WhaT iS GANTZ¿
Apr 1, 2014 6:06:43 GMT -7
Post by Brandt Solveig on Apr 1, 2014 6:06:43 GMT -7
General summary of how GANTZ works:
A pair of high school students, Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato,
are hit by a subway train in an attempt to save the life of a
drunk homeless man who had fallen onto the tracks. Following
their deaths, Kurono and Kato find themselves transported to
the interior of an unfurnished Tokyo apartment. The pair soon
realize others are present and find that they are not able to
leave the apartment. At one end of the room there is a large
black sphere known as "Gantz".
After some time in the room, the Gantz sphere opens up,
revealing a bald naked man with a breathing mask and wires
attached to his head, with three racks protruding from it,
that offer various items for them to use. These include the
custom fitting black suits Gantz made for each of them,
giving them super-human strength, speed, stamina and relative
invincibility, a controller which acts as a radar and stealth
unit, and three types of weapons.
When the Gantz sphere opens, green text appears on its
surface, informing those present that their "lives have ended
and now belong to him". A picture and brief information is
shown of some of the Gantz' targets; Gantz orders them to go
and kill them. All but one target shown thus far have been
aliens living on Earth, which take on a wide variety of
forms. After a period of time which varies between missions,
everyone except Gantz is transported to the location of the
mission. Those sent cannot return from the mission until all
enemies have been killed, or the time limit has run out. If
they survive a successful mission, each individual is awarded
points for the aliens they have killed. Once a participant
has scored 100 points, a "100 point menu" will appear. The
menu offers three options:
Option 1:
the participant can return to their normal life, never having
to be summoned by Gantz again. As a price, their memories of
Gantz and the missions will be erased.
Option 2:
the participant obtains a unique and extremely-powerful
weapon.
Option 3:
the participant can revive someone who has died during a
mission from Gantz' memory.
After a mission has been completed, and points have been
tallied up, the participants are then allowed to leave, and
live their lives as they see fit until Gantz summons them
back again for their next mission.
GANTZ Amv:
The manga is also available online many places.
Now I may change things, add more to the points menu. Allow
weapon/suit customization as well.
I will be setting up a test board and wanted to see the
interest. It would be something fresh to try and I think I
could run some interesting missions. I will probably be
inviting around five people to try it out.
