Tokyo Ghoul

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 (2017) Tokyo Ghoul S (2019) 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)
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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, with its chapters collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. The story is set in an alternate version of Tokyo where humans coexist with ghouls, beings who look like humans but can only survive by eating human flesh. Ken Kaneki is a college student who is transformed into a half-ghoul after an encounter with one of them. He must navigate the complex social and political dynamics between humans and ghouls while struggling to maintain his humanity.

A prequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack], ran online on Jump Live in 2013, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume. A sequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul:re, was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from October 2014 to July 2018, its chapters were collected in 16 tankōbon volumes.

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.

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

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