Tokyo Ghoul (2014) User Reviews

Loved it

[Misss25 · 7/10 · 26 February 2022]

The anime is about a boy named Ken Kaneki who was an ordinary boy before encountering with a ghoul who he was on a date. Ken Kaneki was saved but he is badly injured. In order to save him, her (ghoul) organs are transplant into his body which in fact resulted him to be an half ghoul. From ordinary life to becoming a ghoul who only eats human flesh,will he able to survive??

It was incredible from starting to end. I'm happy it has some more seasons so I don't have to say good bye to this now.

Not all story has to be about learning something

[tahmidbinamit · 9/10 · 12 November 2019]

Some stories are just too much fun to see. Tokyo ghoul has a thriller type awesome story. Art style is really great too. Don't look at those who gave it a bad review. Season 1 was great.

This Show is a must watch as it Questions the Moral of our Existence and the so-called Dominance we've established over weak species.

[nirwanmohit4 · 9/10 · 14 April 2015]

A beautifully written show with an unique plot line that questions about the methods of living ''survival of the fittest'' or ''Co-existence" of two species together .This show arouses questions about the right way of living through a war between the two species who claim to be the dominant race.With the amazing soundtracks and beauty of animation technology they have built an masterpiece. The story set's in Tokyo where the protagonist is attacked by a ghoul but somehow he survives due to organ transplantation and is now a Half Human Half Ghoul now. The story describes his struggle as he is neither a Ghoul nor a Human,While struggling he start's to understand the true nature of Humans and Ghouls. The story will rapidly expand in the sequel of the show in which A War will uncoil that will decide the absolute dominance of one of these species.

Amazing from the midpoint on

[serbian_007 · 10/10 · 8 January 2015]

Initially I thought the first half of season one was too slow paced and kind of boring because I just couldn't figure out the direction of the plot and the main point to the whole story. What happens to the main character just wasn't enough to drive the plot forward in my mind; the "now what? so what?" question kept nagging at me. But I was patient and kept watching and realized how wrong my initial impression was. I realized that the slow pacing and lack of a central purpose/goal of the early episodes actually works to improve character development so that the finale hits us that much harder. From the midpoint on Tokyo Ghoul turns into an absolute masterpiece; I began to see depth to the whole story and the shows profound take on ethics and psychology.

This series has potential to become one of the best anime's in recent memory if it gets a few more seasons. In fact, I think that the plot is thick enough here to warrant many more seasons. Season 1 does a excellent job setting the context and introducing us to the characters. It would be a shame if Tokyo Ghoul ended after just 24 episodes. I want more than that. If you fail to reach the midpoint of the first season, you will judge this series inaccurately based on limited data. If you make it to the midpoint, however, you will have that epiphany you've been searching for and the show will appear before you in a new light, as it has to me.

Don't judge this series based on the manga; they're totally different artforms and should be judged separately. It seems to me that a lot of people who negatively judge this series are extremely biased in favor of the manga, and that's just unreasonable.

If judged by the first half alone: 7.0-8.0/10.

If judged by the second half alone: 10/10.

If judged in hindsight taking into consideration everything I mentioned: 10/10.

Started out as perfect

[leahbuchwald · 8/10 · 13 November 2018]

I really enjoyed the first season of this series, but after that it went kinda downhill - I also watched second season and I didn't think it really lived up to the hype of the first season. The ending of second season got to me, and I actually thought it was quite okay anyways - but as soon as :re came out I was out the door. "What the heck is wrong with this" I thought to myself multiple before finally dropping it around the third episode of the latest season.

Depressing, but good

[CZelden · 8/10 · 6 November 2015]

This is a story about a boy who is changed into something he fears. He then has to learn how to live on the border between what he is used to and what he fears.

The show is tremendously violent and gory, but not extraordinarily so in it's genre. It kind of falls into the Supersayan-problem of ever more powerful enemies that can only be defeated by the main character after becoming stronger, but it varies enough (more so in the second season than the first). Despite the characters feeling all over the place in the first few episodes, there is a point to that and after two seasons I actually quite like how the character arcs turned out.

What makes this story for me is it's underlying themes. It's about the big subjects of life and death and love and hate, but it does so in a different way than I am used to. The show seems to ask by showing murder after murder, battle after battle, slaughter after slaughter: isn't this pointless? Every time it sets a character up to be violently taken apart it makes a point to say that that character had value and now he or she is no more. It makes the point of the show, despite it's extreme violence one of pacifism.

It is a tremendously depressing watch, but definitely something I haven't seen before and something I don't know if I should recommend. Watch this if: a. you like violent anime and just want to see the pictures, because it is well made and not focus on the plot or b. you like feeling like crap after binging on short episode after short episode.

PS I don't like the title songs, but I am sure many people disagree.

Real masterpiece

[bdnahian · 10/10 · 18 June 2021]

Believe it or not this is a masterpiece. One of the best I've ever watched. Although some people might disagree. Because after season2 it didn't follow the manga. But it doesn't matter to me. The story was great,the art was great also the ending was great what more do you want. I really recommend it to watch.

Very mediocre anime.

[eldreddsouza · 7/10 · 6 May 2021]

There being so much hype around this anime, I decided to give it a shot. I've watched a lot of anime so I consider myself ft enough to judge whether an anime is worth watching or not. Tokyo Ghoul has an interesting premise but as I started watching it I started to notice a lot of senseless things and poor detailing that render this show unwatchable. Well not fully, as it starts out good, gets pretty messy in been and ends poorly. I can't understand why did they rush it so much. The ending is so poor that you won't feel a thing. No connection with the characters or the story whatsoever. The writers did not care about to end it, it feels like as a result you don't really care about what is happening. Only a couple of episodes in the start, maybe up to episode 4 or 5 are worth watching. The middle episodes are okay too but kinda illogical. The end is horrible.

This show has a nice dark feel to it and I loved watching it at night, in the dark before sleeping. The animation is not bad, but nothing ground breaking. The Tokyo scenery has been animated well. The voice acting is fine, but Kaneki's character is kinda annoying. Especially when he's crying.

subject matter: cannibalism...target audience: not kids...haha

[joelherro · 8/10 · 19 September 2014]

OK, so it's not often an anime this dark comes around, and so I just had to check it out. I haven't read the manga (if there is one), so I'm not sure if this follows closely or not. And without dropping any spoilers, it would appear a second season may be coming. Hopefully it will wrap things up.

Tokyo has two types of inhabitants, humans and ghouls. Ghouls look like humans, but can transform into monsters, have special blood-type weapons and other powers and have to feed on human flesh. All other food is repulsive to them. One day, Kaneki, a normal high school boy, has an accident and is given an organ transplant from a ghoul and becomes a half-human, half-ghoul hybrid. He learns that not all ghouls are horrible, man-eating monsters and some just want to live normal lives. He also learns that isn't easy for his kind.

This show had great character depth and animation and was pretty hectic with the violence and despair. But it was also censored to pieces and the ending was vague. The second season may clarify some things. Watch it...without your kids haha.

5/10 first season was the masterpiece. After that it was an abomination.

[akashiitdel · 5/10 · 29 February 2020]

First season has the one of the best writing i have ever seen. After that they diverged from tha manga and.. lets just say Tokyo ghoul has only one season

Love it!

[princessamber-60624 · 9/10 · 26 April 2018]

In my opinion,one of the greatest anime's ever. The end of the second season made me cry, although the beginning of the third isn't the best so far. This anime has ideals like what it is to be human, battling your inner demons, etc. I highly recommend it, although it does have intense actions and gore. so it should not be viewed by people ages 13 and under.

"IT'S BETTER TO SUFFER YOURSELF THAN TO HURT OTHERS"

[SoverniX · 9/10 · 23 October 2020]

One of the most striking anime series that I have ever seen. A completely new approach of Director Shuhei Morita, who created ten years earlier "Kakurenbo"(Hide and Seek), an anime series that did not catch the audience much. "Tokyo ghoul" is quite another matter! The story is fascinating from the very first seconds, and then you just start living inside this complex multi-faceted world. A world that very much resembles our real world. The eternal confrontation between good and evil in "Tokyo Hum" is presented with all possible contradictions that the main character Kaneki has to face every time... How do you make the only right choice when you realize that there is simply no perfect solution? Or rely on the lesser of evils? Kaneki does not hesitate, and his beliefs are so strong that it is really only HIS own choice, for which he takes full responsibility. Good-natured and childishly naive, he trusts almost everyone he meets, for which sometimes you have to literally pay with your own blood. Without retreating, standing up after each wound inflicted, he resists the evil even within himself. Consciously trying each time to overcome vicious temptations, Kaneki offers his game, the rules of which he learned for himself from childhood (only at the end of the first season before the viewer opens the veil of secrecy about his childhood and maternal parting words, which the young hero will keep in his heart forever). Throughout the series, you can't stop admiring his purity of views and desire to change the principles accepted by his friends and enemies at all costs. Words can't Express the constant tension that you feel when you watch a young ghoul rush into the thick of things, risking everything for the sake of his friends and family. Interest is aroused by all, without exception, characters! The creators seem to have instilled living strings in them, and at some point you start to realize with a bit of madness that they are as real as everything that is happening around us today. Anime in General, in my opinion, has a mystical power that can invade the human world, thanks to the deep immersion of human thoughts in this fantastic culture. And since the thought of a person is material, it is worth recognizing that many motives of Japanese animation, especially such as the story of the "Tokyo ghoul", have long been settled in our living environment. Someone this thought may seem creepy, but I hasten to reassure - I, of course, do not mean the material embodiment of monsters on the streets of cities and villages, but rather, I mean a kind of perception of the surrounding reality (few people know, and it is not so easy to count, but according to the most conservative estimates, the number of people on the planet who regularly (!) watch anime, in 2020 reached about 870,000,000 people! Although there are more bold conclusions based on Internet queries around the world, talking about 20% of the total population of the globe. And this, by the way, corresponds to the population of the entire planet at the beginning of the 20th century). I know a lot of people who have reviewed this anime more than once. I think that I will soon become one of them. As a good friend of mine (a fan of anime since childhood) said, "Tokyo ghoul" can be compared to the Bible, after a while you read it again. This is probably the case when I could recommend this series for the first acquaintance with anime to those who have not yet discovered this page of the wisest Japanese culture. Here, in a surprising way, almost all of the foundations of morality and virtue presented in human society are combined. Caring, self-sacrifice, a sense of duty, tolerance and respect, the eradication of vices within yourself and love, expressed here in a special way, as the only way to salvation... For me, this story (I think, as for many others who do not consider anime only entertainment) is another step towards self-discovery. That's how I took this magical combination of wisdom and anime colors. Or rather, their beginning is season I. There is a continuation of the story ahead. And if you haven't met Kaneki yet, find a few hours of free time. You will definitely not regret and will never call these hours spent!

Japan is terrorized by ghouls epidemic,people are afraid,watch as Kaneki Ken tries to adapt to the life of ghoul,while he tries to keep part of his humanity and sanity intact.

[waylonn · 9/10 · 25 June 2015]

Its a brilliant take on Sui ishida's manga Tokyo ghoul,let's start with negatives first.it would have been better if they made it longer than 13 episodes,because I felt that it was a bit rushed,the first episode was brilliantly done and left you wanting more,but the next 4 episodes were a tad bit slow paced.I would really loved the added the gore and violence that the manga has.The Positives the art and animation is brilliantly done,the voice acting is absolutely brilliant,it actually makes you feel the despair and anguish that kaneki goes through in certain parts(not giving spoilers).but by far the best thing about this series is the soundtracks,it is absolutely superb,in the story and in the opening,normally I just skip the opening and go straight to watching the episode but "UNRAVEL"by TK kept me hooked,heck I even re-winded to listen the opening for the soundtrack over and over again.This anime is really well done I enjoyed the story very much and I hope this review helped.

Inspiration or desperation

[alaningle7 · 7/10 · 2 January 2022]

In a world where ghouls exist who feast on human flesh but appear human in all aspects but this, an ordinary lad goes on a date with an attractive girl. The outcome is not what either had in mind as the girl is in fact a ghoul and attacks him. Enjoyable first series with interesting character development which I feel the later series's lacked. You may also need to have read the manga it was based on or Google what happened between series as it does seem to jump forward without explanation.

Awesome anime, one of my favourites

[m-61796 · 10/10 · 13 January 2016]

I just watched this anime like a month ago or so and I really enjoyed it i was on the edge of my seat almost the whole time! the twist towards the end of the first season was very cool, I was hoping it could be longer it was a pretty short anime but judging by the end they seamed to leave it open for that.

The version I watched was the DUB I wasn't expecting it to be great because i have watched DUBs before and they tend to be out of time, or completely different to what the characters are actually saying but i was actually surprised in how well the DUB flowed i was really impressed.

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[jaysshukla · 7/10 · 20 September 2021]

The story follows Kaneki Ken, who had a deadly encounter with Rize. She, being a ghoul, attacked Kaneki to consume his human flesh. Ghouls are the creatures that look like normal people but can only survive by eating human flesh. After recovering, Kaneki discovers that he underwent a surgery that transformed him into a half-ghoul. This was accomplished because some of Rize's organs were transferred into his body, and now, like normal ghouls, he must consume human flesh to survive.

The concept always sounds unique and exciting to me and the season 1 was almost at the masterpiece level. But it was always going to be a challenge to continue with this concept for so long. I don't think it could offer much scope to continue and develop it into a long saga. Eventually, after the season 1 the writing took the beating. The storyline could be called above average at best. I did not even know how to react to the twists like Kaneki joining Aogiri or he later becoming Haise Sasaki, joining the ghoul investigators. Somehow those things weren't convincing enough.

Tokyo Ghoul, however, does extremely well in terms of characterization. Most of the characters were written extremely well and almost all of them were developed in a proper way. Despite the complex theme, the characters were very human-like and were easy to understand. Even if we talk about Kaneki, he has got a different personality for every single arc. And the way his various personalities converse with each other, every changes that occur to him feel convincing.

The action scenes are intriguing and manage to make or keep you curious. At times, there are more than couple of action scenes going on at the same time but they are usually executed well. The animation feels satisfying as well.

It wouldn't be wrong if I say the anime is best known for its song 'Unravel.' I am certain that even those who don't follow Tokyo Ghoul must be familiar to this song. Even though most of us like other songs more but when it comes to popularity, Unravel must be an anime song of the decade. Having said that, this isn't the only good song this anime has. Other openings and endings are enjoyable too.

The characters, animation, action scenes and most importantly the soundtrack make it more than just a watchable anime.

If you are looking for a NEW ANIME to start this aint it Chief.

[feltymark · 4/10 · 1 January 2022]

1. Don't hate blood or gore but Ghoul's story was so bad it felt like they had to make up for it with just more and more blood more and more submissive behavior and more and more torture. At least at any rate they keep the sadists happy and now Tokyo Ghoul has an army of them to protect their show.

2.

Save yourself some time if you like action its not great and very few scenes...

If you like a good adventure with a character developing story well you're going to have to look somewhere else too...

If you like suffering, death, torture, submissive males and 1000 gallons of blood pouring outta just one dude.... well sir have I found an anime for you. (:

Impressive finale

[difabiosusini · 8/10 · 22 October 2020]

It' s a mediocre anime with a brilliant finale.If you start it i reccomend to finish it.

you will love this guaranteed

[Kileyannarose · 10/10 · 18 February 2015]

Tokyo ghoul is possibly my favorite anime out there. Root A (season 2) is out now, every Thursday at 11am. (TV-MA) You will love this if you love action/horror/gore/dark shows/animes. I consider this if you are a big fan of animes like Attack on Titan, etc. Find gore disturbing? If you really want to watch this anime, I consider watching the censored version. It is very hard to find the uncensored, which I couldn't find at all.

PARENTAL GUIDE: Gore/violence: censored: 9/10 Gore/violence: uncensored: 10/10 Sex/nudity: censored: 4/10 Sex/nudity: uncensored: 6/10 Drugs/profanity: censored/uncensored: 3/10 Language: censored: 7/10 Language: uncensored: 8/10

Above average overall though not very memorable

[marc5477 · 6/10 · 6 April 2015]

Yet another coming of age type show with a dark hero. I really hate these weakling heroes turned superman on a whim type shows but it is what it is. Overall its not too bad. The romance innuendo is garbage and the characters are completely unbelievable acting one way one episode then doing a 180 the very next (the ghoul girl went from super strong to whiny princess... hero went from whiny princess to superman, etc). Still it is not bad outside of characterization and the action is done well enough to hold my attention but this is no Kenshin or Berserk (not even close). Character development is very bad and too generic and the overuse of "mysterious" forces and plots getting people to act the way they do actually make me less interested (think Wolverine in the comics) because of how unrealistic the characters behave. There are no redeeming characters in this show, they might as well all be 2nd graders given their intellectual acumen. I wish anime were written a little smarter. Even when I was a kid I hated poorly written stories and characters. Overall I give this a 6/10 given fun fights.

Hot dang!

[jace-rynearson · 10/10 · 6 December 2017]

This was a great show, it's still a great show, and I'M STILL WAITING FOR SEASON 3.

Where to start with it? The plot is amazing, it's like if X-men was a lot more realistic and intense, the result may surprise you. I liked all the characters, they all had a lot of depth, personality, and development. The story was so intense you'd literally be at the edge of your seat, and full of things that shock you and fill you with sentiment. There's good people and bad people on both sides, which adds to the good morals it presents, being don't judge other people for who they might seem or act like, don't let bad things happen, but stay true to who you are, and love and friendship can bloom even when one of them isn't who or what they say.

The animation was amazing, there was a lot of detail in things, like the color of each scene and the detail in each character all worked to make it more intense and emotional.

The English voice acting is really good, all the voice actors clearly liked working on the project, and while they weren't perfect at first, they still did their best.

By second season, all the voice actors mastered their roles, and the story took an even more dramatic and emotional turn.

Speaking of the characters, the main character starts off as a seemingly cliché shy guy, but then he quickly becomes a like able, relatable guy with a lot of depth. By the second season, he had a lot more character development than he already had, but didn't deviate too far from the established character. He became more active, but still kept his moral compass and didn't become unlike-able.

The only real problem I can point out is that the large amount of character development was kind of sudden and forced because of a scene where the main character was brutalized for so many episodes. There were some reasons to avoid it, because I kind of liked him better before his drastic change. But to be honest, it wasn't a bad idea, it was actually kind of a good idea, but the show would probably still be really good without it too. I liked the intensity, light humor, fear, and emotionality of the first season a lot, but the turn it took in the second season was still a good idea nonetheless.

Speaking of, I don't know why the second season is getting so much hate, it was even better than the first. It made an already intense story even more emotionally intense and tugged at your heart-strings a lot more.

All in all, love that show, and cannot wait for season 3!

it's good but could have been way better

[princess-kara95 · 7/10 · 23 March 2015]

was it worth the time to watch ? totally worth it and more. the story is good really good it has a lot of metaphoric ideas that will make you think so watch it with an open mind to fully enjoy it.

as for the characters they are develop in nice way but if the stick to the sours the manga it would have been way better especially the side characters and development pacing was the problem.

the pacing in general is the series problem in many moments you get bored of the series i even thought about skipping some episodes.its really worth it in the last 2 episodes and first 2 that it's made me forget how poor the pacing is.

A friend of mine told about the series she said if liked attack on titan you will like this one and she sure is right they are similar in many ways. if this anime was better adaptive it would be even better than attack on titan.

Downfall of Tokyo ghoul

[kuchumona · 7/10 · 16 May 2021]

Well if you are disappointed after the second season , I'm among with you guys . But I must say that the actual Manga story-line of the second season was 3 times better than the first. It was The animation authority (Tv Tokyo) they just know how to turn a good anime into a disaster . They almost changed 60% scenes in the anime as a result we didn't get the actual test of Tokyo ghoul . So if you're interested or disappointed to Tokyo ghoul I would recommend you to read the manga .

Enjoyable watch with surprising depth

[dameon_green · 9/10 · 11 March 2020]

A fine example of where an Anime, a genre many view as silly or childish can have great depth and an exceptionally thought provoking story.

Absolutely amazing anime

[p-04897-02451 · 9/10 · 27 September 2019]

I cannot stress how much I enjoyed this anime! Beautiful animation and the voice acting is superb, Great story line and just miraculous overall. The plot twists and outcomes of events is extraordinary. Re: was fairly confusing to adapt to but all in all no complaints at all, great work!