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Tokyo Ghoul
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ken Kaneki
東京喰種（トーキョーグール） (Tōkyō Gūru)
Genre	Dark fantasy[1] Supernatural thriller[2]
Manga
Written by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Imprint	Young Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 8, 2011 – September 18, 2014
Volumes	14 (List of volumes)
Further information Light novel Written by Shin Towada Illustrated by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha English publisher NA Viz Media Imprint JUMP j-BOOKS Demographic Male Original run July 19, 2013 – December 19, 2014 Volumes 3 (List of volumes) Manga Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] Written by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha English publisher NA Viz Media Imprint Young Jump Comics Digital Magazine Jump Live Demographic Seinen Original run August 2013 – September 2013 Volumes 1 (List of volumes) Anime television series Directed by Shuhei Morita Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Original network Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife English network UK Viceland US Adult Swim (Toonami) Original run July 4, 2014 – September 19, 2014 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Manga Tokyo Ghoul:re Written by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha English publisher NA Viz Media Imprint Young Jump Comics Magazine Weekly Young Jump Demographic Seinen Original run October 16, 2014 – July 5, 2018 Volumes 16 (List of volumes) Anime television series Tokyo Ghoul √A Directed by Shuhei Morita Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Original network Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife, MRO English network UK Viceland US Adult Swim (Toonami) Original run January 9, 2015 – March 27, 2015 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Original video animation Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] Directed by Sōichi Shimada Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Released September 30, 2015 Runtime 30 minutes Original video animation Tokyo Ghoul: PINTO Directed by Tadahito Matsubayashi Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Sōichi Shimada Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Released December 25, 2015 Runtime 24 minutes Light novel Tokyo Ghoul:re Written by Shin Towada Illustrated by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha Imprint JUMP j-BOOKS Demographic Male Published December 19, 2016 Anime television series Tokyo Ghoul:re Directed by Toshinori Watanabe Produced by Ken Hagino Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] SEA Medialink UK Anime Limited Original network Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TVA, TVQ, BS11 English network UK Viceland Original run April 3, 2018 – December 25, 2018 Episodes 24 (List of episodes) Live-action film Tokyo Ghoul Tokyo Ghoul S Video games Tokyo Ghoul: Carnaval ∫ Color (2015) Tokyo Ghoul: Jail (2015) Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War (2016) Tokyo Ghoul: re Invoke (2017) Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist (2019)

Tokyo Ghoul (Japanese: 東京喰種（トーキョーグール）, Hepburn: Tōkyō Gūru) is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha’s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from September 2011 to September 2014, and was collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes. A prequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack], ran online on Jump Live in 2013 and was collected in a single tankōbon volume. A sequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul:re, was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from October 2014 to July 2018, and was collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes. The story is set in a world where vicious species, known as ghouls, creatures that look like normal people but can only survive by eating human flesh, live among the human population in secrecy.

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot, aired on Tokyo MX from July to September 2014. A 12-episode second season, titled Tokyo Ghoul √A (pronounced Tokyo Ghoul Root A), which follows an original story, aired from January to March 2015. A live-action film based on the manga was released in Japan in July 2017, with a sequel being released in July 2019. An anime adaptation based on the sequel manga, Tokyo Ghoul:re, aired for two seasons; the first from April to June 2018, and the second from October to December 2018. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for an English release, while Funimation licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution.

As of January 2021, Tokyo Ghoul had over 47 million copies in circulation worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.

Synopsis[edit]

Setting[edit]

Tokyo Ghoul is set in an alternate reality where ghouls, creatures that look like normal people but can only survive by eating human flesh, live among the human population in secrecy, hiding their true nature in order to evade pursuit from the authorities. Ghouls have powers including enhanced strength and regenerative abilities — a regular ghoul produces 4–7 times more kinetic energy in their muscles than a normal human; they also have several times the RC cells, a cell that flows like blood and can become solid instantly. A ghoul’s skin is resistant to ordinary piercing weapons, and it has at least one special predatory organ called a kagune (Japanese: 赫子), which it can manifest and use as a weapon during combat. Another distinctive trait of ghouls is that when they are excited or hungry, the color of their sclera in both eyes turns black and their irises red. This mutation is known as kakugan (赫眼, «red eye»).

A half-ghoul can either be born naturally as a ghoul and a human’s offspring, or artificially created by transplanting some ghoul organs into a human. In both cases, a half-ghoul is usually much stronger than a pure-blood ghoul. In the case of a half-ghoul, only one of the eyes undergoes the «red eye» transformation. Natural born half-ghouls are very rare, and creating half-ghouls artificially initially has a low success rate. There is also the case of half-humans, hybrids of ghouls and humans that can feed like normal humans and lack a Kagune while possessing enhanced abilities, like increased speed and reaction speed, but shortened lifespans. Naturally born half-ghouls can also eat like normal humans or full ghouls.

Plot[edit]

The story follows Ken Kaneki, a student who barely survives a deadly encounter with Rize Kamishiro, his date who reveals herself as a ghoul and tries to eat him. He is taken to the hospital in critical condition. After recovering, Kaneki discovers that he underwent a surgery that transformed him into a half-ghoul. This was accomplished because some of Rize’s organs were transferred into his body, and now, like normal ghouls, he must consume human flesh to survive. Ghouls who run a coffee shop called «Anteiku» (あんていく) take him in and teach him to deal with his new life as a half-ghoul. Some of his daily struggles include fitting into the ghoul society, as well as keeping his identity hidden from his human companions, especially from his best friend, Hideyoshi Nagachika.

The prequel series Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] follows the youths of Kishō Arima and Taishi Fura, two characters from the main series who become acquainted when they join forces to investigate the death of Taishi’s friend at the hands of a ghoul, leading to Taishi eventually following Arima’s path and joining the CCG (Commission of Counter Ghoul), the federal agency tasked into dealing with crimes related to ghouls as well.

The sequel series Tokyo Ghoul:re follows an amnesiac Kaneki under the new identity of Haise Sasaki (the result of horrific brain damage sustained from Kishō Arima). He is the mentor of a special team of CCG investigators called «Quinx Squad» that underwent a similar procedure as his, allowing them to obtain the special abilities of Ghouls in order to fight them but still being able to live as normal humans.

Media[edit]

Manga[edit]

Tokyo Ghoul is written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It began serialization in 2011’s 41st issue of the seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha on September 8, 2011,^[3] and the final chapter appeared in 2014’s 42nd issue, released on September 18, 2014.^[4][5] The series has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes, released under Shueisha’s Young Jump Comics imprint between February 17, 2012,^[6] and October 17, 2014.^[7] The series has been licensed for an English release by Viz Media and the first volume was released on June 16, 2015.^[8]

In 2013, a prequel spin-off manga titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] was released on Jump Live digital manga. The story spans 7 chapters and focuses on Arima Kishō and Taishi Fura 12 years before the events of Tokyo Ghoul. The manga features several characters from the main series including the above stated Kishō Arima, Taishi Fura, and future key characters Itsuki Marude and Yakumo «Yamori» Ōmori. It was compiled into a tankōbon volume published digitally by Shueisha on October 18, 2013.^[9]

On October 17, 2014, a full-color illustration book known as Tokyo Ghoul Zakki was released along with the 14th and final volume of the manga. Zakki includes all promotional images, Volume covers and unreleased concept art with commentary by the creator Sui Ishida.

A sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul:re began serialization in 2014’s 46th issue of Weekly Young Jump, published on October 16, 2014.^[10] The series is set 2 years after the end of the original series and introduces a new set of characters.^[11] This series was concluded on July 19, 2018, with Volume 16.

Light novels[edit]

Four light novels have been released thus far and all are written by Shin Towada, with illustrations done by series creator Sui Ishida. On June 19, 2013, Tokyo Ghoul: Days (東京喰種トーキョーグール［日々］, Tōkyō Gūru［Hibi］) was released, Illustrations were done by the series creator Sui Ishida and written by Shin Towada and serves as sidestory/spin off that focuses on the daily lives of characters from the Tokyo Ghoul series. Tokyo Ghoul: Void (東京喰種トーキョーグール［空白］, Tōkyō Gūru［Kūhaku］) was released on June 19, 2014, and fills in the 6 month time gap between volumes 8 and 9 of the first series.

The third novel Tokyo Ghoul: Past (東京喰種トーキョーグール［昔日］, Tōkyō Gūru［Sekijitsu］) was released on December 19, 2014. Past takes place before the events of the main series and focuses on the further backstory of certain Tokyo Ghoul characters, including Touka Kirishima, Ayato Kirishima, and series protagonist Ken Kaneki. The fourth novel, Tokyo Ghoul:re: quest (東京喰種：re［quest］, Tōkyō Gūru:re: quest) was released on December 19, 2016. It takes place during the events of Tokyo Ghoul :re, focusing on the Quinx, CCG, and other characters.

Anime[edit]

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Pierrot aired on Tokyo MX between July 4 and September 19, 2014.^{[1][5][12][13]} It also aired on TV Aichi, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, and Dlife. The opening theme song is «Unravel» by TK from Ling tosite Sigure and the ending theme is «The Saints» (聖者たち, «Seijatachi») by People in the Box.^[14] Funimation has licensed the anime series in North America.^[15] A second season, titled Tokyo Ghoul √A (read as «Root A»), aired in Japan between January 9 and March 27, 2015.^[16][17] The opening theme song is «Munou» (無能, Munō, lit. «Incompetence») by Österreich, while the ending theme is «Kisetsu wa Tsugitsugi Shinde Iku» (季節は次々死んでいく, lit. «The seasons will die out, one after another») by Amazarashi.^[14] «Glassy Sky» («Glassy sky above, As long as I’m alive, you will be a part of me») is an insert song in this season, which is a first English song written by Yutaka Yamada in Tokyo Ghoul. On March 10, 2017, it was announced that the anime will premiere on Adult Swim’s Saturday late-night action programming block, Toonami starting on March 25.^[18] Madman Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series in Australia and New Zealand, and simulcasted it on AnimeLab.^[19] Anime Limited licensed the series in the UK and Ireland,^[20] and later announced during MCM London Comic-Con that the series will be broadcast on Viceland UK.^[21]

An anime adaptation for Tokyo Ghoul:re was announced on October 5, 2017, and started airing on April 3, 2018.^[22] Toshinori Watanabe replaced Shuhei Morita as the director, while Chūji Mikasano returned to write scripts. Pierrot produced the animation, while Pierrot+ is credited for animation assistance. Atsuko Nakajima replaced Kazuhiro Miwa as the character designer.^[23] The opening theme of the first season is «Asphyxia» by Cö shu Nie and the ending theme is «Half» by Queen Bee.^[24][25] The series aired in two seasons, with the first 12 episodes airing from April 3 to June 19, 2018,^[26] and the second season airing from October 9 to December 25, 2018.^[27][28] The opening theme of the second season is «Katharsis» by TK from Ling tosite Sigure, and the ending theme of the second season is «Rakuen no Kimi» (楽園の君) by Österreich.^[28][29]

Video games[edit]

A video game titled Tokyo Ghoul: Carnaval ∫ Color by Bandai Namco Games was released in Japan for Android smartphones on February 6, 2015,^[30] and on February 9 for iOS.^[31] The player builds a team from a number of ghoul and investigator characters and explores a 3D map.^[32] Another video game titled Tokyo Ghoul: Jail for the PlayStation Vita console was released on October 1, 2015. It is set to introduce a new protagonist by the name of Rio, who will interact with characters from the manga/anime. The game was developed by Bandai Namco Games as well and is categorized as an adventure RPG where players will be able to explore Tokyo’s 23 wards.^[33] The mobile game Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War focuses on the conflict between ghouls and the CCG that terrorizes the city of Tokyo.^[34] In the June 2018 edition of V-Jump it was revealed that a new game, titled Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist, was released in 2019.^[35]

Live-action films[edit]

A live-action film based on the manga was released in Japan on July 29, 2017. Kentarō Hagiwara directed the film. The cast included Masataka Kubota for the role of protagonist Ken Kaneki and Fumika Shimizu for the role of Touka Kirishima.^[36] Yū Aoi was cast as Rize Kamishiro, Nobuyuki Suzuki played Kotaro Amon and Yo Oizumi played Kureo Mado.^[37] A sequel film titled Tokyo Ghoul S was released in Japan on July 19, 2019, with Maika Yamamoto replacing Fumika Shimizu as Touka Kirishima, and Shota Matsuda joining the cast as Shuu Tsukiyama.^[38]

Reception[edit]

Tokyo Ghoul was nominated for the 38th Kodansha Manga Award in 2014.^[39] Tokyo Ghoul was chosen as one of the Best Manga at the Comic-Con International Best & Worst Manga of 2016.^[40] The Young Adult Library Services Association in the United States named the series one of its «Great Graphic Novels for Teens» and «Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults» in 2017.^[41][42] In 2018, it was nominated for the 30th Harvey Award for Best Manga.^[43] On TV Asahi’s Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150.000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Tokyo Ghoul ranked 41st.^[44]

Tokyo Ghoul was the 27th best-selling manga series in Japan in 2013, with 1.6 million estimated sales. As of January 2014, the manga had sold around 2.6 million copies.^[45][46][47] It was the fourth best-selling manga series in Japan in 2014, with 6.9 million copies sold.^[48] The whole original series sold over 12 million copies.^[49] The sequel series, Tokyo Ghoul:re sold over 3.7 million copies in Japan during its debut year in 2015,^[50] and 4.3 million copies in 2016.^[51] It was the fifth best-selling manga series in 2017 with sales of over 5.3 million copies.^[52] It was the tenth best-selling manga series in 2018 with 3.2 million copies sold.^[53] Both series combined for over 24 million copies in circulation by June 2017,^[54] and they had 34 million copies in print worldwide as of January 2018.^[55] As of July 2018, both manga had 37 million in print.^[56] From December 2017 to December 2018, the franchise sold 2.3 billion yen, and was ranked at 16th place as one of the top-selling media franchises in Japan.^[57] As of March 3, 2019, both manga had 44 million copies in print.^[58] As of January 21, 2021, both manga had over 47 million copies in print.^[59]

On June 12, 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Culture listed Tokyo Ghoul √A among 38 anime and manga titles banned in China.^[60] In February 2021, it was reported that the series, along with Death Note and Inuyashiki, was banned from distribution on two unspecified websites in Russia.^[61] However, the Tokyo Ghoul series became unavailable for Russian audiences from March 2022 after Russia invaded its neighboring Ukraine. As a result, Sony, who distributes the series via Crunchyroll, has closed down its Wakanim and Crunchyroll EMEA services in the country, in line with global sanctions and boycotts.^[62]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Tokyo Ghoul official manga website at Weekly Young Jump (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Ghoul official anime website (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Ghoul official manga website at Viz Media
• Tokyo Ghoul (manga) at Anime News Network’s encyclopedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tokyo Ghoul
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ken Kaneki
東京喰種（トーキョーグール） (Tōkyō Gūru)
Genre	Dark fantasy[1] Supernatural thriller[2]
Manga
Written by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Imprint	Young Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 8, 2011 – September 18, 2014
Volumes	14 (List of volumes)
Further information Light novel Written by Shin Towada Illustrated by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha English publisher NA Viz Media Imprint JUMP j-BOOKS Demographic Male Original run July 19, 2013 – December 19, 2014 Volumes 3 (List of volumes) Manga Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] Written by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha English publisher NA Viz Media Imprint Young Jump Comics Digital Magazine Jump Live Demographic Seinen Original run August 2013 – September 2013 Volumes 1 (List of volumes) Anime television series Directed by Shuhei Morita Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Original network Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife English network UK Viceland US Adult Swim (Toonami) Original run July 4, 2014 – September 19, 2014 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Manga Tokyo Ghoul:re Written by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha English publisher NA Viz Media Imprint Young Jump Comics Magazine Weekly Young Jump Demographic Seinen Original run October 16, 2014 – July 5, 2018 Volumes 16 (List of volumes) Anime television series Tokyo Ghoul √A Directed by Shuhei Morita Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Original network Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife, MRO English network UK Viceland US Adult Swim (Toonami) Original run January 9, 2015 – March 27, 2015 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Original video animation Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] Directed by Sōichi Shimada Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Released September 30, 2015 Runtime 30 minutes Original video animation Tokyo Ghoul: PINTO Directed by Tadahito Matsubayashi Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Sōichi Shimada Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Released December 25, 2015 Runtime 24 minutes Light novel Tokyo Ghoul:re Written by Shin Towada Illustrated by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha Imprint JUMP j-BOOKS Demographic Male Published December 19, 2016 Anime television series Tokyo Ghoul:re Directed by Toshinori Watanabe Produced by Ken Hagino Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] SEA Medialink UK Anime Limited Original network Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TVA, TVQ, BS11 English network UK Viceland Original run April 3, 2018 – December 25, 2018 Episodes 24 (List of episodes) Live-action film Tokyo Ghoul Tokyo Ghoul S Video games Tokyo Ghoul: Carnaval ∫ Color (2015) Tokyo Ghoul: Jail (2015) Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War (2016) Tokyo Ghoul: re Invoke (2017) Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist (2019)

Tokyo Ghoul (Japanese: 東京喰種（トーキョーグール）, Hepburn: Tōkyō Gūru) is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha’s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from September 2011 to September 2014, and was collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes. A prequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack], ran online on Jump Live in 2013 and was collected in a single tankōbon volume. A sequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul:re, was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from October 2014 to July 2018, and was collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes. The story is set in a world where vicious species, known as ghouls, creatures that look like normal people but can only survive by eating human flesh, live among the human population in secrecy.

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot, aired on Tokyo MX from July to September 2014. A 12-episode second season, titled Tokyo Ghoul √A (pronounced Tokyo Ghoul Root A), which follows an original story, aired from January to March 2015. A live-action film based on the manga was released in Japan in July 2017, with a sequel being released in July 2019. An anime adaptation based on the sequel manga, Tokyo Ghoul:re, aired for two seasons; the first from April to June 2018, and the second from October to December 2018. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for an English release, while Funimation licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution.

As of January 2021, Tokyo Ghoul had over 47 million copies in circulation worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.

Synopsis[edit]

Setting[edit]

Tokyo Ghoul is set in an alternate reality where ghouls, creatures that look like normal people but can only survive by eating human flesh, live among the human population in secrecy, hiding their true nature in order to evade pursuit from the authorities. Ghouls have powers including enhanced strength and regenerative abilities — a regular ghoul produces 4–7 times more kinetic energy in their muscles than a normal human; they also have several times the RC cells, a cell that flows like blood and can become solid instantly. A ghoul’s skin is resistant to ordinary piercing weapons, and it has at least one special predatory organ called a kagune (Japanese: 赫子), which it can manifest and use as a weapon during combat. Another distinctive trait of ghouls is that when they are excited or hungry, the color of their sclera in both eyes turns black and their irises red. This mutation is known as kakugan (赫眼, «red eye»).

A half-ghoul can either be born naturally as a ghoul and a human’s offspring, or artificially created by transplanting some ghoul organs into a human. In both cases, a half-ghoul is usually much stronger than a pure-blood ghoul. In the case of a half-ghoul, only one of the eyes undergoes the «red eye» transformation. Natural born half-ghouls are very rare, and creating half-ghouls artificially initially has a low success rate. There is also the case of half-humans, hybrids of ghouls and humans that can feed like normal humans and lack a Kagune while possessing enhanced abilities, like increased speed and reaction speed, but shortened lifespans. Naturally born half-ghouls can also eat like normal humans or full ghouls.

Plot[edit]

The story follows Ken Kaneki, a student who barely survives a deadly encounter with Rize Kamishiro, his date who reveals herself as a ghoul and tries to eat him. He is taken to the hospital in critical condition. After recovering, Kaneki discovers that he underwent a surgery that transformed him into a half-ghoul. This was accomplished because some of Rize’s organs were transferred into his body, and now, like normal ghouls, he must consume human flesh to survive. Ghouls who run a coffee shop called «Anteiku» (あんていく) take him in and teach him to deal with his new life as a half-ghoul. Some of his daily struggles include fitting into the ghoul society, as well as keeping his identity hidden from his human companions, especially from his best friend, Hideyoshi Nagachika.

The prequel series Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] follows the youths of Kishō Arima and Taishi Fura, two characters from the main series who become acquainted when they join forces to investigate the death of Taishi’s friend at the hands of a ghoul, leading to Taishi eventually following Arima’s path and joining the CCG (Commission of Counter Ghoul), the federal agency tasked into dealing with crimes related to ghouls as well.

The sequel series Tokyo Ghoul:re follows an amnesiac Kaneki under the new identity of Haise Sasaki (the result of horrific brain damage sustained from Kishō Arima). He is the mentor of a special team of CCG investigators called «Quinx Squad» that underwent a similar procedure as his, allowing them to obtain the special abilities of Ghouls in order to fight them but still being able to live as normal humans.

Media[edit]

Manga[edit]

Tokyo Ghoul is written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It began serialization in 2011’s 41st issue of the seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha on September 8, 2011,^[3] and the final chapter appeared in 2014’s 42nd issue, released on September 18, 2014.^[4][5] The series has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes, released under Shueisha’s Young Jump Comics imprint between February 17, 2012,^[6] and October 17, 2014.^[7] The series has been licensed for an English release by Viz Media and the first volume was released on June 16, 2015.^[8]

In 2013, a prequel spin-off manga titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] was released on Jump Live digital manga. The story spans 7 chapters and focuses on Arima Kishō and Taishi Fura 12 years before the events of Tokyo Ghoul. The manga features several characters from the main series including the above stated Kishō Arima, Taishi Fura, and future key characters Itsuki Marude and Yakumo «Yamori» Ōmori. It was compiled into a tankōbon volume published digitally by Shueisha on October 18, 2013.^[9]

On October 17, 2014, a full-color illustration book known as Tokyo Ghoul Zakki was released along with the 14th and final volume of the manga. Zakki includes all promotional images, Volume covers and unreleased concept art with commentary by the creator Sui Ishida.

A sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul:re began serialization in 2014’s 46th issue of Weekly Young Jump, published on October 16, 2014.^[10] The series is set 2 years after the end of the original series and introduces a new set of characters.^[11] This series was concluded on July 19, 2018, with Volume 16.

Light novels[edit]

Four light novels have been released thus far and all are written by Shin Towada, with illustrations done by series creator Sui Ishida. On June 19, 2013, Tokyo Ghoul: Days (東京喰種トーキョーグール［日々］, Tōkyō Gūru［Hibi］) was released, Illustrations were done by the series creator Sui Ishida and written by Shin Towada and serves as sidestory/spin off that focuses on the daily lives of characters from the Tokyo Ghoul series. Tokyo Ghoul: Void (東京喰種トーキョーグール［空白］, Tōkyō Gūru［Kūhaku］) was released on June 19, 2014, and fills in the 6 month time gap between volumes 8 and 9 of the first series.

The third novel Tokyo Ghoul: Past (東京喰種トーキョーグール［昔日］, Tōkyō Gūru［Sekijitsu］) was released on December 19, 2014. Past takes place before the events of the main series and focuses on the further backstory of certain Tokyo Ghoul characters, including Touka Kirishima, Ayato Kirishima, and series protagonist Ken Kaneki. The fourth novel, Tokyo Ghoul:re: quest (東京喰種：re［quest］, Tōkyō Gūru:re: quest) was released on December 19, 2016. It takes place during the events of Tokyo Ghoul :re, focusing on the Quinx, CCG, and other characters.

Anime[edit]

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Pierrot aired on Tokyo MX between July 4 and September 19, 2014.^{[1][5][12][13]} It also aired on TV Aichi, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, and Dlife. The opening theme song is «Unravel» by TK from Ling tosite Sigure and the ending theme is «The Saints» (聖者たち, «Seijatachi») by People in the Box.^[14] Funimation has licensed the anime series in North America.^[15] A second season, titled Tokyo Ghoul √A (read as «Root A»), aired in Japan between January 9 and March 27, 2015.^[16][17] The opening theme song is «Munou» (無能, Munō, lit. «Incompetence») by Österreich, while the ending theme is «Kisetsu wa Tsugitsugi Shinde Iku» (季節は次々死んでいく, lit. «The seasons will die out, one after another») by Amazarashi.^[14] «Glassy Sky» («Glassy sky above, As long as I’m alive, you will be a part of me») is an insert song in this season, which is a first English song written by Yutaka Yamada in Tokyo Ghoul. On March 10, 2017, it was announced that the anime will premiere on Adult Swim’s Saturday late-night action programming block, Toonami starting on March 25.^[18] Madman Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series in Australia and New Zealand, and simulcasted it on AnimeLab.^[19] Anime Limited licensed the series in the UK and Ireland,^[20] and later announced during MCM London Comic-Con that the series will be broadcast on Viceland UK.^[21]

An anime adaptation for Tokyo Ghoul:re was announced on October 5, 2017, and started airing on April 3, 2018.^[22] Toshinori Watanabe replaced Shuhei Morita as the director, while Chūji Mikasano returned to write scripts. Pierrot produced the animation, while Pierrot+ is credited for animation assistance. Atsuko Nakajima replaced Kazuhiro Miwa as the character designer.^[23] The opening theme of the first season is «Asphyxia» by Cö shu Nie and the ending theme is «Half» by Queen Bee.^[24][25] The series aired in two seasons, with the first 12 episodes airing from April 3 to June 19, 2018,^[26] and the second season airing from October 9 to December 25, 2018.^[27][28] The opening theme of the second season is «Katharsis» by TK from Ling tosite Sigure, and the ending theme of the second season is «Rakuen no Kimi» (楽園の君) by Österreich.^[28][29]

Video games[edit]

A video game titled Tokyo Ghoul: Carnaval ∫ Color by Bandai Namco Games was released in Japan for Android smartphones on February 6, 2015,^[30] and on February 9 for iOS.^[31] The player builds a team from a number of ghoul and investigator characters and explores a 3D map.^[32] Another video game titled Tokyo Ghoul: Jail for the PlayStation Vita console was released on October 1, 2015. It is set to introduce a new protagonist by the name of Rio, who will interact with characters from the manga/anime. The game was developed by Bandai Namco Games as well and is categorized as an adventure RPG where players will be able to explore Tokyo’s 23 wards.^[33] The mobile game Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War focuses on the conflict between ghouls and the CCG that terrorizes the city of Tokyo.^[34] In the June 2018 edition of V-Jump it was revealed that a new game, titled Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist, was released in 2019.^[35]

Live-action films[edit]

A live-action film based on the manga was released in Japan on July 29, 2017. Kentarō Hagiwara directed the film. The cast included Masataka Kubota for the role of protagonist Ken Kaneki and Fumika Shimizu for the role of Touka Kirishima.^[36] Yū Aoi was cast as Rize Kamishiro, Nobuyuki Suzuki played Kotaro Amon and Yo Oizumi played Kureo Mado.^[37] A sequel film titled Tokyo Ghoul S was released in Japan on July 19, 2019, with Maika Yamamoto replacing Fumika Shimizu as Touka Kirishima, and Shota Matsuda joining the cast as Shuu Tsukiyama.^[38]

Reception[edit]

Tokyo Ghoul was nominated for the 38th Kodansha Manga Award in 2014.^[39] Tokyo Ghoul was chosen as one of the Best Manga at the Comic-Con International Best & Worst Manga of 2016.^[40] The Young Adult Library Services Association in the United States named the series one of its «Great Graphic Novels for Teens» and «Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults» in 2017.^[41][42] In 2018, it was nominated for the 30th Harvey Award for Best Manga.^[43] On TV Asahi’s Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150.000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Tokyo Ghoul ranked 41st.^[44]

Tokyo Ghoul was the 27th best-selling manga series in Japan in 2013, with 1.6 million estimated sales. As of January 2014, the manga had sold around 2.6 million copies.^[45][46][47] It was the fourth best-selling manga series in Japan in 2014, with 6.9 million copies sold.^[48] The whole original series sold over 12 million copies.^[49] The sequel series, Tokyo Ghoul:re sold over 3.7 million copies in Japan during its debut year in 2015,^[50] and 4.3 million copies in 2016.^[51] It was the fifth best-selling manga series in 2017 with sales of over 5.3 million copies.^[52] It was the tenth best-selling manga series in 2018 with 3.2 million copies sold.^[53] Both series combined for over 24 million copies in circulation by June 2017,^[54] and they had 34 million copies in print worldwide as of January 2018.^[55] As of July 2018, both manga had 37 million in print.^[56] From December 2017 to December 2018, the franchise sold 2.3 billion yen, and was ranked at 16th place as one of the top-selling media franchises in Japan.^[57] As of March 3, 2019, both manga had 44 million copies in print.^[58] As of January 21, 2021, both manga had over 47 million copies in print.^[59]

On June 12, 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Culture listed Tokyo Ghoul √A among 38 anime and manga titles banned in China.^[60] In February 2021, it was reported that the series, along with Death Note and Inuyashiki, was banned from distribution on two unspecified websites in Russia.^[61] However, the Tokyo Ghoul series became unavailable for Russian audiences from March 2022 after Russia invaded its neighboring Ukraine. As a result, Sony, who distributes the series via Crunchyroll, has closed down its Wakanim and Crunchyroll EMEA services in the country, in line with global sanctions and boycotts.^[62]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Tokyo Ghoul official manga website at Weekly Young Jump (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Ghoul official anime website (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Ghoul official manga website at Viz Media
• Tokyo Ghoul (manga) at Anime News Network’s encyclopedia

Tokyo Ghoul (東京喰種(トーキョーグール), Tōkyō Kushu (Tōkyō Gūru), обычно переводится на русский как «Токийский гуль») – манга под авторством Ишиды Суи. Выпускалась с сентября 2011 года в журнале Weekly Young Jump издательства Shueisha. Была завершена в сентябре 2014. В том же году вышла аниме адаптация и продолжение «Tokyo Ghoul:re».

Сюжет

В Токио возле небоскреба Такада происходит странное убийство. Благодаря уликам, найденным на месте преступления, следователи заключают, что это дело рук гулей, «питающихся» в данном районе. Молодым студентам и закадычным друзьям Канеки и Хиде приходит в голову мысль, что на самом дели гули выглядят как обычные люди, поэтому их так сложно вычислить. Однако они даже не подозревают, насколько верна их теория.

Оглавление манги

Названия глав манги имеют, как правило, альтернативное значение, основанное на ином прочтении японских иероглифов и словесной игре.

Тома

#	Дата выхода	ISBN	Том
1	Февраль 17, 2012	978-4-08-879272-9	Том 1
Список глав: Глава 1: Трагедия Глава 2: Странное явление Глава 3: Ужасный Глава 4: Кофе Глава 5: Первое Кормление Глава 6: Инстинкт Глава 7: Обман Глава 8: Коготь Глава 9: Перерождение	Персонажи на обложке: Кен Канеки
2	Март 19, 2012	978-4-08-879291-0	Том 2
Список глав: Глава 10: Начало Глава 11: Маска Глава 12: Поручение Глава 13: Белый голубь Глава 14: Ливень Глава 15: Семейные узы Глава 16: Слабость Глава 17: Кроличья маска Глава 18: Бесполезный Глава 19: Подвал	Персонажи на обложке: Тоука Киришима
3	Июнь 19, 2012	978-4-08-879357-3	Том 3
Список глав: Глава 20: Белые врата Глава 21: Скорбь Глава 22: Газета Глава 23: Исчезновение Глава 24: Скрытый клинок Глава 25: Просветление Глава 26: Противник Глава 27: Троица Глава 28: Цикл Глава 29: Мадо	Персонажи на обложке: Хинами Фуэгучи
4	Сентябрь 19, 2012	978-4-08-879420-4	Том 4
Список глав: Глава 30: Горечь Глава 31: Йорико Глава 32: Деликатес Глава 33: Лесть Глава 34: Скольжение Глава 35: Одинокая битва Глава 36: Предварительный сговор Глава 37: Ужин Глава 38: Разделка Глава 39: Трапеза	Персонажи на обложке: Шу Цукияма
5	Декабрь 19, 2012	978-4-08-879478-5	Том 5
Список глав: Глава 40: Приглашения Глава 41: Лунный свет Глава 42: Кюретаж Глава 43: Шрам Глава 44: Воплощение Глава 45: Черное крыло Глава 46: Факел Экстра Ризе Глава 47: Псевдоним Глава 48: Ушная косточка	Персонажи на обложке: Ризе Камиширо
6	Январь 18, 2013	978-4-08-879498-3	Том 6
Список глав: Глава 49: Запертая птица Глава 50: Банджо Глава 51: Приказ Глава 52: Добыча Глава 53: Лекция Глава 54: Аогири Глава 55: План Глава 56: Неприятие Глава 57: Побег Глава 58: Ухмылка	Персонажи на обложке: Джузо Сузуя
7	Апрель 19, 2013	978-4-08-879546-1	Том 7
Список глав: Глава 59: Закрыто Глава 60: Воодушевление Глава 61: Тусклый свет Глава 62: Канеки Глава 63: Гуль Глава 64: Скука Глава 65: Какуджа Глава 66: Вырезка Глава 67: Вина Глава 68: Случайная встреча	Персонажи на обложке: Кен Канеки
8	Июль 19, 2013	978-4-08-879613-0	Том 8
Список глав: Глава 69: Тот день Глава 70: Сестра и брат Глава 71: Двое Глава 72: Неполноценный Глава 73: Искра Глава 74: Упорство Глава 75: Секрет Глава 76: Сигнал Глава 77: Седьмое здание Глава 78: Диверсия Глава 79: Новый свет	Персонажи на обложке: Аято Киришима Тоука Киришима
9	Октябрь 18, 2013	978-4-08-879652-9	Том 9
Список глав: Глава 80: Повышение Глава 81: Подчиненный Глава 82: Эксперт Глава 83: Священник Глава 84: Появление Глава 85: Один глаз Глава 86: Посетитель Глава 87: Слух Глава 88: Нестабильность Глава 89: Уловка	Персонажи на обложке: Акира Мадо
10	Январь 17, 2014	978-4-08-879807-3	Том 10
Список глав: Глава 90: Поиски Глава 91: Стойкость Глава 92: Леди Глава 93: Приманка Глава 94: Намерения Глава 95: Временная резиденция Глава 96: Спуск Глава 97: Убывающая луна Глава 98: Глубины Глава 99: Неизвестный Глава 100: Сколопендра	Персонажи на обложке: Наки
11	Апрель 18, 2014	978-4-08-879809-7	Том 11
Список глав: Глава 101: Гибрид Глава 102: Белый и черный Глава 103: Колючее бритье Глава 104: Газ Глава 105: Боку-Ваташи Глава 106: Амнистия Глава 107: Дыра Глава 108: Искусственный Глава 109: Повешенный Глава 110: Возвращение Глава 111: Путь	Персонажи на обложке: Кен Канеки
12	Июнь 19, 2014	978-4-0-8879859-2	Том 12
Список глав: Глава 112: Гашение света Глава 113: Расправленные крылья Глава 114: Сплетение Глава 115: Осколки Глава 116: Вторая встреча Глава 117: Сухое поле Глава 118: Открытие Глава 119: Старые воспоминания Глава 120: Проницаемость Глава 121: Цель	Персонажи на обложке: Ута
13	Август 20, 2014	978-4-08-879887-5	Том 13
Список глав: Глава 122: Желтый колокольчик Глава 123: Тыл Глава 124: Манера речи Глава 125: Расколотое небо Глава 126: Первородный грех Глава 127: Прочная граница Глава 128: Улицы и надежды Глава 129: Искусство игры Глава 130: Одержимость победой Глава 131: Обновленная цель Глава 132: Церемония открытия	Персонажи на обложке: Кишо Арима
14	Октябрь 17, 2014	978-4-08-890031-5	Том 14
Список глав: Глава 133: Сокрушающая масса Глава 134: Опускающаяся трагедия Глава 135: Последний дождь Глава 136: Сокрытая тюрьма Глава 137: Цветочное поле Глава 138: Гниющие трупы Глава 139: Ужасный беспорядок Глава 140: Отрезанный голос Глава 141: Следы младенца Глава 142: Пир и игра Глава 143: Кен	Персонажи на обложке: Кен Канеки

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Tokyo Ghoul
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Ken Kaneki
東京喰種（トーキョーグール） (Tōkyō Gūru)
Genre	Dark fantasy[1] Supernatural thriller[2]
Manga
Written by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Imprint	Young Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 8, 2011 – September 18, 2014
Volumes	14 (List of volumes)
Further information Light novel Written by Shin Towada Illustrated by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha English publisher NA Viz Media Imprint JUMP j-BOOKS Demographic Male Original run July 19, 2013 – December 19, 2014 Volumes 3 (List of volumes) Manga Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] Written by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha English publisher NA Viz Media Imprint Young Jump Comics Digital Magazine Jump Live Demographic Seinen Original run August 2013 – September 2013 Volumes 1 (List of volumes) Anime television series Directed by Shuhei Morita Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Original network Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife English network UK Viceland US Adult Swim (Toonami) Original run July 4, 2014 – September 19, 2014 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Manga Tokyo Ghoul:re Written by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha English publisher NA Viz Media Imprint Young Jump Comics Magazine Weekly Young Jump Demographic Seinen Original run October 16, 2014 – July 5, 2018 Volumes 16 (List of volumes) Anime television series Tokyo Ghoul √A Directed by Shuhei Morita Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Original network Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife, MRO English network UK Viceland US Adult Swim (Toonami) Original run January 9, 2015 – March 27, 2015 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Original video animation Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] Directed by Sōichi Shimada Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Released September 30, 2015 Runtime 30 minutes Original video animation Tokyo Ghoul: PINTO Directed by Tadahito Matsubayashi Produced by Ken Hagino Hajime Maruyama Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Sōichi Shimada Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] UK Anime Limited Released December 25, 2015 Runtime 24 minutes Light novel Tokyo Ghoul:re Written by Shin Towada Illustrated by Sui Ishida Published by Shueisha Imprint JUMP j-BOOKS Demographic Male Published December 19, 2016 Anime television series Tokyo Ghoul:re Directed by Toshinori Watanabe Produced by Ken Hagino Yoshito Danno Hidetada Soga Written by Chūji Mikasano Music by Yutaka Yamada Studio Pierrot Licensed by Crunchyroll[a] SEA Medialink UK Anime Limited Original network Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TVA, TVQ, BS11 English network UK Viceland Original run April 3, 2018 – December 25, 2018 Episodes 24 (List of episodes) Live-action film Tokyo Ghoul Tokyo Ghoul S Video games Tokyo Ghoul: Carnaval ∫ Color (2015) Tokyo Ghoul: Jail (2015) Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War (2016) Tokyo Ghoul: re Invoke (2017) Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist (2019)

Tokyo Ghoul (Japanese: 東京喰種（トーキョーグール）, Hepburn: Tōkyō Gūru) is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha’s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from September 2011 to September 2014, and was collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes. A prequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack], ran online on Jump Live in 2013 and was collected in a single tankōbon volume. A sequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul:re, was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from October 2014 to July 2018, and was collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes. The story is set in a world where vicious species, known as ghouls, creatures that look like normal people but can only survive by eating human flesh, live among the human population in secrecy.

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot, aired on Tokyo MX from July to September 2014. A 12-episode second season, titled Tokyo Ghoul √A (pronounced Tokyo Ghoul Root A), which follows an original story, aired from January to March 2015. A live-action film based on the manga was released in Japan in July 2017, with a sequel being released in July 2019. An anime adaptation based on the sequel manga, Tokyo Ghoul:re, aired for two seasons; the first from April to June 2018, and the second from October to December 2018. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for an English release, while Funimation licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution.

As of January 2021, Tokyo Ghoul had over 47 million copies in circulation worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.

Synopsis[edit]

Setting[edit]

Tokyo Ghoul is set in an alternate reality where ghouls, creatures that look like normal people but can only survive by eating human flesh, live among the human population in secrecy, hiding their true nature in order to evade pursuit from the authorities. Ghouls have powers including enhanced strength and regenerative abilities — a regular ghoul produces 4–7 times more kinetic energy in their muscles than a normal human; they also have several times the RC cells, a cell that flows like blood and can become solid instantly. A ghoul’s skin is resistant to ordinary piercing weapons, and it has at least one special predatory organ called a kagune (Japanese: 赫子), which it can manifest and use as a weapon during combat. Another distinctive trait of ghouls is that when they are excited or hungry, the color of their sclera in both eyes turns black and their irises red. This mutation is known as kakugan (赫眼, «red eye»).

A half-ghoul can either be born naturally as a ghoul and a human’s offspring, or artificially created by transplanting some ghoul organs into a human. In both cases, a half-ghoul is usually much stronger than a pure-blood ghoul. In the case of a half-ghoul, only one of the eyes undergoes the «red eye» transformation. Natural born half-ghouls are very rare, and creating half-ghouls artificially initially has a low success rate. There is also the case of half-humans, hybrids of ghouls and humans that can feed like normal humans and lack a Kagune while possessing enhanced abilities, like increased speed and reaction speed, but shortened lifespans. Naturally born half-ghouls can also eat like normal humans or full ghouls.

Plot[edit]

The story follows Ken Kaneki, a student who barely survives a deadly encounter with Rize Kamishiro, his date who reveals herself as a ghoul and tries to eat him. He is taken to the hospital in critical condition. After recovering, Kaneki discovers that he underwent a surgery that transformed him into a half-ghoul. This was accomplished because some of Rize’s organs were transferred into his body, and now, like normal ghouls, he must consume human flesh to survive. Ghouls who run a coffee shop called «Anteiku» (あんていく) take him in and teach him to deal with his new life as a half-ghoul. Some of his daily struggles include fitting into the ghoul society, as well as keeping his identity hidden from his human companions, especially from his best friend, Hideyoshi Nagachika.

The prequel series Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] follows the youths of Kishō Arima and Taishi Fura, two characters from the main series who become acquainted when they join forces to investigate the death of Taishi’s friend at the hands of a ghoul, leading to Taishi eventually following Arima’s path and joining the CCG (Commission of Counter Ghoul), the federal agency tasked into dealing with crimes related to ghouls as well.

The sequel series Tokyo Ghoul:re follows an amnesiac Kaneki under the new identity of Haise Sasaki (the result of horrific brain damage sustained from Kishō Arima). He is the mentor of a special team of CCG investigators called «Quinx Squad» that underwent a similar procedure as his, allowing them to obtain the special abilities of Ghouls in order to fight them but still being able to live as normal humans.

Media[edit]

Manga[edit]

Tokyo Ghoul is written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It began serialization in 2011’s 41st issue of the seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha on September 8, 2011,^[3] and the final chapter appeared in 2014’s 42nd issue, released on September 18, 2014.^[4][5] The series has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes, released under Shueisha’s Young Jump Comics imprint between February 17, 2012,^[6] and October 17, 2014.^[7] The series has been licensed for an English release by Viz Media and the first volume was released on June 16, 2015.^[8]

In 2013, a prequel spin-off manga titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] was released on Jump Live digital manga. The story spans 7 chapters and focuses on Arima Kishō and Taishi Fura 12 years before the events of Tokyo Ghoul. The manga features several characters from the main series including the above stated Kishō Arima, Taishi Fura, and future key characters Itsuki Marude and Yakumo «Yamori» Ōmori. It was compiled into a tankōbon volume published digitally by Shueisha on October 18, 2013.^[9]

On October 17, 2014, a full-color illustration book known as Tokyo Ghoul Zakki was released along with the 14th and final volume of the manga. Zakki includes all promotional images, Volume covers and unreleased concept art with commentary by the creator Sui Ishida.

A sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul:re began serialization in 2014’s 46th issue of Weekly Young Jump, published on October 16, 2014.^[10] The series is set 2 years after the end of the original series and introduces a new set of characters.^[11] This series was concluded on July 19, 2018, with Volume 16.

Light novels[edit]

Four light novels have been released thus far and all are written by Shin Towada, with illustrations done by series creator Sui Ishida. On June 19, 2013, Tokyo Ghoul: Days (東京喰種トーキョーグール［日々］, Tōkyō Gūru［Hibi］) was released, Illustrations were done by the series creator Sui Ishida and written by Shin Towada and serves as sidestory/spin off that focuses on the daily lives of characters from the Tokyo Ghoul series. Tokyo Ghoul: Void (東京喰種トーキョーグール［空白］, Tōkyō Gūru［Kūhaku］) was released on June 19, 2014, and fills in the 6 month time gap between volumes 8 and 9 of the first series.

The third novel Tokyo Ghoul: Past (東京喰種トーキョーグール［昔日］, Tōkyō Gūru［Sekijitsu］) was released on December 19, 2014. Past takes place before the events of the main series and focuses on the further backstory of certain Tokyo Ghoul characters, including Touka Kirishima, Ayato Kirishima, and series protagonist Ken Kaneki. The fourth novel, Tokyo Ghoul:re: quest (東京喰種：re［quest］, Tōkyō Gūru:re: quest) was released on December 19, 2016. It takes place during the events of Tokyo Ghoul :re, focusing on the Quinx, CCG, and other characters.

Anime[edit]

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Pierrot aired on Tokyo MX between July 4 and September 19, 2014.^{[1][5][12][13]} It also aired on TV Aichi, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, and Dlife. The opening theme song is «Unravel» by TK from Ling tosite Sigure and the ending theme is «The Saints» (聖者たち, «Seijatachi») by People in the Box.^[14] Funimation has licensed the anime series in North America.^[15] A second season, titled Tokyo Ghoul √A (read as «Root A»), aired in Japan between January 9 and March 27, 2015.^[16][17] The opening theme song is «Munou» (無能, Munō, lit. «Incompetence») by Österreich, while the ending theme is «Kisetsu wa Tsugitsugi Shinde Iku» (季節は次々死んでいく, lit. «The seasons will die out, one after another») by Amazarashi.^[14] «Glassy Sky» («Glassy sky above, As long as I’m alive, you will be a part of me») is an insert song in this season, which is a first English song written by Yutaka Yamada in Tokyo Ghoul. On March 10, 2017, it was announced that the anime will premiere on Adult Swim’s Saturday late-night action programming block, Toonami starting on March 25.^[18] Madman Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series in Australia and New Zealand, and simulcasted it on AnimeLab.^[19] Anime Limited licensed the series in the UK and Ireland,^[20] and later announced during MCM London Comic-Con that the series will be broadcast on Viceland UK.^[21]

An anime adaptation for Tokyo Ghoul:re was announced on October 5, 2017, and started airing on April 3, 2018.^[22] Toshinori Watanabe replaced Shuhei Morita as the director, while Chūji Mikasano returned to write scripts. Pierrot produced the animation, while Pierrot+ is credited for animation assistance. Atsuko Nakajima replaced Kazuhiro Miwa as the character designer.^[23] The opening theme of the first season is «Asphyxia» by Cö shu Nie and the ending theme is «Half» by Queen Bee.^[24][25] The series aired in two seasons, with the first 12 episodes airing from April 3 to June 19, 2018,^[26] and the second season airing from October 9 to December 25, 2018.^[27][28] The opening theme of the second season is «Katharsis» by TK from Ling tosite Sigure, and the ending theme of the second season is «Rakuen no Kimi» (楽園の君) by Österreich.^[28][29]

Video games[edit]

A video game titled Tokyo Ghoul: Carnaval ∫ Color by Bandai Namco Games was released in Japan for Android smartphones on February 6, 2015,^[30] and on February 9 for iOS.^[31] The player builds a team from a number of ghoul and investigator characters and explores a 3D map.^[32] Another video game titled Tokyo Ghoul: Jail for the PlayStation Vita console was released on October 1, 2015. It is set to introduce a new protagonist by the name of Rio, who will interact with characters from the manga/anime. The game was developed by Bandai Namco Games as well and is categorized as an adventure RPG where players will be able to explore Tokyo’s 23 wards.^[33] The mobile game Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War focuses on the conflict between ghouls and the CCG that terrorizes the city of Tokyo.^[34] In the June 2018 edition of V-Jump it was revealed that a new game, titled Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist, was released in 2019.^[35]

Live-action films[edit]

A live-action film based on the manga was released in Japan on July 29, 2017. Kentarō Hagiwara directed the film. The cast included Masataka Kubota for the role of protagonist Ken Kaneki and Fumika Shimizu for the role of Touka Kirishima.^[36] Yū Aoi was cast as Rize Kamishiro, Nobuyuki Suzuki played Kotaro Amon and Yo Oizumi played Kureo Mado.^[37] A sequel film titled Tokyo Ghoul S was released in Japan on July 19, 2019, with Maika Yamamoto replacing Fumika Shimizu as Touka Kirishima, and Shota Matsuda joining the cast as Shuu Tsukiyama.^[38]

Reception[edit]

Tokyo Ghoul was nominated for the 38th Kodansha Manga Award in 2014.^[39] Tokyo Ghoul was chosen as one of the Best Manga at the Comic-Con International Best & Worst Manga of 2016.^[40] The Young Adult Library Services Association in the United States named the series one of its «Great Graphic Novels for Teens» and «Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults» in 2017.^[41][42] In 2018, it was nominated for the 30th Harvey Award for Best Manga.^[43] On TV Asahi’s Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150.000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Tokyo Ghoul ranked 41st.^[44]

Tokyo Ghoul was the 27th best-selling manga series in Japan in 2013, with 1.6 million estimated sales. As of January 2014, the manga had sold around 2.6 million copies.^[45][46][47] It was the fourth best-selling manga series in Japan in 2014, with 6.9 million copies sold.^[48] The whole original series sold over 12 million copies.^[49] The sequel series, Tokyo Ghoul:re sold over 3.7 million copies in Japan during its debut year in 2015,^[50] and 4.3 million copies in 2016.^[51] It was the fifth best-selling manga series in 2017 with sales of over 5.3 million copies.^[52] It was the tenth best-selling manga series in 2018 with 3.2 million copies sold.^[53] Both series combined for over 24 million copies in circulation by June 2017,^[54] and they had 34 million copies in print worldwide as of January 2018.^[55] As of July 2018, both manga had 37 million in print.^[56] From December 2017 to December 2018, the franchise sold 2.3 billion yen, and was ranked at 16th place as one of the top-selling media franchises in Japan.^[57] As of March 3, 2019, both manga had 44 million copies in print.^[58] As of January 21, 2021, both manga had over 47 million copies in print.^[59]

On June 12, 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Culture listed Tokyo Ghoul √A among 38 anime and manga titles banned in China.^[60] In February 2021, it was reported that the series, along with Death Note and Inuyashiki, was banned from distribution on two unspecified websites in Russia.^[61] However, the Tokyo Ghoul series became unavailable for Russian audiences from March 2022 after Russia invaded its neighboring Ukraine. As a result, Sony, who distributes the series via Crunchyroll, has closed down its Wakanim and Crunchyroll EMEA services in the country, in line with global sanctions and boycotts.^[62]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Tokyo Ghoul official manga website at Weekly Young Jump (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Ghoul official anime website (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Ghoul official manga website at Viz Media
• Tokyo Ghoul (manga) at Anime News Network’s encyclopedia

Tokyo Ghoul
東京喰種-トーキョーグール- (Tōkyō Gūru)
Genre	Dark Fantasy
Manga
Written by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	Viz Media
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Original run	September 8, 2011 – September 18, 2014
Volumes	14 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Shuhei Morita
Written by	Chūji Mikasano
Music by	Yutaka Yamada
Studio	Pierrot
Licensed by	Madman Entertainment, Funimation, Anime Limited
Network	Tokyo MX, TVA, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife
Original run	July 4, 2014 – September 19, 2014
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Manga
Tokyo Ghoul: JACK
Written by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shounen
Magazine	Jump Live
Original run	August 2013 – October 2013
Light novel
Tokyo Ghoul: Hibi (Days)
Written by	Shin Towada
Illustrated by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
Published	July 19, 2013
Volumes	1 (List of volumes)
Light novel
Tokyo Ghoul: Kuhaku (Empty Days)
Written by	Shin Towada
Illustrated by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
Published	June 19, 2014
Volumes	1
Light novel
Tokyo Ghoul: Sekijitsu (Old Days)
Written by	Shin Towada
Illustrated by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
Published	December 19, 2014
Volumes	1
Manga
Tokyo Ghoul:re
Written by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Original run	October 16, 2014 – July 5, 2018
Volumes	16 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Tokyo Ghoul √A
Directed by	Shuhei Morita
Written by	Chūji Mikasano
Music by	Yutaka Yamada
Studio	Pierrot
Licensed by	Madman Entertainment, Funimation
Network	Tokyo MX, TVA, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife, MRO
Original run	January 8, 2015 – March 26, 2015
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
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Tokyo Ghoul (Japanese: 東京喰種-トーキョーグール- Hepburn: Tōkyō Gūru^?) is a manga series by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump between September 2011 and September 2014 and has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes as of August 2014. A sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul:re began serialization in the same magazine in October 2014 and a prequel titled Tokyo Ghoul: JACK is running online on Jump Live. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by studio Pierrot aired on Tokyo MX between July and September 2014 and a 12 episode second season titled Tokyo Ghoul √A, started airing on January 8, 2015. Funimation has licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution in North America. The series was obtained by Madman Entertainment for digital distribution in Australia and New Zealand.

Plot[]

The story of Tokyo Ghoul follows Ken Kaneki, who barely survives a deadly encounter with Rize Kamishiro, a woman who reveals herself as a ghoul, a human-like creature that hunts and devours human flesh, and is taken to the hospital in critical condition. After recovering, Kaneki discovers that somehow he underwent a surgery that transformed him into a half-ghoul, and just like them, must consume human flesh to survive as well. With no one else to turn to, he is taken in by the ghouls who manage the coffee shop «Anteiku», who teach him to deal with his new life as a half-human/half-ghoul, including interacting with ghoul society and its conflicting factions, while striving to keep his identity secret from other humans.^[1]

The prequel series Tokyo Ghoul: JACK follows the youths of Kishou Arima and Taishi Fura, two characters from the main series who become acquainted when they join forces to investigate the death of Taishi’s friend by the hands of a ghoul, leading to Taishi eventually following Arima’s path and joining the CCG (Commission of Counter Ghoul), the federal agency tasked into dealing with crimes related to ghouls as well.

The sequel series Tokyo Ghoul:re follows an amnesiac Kaneki under the new identity of Haise Sasaki, the leader of a special team of CCG investigators called «Quinx Squad», that underwent a similar procedure as his, allowing them to obtain the special abilities of Ghouls in order to fight them, but still being able to live as normal humans.

Characters[]

Main characters[]

Ken Kaneki (金木 研 Kaneki Ken^?) / Haise Sasaki (佐々木 琲世 Sasaki Haise^?)

Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae^[2][3] (Japanese), Austin Tindle^[4] (English)

The protagonist of the story, he is a 19 year old university freshman that receives an organ transplant from Rize, who was trying to kill him before she was struck by a fallen i-beam and seemingly killed. After the operation he develops ghoul like tendencies and characteristics, and his rationality begins to wane. As one that is now both ghoul and human he struggles to keep his ghoul identity secret, always fighting against his ghoul side while trying to continue to live like a normal human. He later works as a waiter for Anteiku under Yoshimura’s guidance. After his fight with Amon he gains the name «Eye Patch» because of his mask’s design and becomes somewhat famous after a ghoul saw him defeating the investigator. He loves to read and is normally quiet and reserved but can be calculating when fighting. He has a bad trait of easily trusting strangers which sometimes puts him in life threatening situations. After being kidnapped by the ghoul run organization known as Aogiri Tree, he is mercilessly tortured by a sadistic ghoul and later develops similar traits like his torturer. While being tortured he has hallucinations of Rize as she mocks him about his mother which leads to him finally embracing his inner ghoul, leading him to become a ruthless Anti Hero. His view on strength changes and he goes on a power hungry path by cannibalizing other ghouls in order to get stronger. The continued cannibalization led him to become a half kakuja, where he develops a centipede shaped kagune and gains the alias «Centipede».

Ken is ultimately defeated and captured by Arima, and with no memories of his past, is given the new identity of Haise Sasaki, member and ace of the Mado Squad, and mentor of the Quinx Squad, a special unit composed of half ghouls like him. Despite having a new identity, Haise still retains some traits from his former self, like the love for reading and the determination to protect his companions with his life. When pressured to the limit, Haise has glimpses of his former self and unlocks his powers as a ghoul, forcing the CCG to strike him with RC suppressors to calm him down. Haise has an interest in gaining back his memories, but fears that he will lose his current memories with all his new friends and personality if he does.

Kishō Arima (有馬 貴将 Arima Kishō^?)

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa^[3]

The protagonist of Tokyo Ghoul: JACK and a co protagonist of Tokyo Ghoul:re, he is a famed Special Class Ghoul Investigator known as the CCG’s Reaper (CCGの死神 CCG no Shinigami^?). He is always seen wearing his glasses, with his face kept in an apathetic expression, rarely showing any emotion if not at all. Arima was hailed as a genius within the CCG, stemming from his affiliation with the organization since his teens and quickly rising to the top. Fighting with multiple quinques, he is strong enough to defeat Ghouls that are too strong to be defeated by anyone else in the force. After defeating Ken, he takes him under his guard while he’s under the new identity of Haise Sasaki and becomes his mentor, with orders to kill him should he go out of control.

Taishi Fura (富良 太志 Fura Taishi^?)

The other protagonist of Tokyo Ghoul: JACK, Taishi is a First Class Ghoul Investigator. Fura, as a teenager, attended Seishin Senior Highschool along with Arima. Though he never liked school, he usually went shopping and did all the housework, since his mother never did. He had two childhood friends; Ryou, with whom he played baseball and Aki, a girl whom he had a crush on. When Ryou associated himself with a gang of bikers, this lead to his death, as he was stabbed by the Kagune of a killer ghoul, «Lantern,» whom Arima was currently investigating. Witnessing his friend’s tragic death, Fura grew heated for vengeance, and pleaded with Arima to help with his investigation, wanting to know about ghouls right away. Thus, he eventually undertook the career of Ghoul Investigation.

Ghouls[]

Tōka Kirishima (霧嶋 董香 Kirishima Tōka^?)

Voiced by: Sora Amamiya^[2][3] (Japanese), Brina Palencia^[4] (English)

A sixteen-year-old ghoul of the 20th ward, that works part-time as a waitress in Anteiku and attends high school. She blends in well with human society and believes that keeping one’s ghoul identity is of top most priority. She is sometimes vindictive and is usually a very rash and reckless individual with violent tendencies, stemming from the fugitive life she had to live after CCG killed her father when she was very young. She later becomes Ken’s training partner, and their movements become in synch when fighting as a team. She is a good fighter and is more than a match for either Shū Tsukiyama or Nishiki Nishio on even grounds, though not nearly as strong as Renji. She later comes to be known as «Rabbit» after her attack on some investigators, killing one of them in the process. She takes up the role as Hinami’s guardian after her parents are killed by investigators. Touka has demonstrated that she has good resolve and is very self-aware. After killing an investigator in revenge for Hinami’s mother death she comments on how a murderer like herself should die, knowing that murder for revenge is wrong. In spite of her overall harsh personality she can be very kind and helpful and takes her job as apart of the Anteiku stability team very seriously, helping ghouls that can’t help themselves. She also has a younger brother that has joined Aogiri Tree. She appears to have Ornithophobia. After the time-skip, she reappears running a new coffee shop called «:re» with Renji.

Rize Kamishiro (神代 利世 Kamishiro Rize^?)

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa^[2][3] (Japanese), Monica Rial^[4] (English)

Rize is a girl with glasses that Ken encounters, who tries to eat him after luring him out on a date with her. Parts of her body are transplanted into Ken after she is struck by a fallen i-beam. Before the i-beam incident Rize was a very powerful, fearless and merciless ghoul, often preventing other ghouls from hunting in areas she stole from them. She came to the 20th ward, after wreaking havoc in the 11th ward attracting the Anti Ghoul Investigators to it. Before leaving she killed the ghouls that were in charge and caused a shift in power. She is known as the «Binge Eater» by investigators and like Ken she was very fond of reading. Originally believed to be killed during her encounter with Ken, later it is revealed that she is still alive and her body was used to produce materials for Ghoul/Human experiments by Dr. Kanou, and Ken’s transformation into a ghoul was the result of one of them.

Shū Tsukiyama (月山 習 Tsukiyama Shū^?)

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano^[2][3] (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum^[4] (English)

He’s one of the most troublesome ghouls of the 20th ward to the point where even some ghouls wouldn’t get involved with him. He is known as the «Gourmet» by investigators and is one of the most difficult ghouls to capture. He is a part of the «Ghoul Restaurant» under the alias MM. He is a very powerful, cunning, smug, and fashionable ghoul and was also an acquaintance of Rize. Like both Ken and Rize he is an avid reader. He sometimes says words or phrases in either English, Spanish, French or Italian and develops an obsession for Ken, because of his seemingly unique quality of being human and ghoul. He is very athletic and proficient in martial arts. After being apart of Kaneki’s team post-Aogiri he considers himself Kaneki’s best friend, whether he still sees Kaneki as food or really views him as a friend is not clear.

Yoshimura (芳村^?)

Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo^[2][3]

The manager of Anteiku, he is a very kind and reasonable ghoul that provides aid and food to ghouls that are incapable of hunting on their own like Ken and Hinami. He takes Ken in after he becomes a half-ghoul and teaches him the ways in which ghouls can blend in with humans. He also has a mysterious past related to Aogiri and an elusive organisation known as V. After Anteiku’s secret is exposed and the place is raided by the CCG, he is captured by his daughter, who is the only known natural born half-ghoul and part of the Aogiri Tree.

Hinami Fueguchi (笛口 雛実 Fueguchi Hinami^?)

Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi^[2][3] (Japanese), Lara Woodhull^[4] (English)

Hinami is a 13-14 year old ghoul that came to the 20th ward with her mother after her father was killed by ghoul investigators. She is very shy and yearns for knowledge as she isn’t allowed to go to school. She meets Ken in Anteiku and becomes attached to him, seeing him as an older brother after he helps her with learning Kanji. She begins living with Touka after her mother is killed by Kureo. She enjoys books from one of Ken’s favorite authors and loves learning new things. She is shown to have a heightened sense of smell, even more powerful than regular ghouls. In the sequel she is shown to be part of Aogiri Tree.

Nishiki Nishio (西尾 錦 Nishio Nishiki^?)

Voiced by: Shintarō Asanuma^[2][3] (Japanese), Eric Vale^[4] (English)

A ghoul that is a second year student that attends the same university as Ken. He is arrogant and hates it whenever his juniors talk back to him. He is very territorial and is hostile to other ghouls that invade his space. His hunting grounds were stolen from him by Rize after a fight which he lost and he tries to reclaim it after her death, but is stopped by Touka. He is a loner and fairly good fighter that even small groups of ghouls tend to avoid. Like Touka he blends in well with human society, he even has a human girlfriend and is well known at the university. After the time skip, he becomes a powerful S~rank ghoul known as «Serpent», and goes around hunting down and killing CCG investigators as well as other ghouls. He seems to have a great dislike towards both CCG and Aogiri Tree commenting that they are the same and disgusting for creating «fake» ghouls.

Renji Yomo (四方 蓮示 Yomo Renji^?)

Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura^[2] (Japanese), Phil Parsons^[5] (English)

Renji is quiet and reserved and usually helps Yoshimura out by collecting food for Anteiku. Before working behind the scenes for Anteiku, he used to have very violent tendencies much like how Touka is now and would often fight with Uta making the 4th ward uninhabitable. He is known to CCG as «Raven» due to his mask resembling the bird. Regardless of his cold demeanor he does genuinely care about those around him. He is good friends with Uta and Itori. He is later seen again with Touka apart of a new coffee shop named :re.

Uta (ウタ^?)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai^[2] (Japanese), Aaron Roberts^[5] (English)

A ghoul that owns Hysy ArtMask Studio, in the 4th ward, he makes masks for both ghouls and humans customers alike. Despite his appearance he is a very calm ghoul, and speaks very kindly, he is also close friends with Renji Yomo and Itori. He is known to CCG as «No Face», because of his mask’s design. In the past he would often get into fights with Yomo and this caused the 4th ward to become uninhabitable. He is later revealed to be apart of the Clowns, a mysterious group responsible for the accident that lead to Kaneki receiving Rize’s organs.

Commission of Counter Ghoul (CCG)[]

Kōtarō Amon (亜門 鋼太朗 Amon Kōtarō^?)

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi^[2][3] (Japanese), Mike McFarland^[4] (English)

He’s a Rank 1 Anti-Ghoul Investigator and was a partner of Kureo Mado up until his death which was when his partner was switched to Akira Mado up until he disappeared. When he was a little boy he used to live in an orphanage managed by the priest, Donato Porpora, until he found out that he was a ghoul killing his friends. He has a very strong sense of justice and believes that he must make this ‘Wrong World’ right by killing the ghouls whose murders create orphans, he is very dedicated to his job and begins to work even harder after Kureo is killed. He fought Ken but he lost; however, Ken let him go during their first encounter. Despite his initial hatred towards ghouls Amon has shown to be interested in Kaneki’s story and even after getting badly injured and losing his arm to Kaneki when they last meet, he refuses to die, so that Kaneki would not be prosecuted. After the events of the first manga, he was declared KIA after facing Tatara in battle when the Aogiri Tree came while the CCG fought against the One Eyed Owl. His true fate remains a mystery.

Hideyoshi Nagachika (永近 英良 Nagachika Hideyoshi^?)

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga^[2][3] (Japanese), Clifford Chapin^[4] (English)

Hideyoshi is Ken’s best friend, nicknamed «Hide». He has a sharp intuition, so much so that while Ken tried to keep his ghoul identity hidden from him, Hideyoshi seemed to know something is weird about his best friend. Hide has proven to be intelligent and very observant, even figuring out that Rabbit (Touka) was not Hinami like what CCG had first thought. He will also go to extreme lengths for those he cares about, like venturing to Aogiri’s hideout and putting a tracking device on the torturous Yomori. After Ken disappeared, Hideyoshi joined the Anti-Ghoul forces in order to learn about his whereabouts, eventually being promoted to Rookie Investigator and partnered with Kōtarō and Akira.

Kureo Mado (真戸 呉緒 Mado Kureo^?)

Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa^[3] (Japanese), Kenny Green (English)

He was an Anti-Ghoul Investigator with the rank of Senior Investigator and worked with Kōtarō to try to achieve his goal. A very experienced and ruthless fighter, he was more than a challenge even for the physically superior ghoul and always trusted his intuition, which was never wrong. His ultimate downfall came from the fact that he was obsessed with quinques (weapons made from the ghouls’ kagune) and while fighting Tōka and Hinami he let his guard down by his fascination with the latter, being killed by them. His daughter, Akira worked with his partner after his death. His goal was to get revenge on the «One-eyed Owl» ghoul for killing his wife.

Akira Mado (真戸 暁 Mado Akira^?)

Voiced by: Asami Seto (Japanese), Morgan Garrett (English)

Kureo’s daughter and a Ghoul Investigator like him, she became Kōtarō’s partner after her father’s death. She is an intelligent woman and seems to be always serious about work and her daily routine in general. Like her father, she has deep insight and intuition that helps her in investigation and determining what is going on around her while on the field. After Kōtarō was declared KIA, she became Haise’s team leader and the overseer of the Quinx Squad.

Jūzō Suzuya (鈴屋 什造 Suzuya Jūzō^?)

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya^[3] (Japanese), Maxey Whitehead (English)

A young boy with an androgynous appearance. He was raised by ghouls until he was taken in by the CCG. He was promoted to a ranked 2 investigator within a year, indicating that he’s very capable of exterminating ghouls. Jūzō is very independent and tends to not cooperate with his fellow comrades and superiors. His profiles says he likes candy, his Mama (the ghoul that raised him) and ghoul hunting. His behaviour is very childish and carefree and he his often seen talking with himself; he calls his other self Rei (his former name). In Tokyo Ghoul:re, Jūzō rises further in the CCG’s ranks and becomes leader of his own squad.

Yukinori Shinohara (篠原 幸紀 Shinohara Yukinori^?)

Voiced by: Yutaka Nakano^[3] (Japanese), Brandon Potter (English)

A Special Class Ghoul Investigator. He instructed Amon at the CCG Academy and later becomes Jūzō’s mentor. His quinque is a large butcher knife called the Demon Yamada 1.

Seidou Takizawa (滝澤 政道 Takizawa Seidō^?)

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana^[3] (Japanese), Micah Solusod (English)

A Rank 2 Ghoul Investigator that was Akira’s classmate and rival at the Academy. Deeply insecure, he had a tendency to bicker with Akira or Juuzou because of their superior abilities. He deeply admired Amon and defied orders out of concern for his safety, leading him into an ambush by members of Aogiri. He was mortally wounded by Noro, and declared KIA. In Tokyo Ghoul:re, he returns as a major antagonist after being turned into an One-Eyed Ghoul by Aogiri.

Kousuke Houji (法寺 項介 Houji Kousuke^?)

Voiced by: Shō Hayami

An Associate Special Class Investigator, and partner of Takizawa. He gained considerable fame for his exploits against the Clown Gang, and was recruited to work in China for some time. During this time, he eliminated a major Chinese gang and gained the hatred of Tatara.

Kuki Urie (瓜江 久生 Urie Kuki^?)

A Rank 2 Ghoul Investigator who was the Squad Leader of the Quinx Squad until he was replaced with Ginshi. Kuki often displays himself as a cool-headed individual, but is reckless and vicious when confronting Ghouls, as he hates them with a passion, as his father was a special class investigator in charge of the S3 squad, who ordered his team members to retreat while he stayed to fight the One-Eyed Owl to the death. This hate also extended to Haise after he discovered that he is a half-ghoul instead of just a Quinx.

Ginshi Shirazu (不知 吟士 Shirazu Ginshi^?)

A Rank 3 Ghoul Investigator and the Squad Leader of the Quinx Squad. Like most of his teammates, Ginshi is shown to have great respect for Haise. However, this doesn’t stop him from going out of his way to execute missions without Sasaki’s permission, and so he is constantly seen accompanying Urie, on dangerous assignments without support. His primary motive for joining the Quinx Squad is to get fast money for a yet unrevealed purpose, but his determination to help others earns him Haise’s respect, to the point of nominating him the new leader.

Tōru Mutsuki (六月 透 Mutsuki Tōru^?)

A Rank 3 Ghoul Investigator, Tōru was born female, but after losing his family to the Ghouls, requests the CCG to let him live as a man. Tōru struggles to keep his one eyed kakugan under control and has a recurring case of Anemia. Ironically, he feels repulsed when he comes in contact with blood. Despite that, he is the most diligent and reliable member of the team.

Saiko Yonebayashi (米林 才子 Yonebayashi Saiko^?)

A Rank 3 Ghoul Investigator, Saiko dislikes having to work, as she prefers having a peaceful and carefree life, playing video games and eating junk food excessively. She often oversleeps, which earns her the absence from most missions.

Aogiri Tree[]

Eto (エト^?)

Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto^[3] (Japanese), Lindsay Seidel (English)

A mysterious and child-like Ghoul that is one of the leaders of Aogiri. She is the half-human daughter of Yoshimura, and the infamous Ghoul known as the One-Eyed Owl (隻眼の梟 Sekigan no Fukurō^?). When she is not working with Aogiri, she lives under the human identity of Sen Takatsuki (高槻 泉 Takatsuki Sen^?), the author of Kaneki’s favorite horror novels.

Tatara (タタラ^?)

Voiced by: Koji Yusa (Japanese), Christopher Wehkamp (English)

The Second-in-Command of Aogiri, a cruel and cunning Ghoul with ties to mainland China.

Noro (ノロ^?)

A strange Ghoul noted for his enormous appetite and complete silence, he is almost always with Tatara. He possesses an unusual level of regeneration, allowing him to reattach his upper body when sliced in half.

Yakumo Oomori (大守 八雲 Ōmori Yakumo^?) / Yamori (ヤモリ lit. Gecko^?)

Voiced by: Rintarō Nishi^[3] (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)

A deranged Executive of Aogiri, nicknamed «Jason» due to his brutality and habit of wearing a hockey mask. While imprisoned by CCG in the past, he was tortured by the point of insanity and developed a love of torturing others. He was known as a serial cannibal, and targeted other Ghouls to torture and devour. Yamori tricked Kaneki into surrendering to him in exchange for sparing hostages, and tortured him for 10 days straight. After breaking free, Kaneki defeated him and devoured his kagune before leaving him to die. He was found and killed by Juuzou Suzuya, and turned into Juuzou’s Quinque, «Jason».

Ayato Kirishima (霧嶋 絢都 Kirshima Ayato^?)

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji^[3] (Japanese), Todd Haberkorn (English)

The youngest Executive of Aogiri, and the brother of Touka. He is a troubled and rebellious teenager, and resents his sister’s choice to live among humans. However, Kaneki suggests that his true reason for joining Aogiri is to protect his sister from afar. Later in the series, he adopts the identity of Rabbit and takes credit for his sister’s crimes.

Naki (ナキ^?)

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono^[3] (Japanese), Josh Grelle (English)

A member of Aogiri, that served as Yamori’s right-hand man. He is emotionally unstable and extremely childlike, with complete devotion to his late boss. In the sequel, he has become an Executive of Aogiri.

Media[]

Manga[]

See also: List of Tokyo Ghoul chapters

Tokyo Ghoul started as a manga series, written and drawn by Sui Ishida. It began serialization in 2011’s 41st issue of Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha on September 8, 2011,^[6] and the final chapter appeared in 2014’s 42nd issue, released on September 18, 2014.^[7][8] The series has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes, released under Shueisha’s Young Jump Comics imprint between February 17, 2012,^[9] and October 17, 2014.^[10] The series has been licensed for an English release by Viz Media and the first volume is set to be released on June 16, 2015.^[11]

In August 2013 a prequal spin off manga was released on Jump Live digital manga. The story spands 7 chapters and focuses on Arima Kishou and Taishi Fura 10 years before the events of Tokyo Ghoul. The manga features several characters from the main series including the above stated Arima Kishou,Taishi Fura and future key characters Itsuki Marude and Yakumo «Yamori» Oomori.

On October 17, 2014 a full color illustration book known as Tokyo Ghoul Zakki was released along with the 14th and final volume of the manga. Zakki includes all promotional images, Volume covers and unreleased concept art with commentary by the creator Sui Ishida.

A sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul:re began serialization in 2014’s 46th issue of Weekly Young Jump, published on October 16, 2014.^[12] The series is set 3 years after the end of the original series and introduces a new set of characters.^[13]

Light Novels[]

Three light novels have been released thus far with a 4th in development, All written by Shin Towada and cover illustrations are done by series creator Sui Ishida.

On June 19, 2013 Tokyo Ghoul Hibi (Days) was released, Illustrations were done by the series creator Sui Ishida and written by Shin Towada and serves as sidestory/spin off that focuses on the daily lives of characters from the Tokyo Ghoul series .

Tokyo Ghoul Kuhaku (Empty Days) was released on June 19, 2014 and fills in the 6 month time gap between volume 8 and 9.

The third novel Tokyo Ghoul Sekijitsu (Old Days) was released on December 19, 2014. Sekijitsu takes place before the events of the main series and focuses on further backstory of certain Tokyo Ghoul characters, including Touka, Ayato Kirishima and series protagonist Ken Kaneki.

Anime[]

See also: List of Tokyo Ghoul episodes

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Pierrot aired on Tokyo MX between July 4 and September 19, 2014.^{[14][8][15][16]} 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 ending theme is «Saints» (聖者たち Seijatachi^?) performed by People In The Box. Funimation has licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution in North America.^[17] A second season, titled Tokyo Ghoul √A (root A) premiered in Japan on January 8, 2015.^[12][18] The opening theme song is «Incompetence» (無能 Munou) by österreich, while the ending theme is «The Seasons Die Out, One After Another» (季節は次々死んでいく Kisetsu wa Tsugitsugi Shindeiku) by Amazarashi

Video games[]

A video game titled Tokyo Ghoul carnaval by Bandai Namco Games was released in Japan for Android smartphones on February 6, 2015^[19] and on February 9 for iOS.^[20] The player can build his or her team from a number of ghoul and investigator characters and explore a 3D map.^[21] Another video game titled Tokyo Ghoul Masquerader for the PlayStation Vita console is also in production. It is set to introduce a new protagonist by the name of Rio, who will interact with characters from the anime/manga. The game is being developed by Bandai Namco Games as well and is categorized as an adventure RPG where players will be able to explore Tokyo`s 23 wards. No release date is known yet.^[22]

Reception[]

Tokyo Ghoul was the 27th best-selling manga series in Japan in 2013, with 1,666,348 estimated sales. As of January 2014, the manga has sold around 2.6 million copies.^[23] Tokyo Ghoul was the 4th best-selling manga series in Japan in 2014, with 6,946,203 copies sold.^[24]

References[]

External links[]

• Tokyo Ghoul at Weekly Young Jump (Japanese)
• Official anime website (Japanese)
• Tokyo Ghoul (manga) at Anime News Network‘s encyclopedia

Tokyo Ghoul
東京喰種-トーキョーグール- (Tōkyō Gūru)
Genre	Dark Fantasy
Manga
Written by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	Viz Media
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Original run	September 8, 2011 – September 18, 2014
Volumes	14 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Shuhei Morita
Written by	Chūji Mikasano
Music by	Yutaka Yamada
Studio	Pierrot
Licensed by	Madman Entertainment, Funimation, Anime Limited
Network	Tokyo MX, TVA, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife
Original run	July 4, 2014 – September 19, 2014
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Manga
Tokyo Ghoul: JACK
Written by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shounen
Magazine	Jump Live
Original run	August 2013 – October 2013
Light novel
Tokyo Ghoul: Hibi (Days)
Written by	Shin Towada
Illustrated by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
Published	July 19, 2013
Volumes	1 (List of volumes)
Light novel
Tokyo Ghoul: Kuhaku (Empty Days)
Written by	Shin Towada
Illustrated by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
Published	June 19, 2014
Volumes	1
Light novel
Tokyo Ghoul: Sekijitsu (Old Days)
Written by	Shin Towada
Illustrated by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
Published	December 19, 2014
Volumes	1
Manga
Tokyo Ghoul:re
Written by	Sui Ishida
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Original run	October 16, 2014 – July 5, 2018
Volumes	16 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Tokyo Ghoul √A
Directed by	Shuhei Morita
Written by	Chūji Mikasano
Music by	Yutaka Yamada
Studio	Pierrot
Licensed by	Madman Entertainment, Funimation
Network	Tokyo MX, TVA, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife, MRO
Original run	January 8, 2015 – March 26, 2015
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
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Tokyo Ghoul (Japanese: 東京喰種-トーキョーグール- Hepburn: Tōkyō Gūru^?) is a manga series by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump between September 2011 and September 2014 and has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes as of August 2014. A sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul:re began serialization in the same magazine in October 2014 and a prequel titled Tokyo Ghoul: JACK is running online on Jump Live. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by studio Pierrot aired on Tokyo MX between July and September 2014 and a 12 episode second season titled Tokyo Ghoul √A, started airing on January 8, 2015. Funimation has licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution in North America. The series was obtained by Madman Entertainment for digital distribution in Australia and New Zealand.

Plot[]

The story of Tokyo Ghoul follows Ken Kaneki, who barely survives a deadly encounter with Rize Kamishiro, a woman who reveals herself as a ghoul, a human-like creature that hunts and devours human flesh, and is taken to the hospital in critical condition. After recovering, Kaneki discovers that somehow he underwent a surgery that transformed him into a half-ghoul, and just like them, must consume human flesh to survive as well. With no one else to turn to, he is taken in by the ghouls who manage the coffee shop «Anteiku», who teach him to deal with his new life as a half-human/half-ghoul, including interacting with ghoul society and its conflicting factions, while striving to keep his identity secret from other humans.^[1]

The prequel series Tokyo Ghoul: JACK follows the youths of Kishou Arima and Taishi Fura, two characters from the main series who become acquainted when they join forces to investigate the death of Taishi’s friend by the hands of a ghoul, leading to Taishi eventually following Arima’s path and joining the CCG (Commission of Counter Ghoul), the federal agency tasked into dealing with crimes related to ghouls as well.

The sequel series Tokyo Ghoul:re follows an amnesiac Kaneki under the new identity of Haise Sasaki, the leader of a special team of CCG investigators called «Quinx Squad», that underwent a similar procedure as his, allowing them to obtain the special abilities of Ghouls in order to fight them, but still being able to live as normal humans.

Characters[]

Main characters[]

Ken Kaneki (金木 研 Kaneki Ken^?) / Haise Sasaki (佐々木 琲世 Sasaki Haise^?)

Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae^[2][3] (Japanese), Austin Tindle^[4] (English)

The protagonist of the story, he is a 19 year old university freshman that receives an organ transplant from Rize, who was trying to kill him before she was struck by a fallen i-beam and seemingly killed. After the operation he develops ghoul like tendencies and characteristics, and his rationality begins to wane. As one that is now both ghoul and human he struggles to keep his ghoul identity secret, always fighting against his ghoul side while trying to continue to live like a normal human. He later works as a waiter for Anteiku under Yoshimura’s guidance. After his fight with Amon he gains the name «Eye Patch» because of his mask’s design and becomes somewhat famous after a ghoul saw him defeating the investigator. He loves to read and is normally quiet and reserved but can be calculating when fighting. He has a bad trait of easily trusting strangers which sometimes puts him in life threatening situations. After being kidnapped by the ghoul run organization known as Aogiri Tree, he is mercilessly tortured by a sadistic ghoul and later develops similar traits like his torturer. While being tortured he has hallucinations of Rize as she mocks him about his mother which leads to him finally embracing his inner ghoul, leading him to become a ruthless Anti Hero. His view on strength changes and he goes on a power hungry path by cannibalizing other ghouls in order to get stronger. The continued cannibalization led him to become a half kakuja, where he develops a centipede shaped kagune and gains the alias «Centipede».

Ken is ultimately defeated and captured by Arima, and with no memories of his past, is given the new identity of Haise Sasaki, member and ace of the Mado Squad, and mentor of the Quinx Squad, a special unit composed of half ghouls like him. Despite having a new identity, Haise still retains some traits from his former self, like the love for reading and the determination to protect his companions with his life. When pressured to the limit, Haise has glimpses of his former self and unlocks his powers as a ghoul, forcing the CCG to strike him with RC suppressors to calm him down. Haise has an interest in gaining back his memories, but fears that he will lose his current memories with all his new friends and personality if he does.

Kishō Arima (有馬 貴将 Arima Kishō^?)

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa^[3]

The protagonist of Tokyo Ghoul: JACK and a co protagonist of Tokyo Ghoul:re, he is a famed Special Class Ghoul Investigator known as the CCG’s Reaper (CCGの死神 CCG no Shinigami^?). He is always seen wearing his glasses, with his face kept in an apathetic expression, rarely showing any emotion if not at all. Arima was hailed as a genius within the CCG, stemming from his affiliation with the organization since his teens and quickly rising to the top. Fighting with multiple quinques, he is strong enough to defeat Ghouls that are too strong to be defeated by anyone else in the force. After defeating Ken, he takes him under his guard while he’s under the new identity of Haise Sasaki and becomes his mentor, with orders to kill him should he go out of control.

Taishi Fura (富良 太志 Fura Taishi^?)

The other protagonist of Tokyo Ghoul: JACK, Taishi is a First Class Ghoul Investigator. Fura, as a teenager, attended Seishin Senior Highschool along with Arima. Though he never liked school, he usually went shopping and did all the housework, since his mother never did. He had two childhood friends; Ryou, with whom he played baseball and Aki, a girl whom he had a crush on. When Ryou associated himself with a gang of bikers, this lead to his death, as he was stabbed by the Kagune of a killer ghoul, «Lantern,» whom Arima was currently investigating. Witnessing his friend’s tragic death, Fura grew heated for vengeance, and pleaded with Arima to help with his investigation, wanting to know about ghouls right away. Thus, he eventually undertook the career of Ghoul Investigation.

Ghouls[]

Tōka Kirishima (霧嶋 董香 Kirishima Tōka^?)

Voiced by: Sora Amamiya^[2][3] (Japanese), Brina Palencia^[4] (English)

A sixteen-year-old ghoul of the 20th ward, that works part-time as a waitress in Anteiku and attends high school. She blends in well with human society and believes that keeping one’s ghoul identity is of top most priority. She is sometimes vindictive and is usually a very rash and reckless individual with violent tendencies, stemming from the fugitive life she had to live after CCG killed her father when she was very young. She later becomes Ken’s training partner, and their movements become in synch when fighting as a team. She is a good fighter and is more than a match for either Shū Tsukiyama or Nishiki Nishio on even grounds, though not nearly as strong as Renji. She later comes to be known as «Rabbit» after her attack on some investigators, killing one of them in the process. She takes up the role as Hinami’s guardian after her parents are killed by investigators. Touka has demonstrated that she has good resolve and is very self-aware. After killing an investigator in revenge for Hinami’s mother death she comments on how a murderer like herself should die, knowing that murder for revenge is wrong. In spite of her overall harsh personality she can be very kind and helpful and takes her job as apart of the Anteiku stability team very seriously, helping ghouls that can’t help themselves. She also has a younger brother that has joined Aogiri Tree. She appears to have Ornithophobia. After the time-skip, she reappears running a new coffee shop called «:re» with Renji.

Rize Kamishiro (神代 利世 Kamishiro Rize^?)

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa^[2][3] (Japanese), Monica Rial^[4] (English)

Rize is a girl with glasses that Ken encounters, who tries to eat him after luring him out on a date with her. Parts of her body are transplanted into Ken after she is struck by a fallen i-beam. Before the i-beam incident Rize was a very powerful, fearless and merciless ghoul, often preventing other ghouls from hunting in areas she stole from them. She came to the 20th ward, after wreaking havoc in the 11th ward attracting the Anti Ghoul Investigators to it. Before leaving she killed the ghouls that were in charge and caused a shift in power. She is known as the «Binge Eater» by investigators and like Ken she was very fond of reading. Originally believed to be killed during her encounter with Ken, later it is revealed that she is still alive and her body was used to produce materials for Ghoul/Human experiments by Dr. Kanou, and Ken’s transformation into a ghoul was the result of one of them.

Shū Tsukiyama (月山 習 Tsukiyama Shū^?)

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano^[2][3] (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum^[4] (English)

He’s one of the most troublesome ghouls of the 20th ward to the point where even some ghouls wouldn’t get involved with him. He is known as the «Gourmet» by investigators and is one of the most difficult ghouls to capture. He is a part of the «Ghoul Restaurant» under the alias MM. He is a very powerful, cunning, smug, and fashionable ghoul and was also an acquaintance of Rize. Like both Ken and Rize he is an avid reader. He sometimes says words or phrases in either English, Spanish, French or Italian and develops an obsession for Ken, because of his seemingly unique quality of being human and ghoul. He is very athletic and proficient in martial arts. After being apart of Kaneki’s team post-Aogiri he considers himself Kaneki’s best friend, whether he still sees Kaneki as food or really views him as a friend is not clear.

Yoshimura (芳村^?)

Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo^[2][3]

The manager of Anteiku, he is a very kind and reasonable ghoul that provides aid and food to ghouls that are incapable of hunting on their own like Ken and Hinami. He takes Ken in after he becomes a half-ghoul and teaches him the ways in which ghouls can blend in with humans. He also has a mysterious past related to Aogiri and an elusive organisation known as V. After Anteiku’s secret is exposed and the place is raided by the CCG, he is captured by his daughter, who is the only known natural born half-ghoul and part of the Aogiri Tree.

Hinami Fueguchi (笛口 雛実 Fueguchi Hinami^?)

Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi^[2][3] (Japanese), Lara Woodhull^[4] (English)

Hinami is a 13-14 year old ghoul that came to the 20th ward with her mother after her father was killed by ghoul investigators. She is very shy and yearns for knowledge as she isn’t allowed to go to school. She meets Ken in Anteiku and becomes attached to him, seeing him as an older brother after he helps her with learning Kanji. She begins living with Touka after her mother is killed by Kureo. She enjoys books from one of Ken’s favorite authors and loves learning new things. She is shown to have a heightened sense of smell, even more powerful than regular ghouls. In the sequel she is shown to be part of Aogiri Tree.

Nishiki Nishio (西尾 錦 Nishio Nishiki^?)

Voiced by: Shintarō Asanuma^[2][3] (Japanese), Eric Vale^[4] (English)

A ghoul that is a second year student that attends the same university as Ken. He is arrogant and hates it whenever his juniors talk back to him. He is very territorial and is hostile to other ghouls that invade his space. His hunting grounds were stolen from him by Rize after a fight which he lost and he tries to reclaim it after her death, but is stopped by Touka. He is a loner and fairly good fighter that even small groups of ghouls tend to avoid. Like Touka he blends in well with human society, he even has a human girlfriend and is well known at the university. After the time skip, he becomes a powerful S~rank ghoul known as «Serpent», and goes around hunting down and killing CCG investigators as well as other ghouls. He seems to have a great dislike towards both CCG and Aogiri Tree commenting that they are the same and disgusting for creating «fake» ghouls.

Renji Yomo (四方 蓮示 Yomo Renji^?)

Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura^[2] (Japanese), Phil Parsons^[5] (English)

Renji is quiet and reserved and usually helps Yoshimura out by collecting food for Anteiku. Before working behind the scenes for Anteiku, he used to have very violent tendencies much like how Touka is now and would often fight with Uta making the 4th ward uninhabitable. He is known to CCG as «Raven» due to his mask resembling the bird. Regardless of his cold demeanor he does genuinely care about those around him. He is good friends with Uta and Itori. He is later seen again with Touka apart of a new coffee shop named :re.

Uta (ウタ^?)

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai^[2] (Japanese), Aaron Roberts^[5] (English)

A ghoul that owns Hysy ArtMask Studio, in the 4th ward, he makes masks for both ghouls and humans customers alike. Despite his appearance he is a very calm ghoul, and speaks very kindly, he is also close friends with Renji Yomo and Itori. He is known to CCG as «No Face», because of his mask’s design. In the past he would often get into fights with Yomo and this caused the 4th ward to become uninhabitable. He is later revealed to be apart of the Clowns, a mysterious group responsible for the accident that lead to Kaneki receiving Rize’s organs.

Commission of Counter Ghoul (CCG)[]

Kōtarō Amon (亜門 鋼太朗 Amon Kōtarō^?)

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi^[2][3] (Japanese), Mike McFarland^[4] (English)

He’s a Rank 1 Anti-Ghoul Investigator and was a partner of Kureo Mado up until his death which was when his partner was switched to Akira Mado up until he disappeared. When he was a little boy he used to live in an orphanage managed by the priest, Donato Porpora, until he found out that he was a ghoul killing his friends. He has a very strong sense of justice and believes that he must make this ‘Wrong World’ right by killing the ghouls whose murders create orphans, he is very dedicated to his job and begins to work even harder after Kureo is killed. He fought Ken but he lost; however, Ken let him go during their first encounter. Despite his initial hatred towards ghouls Amon has shown to be interested in Kaneki’s story and even after getting badly injured and losing his arm to Kaneki when they last meet, he refuses to die, so that Kaneki would not be prosecuted. After the events of the first manga, he was declared KIA after facing Tatara in battle when the Aogiri Tree came while the CCG fought against the One Eyed Owl. His true fate remains a mystery.

Hideyoshi Nagachika (永近 英良 Nagachika Hideyoshi^?)

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga^[2][3] (Japanese), Clifford Chapin^[4] (English)

Hideyoshi is Ken’s best friend, nicknamed «Hide». He has a sharp intuition, so much so that while Ken tried to keep his ghoul identity hidden from him, Hideyoshi seemed to know something is weird about his best friend. Hide has proven to be intelligent and very observant, even figuring out that Rabbit (Touka) was not Hinami like what CCG had first thought. He will also go to extreme lengths for those he cares about, like venturing to Aogiri’s hideout and putting a tracking device on the torturous Yomori. After Ken disappeared, Hideyoshi joined the Anti-Ghoul forces in order to learn about his whereabouts, eventually being promoted to Rookie Investigator and partnered with Kōtarō and Akira.

Kureo Mado (真戸 呉緒 Mado Kureo^?)

Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa^[3] (Japanese), Kenny Green (English)

He was an Anti-Ghoul Investigator with the rank of Senior Investigator and worked with Kōtarō to try to achieve his goal. A very experienced and ruthless fighter, he was more than a challenge even for the physically superior ghoul and always trusted his intuition, which was never wrong. His ultimate downfall came from the fact that he was obsessed with quinques (weapons made from the ghouls’ kagune) and while fighting Tōka and Hinami he let his guard down by his fascination with the latter, being killed by them. His daughter, Akira worked with his partner after his death. His goal was to get revenge on the «One-eyed Owl» ghoul for killing his wife.

Akira Mado (真戸 暁 Mado Akira^?)

Voiced by: Asami Seto (Japanese), Morgan Garrett (English)

Kureo’s daughter and a Ghoul Investigator like him, she became Kōtarō’s partner after her father’s death. She is an intelligent woman and seems to be always serious about work and her daily routine in general. Like her father, she has deep insight and intuition that helps her in investigation and determining what is going on around her while on the field. After Kōtarō was declared KIA, she became Haise’s team leader and the overseer of the Quinx Squad.

Jūzō Suzuya (鈴屋 什造 Suzuya Jūzō^?)

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya^[3] (Japanese), Maxey Whitehead (English)

A young boy with an androgynous appearance. He was raised by ghouls until he was taken in by the CCG. He was promoted to a ranked 2 investigator within a year, indicating that he’s very capable of exterminating ghouls. Jūzō is very independent and tends to not cooperate with his fellow comrades and superiors. His profiles says he likes candy, his Mama (the ghoul that raised him) and ghoul hunting. His behaviour is very childish and carefree and he his often seen talking with himself; he calls his other self Rei (his former name). In Tokyo Ghoul:re, Jūzō rises further in the CCG’s ranks and becomes leader of his own squad.

Yukinori Shinohara (篠原 幸紀 Shinohara Yukinori^?)

Voiced by: Yutaka Nakano^[3] (Japanese), Brandon Potter (English)

A Special Class Ghoul Investigator. He instructed Amon at the CCG Academy and later becomes Jūzō’s mentor. His quinque is a large butcher knife called the Demon Yamada 1.

Seidou Takizawa (滝澤 政道 Takizawa Seidō^?)

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana^[3] (Japanese), Micah Solusod (English)

A Rank 2 Ghoul Investigator that was Akira’s classmate and rival at the Academy. Deeply insecure, he had a tendency to bicker with Akira or Juuzou because of their superior abilities. He deeply admired Amon and defied orders out of concern for his safety, leading him into an ambush by members of Aogiri. He was mortally wounded by Noro, and declared KIA. In Tokyo Ghoul:re, he returns as a major antagonist after being turned into an One-Eyed Ghoul by Aogiri.

Kousuke Houji (法寺 項介 Houji Kousuke^?)

Voiced by: Shō Hayami

An Associate Special Class Investigator, and partner of Takizawa. He gained considerable fame for his exploits against the Clown Gang, and was recruited to work in China for some time. During this time, he eliminated a major Chinese gang and gained the hatred of Tatara.

Kuki Urie (瓜江 久生 Urie Kuki^?)

A Rank 2 Ghoul Investigator who was the Squad Leader of the Quinx Squad until he was replaced with Ginshi. Kuki often displays himself as a cool-headed individual, but is reckless and vicious when confronting Ghouls, as he hates them with a passion, as his father was a special class investigator in charge of the S3 squad, who ordered his team members to retreat while he stayed to fight the One-Eyed Owl to the death. This hate also extended to Haise after he discovered that he is a half-ghoul instead of just a Quinx.

Ginshi Shirazu (不知 吟士 Shirazu Ginshi^?)

A Rank 3 Ghoul Investigator and the Squad Leader of the Quinx Squad. Like most of his teammates, Ginshi is shown to have great respect for Haise. However, this doesn’t stop him from going out of his way to execute missions without Sasaki’s permission, and so he is constantly seen accompanying Urie, on dangerous assignments without support. His primary motive for joining the Quinx Squad is to get fast money for a yet unrevealed purpose, but his determination to help others earns him Haise’s respect, to the point of nominating him the new leader.

Tōru Mutsuki (六月 透 Mutsuki Tōru^?)

A Rank 3 Ghoul Investigator, Tōru was born female, but after losing his family to the Ghouls, requests the CCG to let him live as a man. Tōru struggles to keep his one eyed kakugan under control and has a recurring case of Anemia. Ironically, he feels repulsed when he comes in contact with blood. Despite that, he is the most diligent and reliable member of the team.

Saiko Yonebayashi (米林 才子 Yonebayashi Saiko^?)

A Rank 3 Ghoul Investigator, Saiko dislikes having to work, as she prefers having a peaceful and carefree life, playing video games and eating junk food excessively. She often oversleeps, which earns her the absence from most missions.

Aogiri Tree[]

Eto (エト^?)

Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto^[3] (Japanese), Lindsay Seidel (English)

A mysterious and child-like Ghoul that is one of the leaders of Aogiri. She is the half-human daughter of Yoshimura, and the infamous Ghoul known as the One-Eyed Owl (隻眼の梟 Sekigan no Fukurō^?). When she is not working with Aogiri, she lives under the human identity of Sen Takatsuki (高槻 泉 Takatsuki Sen^?), the author of Kaneki’s favorite horror novels.

Tatara (タタラ^?)

Voiced by: Koji Yusa (Japanese), Christopher Wehkamp (English)

The Second-in-Command of Aogiri, a cruel and cunning Ghoul with ties to mainland China.

Noro (ノロ^?)

A strange Ghoul noted for his enormous appetite and complete silence, he is almost always with Tatara. He possesses an unusual level of regeneration, allowing him to reattach his upper body when sliced in half.

Yakumo Oomori (大守 八雲 Ōmori Yakumo^?) / Yamori (ヤモリ lit. Gecko^?)

Voiced by: Rintarō Nishi^[3] (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)

A deranged Executive of Aogiri, nicknamed «Jason» due to his brutality and habit of wearing a hockey mask. While imprisoned by CCG in the past, he was tortured by the point of insanity and developed a love of torturing others. He was known as a serial cannibal, and targeted other Ghouls to torture and devour. Yamori tricked Kaneki into surrendering to him in exchange for sparing hostages, and tortured him for 10 days straight. After breaking free, Kaneki defeated him and devoured his kagune before leaving him to die. He was found and killed by Juuzou Suzuya, and turned into Juuzou’s Quinque, «Jason».

Ayato Kirishima (霧嶋 絢都 Kirshima Ayato^?)

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji^[3] (Japanese), Todd Haberkorn (English)

The youngest Executive of Aogiri, and the brother of Touka. He is a troubled and rebellious teenager, and resents his sister’s choice to live among humans. However, Kaneki suggests that his true reason for joining Aogiri is to protect his sister from afar. Later in the series, he adopts the identity of Rabbit and takes credit for his sister’s crimes.

Naki (ナキ^?)

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono^[3] (Japanese), Josh Grelle (English)

A member of Aogiri, that served as Yamori’s right-hand man. He is emotionally unstable and extremely childlike, with complete devotion to his late boss. In the sequel, he has become an Executive of Aogiri.

Media[]

Manga[]

See also: List of Tokyo Ghoul chapters

Tokyo Ghoul started as a manga series, written and drawn by Sui Ishida. It began serialization in 2011’s 41st issue of Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha on September 8, 2011,^[6] and the final chapter appeared in 2014’s 42nd issue, released on September 18, 2014.^[7][8] The series has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes, released under Shueisha’s Young Jump Comics imprint between February 17, 2012,^[9] and October 17, 2014.^[10] The series has been licensed for an English release by Viz Media and the first volume is set to be released on June 16, 2015.^[11]

In August 2013 a prequal spin off manga was released on Jump Live digital manga. The story spands 7 chapters and focuses on Arima Kishou and Taishi Fura 10 years before the events of Tokyo Ghoul. The manga features several characters from the main series including the above stated Arima Kishou,Taishi Fura and future key characters Itsuki Marude and Yakumo «Yamori» Oomori.

On October 17, 2014 a full color illustration book known as Tokyo Ghoul Zakki was released along with the 14th and final volume of the manga. Zakki includes all promotional images, Volume covers and unreleased concept art with commentary by the creator Sui Ishida.

A sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul:re began serialization in 2014’s 46th issue of Weekly Young Jump, published on October 16, 2014.^[12] The series is set 3 years after the end of the original series and introduces a new set of characters.^[13]

Light Novels[]

Three light novels have been released thus far with a 4th in development, All written by Shin Towada and cover illustrations are done by series creator Sui Ishida.

On June 19, 2013 Tokyo Ghoul Hibi (Days) was released, Illustrations were done by the series creator Sui Ishida and written by Shin Towada and serves as sidestory/spin off that focuses on the daily lives of characters from the Tokyo Ghoul series .

Tokyo Ghoul Kuhaku (Empty Days) was released on June 19, 2014 and fills in the 6 month time gap between volume 8 and 9.

The third novel Tokyo Ghoul Sekijitsu (Old Days) was released on December 19, 2014. Sekijitsu takes place before the events of the main series and focuses on further backstory of certain Tokyo Ghoul characters, including Touka, Ayato Kirishima and series protagonist Ken Kaneki.

Anime[]

See also: List of Tokyo Ghoul episodes

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Pierrot aired on Tokyo MX between July 4 and September 19, 2014.^{[14][8][15][16]} 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 ending theme is «Saints» (聖者たち Seijatachi^?) performed by People In The Box. Funimation has licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution in North America.^[17] A second season, titled Tokyo Ghoul √A (root A) premiered in Japan on January 8, 2015.^[12][18] The opening theme song is «Incompetence» (無能 Munou) by österreich, while the ending theme is «The Seasons Die Out, One After Another» (季節は次々死んでいく Kisetsu wa Tsugitsugi Shindeiku) by Amazarashi

Video games[]

A video game titled Tokyo Ghoul carnaval by Bandai Namco Games was released in Japan for Android smartphones on February 6, 2015^[19] and on February 9 for iOS.^[20] The player can build his or her team from a number of ghoul and investigator characters and explore a 3D map.^[21] Another video game titled Tokyo Ghoul Masquerader for the PlayStation Vita console is also in production. It is set to introduce a new protagonist by the name of Rio, who will interact with characters from the anime/manga. The game is being developed by Bandai Namco Games as well and is categorized as an adventure RPG where players will be able to explore Tokyo`s 23 wards. No release date is known yet.^[22]

Reception[]

Tokyo Ghoul was the 27th best-selling manga series in Japan in 2013, with 1,666,348 estimated sales. As of January 2014, the manga has sold around 2.6 million copies.^[23] Tokyo Ghoul was the 4th best-selling manga series in Japan in 2014, with 6,946,203 copies sold.^[24]

References[]

External links[]

• Tokyo Ghoul at Weekly Young Jump (Japanese)
• Official anime website (Japanese)
• Tokyo Ghoul (manga) at Anime News Network‘s encyclopedia

Токийский Гуль
Обложка первого тома с участием Кена Канеки
東京 喰 種（ト ー キ ョ ー グ ー ル） ( Токио Гуру )
Жанр	Темная фантазия Сверхъестественный триллер
Манга
Написано	Суй Исида
Опубликовано	Шуэйша
Английский издатель	NA Viz Media
Отпечаток	Комиксы Young Jump
Журнал	Еженедельный молодой прыжок
Демографические	Сейнен
Оригинальный запуск	8 сентября 2011 г. — 18 сентября 2014 г.
Объемы	14 ( Список томов )
Легкая новелла
Написано	Шин Товада
Проиллюстрировано	Суй Исида
Опубликовано	Шуэйша
Английский издатель	NA Viz Media
Отпечаток	JUMP J-BOOKS
Демографические	Мужчина
Оригинальный запуск	19 июля 2013 г. — 19 декабря 2014 г.
Объемы	3 ( Список томов )
Манга
Токийский Гуль [Джек]
Написано	Суй Исида
Опубликовано	Шуэйша
Английский издатель	NA Viz Media
Отпечаток	Цифровые комиксы Young Jump
Журнал	Перейти вживую
Демографические	Shōnen
Оригинальный запуск	Август 2013 г. — сентябрь 2013 г.
Объемы	1 ( Список томов )
Аниме телесериал
Режиссер	Шухей Морита
Произведено	Кен Хагино Хадзиме Маруяма Ёсито Данно Хидэтада Сога
Написано	Чуджи Микасано
Музыка	Ютака Ямада
Студия	Пьеро
Лицензировано	Австралия Madman Entertainment NA Funimation МОРЕ Top-Insight Соединенное Королевство Anime Limited
Исходная сеть	Tokyo MX , TV Aichi , TVQ , TVO , AT-X , Dlife
Английская сеть	Соединенное Королевство Viceland нас Плавание для взрослых ( Toonami )
Оригинальный запуск	4 июля 2014 г. — 19 сентября 2014 г.
Эпизоды	12 ( Список серий )
Манга
Токийский Гуль: re
Написано	Суй Исида
Опубликовано	Шуэйша
Английский издатель	NA Viz Media
Отпечаток	Комиксы Young Jump
Журнал	Еженедельный молодой прыжок
Демографические	Сейнен
Оригинальный запуск	16 октября 2014 г. — 5 июля 2018 г.
Объемы	16 ( Список томов )
Аниме телесериал
Токийский Гуль √A
Режиссер	Шухей Морита
Произведено	Кен Хагино Хадзиме Маруяма Ёсито Данно Хидэтада Сога
Написано	Чуджи Микасано
Музыка	Ютака Ямада
Студия	Пьеро
Лицензировано	Австралия Madman Entertainment NA Funimation МОРЕ Top-Insight Соединенное Королевство Anime Limited
Исходная сеть	Токио MX, TV Aichi, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife, MRO
Английская сеть	Соединенное Королевство Viceland нас Плавание для взрослых (Toonami)
Оригинальный запуск	9 января 2015 г. — 27 марта 2015 г.
Эпизоды	12 ( Список серий )
Оригинальная видео-анимация
Токийский Гуль [Джек]
Режиссер	Соичи Симада
Произведено	Кен Хагино Хадзиме Маруяма Ёсито Данно Хидэтада Сога
Написано	Чуджи Микасано
Музыка	Ютака Ямада
Студия	Пьеро
Лицензировано	Австралия Madman Entertainment NA Funimation Соединенное Королевство Anime Limited
Выпущенный	30 сентября 2015 г.
Время выполнения	30 минут
Оригинальная видео-анимация
Токийский Гуль: ПИНТО
Режиссер	Тадахито Мацубаяси
Произведено	Кен Хагино Хадзиме Маруяма Ёсито Данно Хидэтада Сога
Написано	Соичи Симада
Музыка	Ютака Ямада
Студия	Пьеро
Лицензировано	Австралия Madman Entertainment NA Funimation Соединенное Королевство Anime Limited
Выпущенный	25 декабря 2015 г.
Время выполнения	24 мин.
Легкая новелла
Токийский Гуль: re
Написано	Шин Товада
Проиллюстрировано	Суй Исида
Опубликовано	Шуэйша
Отпечаток	JUMP J-BOOKS
Демографические	Мужчина
Опубликовано	19 декабря 2016 г.
Аниме телесериал
Токийский Гуль: re
Режиссер	Тошинори Ватанабэ
Произведено	Кен Хагино Ёсито Данно Хидэтада Сога
Написано	Чуджи Микасано
Музыка	Ютака Ямада
Студия	Пьеро
Лицензировано	Австралия Madman Entertainment NA Funimation МОРЕ Medialink Соединенное Королевство Anime Limited
Исходная сеть	Токио MX, Sun TV , TVA, TVQ, BS11
Английская сеть	Соединенное Королевство Viceland
Оригинальный запуск	3 апреля 2018 г. — 25 декабря 2018 г.
Эпизоды	24 ( Список серий )
Живой боевик
Токийский Гуль Токийский Гуль S
Видеоигры
Токийский Гуль: Карнавал ∫ Цвет (2015) Токийский Гуль: Тюрьма (2015) Токийский Гуль: Темная война (2016) Tokyo Ghoul: Re Invoke (2017) Токийский Гуль: Призыв к существованию (2019)
Портал аниме и манги

Токийский Гуль ( яп .東京 喰 種（ト ー キ ョ ー グ ー ル）, Hepburn : Tōkyō Gūru ) — сериал японских манг в жанре темного фэнтези, написанный и проиллюстрированный Суй Исида . Это было сериализовать в Shueisha «s сэйнэн манга журнал Weekly Young Jump в период с сентября 2011 года по сентябрь 2014 года, и был собран в четырнадцати tankōbon томов. Приквел под названием Tokyo Ghoul [Джек] транслировался онлайн на Jump Live в 2013 году и был собран в одном томе tankōbon . Продолжение под названием Tokyo Ghoul: re было сериализовано в Weekly Young Jump в период с октября 2014 года по июль 2018 года и было собрано в шестнадцати томах танкобонов .

Адаптация 12-серийного аниме- телесериала студии Pierrot, транслировавшаяся на Tokyo MX в период с июля по сентябрь 2014 года. Второй 12-серийный сезон Tokyo Ghoul √A (произносится как Tokyo Ghoul Root A ), который следует за оригинальной историей, транслировавшейся с января по Март 2015 года. В июле 2017 года в Японии был выпущен игровой фильм по мотивам манги. Аниме-адаптация по мотивам сиквела манги Tokyo Ghoul: re , выходившего в течение двух сезонов; первый с апреля по июнь 2018 года, а второй с октября по декабрь 2018 года.

В Северной Америке Viz Media лицензировала мангу для выпуска на английском языке, а Funimation лицензировала аниме-сериалы для потоковой передачи и распространения домашнего видео.

Синопсис

Параметр

Действие Tokyo Ghoul происходит в альтернативной реальности, где упыри , существа, которые выглядят как нормальные люди, но могут выжить, только поедая человеческую плоть, живут среди человеческого населения в секрете, скрывая свою истинную природу, чтобы избежать преследования властей. Вурдалаки обладают способностями, в том числе повышенной силой и регенеративными способностями — обычный вурдалак производит в своих мышцах в 4-7 раз больше кинетической энергии, чем нормальный человек; они также имеют в несколько раз больше клеток RC, клетки, которые текут, как кровь, и могут мгновенно стать твердыми. Кожа вурдалака устойчива к обычному колющему оружию, и у него есть по крайней мере один особый хищный орган, называемый кагунэ ( яп .赫 子) , который он может проявлять и использовать в качестве оружия во время боя. Другой отличительной чертой гулей является то, что когда они возбуждены или голодны, цвет их склеры обоих глаз становится черным, а радужная оболочка красными. Эта мутация известна как какуган (赫 眼, «красный глаз») .

Полугуль может быть рожден естественным образом как гуль и потомок человека или создан искусственно путем трансплантации некоторых органов вурдалака человеку. В обоих случаях полугуль обычно намного сильнее чистокровного вурдалака. В случае с полу-вурдалаком только один из глаз подвергается трансформации «красных глаз». Прирожденные полуугли очень редки, а создание искусственно созданных полууглей на начальном этапе имеет низкую вероятность успеха.

Есть также случай полулюдей, гибридов гулей и людей, которые могут питаться как нормальные люди и не имеют кагуне, обладая при этом расширенными способностями, такими как увеличенная скорость и скорость реакции, но укороченной продолжительностью жизни. Прирожденные полугули также могут есть как нормальные люди или полные вурдалаки.

участок

История следует за Кеном Канеки, студентом, который едва выжил после смертельной схватки с Ризе Камиширо, его девушкой, которая оказывается гулем и пытается его съесть. Он доставлен в больницу в критическом состоянии. После выздоровления Канеки обнаруживает, что перенес операцию, которая превратила его в полугуля. Это произошло благодаря тому, что некоторые органы Ризе были перенесены в его тело, и теперь, как обычные упыри, он должен потреблять человеческую плоть, чтобы выжить. Вурдалаки, управляющие кофейней под названием «Антейку» (あ ん て い く), принимают его и учат справляться со своей новой жизнью как полу-вурдалак. Некоторые из его повседневных проблем включают в себя приспособление к обществу гулей, а также сокрытие своей личности от своих товарищей-людей, особенно от его лучшего друга, Хидэёси Нагатика.

В сериале приквелов « Токийский гуль» [Джек] рассказывается о молодых людях Кишо Арима и Тайши Фура, двух персонажах из основного сериала, которые знакомятся, когда объединяют усилия, чтобы расследовать смерть друга Тайши от руки гуля, что в конечном итоге приводит к Тайши. Путь Аримы и присоединение к CCG (Комиссия по борьбе с упырями), федеральному агентству, которому также поручено заниматься преступлениями, связанными с упырями.

Продолжение серии Tokyo Ghoul: re следует за амнезиаком Канеки под новым именем Хайсе Сасаки (результат ужасного повреждения мозга, полученного от Кишо Аримы). Он является наставником специальной группы исследователей CCG под названием «Quinx Squad», которая прошла такую ​​же процедуру, что и его, позволяя им получить особые способности гулей для борьбы с ними, но при этом они могут жить как обычные люди.

СМИ

Манга

«Токийский гуль» написан и проиллюстрирован Суй Исида. Он начал сериализации в 41 — м выпуске 2011 о еженедельном Young Jump , опубликованной Shueisha 8 сентября 2011 года, а последняя глава появилась в 2014 выпуске 42 — й, выпущенный 18 сентября 2014 г. Серия была собрана в четырнадцати tankōbon томов, выпущенный под Выходит Shueisha’s Young Jump Comics в период с 17 февраля 2012 г. по 17 октября 2014 г. Сериал был лицензирован для выпуска на английском языке компанией Viz Media, а первый том был выпущен 16 июня 2015 г.

В 2013 году на цифровой манге Jump Live была выпущена побочная манга приквела под названием Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] . История состоит из 7 глав и посвящена Ариме Кишо и Тайши Фуре за 12 лет до событий Tokyo Ghoul . В манге представлены несколько персонажей из основной серии, в том числе упомянутые выше Кишо Арима, Тайши Фура и будущие ключевые персонажи Ицуки Маруде и Якумо «Ямори» Омори. Он был составлен в виде тома tankōbon, опубликованного Shueisha в цифровом виде 18 октября 2013 года.

17 октября 2014 года была выпущена полноцветная книга иллюстраций, известная как Tokyo Ghoul Zakki, вместе с 14-м и последним томом манги. Zakki включает в себя все рекламные изображения, обложки томов и неизданные концепт-арты с комментариями создателя Суй Исида.

Сиквел под названием Tokyo Ghoul: re начал сериализацию в 46-м выпуске Weekly Young Jump за 2014 год , опубликованном 16 октября 2014 года. Действие сериала разворачивается через 2 года после окончания оригинального сериала и вводит новый набор персонажей. Эта серия завершилась 19 июля 2018 года 16 томом.

Легкие романы

На данный момент выпущено четыре легких романа , все они написаны Шином Товадой, а иллюстрации сделаны создателем сериала Суй Исида.

19 июня 2013 года был выпущен Tokyo Ghoul: Days (東京 喰 種 ト ー キ ョ ー グ ー ル ［日 々］ , Tōkyō Gūru ［Hibi］ ) , иллюстрации были сделаны создателем сериала Суй Исида, написаны Шином Товадой и служат второстепенной историей. в котором рассказывается о повседневной жизни персонажей из сериала « Токийский гуль ».

Tokyo Ghoul: Void (東京 喰 種 ト ー キ ョ ー ル ［空白］ , Tōkyō Gūru ［Kūhaku］ ) был выпущен 19 июня 2014 года и заполняет 6-месячный промежуток времени между 8 и 9 томами первой серии.

Третий роман Tokyo Ghoul: Past (東京 喰 種 ト ー キ ョ ー グ ー ル ［昔日］ , Tōkyō Gūru ［Sekijitsu］ ) был выпущен 19 декабря 2014 года. Прошлое происходит до событий основного сериала и фокусируется на дальнейшей предыстории определенного Токио. вурдалака символов, в том числе Touka Киришима, Ayato Киришима и серии герой Кен Kaneki.

Четвертый роман, Tokyo Ghoul: re: quest (東京 喰 種 ： ｒｅ ［ｑｕｅｓｔ］ , Tōkyō Gūru: re: quest ) был выпущен 19 декабря 2016 года. Действие происходит во время событий Tokyo Ghoul: re , с упором на Куинкс, ККИ и другие персонажи.

Аниме

Адаптация 12-серийного аниме-телесериала Пьеро транслировалась на Tokyo MX с 4 июля по 19 сентября 2014 года. Он также транслировался по TV Aichi , TVQ , TVO , AT-X и Dlife. Начальная тема — » Unravel » ТК из Ling tosite Sigure, а финальная тема — «Святые» (聖者 た ち, «Seijatachi» ) « People in the Box». Funimation лицензировала аниме-сериал в Северной Америке. Второй сезон под названием Tokyo вурдалака √a (читается как «корня»), вышедшей в эфир в Японии в период с 9 января по 27 марта 2015 Открытие темы песня «Munou» (無能, Muno , лит «Некомпетентность») по Österreich, в то время как окончание тема «Kisetsu ва Tsugitsugi Shinde Iku» (季節は次々死んでいく, лит «Времена года вымрет, один за другим») по Amazarashi . «Glassy Sky» («Стеклянное небо наверху, пока я жив, ты будешь частью меня») — это вставная песня в этом сезоне, первая английская песня, написанная Ютакой Ямада в Tokyo Ghoul. 10 марта 2017 года было объявлено, что премьера аниме состоится в субботнем выпускном блоке боевиков для взрослых Swim , Toonami, который начнется 25 марта. Madman Entertainment объявили, что они лицензировали сериал в Австралии и Новой Зеландии, и провели одновременную трансляцию. это на AnimeLab. Anime Limited лицензировала сериал в Великобритании и Ирландии, а позже объявила на MCM London Comic-Con, что сериал будет транслироваться на Viceland UK.

5 октября 2017 года было объявлено об адаптации аниме для Tokyo Ghoul: re , а выход в эфир состоялся 3 апреля 2018 года. Тошинори Ватанабэ заменил Шухей Морита в качестве режиссера, а Чуджи Микасано вернулся, чтобы писать сценарии. Пьеро произвел анимацию, а Pierrot + — за помощь в анимации. Ацуко Накадзима заменил Казухиро Мива в качестве дизайнера персонажей. Открытие тема первого сезона «Удушье» по СО шу Nie и заканчивая темой является «Половина» от Queen Bee . Сериал транслировался в два сезона: первые 12 серий выходили в эфир с 3 апреля 2018 года по 19 июня 2018 года, а второй сезон выходил в эфир с 9 октября 2018 года по 25 декабря 2018 года. Тема открытия второго сезона — «Катарсис» ТК из Ling tosite Sigure, а финальная тема второго сезона — «Rakuen no Kimi» (楽 園 の 君) Österreich.

Видеоигры

Видеоигра под названием Tokyo вурдалак: Carnaval ∫ Цвет от Bandai Namco Games была выпущена в Японии для Android смартфонов от 6 февраля 2015 года, а 9 февраля для прошивки . Игрок создает команду из нескольких персонажей-гулей и сыщиков и исследует трехмерную карту. Еще одна видеоигра под названием Tokyo Ghoul: Jail для консоли PlayStation Vita была выпущена 1 октября 2015 года. Она должна представить нового главного героя по имени Рио, который будет взаимодействовать с персонажами из манги / аниме. Игра также была разработана Bandai Namco Games и классифицируется как приключенческая ролевая игра, в которой игроки смогут исследовать 23 района Токио. Мобильная игра Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War фокусируется на конфликте между вурдалаками и CCG, терроризирующим город Токио. В июньском выпуске V-Jump 2018 было обнаружено, что новая игра под названием Tokyo Ghoul: re Call to Exist была выпущена в 2019 году.

Живые боевики

Фильм живого действия на основе манга была выпущена в Японии 29 июля 2017. Кентаро Хагивара режиссером фильма. В актерский состав вошли Масатака Кубота на роль главного героя Кена Канеки и Фумика Симидзу на роль Тоуки Киришимы. Ю Аой был выбран на роль Ризе Камиширо, Нобуюки Судзуки сыграл Котаро Амона, а Ё Оидзуми сыграл Курео Мадо. 19 июля 2019 года в Японии был выпущен сиквел под названием Tokyo Ghoul S , в котором Майка Ямамото заменила Фумику Симидзу в роли Тоуки Киришимы, а Шота Мацуда присоединился к актерскому составу в роли Шу Цукияма.

Прием

Tokyo Ghoul стал 27-м бестселлером манги в Японии в 2013 году с ориентировочным объемом продаж 1,6 миллиона. По состоянию на январь 2014 года было продано около 2,6 миллиона копий манги. Это был четвертый самый продаваемый сериал манги в Японии в 2014 году, было продано 6,9 миллиона копий. Всего было продано более 12 миллионов копий оригинальной серии. Ассоциация молодежных библиотечных служб США назвала этот сериал одним из «Великих графических романов для подростков» и «Популярные книги в мягкой обложке для молодых взрослых» в 2017 году. В 2018 году он был номинирован на 30-ю премию Харви за лучшую мангу.

Сиквел серии Tokyo Ghoul: re был продан тиражом более 3,7 миллиона копий в Японии в течение его дебютного года в 2015 году и 4,3 миллиона копий в 2016 году. Это пятая по популярности серия манги в 2017 году с продажами более 5,3 миллиона копий. К июню 2017 года тираж обеих серий составил более 24 миллионов экземпляров, а по состоянию на январь 2018 года их было напечатано 34 миллиона экземпляров по всему миру. По состоянию на июль 2018 года тираж обеих манги составил 37 миллионов. С декабря 2017 года по декабрь 2018 года франшиза продала 2,3 миллиона копий и заняла 16-е место как одна из самых продаваемых медиа-франшиз в Японии. По состоянию на 3 марта 2019 года было напечатано 44 миллиона копий манги.

12 июня 2015 года Министерство культуры Китая включило Tokyo Ghoul √A в список 38 аниме и манга, запрещенных в Китае.

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внешние ссылки

• Официальный сайт манги Tokyo Ghoul вWeekly Young Jump (на японском языке)
  
• Официальный сайт аниме Tokyo Ghoul (на японском языке)
• Официальный сайт манги Tokyo Ghoul в Viz Media
• Tokyo Ghoul (манга) вэнциклопедии Anime News Network