Tokyo Ghoul

A sinister threat is invading Tokyo: flesh-eating "ghouls" who appear identical to humans and blend into their population. Reserved college student Ken Kaneki buries his nose in books and avoids the news of the growing crisis. However, the appearance of an attractive woman named Rize Kamishiro shatters his solitude when she forwardly asks him on a date.

While walking Rize home, Kaneki discovers she isn't as kind as she first appeared, and she has led him on with sinister intent. After a tragic struggle, he later awakens in a hospital to learn his life was saved by transplanting the now deceased Rize's organs into his own body.

Kaneki's body begins to change in horrifying ways, and he transforms into a human-ghoul hybrid. As he embarks on his new dreadful journey, Kaneki clings to his humanity in the evolving bloody conflict between society's new monsters and the government agents who hunt them.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Edit

Background

No background information has been added to this title. Help improve our database by adding background information here.

Episode Videos

Edit

Related Anime

Adaptation:	Tokyo Ghoul
Sequel:	Tokyo Ghoul √A
Spin-off:	Tokyo Ghoul: "Jack", Tokyo Ghoul: "Pinto"

More characters

Characters & Voice Actors

Kaneki, Ken

Main

Hanae, Natsuki
Japanese

Kirishima, Touka

Main

Amamiya, Sora
Japanese

Suzuya, Juuzou

Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese

Uta

Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Tsukiyama, Shuu

Supporting

Miyano, Mamoru
Japanese

Nagachika, Hideyoshi

Supporting

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Eto

Supporting

Sakamoto, Maaya
Japanese

Arima, Kishou

Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Kamishiro, Rize

Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana
Japanese

Kirishima, Ayato

Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki
Japanese

More staff

Staff

Cook, Justin

Producer

Maruyama, Hajime

Producer

Morita, Shuuhei

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Haraguchi, Noboru

Sound Director

Edit

Opening Theme

"unravel" by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure (eps 2-11)

Edit

Ending Theme

	1: "unravel" by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure (eps 1, 12)
	2: "Seijatachi (聖者たち)" by People In The Box (eps 2-11)

Reviews

Jul 24, 2023

_Exotic_Gaming_

Recommended

Tokyo Ghoul is a story about a young man named Ken Kaneki who becomes a half-human, half-ghoul after a tragic accident. The series explores themes of prejudice, identity, and the consequences of power in a fascinating and unique way. The animation and artwork are extremely detailed and atmospheric, and the story will keep you engaged from start to finish. Additionally, the series includes a diverse cast of characters, all with their own unique motivations and personalities, making it a pleasure to watch. I highly recommend Tokyo Ghoul to fans of action, mystery, and psychological thrillers.

The supporting cast of investigators and other ghouls are equally well-written ...

Open

Gift

Dec 1, 2023

DetectiveMew

Mixed Feelings

This whole season feels like set-up for the other seasons, up until the last minutes of the final transformation from Kankei. It has good visuals and starts with good character building. Storyline gets a little messy, and uninteresting but it sets up well for upcoming seasons. The OP will always be iconic, and well performed. I'm unsure of how the other seasons par up to this one, but like I said it does just feel like a introduction to the universe, even though it runs for 12 full-length episodes. Doesn't give viewers anything to hold onto. It feels incomplete but also doesn't compel me to ...

Open

Gift

Sep 3, 2023

Phasar2022

Not Recommended

Funny

Tokyo Ghoul is one of the titles who gained more popularity through the last year. Made by the hit-factory Studio Pierrot, the ones who bring us Fushigi Yuugi, Naruto and Bleach, Tokyo Ghoul didn't take too much time to became as popular as the others. The problem is, while Studio Pierrot always made popular shows, people complain about the quality. Is Tokyo Ghoul a exception, or one more?

The synopsis promises us an intense psychological thriller in a dark urban fantasy world. Kaneki survived the attack of a ghoul, name given to the human eater creatures of this series, despite the few similarities with the folclore ... creatures of the same name. I didn't mind the accuracy, an aspect is looks like no one cared. The main episodes really made us feel the fear of the main character wheen he discovered his trasformation. The dark atmosphere really helps.

But things get wrong too fast. The show tries really hard to tell a story about the conflict between humans and creatures that need to eat them to survive, but fails. Yeah, it could be more appealingto teenage viewers that shows like Shiki, more slow paced, but with superior writting. It always call my attention the fact mostly the series with more characters get the most of the fans. Maybe because there's more characters a viewer can relate, i suppose. I couldn't relate to any character in tokyo ghoul: Kaneki has Shinji Ikari complex(i love Evangelion, but i hate when they try to make the main male like Shinji without a good reason), i found Touka rude and obnoxious, and his brother more, a great deal if you think he only appears a few minutes on screen in the last episodes, and the rest of the cast who are ghouls are divided between the ones i like but died or doesn't have enough screen time, and the ones i hate because they are pathetic and dislikeable saddists without any charm or appeal. I love saddist villains, but there they are only disgusting or ridiculous.

The humans are not better: the only ones relevant in all the story are Hide, a character whose only use is to be the Kaneki's human friend, and the menbers of a Goverment's organizations who haunts ghouls. Damn, i fucking hate those guys. While in Shiki i ended up hating the remaining humans on the village, i coul understand their motivation and their actions. The motivation of those guys? I don't know, they're just assholes who killed innocent ghouls who didn't killed humans to feed. And they complain when they get killed. I hate them.

The story is poorly executed. A lot of elements who remain irrelevant through the series are presented, specially the flash-backs. I don't care when they told you the backstory of a character to make you sympathise with him or her.But that flash-back should be relevant for the plot. Elfen Lied has two flash-backs to help us to understand the whole story better. Tokyo Ghoul show us a lot of flash-backs in most of epiodes that are relevant only in this episode, if it was. Also, the story has a lot of plot holes, like if ghouls are indestructible, why they act so helpless in front of humans? They are not monsters, simply cause they don't play good that role.

The censorships is one of the biggest flaws of the show. It's really easy to understand. If you don't want gore in your series, don't make gore scenes. It's better than make gore scenes, censor it and ruin whole sequences. I ust admit the censorship was a point to help to raise the popularity: if the show were so explicit as it should be, many of the people who call themselves now fans would call the series garbage. A lot of anime fans can't stans gore right now.

My recomendation? Watch Parasyte. Watch Shiki. Watch Elfen Lied. All those show are similar, came out before, in the Parasyte's case, the manga is based, and are far better. Don't waste your time with this.

Open

Gift

More stacks

Interest Stacks

Cultural References and Memes

by Cestlavie_

50 Entries · 508 Restacks

Mind-Blowing Music in Anime

by ManicPixieTerror

21 Entries · 5 Restacks

Anime watched by TXT

by InabaHimeko

50 Entries · 40 Restacks

More recommendations

Recommendations

View All

More news

Recent News

North American Anime & Manga Releases for September

Here are the North American anime & manga releases for September Week 1: September 4 - 10 Anime Releases Bungou Stray Dogs 2nd Season (incl. Hitori Ayumu) Comple...read more

Sep 3, 2018 2:56 PM by Sakana-san | Discuss (2 comments)

North American Anime & Manga Releases for February

Here are the North American anime & manga releases for February Week 1: February 2 - 8 Anime Releases Blade Dance of the Elementalers Complete Collection DVD Bla...read more

Feb 1, 2016 4:37 PM by trebmeg | Discuss (16 comments)

More discussions

Recent Forum Discussion

Live Action JSeanaY - Dec 7	6 replies	by JSeanaY »» Yesterday, 1:33 PM
Poll: Tokyo Ghoul Episode 8 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page ) Stark700 - Aug 21, 2014	356 replies	by HellBlasterz »» Yesterday, 10:12 AM
Poll: Tokyo Ghoul Episode 5 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page ) Stark700 - Jul 31, 2014	348 replies	by Azhkar-san »» Dec 5, 3:22 PM
Poll: Tokyo Ghoul Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page ) Stark700 - Sep 18, 2014	838 replies	by EGeza »» Dec 1, 5:17 AM
As an anime-only, is this worth watching or no? ( 1 2 3 ) Issax28 - Oct 9	101 replies	by Zero01guard »» Nov 19, 9:29 AM

Recent Featured Articles

In Numbers: The Best Anime of the Decade

What's the #1 anime of the 2010s? Which year was the best? What studio had the most hits? We have the answers to all these questions and more!

by Shymander

609,127 views

Can an OP Character Be a Good Main Character?

OP characters are a common trope in anime, if not a loved one. An often repeated criticism of leads, particularly in shounen titles, is that they were too powerful. Distinguishing between the pros and cons of OP heroes is important to be able to understand if an OP lead can be a great character.

by MAL_Articles

60,836 views

Tokyo Ghoul

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Resources

Streaming Platforms

Synopsis

Background

Episode Videos

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Related Anime

Characters & Voice Actors

Kaneki, Ken

Kirishima, Touka

Suzuya, Juuzou

Uta

Tsukiyama, Shuu

Nagachika, Hideyoshi

Eto

Arima, Kishou

Kamishiro, Rize

Kirishima, Ayato

Staff

Opening Theme

Ending Theme

Reviews

Interest Stacks

Recommendations

Recent News

Recent Forum Discussion

Recent Featured Articles

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Tokyo Ghoul

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Resources

Streaming Platforms

Synopsis

Background

Episode Videos

Visit MALxJapan MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Related Anime

Characters & Voice Actors

Staff

Opening Theme

Ending Theme

Reviews

Interest Stacks

Recommendations

Recent News

Recent Forum Discussion

Recent Featured Articles

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-