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10* Gantz Hunters
11** [[Characters/GantzTokyoTeam Tokyo Team]][[note]]Kei Kurono, Masaru Kato, Kei Kishimoto, Joichiro Nishi, Rice, Goro Suzuki, Takashi Inamori, Kiyoshi Yoshioka, Hiroshi Hatanaka, Masashi Yamada, Masanobu Hojo, Sadayo Suzumura, Tetsuo Nemoto, Haruya Numata, Kinji Nishikawa, Kosuke Nakajima, Kayo Sugihara, Ryōta Sugihara, Sei Sakuraoka, Juzo Togo, Akitoshi Okazaki, Jiro Tomashino, Yuta Kondo, Kiyoshi Miyafuji, Musō Tokugawa, JJ, Shunichi Ike, Shion Izumi, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Hiroto Sakurai, Kenzo Sakata, Reika Shimohira, Kouki Inaba, Daizaemon Kaze, Hoi Hoi, Bob Morris, Sean Lewis, Nathan Rich, Michael Combs, Hiroshi Okada, Yujiro Kato, Toshiki Yuki, Rika Shiraishi, Izumi Tatsumi, Akira Nishida, Tetsuo Tamura, Keiko Morino, Miki Oyama, Takashi Otani, Haruko Otani, Masaki Otani, Joji Tomioka, Naoichi Mikawa, Ryotaro Haga, Kaoru Iwamoto, Yoshiharu Ueda, Ayaka Uranaka, Houchuu Nagashima, Takeshi Koumoto, Hikawa, Chiaki, Tamio Mizutori, Tessyo Hori, Kinpei Hisamatsu,[[/note]]
12** [[Characters/GantzOtherTeams Other Teams]][[note]]Osaka Team, Katastrophe Team, American Teams[[/note]]
13* [[Characters/GantzAliens Aliens]][[note]]Onion Aliens, Tanaka Aliens, Buddha Aliens, Shorty Aliens, Dinosaur Aliens, Ring Aliens, Oni Aliens, Nurarihyon Aliens, Italian Aliens, Giant Aliens[[/note]]
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18[[folder:Gantz]]
19* AdaptationalVillainy: It's the real bad guy in the anime, where the manga's eventual plot is absent, making the hunt simply something Gantz does for its own sick amusement.
20* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Harbinger of death, damnation, and dirty nicknames.
21* BigBad: So it appears.[[spoiler:.. at first.]] Played straight in the anime.
22* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Assuming it ''has'' any morals, they're completely alien to anything resembling human morals.
23* CosmicPlaything: This is essentially what it has in store for the people it collects.
24* CrazyPrepared: It likes to prepare for all eventualities.
25* DeadpanSnarker: It's part of its trollish personality.
26* DissonantSerenity: "8 Points! Total 46 Points! 54 to Go!" After [[spoiler: Kurono returns as the SoleSurvivor of the nightmarishly intense third mission.]]
27* FromNobodyToNightmare: According to the Room of Truth aliens, the bald man in the sphere was [[spoiler: just a ordinary human who was cloned to operate it.]]
28* HumanoidAbomination: It is a hairless comatose man wired inside of an indestructible black ball that carries weapons, power suits, teleportation capabilities, and poor instructions on finding and killing deadly alien invaders.
29* HeelFaceTurn[=/=]GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:When the bald man leaves the black sphere, he turns out not to be the cruel bastard everyone assumed he was. He even tries to help the Tokyo Team during the Katastrophe arc.]]
30* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Clueless humans with high-tech weaponry hunting sneaky alien invaders.
31* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Toward the particularly BloodKnight characters.
32* {{Jerkass}}: Deliberately spites, insults, and degrades the players, even when they are at their lowest.
33* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:You know shit has gotten real when the Giant Aliens attack the Gantz room, blowing the black ball out of the building and into the street, crushing the head of the man inside. Though there's more where that one came from.]]
34* KnightTemplar: It only cares about its goals and it will do whatever it takes to achieve them. And in the cruelest way possible, to boot.
35* LackOfEmpathy: Life, death, sacrifice, loss, even [[spoiler: TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]] It's all a fun game to Gantz.
36* ManipulativeBastard: Seems to be part of its programming.
37* MeaningfulName: Averted, no one really knows what "gantz" means. It's possibly just a slang term used to address the black ball that got around amongst the Hunters.
38** Given the spheres' origins, it's likely a misspelling of the German adjective/adverb ''ganz'' ("complete" or "completely"). Still meaningless in context, though.
39* MesACrowd: [[spoiler:At first one Gantz seems bad. Then you find out there are thousands, if not, millions of Gantz balls on assembly lines and an endless supply of carbon copied men to "pilot" them.]]
40* MoreDakka: Gantz supplies its participants with the best in alien engineered weaponry, all of which can be incredibly destructive if used correctly.
41* TheNicknamer: Gantz gives all the players nicknames based on appearance or behavior.
42* NightmareFetishist: It picks the sickest, nastiest, most lethal aliens and monsters for the Gantz teams to kill.
43* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Gantz implants bombs in the heads of those whom it recruits; if you turn it down, your head goes ''boom''.
44* PsychopathicManchild: The fact that Gantz has the sense of humor of a twelve year old ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' troll makes the fact that it sends random humans on horrifying suicide missions even scarier.
45* SmugSnake: Modest it's not. [[spoiler:Neither are the way more powerful beings that made possible its creation.]]
46* {{Troll}}: Like no other. Disrespects and inconveniences the players at every turn, delays the firing mechanism on all of the guns, alters the rules of the game on a whim, and targets aliens that are either a) worth next to no points, or b) the least dangerous out of several that are extremely dangerous. Worst of all, it doesn't do it because of programming or anything, it just likes fucking with the poor souls it traps.
47* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:As much a slave to forces beyond its control as the players it plagues. Although its powers are still near godlike and can be used to deadly effect no matter whose hand is controlling it.]]
48* WeHaveReserves: Not just the endless supply of potential Hunters, [[spoiler: but there are literally thousands of Gantz balls in production, waiting to make life hell for humans and aliens by the score.]]
49* WellIntentionedExtremist: While it can't be denied that many of the creatures Gantz targets need to be stopped, the methods it uses to achieve these goals are cruel and unusual.
50* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Gantz doesn't really play favorites. Everyone is expendable.
51* YourDaysAreNumbered: As part of its recruiting speech, it explicitly tells its new hunters that their lives are its to decide.
52[[/folder]]
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54[[folder:Vampires]]
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56!In General
57* AmbiguouslyHuman: Their origin is not explained, except for the fact that it was something to do with nano-machines. The fact that they see the Gantz hunters as enemies indicates that these machines may have alien origin.
58* TheAnticipator: Downplayed. They have technology which allow them to see the Gantz hunters even when they are invisible, it doesn't change the fact they are caught by surprise a few times.
59* DaywalkingVampire: It's not the sunlight that is lethal to them, so they have some appearances during daytime.
60* LeftHanging: Not much about them is explained, even through they are the antagonists of an arc.
61* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They gain vampirism through an infection with nano-machines which creates a strange sign on their backs; sunlight doesn't affect them, but artificial light does and there's no mention of them needing to drink blood to survive, although some vampires are shown fond of [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalism]].
62* SharpDressedMan: All of them wear suits.
63* TreasureChestCavity: They can store pistols and even ''katanas'' in a hole in the palm of their hands.
64* VillainDecay: They stop being a treat after the Nurarihyon Mission and are almost completely forgotten during the Katastrophe arc. Justified considering that both Izumi and Kei Kurono killed a lot of them and Host Samurai and Kill Bill are probably the last of their kind.
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66!Host Samurai/Hikawa
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68* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: While it isn't clear if he is the leader of the vampires, he is definitely the most badass and has seniority because of it.
69* BadassInANiceSuit: He's practically invincible on the battlefield. And, a well dressed one. He wears a black suit and tie.
70* CombatPragmatist: He has no problem with fighting dirty if it means winning a fight.
71* EmbarrassingNickname: "Host Samurai" is how Gantz refers to him, which "Kill Bill" finds amusing.
72* EvilIsPetty: Acts this way, but not quite. It seems like killing The Hunters started out as business to him, then it became personal, but after he ends up a member of the Tokyo Team and witnesses what they have to go through from their perspective, [[EvenEvilHasStandards he loses interest in wiping them out.]]
73* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Kills Izumi, the series definitive AntiHero, and Kei, TheHero. Kei got better, and also a clone.]]
74%%* {{Jerkass}}
75* KatanasAreJustBetter: His main weapon, it's also surprisingly sharp. [[spoiler:He beheads Kei with it.]]
76* LackOfEmpathy: Though how much he lacks is debatable.
77* LastOfHisKind: Seems he and Kill Bill are the only vampires left alive after their massive battles with Izumi and Kurono. In Tokyo, at least.
78* LeanAndMean: He's quite thin, but very strong.
79* LightningBruiser: He hits hard, moves quickly and dodges most attacks.
80* MasterSwordsman: Possibly THE Master Swordsman.
81* NobleDemon: He displays some sense of honor regarding his comerades. He also cares for Chiaki far more than he lets on.
82* OurVampiresAreDifferent
83* PetTheDog: When she is mortally wounded, Host Samurai defends "Kill Bill" and carries her on his back to safety, despite claiming to feel nothing for her.
84%%* ProfessionalKiller
85* RecruitingTheCriminal: Gantz recruits him and Chiaki after they enter his room.
86* RuleOfCool: Seems to be what he lives by.
87* SeinfeldianConversation: Often gets into these with his vampire comrades on their way to cause some trouble.
88* SmokingIsCool: Rarely seen without a cigarette between his lips.
89%%* SmugSnake
90* TheStoic: Not particularly emotive.
91* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the Osaka arc, they vanish from the story completely. Gantz doesn't even use them in the final battle against the giants.
92* WhiteHairBlackHeart: White-haired evil guy.
93* WorthyOpponent: Izumi, Kurono, and Kato. But Izumi especially.
94* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: Kills Akira when he interferes with his plan to assassinate Kurono.]]
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96!Kill Bill/Chiaki
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98* AnArmAndALeg: Gets her sword arm sliced off during the Osaka mission. She survives and gets it back.
99%%* DarkActionGirl
100* EmbarrassingNickname: Either because she is a female wielding a katana or because she vaguely resembles Go-Go Yubari from the movie. Or both.
101%%* EmotionlessGirl: Supposedly.
102%%* KatanasAreJustBetter
103* LastOfHerKind: Along with Hikawa.
104%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent
105* OutOfCharacterMoment: Hikawa is astonished to hear her giggle at the nickname Kei gave to him.
106* NotSoStoic: Has very human thoughts and emotions. For example, when Host Samurai incredulously asks if he just heard her laugh, she appears embarrassed and claims she didn't.
107* RecruitingTheCriminal: Gantz recruits her and Hikawa after they enter his room.
108* StartOfDarkness: As a human, she and her friends were led to a club by handsome men in black clothes. These men were vampires who killed her friends and turned her into one of them.
109%%* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Host Samurai.
110
111!Akira Kurono
112Kei's younger brother.
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115%%* TheAce
116* AloofBigBrother: Thinks of Kei as this, despite the fact that he is the younger brother and far more aloof.
117* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Averted. Akira is conventionally successful in life as opposed to his older brother. Kei finds this fact annoying in its own way at times.
118* BadassLongcoat: Before and after he becomes a vampire.
119* BigLittleBrother: Is taller, smarter, more handsome, more confident, and more popular than his older brother Kei. It even leads some to believe he is the older brother.
120* BrokenAce: When he discovers he is a vampire.
121%%* DroppedABridgeOnHim
122%%* HeroicSacrifice
123%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
124%%* {{Jerkass}}
125%%* KilledOffForReal
126%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent
127* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:He warns Kei that the vampires are coming for him, putting his own life in danger. A few panels later Host Samurai is holding his head in the air for Kei to see.]]
128* SmugSnake: Makes sense when he turns out to be a vampire as well. Even when he [[spoiler: warns his brother of his impending death]] Akira appears only vaguely interested.
129%%* WalkingSpoiler
130* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Cares more about the safety of his estranged older brother than his cool new vampire friends.]]
131[[/folder]]

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