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Hiroya Oku Says a GANTZ Reboot Needs a Studio With Guts
Hiroya Oku said on X on October 29 that people around the world keep asking for a GANTZ anime reboot, and he suspects studios stay away because they know how demanding the animation workload would be.
Reporting from 1 source: Animehunch.
Why it matters
Oku's post puts the long-running reboot demand back on the record as a production-load problem rather than a licensing one, and he is the one saying it.
Key Facts
- Hiroya Oku posted on X on October 29 that people worldwide keep asking for a GANTZ anime reboot.
- Oku suggested studios may avoid the project because they know how demanding the animation workload would be.
- The original GANTZ anime was produced by Gonzo and premiered in 2004.
- GANTZ ran in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from June 2000 to June 2013 and was collected in 37 volumes.
- Sony Pictures attached Julius Avery to direct a live-action GANTZ film with Marc Guggenheim writing and Temple Hill producing.
In the same post he wrote that whoever took it on would need serious guts. The 2004 Gonzo adaptation diverged from the manga and drew criticism for its animation.
Oku's own explanation points at workload, not rights. In a 2021 Crunchyroll interview he tied the difficulty to his realistic character designs, which he said need more detailed linework and make consistency harder for animators, and to the manga's graphic violence and nudity. The 2004 Gonzo series drew heavy censorship on broadcast for violence, gore and nudity, with uncut content on the DVD releases. A Hollywood rights deal added another layer: Oku said in that interview a Hollywood company held the rights to anime and live-action adaptations, and later that year Sony Pictures attached Julius Avery to direct a live-action film with Marc Guggenheim writing and Temple Hill producing. No production update on that film has surfaced since.
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