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Tokyo Ghoul
Cover of Tokyo Ghoul volume 1 published by Shueisha.
東京喰種-トーキョーグール-
(Tōkyō Gūru)
GenreDark fantasy
Manga
Written bySui Ishida
Published byShueisha
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 2011 – present
Volumes13
Anime television series
Directed byShuhei Morita
Written byChūji Mikasano
Music byYutaka Yamada
StudioPierrot
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, TVA, TVQ, TVO, AT-X, Dlife
Original run July 3, 2014 – present
Episodes6 (List of episodes)

Tokyo Ghoul (東京喰種-トーキョーグール-, Tōkyō Gūru) is a manga series by Sui Ishida, serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since September 2011. The manga has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes as of June 2014. An anime television series adaptation by studio Pierrot started airing on Tokyo MX on July 3, 2014. Funimation has licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution in North America.

Plot

The story follows Ken Kaneki, a college student who receives organ donations from a ghoul, a human-like creature that hunts and devours human flesh, after he is critically injured. He must deal with 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.

Characters

Ken Kaneki (金木 研, Kaneki Ken)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae
The protagonist of the story, he is a 18 year old university freshman, that receives an organ transplant from the deceased ghoul, Rize who was trying to kill him before she was killed by a fallen i-beam. 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 Amon. He loves to read and he is normally quiet and reserved. He has a bad trait of easily trusting strangers which sometimes puts him in life threatening situation.
Tōka Kirishima (霧嶋 董香, Kirishima Tōka)
Voiced by: Sora Amamiya
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. She also isn't afraid to let anyone know when she is not fond of them. She later becomes Kaneki'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 Tsukiyama Shū or Nishio Nishiki on even grounds, though not nearly as strong as Yomo. 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. She appears to have Ornithophobia.
Rize Kamishiro (神代 利世, Kamishiro Rize)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Rize is a girl with glasses that Kaneki encounters, who tries to eat him after luring him out on a date with her. Her organs are transplanted into Kaneki after she is killed 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. Before she came to the 20th ward, she wreaked 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 Kaneki she was very fond of reading.
Nishiki Nishio (西尾 錦, Nishio Nishiki)
Voiced by: Shintarō Asanuma
A ghoul that is a second year student that attends the same university as Kaneki. 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 Toka. He is a loner and fairly good fighter that even small groups of ghouls tend to avoid. Like Toka he blends in well with human society and is well known at the university.
Yoshimura (芳村)
Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo
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 Kaneki and Hinami. He takes Kaneki in after he becomes a half-ghoul and teaches him the ways in which ghouls can blend in with humans.
Renji Yomo (四方 蓮示, Yomo Renji)
Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura
Yomo 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 Toka is now and would often fight with Uta making the 4th ward uninhabitable. Regardless of his cold demeanor he does genuinely care about those around him. He is good friends with Uta and Itori.
Uta (ウタ)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai
A ghoul that owns Hysy ArtMask Studio, in the 4th ward, he makes masks for both ghouls and human 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. In the past he would often get into fights with Yomo and this caused the 4th ward to become uninhabitable.
Hinami Fueguchi (笛口 雛実, Fueguchi Hinami)
Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi
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 Kaneki in Anteiku and becomes attached to him, seeing him as an older brother after he helps her with learning Kanji. She begins living with Toka after her mother is killed by Mado. She enjoys books from one of Kaneki's favorite author and loves learning new things. She is shown to have a heightened sense of smell, even more powerful than regular ghouls.
Shū Tsukiyama (月山 習, Tsukiyama Shū)
Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano
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 Kaneki 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 Kaneki. He is very athletic and proficient in martial arts.
Hideyoshi Nagachika (永近 英良, Nagachika Hideyoshi)
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Nagachika is Kaneki's best friend, nicknamed "Hide". He has a sharp intuition, so much so that while Kaneki tries to keep his ghoul identity hidden from him, Nagachika seems to know something is weird about his best friend.
Kureo Mado (真戸 呉緒, Mado Kureo)
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa
He's an Anti-Ghoul Investigator with the rank of Senior Investigator. A very experienced and ruthless fighter, he is more than a challenge even for the physically superior ghoul and always trusts his intuition, which is never wrong. His ultimate downfall came from the fact that he was obsessed with ghouls (or rather dissecting them) and while fighting Toka 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" houl for killing his wife.
Kōtarō Amon (亜門 鋼太朗, Amon Kōtarō)
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
He's a Rank 1 Anti-Ghoul Investigator and a friend of Mado. 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 Mado is killed. He fights Kaneki but loses, however Kaneki lets him go.
Yoriko Kosaka (小坂 依子, Kosaka Yoriko)
Tōka's friend.
Kimi Nishino (西野 貴未, Nishino Kimi)
Nishiki Nishio's girlfriend.
Juuzou Suzuya (鈴屋 什造, Suzuya Jūzō)

Media

Manga

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Anime

An anime adaptation by Pierrot began airing on Tokyo MX on July 3, 2014. 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.

Episode list

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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 with an anime planned for summer 2014.

References

  1. ^ "Oscar Nominee Morita Helms Tokyo Ghoul Anime at Pierrot". Anime News Network. February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. "Natsuki Hanae, Sora Amamiya, Kana Hanazawa Lead Tokyo Ghoul Anime's Cast". Anime News Network. March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  3. "Funimation Acquires Tokyo Ghoul, Street Fighter:Assassin Fist". Anime News Network. 2014-06-08.
  4. "Madman acquires Tokyo Ghoul - set for simulcast on AnimeLab in July". Anime News Network.
  5. "Sui Ishida's Suspense Horror Manga Tokyo Ghoul Gets Anime". Anime News Network. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.

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