Oct 11, 2016
I've gotten a lot of recommendations on this anime since several of my friends have watched it, and I thoroughly enjoyed this anime. However, while Tokyo Ghoul was certainly a pleasure to watch, it still has its flaws and is a bit insubstantial in comparison to the manga.
Story: 9
Tokyo Ghoul tells the story of Kaneki Ken, a young boy of 18 who after an accident goes through dramatic changes and becomes half-ghoul. It really raises the question of who is truly good or evil, since you see a lot of the perspectives in this show. However, my problem with this is that it pushes out
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room for proper character development by either showing no difference in character at all or by simply skipping over what could really be quite valuable.
Art: 8
The art style is certainly unique since it attempts to follow slightly more realistic human proportions. That being said, it's still anime and the typical shiny eyes are toned down in size a by a bit. It's an interesting art style that I find suits the show very well. The only thing that's really worth criticizing is most likely the fact that it's a much more simplified version of the completely outstanding manga art style. The animation is fairly smooth and lip-syncing is decent.
Sound: 10
The soundtrack was really fitting for the show and fantastic. The opening, "Unravel" is really beautiful because of its quickening pace and the soft vocals that gradually grow more emotion, until the end where the song finally calms down again and the singer is soft and breathy once more (making it sound like they've finished crying, but still it somehow fits). Also, "Licht und Schatten" is one of the quieter and much more emotion-provoking pieces of the soundtrack.
Character: 8
Like I said before on the story, I mentioned that character development wasn't handled that well. Does that mean that I found the characters unlikable? No. I found them to be quite relatable and while they all did have very sad backstories, it was portrayed in such a way that they seemed to move on and raised sympathy for the character. A lot of people call out Kaneki for being "wimpy" in his denial to his ghoul side at first, but I actually find him to be very relatable in his fears.
Enjoyment:9
I did really like this anime when I was watching it, and I really liked the way the universe was developed. However I still feel that the anime adaption still has some plot holes in terms of logic, however either those were explained in the manga or I enjoyed the rest of the show too much to really complain.
Overall: 9
In spite of Tokyo Ghoul's flaws I really did find this anime to be well done. So, for those of you who are looking for a seinen anime that's come out recently, I would recommend this to you.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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