to July 2, 2009. The third and final phase (chapters 303–383) started on October 1, 2009, and the series finished after about 13 years of publication on June 20, 2013. Shueisha collected its chapters in thirty-seven tankōbon volumes, released from December 11, 2000, to August 19, 2013. 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. The thirty-seven volumes were published between June 25, 2008, and October 28, 2015. The series was published by Glénat and later by Panini in Spain; by Panini and later by in Germany; by Panini in Italy and Brazil; by Tonkam in France; by Editorial Vid and later by Panini in Mexico; and by Editorial Ivrea in Argentina. Spin-offs 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. 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. A one-shot chapter Gantz/Nishi, showing the life of Nishi, was published in Weekly Young Jump on May 12, 2011. A spin-off, titled Gantz G, was serialized in Shueisha's Miracle Jump magazine from November 17, 2015 to March 2017 (the final chapter was published in Shonen Jump+ digital magazine). The manga was written by Oku and illustrated by Keita Iizuka. Dark Horse have also licensed the spin-off. An historical spin-off of Gantz titled Gantz: E, written by Oku and illustrated by Jin Kagetsu started in Weekly Young Jump on January 9, 2020. The series is being published monthly in the magazine. Anime Gantz was adapted into a twenty-six episode anime television series by Gonzo, with series composition and scripts written by , characters designs by Naoyuki Onda and music composed by Natsuki Sogawa; Yasuharu Takanashi also composed the music from episode 6 onwards. The series aired for two seasons, labeled as "stages"; the first stage was broadcast for eleven episodes (of originally thirteen) on Fuji TV from April 13 to June 22, 2004. The first stage aired on Fuji TV with several scenes censored, due to content that were deemed inappropriate, such as violence or nudity. However, the DVDs from the series