple volumes. As it turns out, neither we nor the players ever learn any more about their situation than they knew in the beginning (despite some red herrings thrown out towards the end of the series.) To let the series end this way is unacceptable. If you're going to commit to watching this, expect to be disappointed when it's over.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Anime, September 11, 2010

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Mr. Strody "Big Streezy" (NY, NY United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gantz Season 2 Box Set (DVD)

So I love Berserk and was looking for something similar and dark (since dark, graphic and cynical anime is more of my style). I was recommended Gantz and it was right on the money. This anime shows just how diverse human society is and the way people think. Some characters are good, some scumbags, and others fight within themselves between doing what is right or just looking out for themselves. Very realistic. The story is bugged out but in a good way. Finally, the ending is strange but really cool, as opposed to many animes that have strange supposedly "philosophical" endings that really are just so ridiculous that the ending ends up killing the series.

Must have for dark/cynical anime fans.