Gantz: Perfect Answer

Gantz: Perfect Answer




Director Shinsuke Sato
Original Story Hiroya Oku
Screenplay Yusuke Watanabe
Music Kenji Kawai
Photography Taro Kawazu
Art Director Yasuaki Harada
Sound Kazujiko Yokono
Editor Tsuyoshi Imai
Action Director Yuji Shimomura
Special Effects Director Makoto Kamiya
Production Companies Nippon TV Network, Shueisha, Toho, J Storm, Horipro, Vap, Yomiuri TV Broadcasting, Yomiuri Shimbun, Nikkatsu, Sapporo TV Broadcasting, Miyagi TV, Shizuoka Daiichi TV, Chukyo TV, Hiroshima TV, Fukuoka Broadcasting
Release Date April 23, 2011
Runtime 141 minutes
Preceded by Gantz (2011)



Director Shinsuke Sato
Original Story Hiroya Oku
Screenplay Yusuke Watanabe
Music Kenji Kawai
Photography Taro Kawazu
Art Director Yasuaki Harada
Sound Kazujiko Yokono
Editor Tsuyoshi Imai
Action Director Yuji Shimomura
Special Effects Director Makoto Kamiya
Production Companies Nippon TV Network, Shueisha, Toho, J Storm, Horipro, Vap, Yomiuri TV Broadcasting, Yomiuri Shimbun, Nikkatsu, Sapporo TV Broadcasting, Miyagi TV, Shizuoka Daiichi TV, Chukyo TV, Hiroshima TV, Fukuoka Broadcasting
Release Date April 23, 2011
Runtime 141 minutes
Preceded by Gantz (2011)

Kurono is a Gantz fighter; after seemingly being killed, he was enslaved by the mysterious alien orb known as Gantz and forced to fight aliens. The missions claimed the life of his best friend from school, Kato. Kurono leads a new team of fresh Gantz recruits in a quest to score 100 points and resurrect Kato. Kurono and his erstwhile girlfriend Tae look after Kato’s younger brother Ayumu in his absence. Kurono is shocked to encounter Kato, seemingly alive, walking around Tokyo, even though Gantz still has him registered as dead. Meanwhile, pop idol Ayukawa abruptly retires from public life and spends her nights carrying out Gantz missions of her own, given by a miniature Gantz orb, and kills off former Gantz veterans so that they can rejoin the team. After completing all her missions, the miniature orb will open up a path to the Gantz room for her to rejoin the team as well. Her final target is Tae.

The next Gantz mission causes the team to cross paths with Tae, Ayukawa, and a group of deadly aliens along with civilians on a crowded commuter train. Ayukawa escapes the conflict but is killed by Kato, who takes her orb. Kurono manages to rescue Tae, revealing that he is a Gantz fighter. After the mission ends, Kurono’s team has scored enough points to resurrect former team members. They resurrect Kato and Nishi, another veteran who perished after Kurono joined the team. Nishi surmises that Gantz is gathering the veterans together for a final assault on the aliens before it runs out of energy: Gantz is holding a person inside it, from which it draws its energy, and the person is dying. They also learn that the Kato that Kurono saw earlier is an imposter, and is none other than the Buddha alien, who had declared war on the Gantz players. Gantz orders the team to eliminate Tae, and deny the Buddha alien the kill. Kurono has himself transported to the field first so he can protect Tae from the Buddha and the other players. Kato rushes to him home and finds Ayumu dead, already killed by the Buddha.

Kurono and Kato duel with the Buddha on the playing field. The Buddha outmaneuvers them and deals a killing blow to Tae, who dies in Kurono’s arms. The Buddha appears in the Gantz room after the mission, and summons a horde of aliens to open fire on Gantz. The aliens trigger a massive explosion to try and destroy Gantz, but fail. In the aftermath, Kurono finally slays the Buddha and accesses the perfect score menu on Gantz. His choice from the menu wipes everyone’s memory, resurrects all the fallen Gantz players, and returns them to their old lives. Kato is reunited with Ayumu, and Tae is resurrected, although with only fragmentary memories of Kurono. Kurono himself takes residence inside Gantz, effectively ending the war on the aliens.

Top Billed Cast

Kazunari Ninomiya
Kei Kurono
Kenichi Matsuyama
Masaru Kato, Kato Alien
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Tae Kojima
Kanata Hongo
Joichiro Nishi, Nishi Alien
Natsuna
Megumi Kishimoto
Ayumi Ito
Eriko Ayukawa
Tomorowo Taguchi
Ryoichi Suzuki
Takayuki Yamada
Masamitsu Shigeta

Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Go Ayano
Lead Man-in-Black Alien
Kensuke Chikasa
Ayumu Kato
Yuko Genkaku
Risa Sakano
Yasuyuki Hirano
Man-in-Black Alien
Kyoji Kamui
Man-in-Black Alien
Tomokaze Koshimura
Kota Nakamura
Yurie Midori
Mako Yamamoto
Nako Mizusawa
Man-in-Black Alien
Masafumi Oishi
Man-in-Black Alien
Shigeru Okuse
Man-in-Black Alien
Masanobu Sakata
Shinichi Kobayashi
Shunya Shiraishi
Hiroshi Sakurai
Ryuya Wakaba
Mitsuteru Takahashi
Top Billed Cast

Kei Kurono
Kazunari Ninomiya

Masaru Kato

Kato Alien
Kenichi Matsuyama

Tae Kojima
Yuriko Yoshitaka

Joichiro Nishi

Nishi Alien
Kanata Hongo

Megumi Kishimoto
Natsuna

Eriko Ayukawa
Ayumi Ito

Ryoichi Suzuki
Tomorowo Taguchi

Masamitsu Shigeta
Takayuki Yamada
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Lead Man-in-Black Alien
Go Ayano

Ayumu Kato
Kensuke Chikasa

Risa Sakano
Yuko Genkaku

Man-in-Black Alien
Yasuyuki Hirano

Man-in-Black Alien
Kyoji Kamui

Kota Nakamura
Tomokaze Koshimura

Mako Yamamoto
Yurie Midori

Man-in-Black Alien
Nako Mizusawa

Man-in-Black Alien
Masafumi Oishi

Man-in-Black Alien
Shigeru Okuse

Shinichi Kobayashi
Masanobu Sakata

Hiroshi Sakurai
Shunya Shiraishi

Mitsuteru Takahashi
Ryuya Wakaba