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Tokyo Ghoul

★ 7.7 83K votes 2014–2014 1 seasons · 12 episodes Ended Tokyo MX
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10Psychological horrorFear that comes from the mind: paranoia, sanity, perception.This show: 7/10Monster horrorCreatures and slashers, fear made physical.This show: 7/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 7/10DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Natsuki HanaeAustin TindleBrina PalenciaSora AmamiyaClifford ChapinSean Hennigan
Starring
Natsuki HanaeAustin TindleBrina PalenciaSora AmamiyaClifford ChapinSean Hennigan
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About

"A gentle bookworm's slow horrifying unmaking"

A quiet college student named Kaneki survives a near-fatal encounter that leaves him half-ghoul, forced into a hidden Tokyo where flesh-eating creatures pass as ordinary people. He's pulled between human life and a ghoul cafe that shelters him, as his old sense of self erodes. The tone is broody body-horror with a melancholic pulse, heavy on identity dread rather than nonstop action. Pace is deliberate early, then lurches into brutal violence. It's carried by Kaneki's unraveling and striking visual design, though the compressed runtime rushes plot and character work.

Watch it for

the unsettling transformation of a meek protagonist into something he fears and craves.

Maybe skip if

you want a complete, satisfying story arc rather than a truncated adaptation.

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All Seasons

Tokyo Ghoul2014
8.122K125h 2m
The suspense horror/dark fantasy story is set in Tokyo, which is haunted by mysterious "ghouls" who are devouring humans. People are gripped by the fear of these ghouls whose identities are masked in mystery. An ordinary college student named Kaneki encounters Rize, a girl who is an avid reader like him, at the café he frequents. Little does he realize that his fate will change overnight.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Tragedy8.2
2K27 min
2Incubation7.8
2K25 min
3Dove7.4
2K25 min
4Supper7.4
2K25 min
5Scars8.1
2K25 min
6Cloudburst8.0
2K25 min
7Captivity7.7
1K25 min
8Circular8.6
2K25 min
9Birdcage7.4
1K25 min
10Aogiri7.7
1K25 min
11High Spirits8.2
2K25 min
12Ghoul9.3
4K25 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Natsuki Hanae Kaneki Ken, Ken Kaneki
Austin Tindle Ken Kaneki
Brina Palencia Touka Kirishima
Sora Amamiya Touka Kirishima
Clifford Chapin Hideyoshi Nagachika, Additional Voices
Sean Hennigan Yoshimura
Mike McFarland Kotaro Amon
Lara Woodhull Hinami Fueguchi
Christopher Sabat Jason, Yamori
Eric Vale Nishiki Nishio

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