Tokyo Ghoul

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Tokyo Ghoul (Japanese: ja "> ???? ( ???????? ) , Hepburn: T? ky? G? ru ) is a dark Japanese fantasy manga series is written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha Weekly Jump Seedles magazine between September 2011 and September 2014 and has been collected in fourteen tanks? Bon volume in August 2014. The sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul: re started serialization in the same magazine in October 2014 and a prequel titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] ran online at Live Jump.

An episode 12-anime television series adapted by Pierrot studio that aired on Tokyo MX between July and September 2014. The second 12-episode season, Tokyo Ghoul? A (pronounced Tokyo Ghoul Root A ), which follows the original story, begins airing on January 8, 2015, and ends on March 26, 2015. In North America, Viz Media publishes the manga while Funimation has licensing anime series for streaming and home video distribution.

A live-action movie based on manga was released in Japan on July 29, 2017. An anime adaptation based on the sequel manga Tokyo Ghoul: re was released on April 3, 2018.

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Synopsis

Settings

Tokyo Ghoul is set in an alternative reality where ghosts, carnivorous 'monsters' look exactly like normal people but can only survive by eating human flesh, living among the human population in secret, hiding their true nature in for avoiding the pursuit of the authorities. Including increased speed, senses, and regenerative abilities, ordinary ghosts are several times stronger than normal humans, have skin resistant to common piercing weapons and have at least one special predatory organ called "Kagune (??)", which can manifest and use as a weapon during battle. Another distinctive feature of ghosts is that when they are excited or hungry, the color of their sclera in both eyes turns black and their red irises. This mutation is known as "kakugan (??, red eye)." In the case of half-ghosts, only one eye undergoes a transformation. Half-ghouls can be born naturally as ghoul and human offspring, or artificially created by transplanting some ghoul organs into humans. In both cases, half-ghoul is usually much stronger than pure blood ghoul. There are also half-human cases, hybrids of ghosts and humans who can feed like normal humans and do not have Kagune while having enhanced abilities, such as increased speed and reaction speed, but shorter life spans. To hunt ghosts, some government-sponsored organizations like CCG were created around the world.

Plot

The story follows Ken Kaneki, a student who can barely survive a deadly encounter with Rize Kamishiro, his date dating himself as a ghost. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. After recovering, Kaneki discovers that he underwent an operation that turned him into a half-ghost. This is achieved because some of the Rize's organs are transferred to his body, and now, like an ordinary ghost, he has to consume human flesh to survive. The ghosts who run the "Anteiku" coffee shop took her and taught her to face her new life as a half-ghost. Some of his daily struggles include adjusting to the ghoul society, as well as keeping his identity hidden from his human friends, especially from his friend Hideyoshi Nagachika.

The prequel series follows Kish's youths? Arima and Taishi Fura, two characters from the main series who met when they joined to investigate the death of Taishi's friend with a ghost hand, leading to Taishi eventually following Arima's path and joining the CCG (Counter Ghoul Commission), a federal agent assigned to deal with the crime associated with ghosts as well.

The sequel series follows Kaneki amnesiak under the new identity of Haise Sasaki (the result of the terrible brain damage she suffered from Kish? Arima). He is the mentor of a special team of CCG investigators called "Quinx Squad" who underwent the same procedure as him, enabling them to gain special abilities of Ghouls against them, but can still live as normal human beings.

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Media

Manga

Tokyo Ghoul started as a manga, written and drawn by Sui Ishida. It begins glowing in the 41st edition of 2011 Weekly Young Jump , published by Shueisha on September 8, 2011, and the last chapter appeared in the 42nd edition of 2014, released on September 18, 2014. The series has been collected in fourteen tank? bon volume, released under comedy Young Jump Comics Shueisha between February 17, 2012, and October 17, 2014. The series has been licensed for an English release by Viz Media and the first volume is released on June 16, 2015.

In August 2013, a pre-titled spin-off manga titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] was released on the Live Jump Live manga. The story covers 7 chapters and focuses on Arima Kish? and Taishi Fura 12 years before the events of Tokyo Ghoul . The manga features several characters from the main series including Kish mentioned above. Arima, Taishi Fura, and future key characters Itsuki Marude and Yakumo "Yamori"? Mori.

On October 17, 2014, a full-color illustrated book known as Tokyo Ghoul Zakki was released along with volume 14 and last from the manga. Zakki includes all promotional images, Volume covers and unreleased art concepts with comments by creator Sui Ishida.

A sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul: re begins serialization in the 46th edition of 2014 Weekly Young Jump , published on October 16, 2014. The series is set 2 years after the end of the original series and introduces a new set of characters.

Light novel

Three light novels have been released so far and they are all written by Shin Towada, with illustrations performed by Sui Ishida series creators.

On June 19, 2013, Tokyo Ghoul: Days ( ?????????????? , T? ky? G? ru [Hibi] ) was released, The illustrations were performed by the creator of the Sui Ishida series and written by Shin Towada and serve as a sidestory/spin off focusing on the daily life of characters from the Tokyo Ghoul series .

Tokyo Ghoul: Void ( ??????????? [??] , T? ky? G? ru [K? haku] ) was released on June 19, 2014, and fills in a 6-month interval between the 8th and 9th volumes of the first series.

Third Novel Tokyo Ghoul: Past ( ???????????? [??] , T? ky? G? ru [Sekijitsu] ) was released on December 19, 2014. The past happened before the main series and focused on more backgrounds of certain characters > Tokyo Ghoul , including Touka Kirishima, Ayato Kirishima, and serial protagonist Ken Kaneki.

Anime

An anime series 12 episodes adaptation by Pierrot that aired on Tokyo MX between July 4 and September 19, 2014. It also aired on TVA, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, and Dlife. The opening theme song is "unravel" by "TK from Ling Tosite Sigure", and the closing theme is "Saints" ???? , Seijatachi ) done by People In The Box. Funimation has licensed an anime series for streaming and home video distribution in North America. The second season, titled Tokyo Ghoul? A (root A) aired in Japan between January 9, 2015 and March 27, 2015. The opening theme song is "Incompetence" ( ?? , Mun? ) by ÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â¶sterreich, while the closing theme is "The Seasons Die Out, One After Others" ( ?????????? , Kisetsu wa Tsugitsugi Shindeiku ) by Amazarashi. On March 10, 2017, it was announced that the anime will premiere on Adult Swim's late night action block on Saturday, Toonami from 25 March. Madman Entertainment announced that they have licensed this series in Australia and New Zealand, and broadcast it on AnimeLab. Anime Limited licensed the series in the UK and Ireland, and then announced during the London Comic-Con MCM that this series will be broadcast on VICELAND UK.

The anime adaptation for Tokyo Ghoul: re was announced on 5 October 2017, and began airing on April 3, 2018. Odahiro Watanabe will replace Shuhei Morita as director, while Ch? Ji Mikasano will go back to write the script. Pierrot will animate the series, while Pierrot is credited for animated help. Atsuko Nakajima will replace Kazuhiro Miwa as the character designer. The series will air in two seasons, with the first 12 episodes airing from April 2018 to June 2018, and the second season airing in October 2018.

Video game

A video game titled Tokyo Ghoul: Carnaval by Bandai Namco Games was released in Japan for Android smartphones on February 6, 2015, and on February 9th for iOS. Players can build his team of ghost characters and investigators Ã¢ â‚¬ <Ã¢ â‚¬ Tokyo Ghoul: Jail for the PlayStation Vita console was released on October 1, 2015. It's ready to introduce a new protagonist under the name Rio, which will interact with characters from manga/anime. The game is developed by Bandai Namco Games as well and is categorized as an adventure RPG where players will be able to explore 23 Tokyo wards. Mobile Games Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War focuses on the conflict between ghosts and CCGs who terrorize Tokyo.

Live action movie

A live-action movie based on manga was released in Japan on July 29, 2017. Kentar? Hagiwara directed the film. The players include Masataka Kubota for the role of protagonist Ken Kaneki and Fumika Shimizu for the role of Touka Kirishima. Y? Aoi plays as Rize Kamishiro, Nobuyuki Suzuki plays Kotaro Amon and Yo Oizumi plays Kureo Mado.

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Reception

Tokyo Ghoul is 27 best-selling manga series in Japan in 2013, with 1.6 million sales forecast. In January 2014, the manga has sold about 2.6 million copies. This is the fourth best-selling manga series in Japan in 2014, with 6.9 million copies sold. The entire original series sold over 12 million copies.

The sequel series, Tokyo Ghoul: re sold over 3.7 million copies in Japan during its debut year in 2015, and 4.3 million copies in 2016. This is the fifth best-selling manga series by 2017 with sales of more than 5.3 million copies. Both series are combined for over 24 million copies in circulation by June 2017, and they have 34 million copies in print worldwide in January 2018.