New Delhi: After days of teasing fans, the official account of the Tokyo Ghoul anime announced that a huge exhibition for the Pierrot-produced manga series will be held in Japan later this year, with Tokyo up first in October, followed by Osaka in December. Ahead of the grand exhibition, let’s explore the popular manga series. The exhibition will be called ‘Tokyo Ghoul Exposition’. The announcement was made with an important visual featuring the anime’s protagonist Kaneki Ken, Touka Kirishima and Rize Kamishiro.

Tokyo Ghoul: First origin and adaptations

Tokyo Ghoul is a psychological dark fantasy series which was adapted from Sui Ishida’s manga series, which rolled out in the Weekly Young Jump magazine from September 2011 to 2014, with its chapters collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. A prequel titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack], aired online on Jump Live in 2012 and a sequel Tokyo Ghoul:re was serialised in Weekly Jump from October 2014 to July 2018.

In 2014, Pierrot-produced 12-episode anime series adaptation was aired on Tokyo MX from July to September 2014. Although the original series is lauded by many for carrying forward the visual spectacle legacy, it’s follow-up sequels were a major letdown for the fans, who even refuse to acknowledge it.

Tokyo Ghoul storyline

Tokyo Ghoul is a dark fantasy drama that revolves around a college student, who is attacked by a Ghoul, a superpowered human who feeds on human flesh. However, he survives but becomes part Ghoul, leading him on the run.

The synopsis of the show read, “Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way – except their craving for human flesh. Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body – eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid, Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls, which exists alongside our own.”

Tokyo Ghoul OTT platform

Japanese horror fantasy anime web-series is available to watch on online streaming giant, Netflix. It has 12-episodes. While Tokyo Ghoul:re is available to watch on Prime Video and Tokyo Ghoul Season 3 is available to watch on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, and Netflix (depending on the availability which may vary by region).

Tokyo Ghoul IMDb rating

Tokyo Ghoul is rated 7.7 out of 10 on IMDb.