Episode
GANTZ: Welcome Back
Overview
Kei goes on a rampage, leading the battle against the giant aliens. Yet another unhappy surprise awaits the team.
Details
- Series
- GANTZ
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2004-09-23
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Welcome Back is Episode 5 in Season 2 of GANTZ. It aired on 2004-09-23. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 4: I Can Shoot Them, Can't I?
The team’s efforts to defeat the giant aliens are hindered by two thugs who are brutally tormenting a homeless man - the very same homeless man that Kei and Kato encountered just before their deaths.
Episode 6: What the Hell Is that?!
After claiming victory against the giant red and green aliens, the group boldly rushes into battle against the smaller statues. Soon enough, they find their numbers thinned by an enormous new enemy.
More episodes from this season
Episode 3: I'll Do It!
When Kato shares what he knows in an effort to help the new players, the evangelist begins to think something sinister is afoot. The holy man learns just how correct he is as the game’s new targets make their presence known.
Episode 7: Just Shoot Me!
Several players meet with gruesome ends as the living statues continue their onslaught. Tragically, one of the mutilated victims is someone very dear to Kato and Kei.
Episode 2: I Wanna Be There Now!
The Gantz calls the players for another round. Among the new faces gathered before the sphere: a television evangelist that thinks he has all the answers and a girl who seems willing to give Kei the attention he seeks.
Episode 8: Big Brother?
The carnage continues and truly no one is safe. As wounded Kei struggles to stay alive, his teammates fall one after the other. When the final foe is defeated, only one player will be around to see the score.
Episode 1: Goodbye
Change is in the air for the players of the deadly game. Fed up with his aunt, Kato finds a new place to live with his little brother. Meanwhile, Kei’s attitude pushes Kishimoto away, and Tetsu’s life spirals brutally out of control.
Episode 9: Don't Ever Say That Again!
Kei returns to the Gantz and finds many familiar faces will be joining him in battle. Unfortunately, Kei is shocked to see that their alien prey wears a familiar face as well.
Episode 10: Kurono Alien!
With no explanation, the Gantz has chosen Kei to be hunted. At first, the rest of the players are unsure of what they should do - but the black sphere soon helps them decide that Kei should die.
Episode 11: No Labyrinth Is Inescapable
The new players are beginning to see just how dangerous the two bum-killing freaks really are. As the situation escalates, the members of the team look to the one person who might be able to help them survive - Kei.
Episode 12: Let's All Go Back Alive
Madness is taking over as the team hunts the two brutal maniacs in their midst. The number of fatalities grows quickly, and Kei begins to understand that the Gantz might not be his worst problem.
Episode 13: Please Live
Facing his deadliest foe, Kei is forced to question everything he’s learned—and all that he has lost—in the twisted world of the Gantz. No matter if he lives or dies, for Kei, the game now ends.