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===Manga=== {{Main|List of Gantz chapters{{!}}List of ''Gantz'' chapters}} ''Gantz'', written and illustrated by [[Hiroya Oku]], debuted in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'' on June 29, 2000.{{Efn|It debuted in the magazine's 31st issue of 2000,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:Web YoungJump - カバー コンテンツ - 2000年28号~41号|url=http://yj.shueisha.co.jp/cover/20003/index.html|website=[[Weekly Young Jump|Web Young Jump]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021220201908/http://yj.shueisha.co.jp/cover/20003/index.html|archive-date=December 20, 2002|language=ja}}</ref> released on June 29 of that same year.<ref>{{cite press release|script-title=ja:8月12日(月)より各電子書店にて『GANTZ』(集英社)1~6巻期間限定無料試し読み実施! さらに『GANTZ』完結37巻、8月19日(月)にデジタル版と同時発売!|url=https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000079226/|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|via=Dream News|access-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210123072227/https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000079226/|archive-date=January 23, 2021|language=ja|date=August 12, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>}} ''Gantz'' is divided into three main story arcs, referred to as "phases". After the completion of phase one (first 237 chapters) on July 20, 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comipress.com/news/2006/07/19/487|date=2006-07-19|title=Gantz 2nd Phase to Begin Serialization This November|website=ComiPress|access-date=2008-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723050118/http://comipress.com/news/2006/07/19/487|archive-date=July 23, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> the author put the series on hiatus for a short time to work on phase two (chapters 238–303), which was serialized from November 22, 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comipress.com/news/2006/11/22/1049|date=2006-11-22|title=Gantz Returns! Gantz: 2nd Phase|website=ComiPress|access-date=2008-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723050020/http://comipress.com/news/2006/11/22/1049|archive-date=23 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> to July 2, 2009.<ref name="final-phase">{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Gantz Manga Enters Final Phase in Japan on Thursday|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-01/gantz-manga-enters-final-phase-in-japan-on-thursday|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 23, 2021|date=October 1, 2009|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126074737/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-01/gantz-manga-enters-final-phase-in-japan-on-thursday|url-status=live}}</ref> The third and final phase (chapters 303–383) started on October 1, 2009,<ref name="final-phase"/> and the series finished after about 13 years of publication on June 20, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「GANTZ」連載13年でついに完結、戦いの結末を目撃せよ|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/93145|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=September 30, 2019|language=ja|date=June 20, 2013|archive-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930201859/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/93145|url-status=live}}</ref> Shueisha collected its chapters in thirty-seven {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from December 11, 2000,<ref name="jp1">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-876105-7|title=Gantz 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|access-date=August 19, 2012|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919101153/https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-876105-7|url-status=live}}</ref> to August 19, 2013.<ref name="jp37">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-879627-7|title=Gantz 37|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|access-date=August 19, 2012|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323041822/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-879627-7|url-status=live}}</ref> A vertical-scrolling full-color edition of the series, released under the title ''Gantz: T'', started on Shueisha's ''Jump Toon'' vertical-scrolling manga service on July 7, 2024. Shine Partners is in charge of the coloring.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Gantz Manga Gets Full-Color Vertical-Scrolling Version on Jump Toon Service|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-23/gantz-manga-gets-full-color-vertical-scrolling-version-on-jump-toon-service/.212296|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623223458/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-23/gantz-manga-gets-full-color-vertical-scrolling-version-on-jump-toon-service/.212296|archive-date=June 23, 2024|date=June 23, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> In North America, publishing company [[Dark Horse Comics]] acquired the licensing rights for the release of English translations of ''Gantz'' on July 1, 2007, during the [[Anime Expo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-01/dark-horse-licenses-gantz-blood+and-more-ax-2007|date=2007-07-01|title=Dark Horse Licenses Gantz, Blood+, More|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=2008-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606114659/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-01/dark-horse-licenses-gantz-blood+and-more-ax-2007|archive-date=6 June 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10864.html|date=2007-07-05|title=Dark Horse Nabs 'Gantz' Manga|publisher=ICv2|access-date=2008-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611073930/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10864.html|archive-date=11 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The thirty-seven volumes were published between June 25, 2008,<ref name="us1">{{cite web|url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/14-734/Gantz-Volume-1|title=Gantz Volume 1|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=2008-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231141608/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/14-734/Gantz-Volume-1-TPB|archive-date=31 December 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and October 28, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gantz Volume 37|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/26-516/Gantz-Volume-37-TPB|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308094447/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/26-516/Gantz-Volume-37-TPB|archive-date=March 8, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Dark Horse Comics republished the series in a 3-in-1 twelve-volume [[omnibus edition]] from August 22, 2018,<ref>{{cite web|title=Gantz Omnibus Volume 1 TPB|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/30-524/Gantz-Omnibus-Volume-1-TPB|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=February 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202215853/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/30-524/Gantz-Omnibus-Volume-1-TPB|url-status=live}}</ref> to July 5, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gantz Omnibus Volume 12 TPB|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3009-753/Gantz-Omnibus-Volume-12-TPB|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=February 4, 2024|archive-date=January 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119053245/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3009-753/Gantz-Omnibus-Volume-12-TPB|url-status=live}}</ref> ====Spin-offs==== {{main|Gantz: G{{!}}''Gantz: G''|Gantz: E{{!}}''Gantz: E''}} ''Gantz/Osaka'', showing the stories of the Gantz [[Osaka]] team, has been published in Japan in 2010 and compiled in 3 volumes released by Shueisha between October 20 and December 17, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|script-title= ja:GANTZ/OSAKA 1|url= http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-782343-1|publisher= [[Shueisha]]|access-date= January 9, 2020|language= ja|archive-date= January 22, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220122153630/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-782343-1|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title= ja:GANTZ/OSAKA 3|url= http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-782355-4|publisher= [[Shueisha]]|access-date= January 9, 2020|language= ja|archive-date= January 22, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220122153637/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-782355-4|url-status= live}}</ref> A special chapter ''Gantz no Moto'' that has Hiroya Oku telling the story on how he got into the manga business and what films influenced him was published in ''[[Miracle Jump]]'' on January 13, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:SF&ファンタジー描く新雑誌・ミラクルジャンプ本日創刊|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/43349|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 9, 2020|language=ja|date=January 13, 2011|archive-date=July 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721153908/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/43349|url-status=live}}</ref> A one-shot chapter ''Gantz/Nishi'', showing the life of Nishi, was published in ''Weekly Young Jump'' on May 12, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hiroya Oku Draws Gantz Manga 1-Shot Spinoff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-13/hiroya-oku-draws-gantz-manga-1-shot-spinoff|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 9, 2020|date=May 13, 2011|archive-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525231524/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-13/hiroya-oku-draws-gantz-manga-1-shot-spinoff|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「GANTZ」西丈一郎の知られざる放課後を描く番外編掲載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/49261|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 9, 2020|language=ja|date=May 12, 2011|archive-date=June 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608224733/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/49261|url-status=live}}</ref> A spin-off, titled ''Gantz G'', was published from November 2015 to March 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hiroya Oku, Keita Iizuka Launch Gantz Spinoff Manga in November|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-16/hiroya-oku-keita-iizuka-launch-gantz-spinoff-manga-in-november/.94277|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 30, 2019|date=October 16, 2015|archive-date=May 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520020033/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-16/hiroya-oku-keita-iizuka-launch-gantz-spinoff-manga-in-november/.94277|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-01/miracle-jump-magazine-goes-on-hiatus-prepares-for-renewal/.112863|title=Miracle Jump Magazine Goes on Hiatus, Prepares for Renewal|date=March 1, 2017|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 30, 2017|archive-date=May 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505215803/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-01/miracle-jump-magazine-goes-on-hiatus-prepares-for-renewal/.112863|url-status=live}}</ref> The manga was written by Oku and illustrated by Keita Iizuka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-16/hiroya-oku-keita-iizuka-launch-gantz-spinoff-manga-in-november/.94277|title=Hiroya Oku, Keita Iizuka Launch Gantz Spinoff Manga in November|date=October 16, 2015|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 16, 2015|archive-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016233754/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-16/hiroya-oku-keita-iizuka-launch-gantz-spinoff-manga-in-november/.94277|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="anime film">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-14/gantz-manga-gets-full-3dcg-anime-film-in-2016/.95343|title=Gantz Manga Gets 'Full 3DCG' Anime Film in 2016|date=November 14, 2015|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 14, 2015|archive-date=December 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223035313/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-14/gantz-manga-gets-full-3dcg-anime-film-in-2016/.95343|url-status=live}}</ref> A historical spin-off of ''Gantz'' titled ''Gantz: E'', written by Oku and illustrated by Jin Kagetsu started in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Hiroya Oku Writes New Gantz:E Historical Spinoff Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-09/hiroya-oku-writes-new-gantz-e-historical-spinoff-manga/.155097|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 9, 2020|date=January 9, 2020|archive-date=February 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226123247/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-09/hiroya-oku-writes-new-gantz-e-historical-spinoff-manga/.155097|url-status=live}}</ref>
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