Anime

Gantz is a psychological science fiction action thriller anime based on the manga written and drawn by Hiroya Oku. Produced by Gonzo and broadcasted by Fuji Television , the first episode aired in Japan on April 12, 2004. There are 26 episodes total.

Japanese Anime Staff

Original Creator

The Original Creator is the person who wrote the manga, light novel or other work upon which the anime is based, they often serve a consult like role to the production of the anime.

This is the Original Creator

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
奥, 浩哉	Hiroya Oku	All

Director

The Director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an anime, animated film or animated segment for a live-action film. This may include directing the character design, background animation, and any other aspect of the animation.

This the Director.

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
板野, 一郎	Ichiro Itani	All

Story Boarders

Story Boarders are the people who are in charge of creating the Storyboards for the series.

These are the Story Boarders

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
板野, 一郎	Ichiro Itani	1, 26
鈴木, 信吾	Shingo Suzuki	25
須永,司	Sunaga Tsukasa	All
西森, 章	Akira Nishimori	3,7, 14, 16, 21

Scripter

A Scripter in Japan refers specifically to a person in charge of translating and updating the Manga dialogue to workable dialogue for anime series, often the order of words need to be changed and sentences need to be lengthened in a non intrusive way.

This is the scripter

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
十川, 誠志	Masashi Sogo	All

Series Compositioner

A Series Compositioner in Japan refers specifically to a person in charge of translating the format of a manga to an applicable and working format for the anime. This job in medium and small productions is often given to the scriptwriter(s), large production however tend to have a huge team of scriptwriters and multiple series compositioners.

This is the Series Compositioner.

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
十川, 誠志	Masashi Sogo	All

Character Designer

The Character Designer in Japan refers specifically to a person in charge of designing the definite anime looks of the characters in the anime, they are often given a set of parameters they have to comply to.

This is the Character Designer.

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
恩田, 尚之	Naoyuki Onda	All

Art Director

An Art Director in Japan refers specifically to the background artist in charge of producing background art for the animation, either personally or by directing a team of artists.

This is the art director.

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
池田, 繁美	Shigemi Ikeda	All

Animation Directors

An Animation Director is the person in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated work. He is responsible for character design, character animation, actions and sequences and any other aspect of animation.The animation director has to complete the project within the given time and budget limits.

These are the Animation Directors.

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
鈴木, 信吾	Shingo Suzuki	16, 25
羽田, 浩二	Koji Haneda	13
小林, 利充	Toshimitsu Kobayashi	5, 9, 14, 20, 26
飯島, 弘也	Hiroya Iijima	1, 8, 21, 26

Assistant Anime Director

The Assistant Anime Directors is the person who is allowed to be the direct assistant of the Anime Director and to speak on his behalf. Sometimes he is only called upon when the Anime Director is to busy himself.

This is the Assistant Anime Director.

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
羽田, 浩二	Koji Haneda	17, 21

Key Animators

An Key Animator will draw the key drawings in a scene, using the character layouts as a guide. The key animator draws enough of the frames to get across the major points of the action; in a sequence of a characters jumping across a gap, the key animator may draw a frame of the character as he is about to leap, two or more frames as the character is flying through the air, and the frame for the character landing on the other side of the gap. Timing is important for the animators drawing these frames; each frame must match exactly what is going on in the soundtrack at the moment the frame will appear, or else the discrepancy between sound and visual will be distracting to the audience.

These are the Key Animators

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
鈴木, 信吾	Shingo Suzuki	16
山田, 誠	Makoto Yamada
羽田, 浩二	Koji Haneda	2, 6, 8, 13, 17
谷口, 守泰	Moriyasu Taniguchi	5
林, 直孝	Naotaka Hayashi	11
日下, 岳史	Takeshi Kusaka	2, 17
金子, ひらく	Hiraku Kaneko	6
小林, 利充	Toshimitsu Kobayashi	9, 20, 25
粟井, 重紀	Shigeki Awai	5
藤川, 太	Futoshi Fujikawa	13
紺野, 直幸	Naoyuki Konno	18

Mechanical Designer

A Mechanical Designer in Japan refers specifically to a person in charge of designing various mechanical devices that may be shown in the anime.

This is the Mechanical Designer.

Kanji	Rōmaji	Episodes
中島, 利洋	Toshihiro Nakajima	All

Music

The Music in gantz can be divided into two kinds the Back Ground Music which forms most of the OST (Original Soundtrack) and the Opening and Ending Theme Peformers. Both kinds are listed here.

These are the music performers.

Kanji	Romanji	Official Performer Name	Kind
高梨, 康治	Yasuharu Takanashi	Yasuharu Takanashi	BGM and OST
田中玲美	Tanaka Remi	REMI	BGM Chorus
成田亮治, 荻原恵介, 千葉昌嗣, 大槻一人 and 竹内文也	Ryouji Narita, Keisuke Ogihara, Masatsugu Chiba, Kazuto Otsuki and Fumiya Takeuchi	Rip Slyme (Ryo-Z, Ilmari, Pes, Su and Fumiya)	Opening Theme Song Performers
浅田香織	Asada Kaori	Bonnie Pink	Ending Theme Song Performer

English Anime Staff

ADR Director

The ADR Director is the director in charge of the Automated Dialogue Replacement which is the process of re-recording the original dialogue or replacing voices on a motion picture, anime or television soundtrack after the regular production is done. An ADR engineer would be in charged of running the Recording Session according to the directions of the ADR Director, through some sort of editing software. The ADR Director would be in charged of the over all process and the finished product.

This is the ADR Director.

Name	Episodes
Matt Greenfield	All

Scripter

A Scripter in Dubbing refers specifically to a person in charge of translating and updating the established Japanese anime dialogue to workable and applicable dialogue for their language of choice.

These are the Scripters.

Name	Episodes
Christine Auten	All
Greg Ayres	7

Criticism

• The slow pacing of the action sequences in the Anime, too much standing around and waiting, instead of fighting.
• The changing of the plot, adding in the bum hunters because the Anime had already covered all manga chapters released at that time and needed more material.
• A lame final ending that made no sense at all. It wasn't based on anything that happened in the manga, and everything worked in a totally different manner than seen previously in the Gantz series. See filler ending for more details.
• While Sakuraoka Sei was fairly attractive in the manga, looking like Lara Croft, in the Anime her appearance was altered, making her far less attractive.

Episodes

• List of Episodes