Tokyo Ghoul

Tokyo Ghoul is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida.

Tokyo Ghoul is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. The story is set in an alternate Tokyo where humans coexist with ghouls—creatures that resemble humans but must eat human flesh to survive. It follows Ken Kaneki, a student who becomes a half-ghoul after a life-changing encounter and is drawn into the conflict between human and ghoul societies.

Premise

Tokyo Ghoul takes place in a world where ghouls can look human but must eat human flesh to survive. The story follows Kaneki after he is transformed into a half-ghoul and forced to adapt to a violent hidden society.

Publication

The manga was written and illustrated by Sui Ishida and serialized in Weekly Young Jump from September 2011 to September 2014. Its chapters were collected into 14 volumes, and it was licensed for English publication by Viz Media, making it widely available to Canadian readers through North American manga distribution.

Related works

The franchise includes the prequel Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] and the sequel Tokyo Ghoul:re. Tokyo Ghoul:re continued the storyline after the original series and was serialized from October 2014 to July 2018.

Anime adaptation

Tokyo Ghoul was adapted into an anime television series, with later installments diverging in varying degrees from the manga. Tokyo Ghoul √A is widely described as including anime-original material alongside adapted manga content.