History Trivia / GantZ

* TheWikiRule: [[http://gantz.wikia.com/wiki/Gantz_Wiki The Gantz Wiki]].

* CreatorBreakdown: Before Gantz, the series creator Hiroya Oku made a fair bit of money with his first manga Hen, a romantic comedy, and invested most of it into a 3D modelling software in order to create Zero One, a manga that would be innovative at the time by blending hand-drawn and CG panels. However, since 3D modelling was not commonplace to the general public at the time (it was 1999), the results ended up being... [[UncannyValley weird]], to say the least. It's said that the failure of Zero One influenced into the utter cynic and pessimistic atmosphere of Gantz, which was published just one year after.

* CreatorBreakdown: Before Gantz, the series creator Hiroya Oku made a fair bit of money with his first manga Hen, a romantic comedy, and invested most of it into a 3D modelling software in order to create Zero One, a manga that would be innovative at the time by blending hand-drawn and CG panels. However, since 3D modelling was in its early days (it was 1999), the results ended up being... [[UncannyValley weird]], to say the least. It's said that the failure of Zero One influenced into the utter cynic and pessimistic atmosphere of Gantz, which was published just one year after.

* CreatorBreakdown: Before Gantz, the series creator Hiroya Oku made a fair bit of money with his first manga Hen, a romantic comedy, and invested most of it into a 3D modelling software in order to create Zero One that would innovative at the time by blending hand-drawn and CG panels. However, since 3D modelling was in its early days (it was 1999), the results ended up being... [[UncannyValley weird]], to say the least. It's said that the failure of Zero One influenced into the utter cynic and pessimistic atmosphere of Gantz, which was published just one year after.

* CreatorBreakdown: Before Gantz, the series creator Hiroya Oku made a fair bit of money with his first manga Hen, a romantic comedy, an invested most of it into a 3D modelling software in order to create Zero One that would innovative at the time by blending hand-drawn and CG panels. However, since 3D modelling was in its early days (it was 1999), the results ended up being... [[UncannyValley weird]], to say the least. It's said that the failure of Zero One influence into the utter cynic and pessimistic atmosphere of Gantz, which was published just one year after.

* CreatorBreakdown: Before Gantz, the series creator Hiroya Oku made a fair bit of money with his first manga Hen, a romantic comedy, an invested most of it into a 3D modelling software in order to create Zero One that would innovative at the time by blending hand-drawn and CG panels. However, since 3D modelling was in its early days (it was 1999), the results ended up being... [[UncannyValley weird]], to say the least. It's said that the failure of Zero One influence into the utter cynic, pessimistic and gory tone of Gantz, which was published one year after Zero One.

** Before creating the ''Gantz'' series, Hiroya Oka (the creator of the series) was the first voice of the Creator/OsamuTezuka character [[Manga/{{Unico}} Unico the Unicorn]] for the 1979 anime pilot ''Unico: Black Cloud And White Feather''.

* HeAlsoDid: Before creating the ''Gantz'' series, Hiroya Oka (the creator of the series) was the first voice of the Creator/OsamuTezuka character [[Manga/{{Unico}} Unico the Unicorn]] for the 1979 anime pilot ''Unico: Black Cloud And White Feather''.

** The CGI films have none of the actors return. In the dub, it’s recorded in Los Angeles rather than Texas, as ADV Films has long been shut down.
** Noticeably, this wouldn’t have changed Masaru’s recasting, as Creator/IllichGuardiola’s [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor career has long been over]].

* TheOtherDarrin: The CGI films have none of the actors return. In the dub, it’s recorded in Los Angeles rather than Texas, as ADV Films has long been shut down.

* TheOtherDarrin: The CGI films have none of the actors return. In the dub, it’s recorded in Los Angeles rather than Texas, as ADV Films has shut down long ago.
** Noticeably, this wouldn’t have changed Kei and Masaru’s recasting. Creator/ChrisAyres was still on hiatus while Creator/IllichGuardiola’s [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor career has long been over]].

* FanNickname: [[spoiler:Clonerono]]. Also, "Muscle Rider" for Daizemon Kaze (which is his in-story nickname, but only Gantz and Takeshi call him that).

* ActorSharedBackground: The Osaka-native Creator/MaoIchimichi is the voice of Anzu from the Osaka team in ''Gantz: 0''.

* HeAlsoDid: Before creating the ''Gantz'' series, Hiroya Oka (the creator of the series) was the first voice of the Creator/OsamuTezuka [[Manga/Unico Unico the Unicorn]] for the 1979 anime pilot ''Unico: Black Cloud And White Feather''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The movie contains a pair of Franchise/KamenRider villains. Suzuki-san is [[Film/KamenRiderTheNext Scissors Jaguar.]] The priest is the [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Lion-Kurage Yummy's host.]]
** And now Sakurai (Shunya Shiraishi) is a [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Kamen Rider]] himself!
** Kenichi Matsuyama ([[Manga/DeathNote L,]] [[Manga/DetroitMetalCity Negishi]] and now Kato) is officially Japan's go-to guy for manga movies now.
** Kazunari Ninomiya (Kurono) is from the boyband Arashi, but Western viewers may remember him better as [[Film/LettersFromIwoJima a veteran of Iwo Jima.]]

** Kenichi Matsuyama ([[Manga/DeathNote L,]] [[DetroitMetalCity Negishi]] and now Kato) is officially Japan's go-to guy for manga movies now.

** Kazunari Ninomiya (Kurono) is from the boyband Arashi, but Western viewers may remember him better as [[LettersFromIwoJima a veteran of Iwo Jima.]]

** Kazunari Ninomiya (Kurono) is from the boyband Arashi, but Western viewers may remember him better as [[LettersFromIwoJima a veteran of Iwo Jima.]]