GANTZ

Right off the bat, GANTZ's censoring on TV makes this comparison somewhat strange. Though GANTZ is lighter on plot, gore is the central theme of both it and Elfen Lied. For that reason, if you liked one, see the other.

GANTZ and Elfen Lied are both masters at shock value in every way. There's really nothing else to say... watch one, then watch the other, and you'll know what I mean. Elfen Lied is definitely a little more annoying as far as the stupid clueless Chobits-type girl factor, but still, it's just as shocking.

Both shows are hyper gory and feature fan service to the point that they are borderline soft-core porn.

They both have rather interesting stories and the character development really makes you associate with the characters. Another thing they share is a love for making you connect with the characters and then putting them through sadistic situations like constant death, attempted rape, suicide and child molestation on a regular basis.

In short: Gantz does everything a bit more than Elfen Lied.

The gore, nudity and psychological pain are all a level above in Gantz compared to Elfen Lied, especially the latter, but is basically the same.

If you liked Gantz but thought it was a bit overboard, Elfen Lied is the anime for you. And of course the other way around :)

Enjoy

Both are known as some of the most extreme animations made, whether you agree with that or not, it is without dispute that they are not for the light of heart. GANTZ's ecchi is somewhat unneeded and it moves at a much slower pace, while being nowhere near as moving as Elfen Lied. On the other hand, Elfen Lied has excessive nudity, but it isn't always out of placeisn't nor is it as sexual as GANTZ. Lastly Elfen Lied's topics tend to be more prone to be disturbing. In the end, if you liked either one, you may then like the other.

If you like extreme limb ripping, decapitations, and violent anime with lots of naked chicks, GANTZ and Elfen Lied are for you! I personally like Elfen Lied more because of its better story line and character development. Although Gantz starts out very unique and interesting it is not finished the way it was intended to; there is a manga that takes a different course that is longer than the series.

GANTZ and Elfen Lied are very similar in terms of action and gore. That being said, these two series are psychological mind trips that question the characters' moral and ethical beliefs. You'll see as each and ever character slowly passes that thin line of sanity and enters this world of violence and death. Though the plots may be different, you're bound to feel a strange sense of satisfaction as both series do a great job in portraying questionable amounts of unattached limbs and exploding heads.

Both Elfen Lied and GANTZ have enough blood and guts to make any horror fan happy. If you are into blood & gore or like horror anime these series should be on your must watch list.

While Elfen Lied and GANTZ are most obviously similar to each other in their liberal use of gore and the rather dark, brutal atmospheres that result, they are also very similar on an emotional level. Both contain powerful, opposite themes of isolation, suffering and loss and companionship and love. In all these aspects, both are shows of extremes, so if you enjoyed one it is highly likely that you will enjoy the other.

Both Elfen Lied and Gantz are somewhat rare anime because they show people dying in the most horrible of ways. It wouldn't be wrong to think of both as survival games.

Both Elfen Lied and GANTZ provide the fast-paced action that we crave without holding back even one drop of blood, all while following our lead protagonist (who seems to never fully grasp the situation until it is too late). I recommend one if you enjoyed the other.

Gantz is a gorefest with nudity and soul. Elfen Lied is a cute gorefest with cute nudity and adorable soul. What it comes right down to is that if you like a bloodbath with characters you can attach yourself to you'll probably like Elfen Lied and Gantz.

Elfen Lied and Gantz revolve around shock value and how it can be turned into a narrative devise. Both push the envelope in terms of graphic violence and excessive gore with plenty of nudity to boot. EL has peaceful interludes that keep it from becoming utterly without hope while Gantz hardly ever slackens its pace of bloody action. These series manage to horrify and move the viewer, in EL the cute character design makes the massacres all the more poignant while Gantz's mostly realistic design adds an air of verisimilitude to the insanity.

You'll find a lot of recommending this anime as a good Anime to watch if you like them bloody and violent.Both cover similar themes, and both contain a lot of violence, sexual undertones, blood and scenes of a sexual nature ;)

These two animes are alike in their echii factor that plays into each and there dark stylings. In all of my anime watching GANTZ and Elfen Lied are at the top of the gore fest chart. They are filled with it along with a sexually tension that is tooken seriously in GANTZ and somewhat Chobits style in Elfen Lied. They have very dark themes and end rather sad. A fan of dark anime and gore who is mature should would definetely enjoy both animes.

It's already been said many times over that both of these Anime are EXTREMELY gory and, therefore, are similar. But, both have very clean-cut animation (personally I can't stand anything that's poor-quality or too "cartoonish") and a sense of mystery/impending doom that lasts through the whole series. Basically, the feeling of excitement and suspense I got out of watching both Anime were about the same. Both are A+.

They're both heavy on the gore and drama factor.If you loved one for the gore or drama,you'll feel the same way about the other.

Both Gantz and Elfen Lied combine gritty, viceral gore with the story of a boy and his libido. The violence in both anime is off the wall, containing such things as animal cruelty, and the nudity is just as gratuitous. A strong stomach is needed if you're to venture into these anime. If you've already seen one, than you'd probably enjoy the other.

So, you've just watched Elfen Lied or GANTZ, and your sad now that the blood has stopped dripping. Want more? If you miss the gore and dismemberment then watching GANTZ/Elfen Lied should be your fix. Storylines are different though, where in Elfen Lied the protagonist is killing not only out of psychotic behavior, but for her freedom. In GANTZ the reasons for destruction is just a game, the prize? ... life

Both shows contain a lot of violance and blood. People die there in a lot of diffrent ways that makes watching a bit more interesting. However if this was all to it then it wouldn’t be a good show would it? Characters seen in these anime are interesting, you get to watch the other side of human nature, typical anime shows tend to show the good side of humans. But thsese anime concentrate on the bad side so much that sometimes you have enough and you want to turn it off. That’s what makes them so good and that’s why they are worth watching. Both Gantz and Elfen Lied.

Elfen Lied and GANTZ both have a lot of gore and violence so if you liked one you are bound to like the other for that reason. I also thought that both series had good soundtracks. The type of music used in each was very different but the music really added to the mood of the anime.

Gantz and Elfen Lied have a lot of blood and I mean a lot of blood and yet they both have romantic parts. They also are surrounded in confusion in Gantz they don't know why they were chosen and in Elfen Lied the main characters cant remember anything.

Gantz and Elfen Lied contains exremly graphic violence. If you like anime with adult themes, you might like both of these. There's a lot of gore and nudity in both series, but in my opinion Gantz is somehow darker and more mysterious than Elfen Lied.

if you like extreme violents, gore, boobshots and lots of shocking moments...then both GANTZ and Elfen Lied are what you need. They both share a few factors, the allmost "no real end" plot, the very shocking ways people die and the very beautiful animations.

but mostly how unpredictable both story's are, you'll be very surprised in every episode about how things are turning out and sometimes you hardly belive whats happening.

Both shows have ecchi, violence, gore, and nudity. Not to mention a LOT of blood. The stories are good but don't really end. If you liked one you will like the other.

Gore, perverted scenes and humilation. These are the points they are identical. The stories are completely different. While Elfen Lied let's you think about humanly researches, Gantz makes you go WTF?! Just watch and you'll see!

Gantz and Elfen are based on very different concepts but they both contain a lot of blood mixed with slightly out of place humour. When mixed together make uncomfortable but interesting viewing.

These two are both excellent series. Both Gantz and Elfen Lied have similair levels of violence and gore. The story line for both of them progress in a similair fashion and will leave you guessing all the way up to the end.

If you like that impending doom like, gory, horror filled anime then elfen lied is the 1 for you, filled with bone chilling experiences gauranteed gorier than gantz  elfen lied is ditto to gantz in those ways, storywise completely different but if you liked that kind of feel watch it has a pretty good story of its own.

Both Gantz and Elfen Lied contain elments of horror, mystery, and romance. Elfen Lied, while still dark, is considerably more light hearted than Gantz. Their's a love triangle in both animes which always guarantees drama, but with horror and gore topped onto all of it, it makes both animes unforgettable.

The reason is pretty much simple! Blood, hanging limbs, big boobs, dark at times non existing plot! However underneath a point of view and a message about deep matters as existance and life!

Still lots of blood, crazy action, you're not getting bored! If you are looking for those, trust me, you'll find them in both Elfen Lied AND Gantz!

To say that GANTZ and Elfen Lied had massive similarities would be highly wrong and inaccurate.  Actually, the sole reason as to why you would enjoy watching the other series, is because of the gore.  Both anime, produce some incredibly, horrific deaths and although most people can or will be put of by the sight of blood, these series seem to take it in their stride.

Everybody can die. Everybody will, sooner or later; in these two worlds, perhaps too soon. Claymore and Gantz don't just walk on the edge of death, but right through it - in Claymore, we see a world slowly falling apart, and characters doomed to walk the thin edge between insanity and death, to imminently fall to one. In Gantz the former is already there, consuming the bleak and fading shadow of life the characters cling on to for a while. Neither series has much of hope or greater good, only the will to survive.

Gantz is less refined than Claymore, lacking a solid storyline and being solely character-devoted, starting with death, jumping over it, and more usually into. Claymore is classier and follows a story, going almost as a typical half-action series for a short while, falling into despair only later. However, the dark side of Claymore is pretty similar to what is explored in Gantz. These are among few of the animated series with a doomed, actively self-destructive attitude, not just melancholy as in most "dark" series. Perhaps not something to watch every day, but that bit of view from below is needed once in a while.

Both Gantz and Claymore are about killing monsters, are shallow (plot-wise), and are done in a very, VERY bloody way. So if you like monsters being cut to pieces you should watch both. While Claymore feels like a cliché hack and slash anime, Gantz feels a lot more original. And also, for me, both of these series started out good and ended bad; this can be especially said for Gantz. In the end, both of these anime feel like they are missing a few too many key ingredients to be considered a delicious late night snack. Nonetheless, if you liked Claymore you will enjoy Gantz, and vice versa.

GANTZ and Claymore are one of the best recommendations pairs I've come across. Claymore has an epic feeling that GANTZ lacks, but both have some of the bloodiest and most demonic fights you'll ever see in the anime world. There's great animation which adds more enjoyment to the action scenes.

There is more bloodshed and Violence also there is more women in it. you will probably like this anime if you do like gantz. I like it as well as Gantz

Claymore is a very action-packed anime though in a different setting. Not very similar but two great action anime with odd twists and conclusions.

In both of these animes there is a lot of bloody, gory and just downright deadly battlesthat seem to drive both of the series' storylines. Besides that though there is an underlying storyline that is, for the most part, hard to find in the beginning of both of these animes. They are both purely about survivng in the beginning and it takes a while to really get into the storyline adn characters, but if you can get over that they both show their true colors as in each of their worlds their is a brilliant trap set by an unseen enemy (well technically oyu can see Gantz but still he never answers questions) where the characters must find a way to survive while simultaneously trying to unravel the mystery of the trap they are stuck in.

While Claymore is based more on fantasy and Gatnz clearly is about Sci Fi the two are like peas in a pod. The action is a clear connection between the two animes and makes Claymore a great follow up after watching Gantz. Both series still have continuning mangas, but their characters have both developed in similar ways. Claire and Kei are similar because both are not the expect heroes. I don't want to ruin Claymore, so I'll let you discover Claire's reason while you watch! ^^'

There is an abundant amount of blood in both Gantz and Berserk. Though the settings are completely different, people who like bloody anime will surely like both of these.

Both of these series, Gantz and Berserk, are concerned with spilling gallons of blood all over the place and basically killing everything as brutally as possible.

If you have already watched Berserk and you need something with more death, destruction, and mayhem, then Gantz will be just what you are looking for.

If you are coming from Gantz and want something with more story to go along with your carnage, Berserk is a good choice.

Both anime have exremely high level of violance and are famous for their gore. Action, and no resepesct for woman nudity are the most similiar parts of both shows. They aren't bad by any means but both creators of Gantz and Berserk didn't have a clear image where the good taste ends. Still worth watching just to see it, only for 16+.

Although set in completely different surroundings and periods, they are both an exciting mix of fantasy, action, violence and gore.

Both shows centre on the importance of friendship in the face of adversity and the harsh reality of war and fighting. There is character development by the bucketload, and an excellent story to each. I'm sure if you enjoyed one, you will like the other.