Gantz Live Action Movie Announced

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Hiroya Oku’s popular ero-sci-fi manga series Gantz will be adapted into two CG heavy live action movies, starring  Kazunari Ninomiya as Kei Kurono, and Kenichi Matsuyama as Masaru Kato.

The films are set to premiere in Japan in the winter and spring of 2011. Both actors are said to be in training for the action sequences, with filming set to begin shortly.

The adaptations will be directed by Shinsuke Sato, while Watanabe Yuusuke will be adapting the manga’s storyline.

Just who will be playing the various busty female characters the series is well known for is not clear.

The series has previously been adapted into an anime, though it remains to be seen whether the drastic change from sexually tense surreal science fiction horror to bloody special powers battle manga the series underwent will be  reflected in the adaptation.

Via Sports Hochi.


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    Comment by Anonymous
    13:49 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ooh, do want! Perhaps this time -THIS TIME!- we'll actually get a DECENT live action adaptation of an anime/manga.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:47 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    -knuclear200x-

    i bet itll be the opposite of the toon:

    good but not sexy

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:00 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm looking forward to the movie. Honestly, I thought that this manga would have never adapted to movie due to it's content. C'mon Japan and Hollywood make me a Berserk movie!!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:43 29/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Kentaro Miura needs to stop fapping to Idolm@ster and FINISH THE DAMN MANGA ALREADY

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:07 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Scary, gantz with no blood, gore, nudity, dogs eating out broads cunts, etc.,???!?!

    Do they seriously think the preachy moral shit coupled with the alien's will make for a good story in any way?

    Will be like that horrible ending they made for the anime series..

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    Comment by motaku96
    07:43 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I wonder if gantz is interested.

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    Comment by ドラゴン
    07:33 10/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I was just thinking the same thing

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:39 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    http://www.asahi.com/showbiz/nikkan/NIK200910080014.html

    原作で人間の胴体がバラバラになるなど衝撃的な描写もあるが、佐藤氏は「指定がつくような作品にはならない。誰でも見られる作品にします」と話している。
    Gantz movie producer says "This movie will be for all ages. There is no blood or gore."

    ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
    myyyyyyyyyyyyy
    gooooooooooooooooooooooooood

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:29 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    If what you're saying is true, then Gantz will be ruined forever. No blood or gore? For all ages?? That's as far from Gantz as someone can get!

    I don't read the manga and even I am pissed...

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:23 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    no blood no gore

    At least he didnt mentioned about no sex D:

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    Comment by Anonymous
    10:26 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'll be happy as long as Hollywood has nothing to do with this. And this better have tits, it's just not Gantz without tits.

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    Comment by U-Toru
    16:15 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Hollywood comments are getting beyond old.
    Japan can fail you know. They are no better with live action adaptions than Hollywood is.
    Yes, DB:Evolution was terrible, KoF will be terrible, original SF was terrible(But I love it) and second one was probably bad as well.

    This is pretty much the entire basis for "American version Bad, Japan version Godly, Hulk Smash American version!" Attitude that is so annoyingly common here.
    Casshern was pretty terrible. I love the movie, but it was pretty terrible.

    If the "No Violence/Sexuality/etc" thing is true, it will be a horrible movie. What is Gantz without violence death and nudity? That girl at the start was naked up until they went on their first mission.

    Was she wearing a bathing suit when she killed herself in the tub?
    If, assuming this won't be a massive failure, any more movies are made, I really hope they end it before all the Vampire "Author forgot how to add dialogue" arcs start. Have not read a chapter since then.
    But, unless you live in Japan, and are going to go pay to watch this movie, opinion really doesn't matter much. You are not the target audience.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:42 29/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I dunno, Michael Bay might do this justice.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:12 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Both actors are said to be in training for the action sequences, with filming set to begin shortly.

    sending them to be hit by train and hopefully chosen by gantz? XD

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:57 14/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    you know its gonna be porn. I mean thats literally what a gantz live action would equal to.

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    Comment by darknetwork
    20:35 21/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    hoping for alot of fan service here

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:11 06/04/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    awesome cant wait for it must watch now

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    Comment by 21149315
    04:40 10/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The anime was terrible enough!
    Live action is gonna be worse imo.

    They should just try to do another animation adaptation with a different studio.

    Live Action movies from Japan (quite often) have bad acting, and bad effects.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:28 10/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I think the issue you're not recognizing here is that Gantz sucked... Like.. it really sucked. badly. Manga or Anime adaptation, doesn't matter. The real stars of that series should've been the Onion Aliens from the start.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:37 10/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Better have the scene where he's shagging Angelina Jolie wanna be.

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:25 10/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm already laughing at the bad japanese acting.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:24 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Why couldn't they just choose a mission and make an animated movie out of it? This is disappointing.

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    Comment by g0dslay3r
    02:06 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    as long as its not hollywood then i dont mind who makes it

    i wonder if they are going to leave in the sex scenes

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    Comment by Dirty_Dingus008
    01:55 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The anime sputtered out at the end with the producers trying to tie up the plot.

    Very weak sauce.

    Unless they get a director that knows how to combine horror and action. This will be yet another sentai flick with stock explosions popping up behind the actors backs.

    hollyweird has always Fucked up anything foreign to American so their track record is plain to see. In regards to Japanese, ALL those fighting games and Dragonball are the obvious examples.

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    Comment by Frans
    05:23 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Although the anime ending is kinda weak, it's not like the manga is perfect. At first they have rules that aren't meant to be broken, but when thing start to blend into real world, it felt like the author suddenly want to expand the world beyond what he originally intended.
    Not that its bad though... I just felt a bit disconnected there.

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    Comment by Titolion
    02:11 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    MOAR REIKA!!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:20 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS

    I hope they choose good female actors, and I hope they do the female titty monster.

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    Comment by foggyflute
    01:50 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    fuck teh manga, it's damn boring and nonsense lately.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:14 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    since when does the manga makes any sense? its fiction... -_-"

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:54 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fiction is incoherent, got it.

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    Comment by Falk5T
    01:47 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Lets see how it will end... The anime was compered to the Manga ... hmm yea

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    Comment by CowExtract
    01:38 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I was worried that it was going to be another Hollywood massacre...

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:06 21/07/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Nothing to worry about,its just going to be a japanese massacre.

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    Comment by Wolfy
    01:46 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Im worried it doesnl't turn out lik those other japanese live actions like Casshern,DevilMan,& Deathnote repectively.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:25 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Indeed, instead we're getting a Japanese massacre.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:36 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    At least it wont be like Yuria 100 Shiki, amiright?

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    Comment by Epicgar
    01:31 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    sweet... i wanna watch it

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:19 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    first chapter, bewbs! and they GOTTA DO THE SAME THING TOO!

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    Comment by Ken
    02:26 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    didn't know it's ero :D

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    Comment by hALOTOO
    17:12 11/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    You guys haven't read the manga at all,there are couple of sex scene later in the story

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:45 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Its only an attempted rape, unless you count the dog.
    beastality ftw :o)

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:29 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    nah it's not really ero, it's just showing and popping some boobs and explicit intent like..

    in the first chapter, there should be a

    RAPE!

    scene! so yeah, it's not really ero. =)

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:50 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3dkB4u5sa4

    unfortunately, it is not as good as you might expect D:

    Comment by Nin
    08:17 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's just a delicious cracker with various shades of monday.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:25 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That was posted in 2006.....

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:27 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's just a commercial for the anime dvds. ==

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:26 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's just a commercial for the anime dvd. ==

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    Comment by loli_slayer
    01:31 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    WOOHOO !
    Gore, Aliens, Action and Tits !

    What can be possibly done story wise in two movies ?
    (only read 200 chapters but that is a lot of things going on). oh right Gore, Aliens, Action and Tits !

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    Comment by Yi
    10:44 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Let's hope they don't fuck it up like most anime to real life movie adaptations.

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:38 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    they will.

    Comment by Anonymous
    20:43 09/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    they will [2], unfortunately.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:17 10/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    manga to anime is already fucked up so anime to movie will be global disaster

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:52 27/11/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well only the last 2 episodes of the entire 26 of gantz was bad.I can't see how they can mess this up.They can actually make 4 GREAT movies out of this.

    Comment by Schrobby
    06:21 10/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I can even smell the phail...

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:31 11/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Even if it's a Japan production, Hollywood will eventually find its way there.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:51 10/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    when the anime was already a FAIL, the movie is GUARANTEED FAIL





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