It's been a long time since Dark horse announced their aquisition of the rights to Gantz, the ultra violent, ultra sexual, ultra dark manga by Hiroya Oku Works.
Gantz is by no means an intellectual Masterpiece, quite the opposite in fact. To be blunt Gantz is very dumb. The entire premise seems to have been stolen from the manual to Quake 3 arena: People who are at the moment of death are snatched away and forced to compete in some kind of mysterious life and death combat game. That being said Gantz is totally awesome.
The book is extremely dark and paints an ugly (and I feel accurate) Portrayal of human nature, however unlike something of the same vein like say Battle Royale, Gantz is very easy to read because it is so damned stupid. It is obvious that it is strictly for entertainment, no brains needed, enjoy. That isn't to say that Gantz is ever boring, it is well paced and the characters are believable. Much like The walking dead there are many "Oh my god I can't believe that just happened" moments.
The artwork in these 2 volumes is fantastic, utilizing some pretty inovative use of 3d as background references in comic art. Sexual excess and gore are both lavishly presented.
Dark Horse's release is very faithful in presentation to the original Japanese though I did notice some irregularities in the localization, specifically where referrences to Characters owned by Viz (Kenshiro and Goku) where omitted.
At $12.99. I think Gantz is a must buy for people who like extreme material in their manga, and beautiful artwork. Those who are squeamish about blood or think pretending they don't like looking at tits will impress the girls around them need not apply.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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