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OH PLEASE!

I've just finished watching the CGI Anime Gantz-O and... in a simple phrase... "I LOVE IT!" That's just it, that's all there is to it! I love the idea of it, I love the characters, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE... LOVE! The enemies they fight! They are so well done, and seem to send shivers down my spine! It's not a horror mind you, in fact, it's far from it! No jumpscares, no one specific target, nothing like that! SO! I have a question for you all!

IS THERE A GANTZ-O ROLEPLAY ON HERE?!

I seriously... NEED TO KNOW if there is! I'm in love with this movie, love it's idea (again) and it's just... SO GOOD! Please, tell me if there is, and I will be forever in debt to you. If you make one... I'll also be there right after it's posted! (If I'm not asleep...)

If anything, I'd just love to even read a CONCEPT of this being done! Of course, not with the main characters, as those guys (and gals)are way too precious to use.

You've probably heard this before - and if you haven't, I'm sorry to have taken so long - but you really need to read the manga, if you loved the movie so much. It was a damn fine recreation, and actually takes place after two solid arcs that predate it. Do not watch the anime (at least not first). The last few episodes will only confuse you, because they deviate from the manga in order to wrap things up that do not get wrapped up at that point.

I'd happily start a Gantz rp with anyone capable of helping me manage the material, because we'd have to start a group in order to actually make the teams, and doing just one team at a time requires that at least two people know the full scope of just what Gantz is. There's a huge portion the movie doesn't address, and while I wouldn't call it a horror in the traditional American, Hollywood-sense, make no mistake that it is horror seinen, and one of the best. The manga is every bit as graphic - moreso, actually - and moderates dialogue and character development with almost episodic delivery of mystery progression that raises the stakes each and every time a new set of characters are presented.

I can promise you... anyone you find precious in Gantz... Gantz does not find precious. There is no such thing. There is only time to exercise.

But I take your meaning, and hope you take my advice. If not, you really are missing out, having loved the movie. Yes, it's a long read. But the series as a whole was so fantastic that years later, another mangaka has taken to retelling the tale in genderswap mode, and while the tale is similar, is not the same; this falls in line with the entire premise of Gantz itself and betrays very little if anything of the original source work... though his particular art style is a bit more slice-of-life in some areas, but only moderately so, and actually makes it more creepy when things get nasty. And things always get nasty.

Be aware, Gantz is not for everyone. The movie does a good job getting down the action, and some of the emotional ties... but the series has about four major characters (five if you count the prick) who all suffer and riposte into the plot when it suits the dynamic. Seriously... check it out... and find yourself a good 3 hour music set that gives you chills with little to no lyrics. I recommend anything in the cyberdelic catalogue, but that's just me. Have a good day, for a new morning has come.