Tokyo Ghoul

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 between September 2011 and September 2014, and was collected in fourteen tankōbon
volumes. A prequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack], ran online on Jump Live in 2013 and was collected in
a single tankōbon volume. A sequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul:re, was serialized in Weekly Young Jump
between October 2014 and July 2018, and was collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes.
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by studio Pierrot aired on Tokyo MX between July and
September 2014. A 12-episode second season, 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 English language release, while Funimation has
licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution.