GANTZ:O (2016)

The Worst Film Ever

Absolutely the worst movie.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Great animation - particularly of human action movements and camera work. Great CGI - wonderfully varied monsters and weaponry, although the appearance of the Mech in my opinion was almost too much eye candy. The screen suddenly got so busy I didn't know which where to look - a bit like Transformers, at times there's so much going on you lose any real focal point. Visually, this is a gorgeous movie. But that's where it stops.The script is not just utterly devoid of anything intelligent or meaningful, it's far worse. The squeaky, repetitive, persistent dialogue from Anzu, and her (combined with Reika) constant failure to pull the trigger on ANY weapon at ANY time (apart from the end) will have you ripping your hair out.The absolute lack of any character development will leave you wondering who these people were. Kato at least has some background fill, but the rest are basically empty shells with voice cords. In a sense, the movie remains true to the original comics which had very sparse dialogue. But I can't help feel that director Kawamura completely failed to support such a visual feast with at least a moderate script. This one could have been written in block capitals on the back of a postage stamp. Watch once, for the fabulous weaponry, the wicked suits (especially Reika's of course) and the cracking animation. Then I'll pretty much guarantee you'll be consigning the movie to a dusty back shelf, or your digital equivalent.

Honestly, so far this is the best Gantz in screen representation. A great comeback to fix the reputation of Gantz. Far better than 2 Live Action Movies that we've got.If you are new to Gantz, this will be your animated movie that had thrill, action, noir and horror in balanced setup. Even if you confused of what Gantz and Tokyo team used to be, you still can enjoy the game. Even they skip in (almost) last battle, there are still explanation what this game is all about. Its just complete menu i say.For animated movie, the colors, graphs, movement, detail, expression and gesture is almost perfect. You can compare it with latest Final Fantasy movie.I hope they don't stop in this movie. I hope Kurono's run is following after this. Last word, Hold your breath deeply :)

I have nothing to add to the other 10 out of 10 reviews for this amazing movie, except to say that the backstory doesn't matter. I don't read Manga and had no idea what this series was about and it didn't diminish my enjoyment at all. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to grasp the premise of the movie. Just sit back and enjoy one heck of a ride. The animation was jaw-dropping and the character development was spot on. I was actually rooting for most of the characters and the monsters were terrifically horrible. This movie was perfection. It's easily one of the 10 best movies I've seen in the last year. Treat yourself.

As a manga fan i'm feeling grateful that this doesn't turn into crappy cgi and reduce like 50% of the storyline just like the live-action. The CGI is absolutely beautiful and the character design is really attractive. But sadly they remove a few iconic scene from the manga (maybe because too gore and not appropriate). Another cons is the voice actor, especially the female leads, somehow it's a bit off. they could've find more fitting one. Overall it's amazing, i'm fully enjoyed it especially as it manga fans.