Tokyo Ghoul (東京喰種) is a 2014 anime adaption of the manga series created by Sui Ishida. It was serialized and published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine from September 8, 2011 to September 18, 2014, with a total of 14 volumes.
The anime was created by Pierrot, directed by Shuhei Morita, written by Chūji Mikasan, and has music by Yutaka Yamada. It began airing on Tokyo MX and ran from July 3, 2014 to September 18, 2014. The second season titled Tokyo Ghoul √A (東京喰種√A) began airing from January 9, 2015 to March 27, 2015, consisting of 12 episodes.
Tokyo Ghoul is licensed by Madman Entertainment in Australia, FUNimation Entertainment in North America, and Anime Limited in the United Kingdom. The English Dub for the series began with the second season, which premiered on the FunimationNow streaming service from February 18, 2015 to May 6, 2015.[1] Funimation did confirm that the first season wa sbeing dubbed, which was released on the Blu-ray + DVD combo release on September 22, 2015.[2][3]
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Cast[]
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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Hisashi Ogura | Teruyuki Tanzawa | Ed Blaylock | 1 |
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Kazuo Yoshida | Ryan Ingrim | ||
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Taguchi | Reina Ueda | Natalie Hoover | |
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Taro | Taketora | Jonathan C. Osborne | 4 |
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Kie Muramatsu / Applehead |
Mika Doi | Juli Erickson | 9 |
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Bin Brothers | Yūki Fujiwara (older) |
Sonny Strait | 11 |
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Sōta Arai (younger) |
Jean-Luc Hester | ||
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Shu | Kōhei Aoyama | Orion Pitts | 11-12 |
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Haru | Yurie Kobori | Felecia Angelle | |
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Ms. Kaneki | Rieko Takahashi | Anastasia Muñoz | 12 |
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Kyoji Misaka | Otoya Kawano | J. Paul Slavens | 12 |
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Koitsu Chigyo | Shinji Kawada | Michael Johnson | 15 |
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Shizuku Kawakami | Reina Ueda | Sara Ragsdale | 17 |
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Big Madam | Kimiko Saitō | Nancy Sherrard | 18 |
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Ukina | Minako Kotobuki | Martha Harms | 20 |
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Tsuneyoshi Washu | Katsunosuke Hori | Daniel Caskey | |
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Taishi Fura | Ryōhei Kimura | Duncan Brannan | 23 |
Additional Voices[]
Season One[]
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Season Two[]
Notes[]
- The second season of the anime was dubbed first before the first season.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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February 18, 2015 - May 6, 2015 |
Anime | Digital | 
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Season 2 | 12 Eps. | United States | 
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March 1, 2022 | Season 1 | 12 Eps. | |||||
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Video Releases[]
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2015 | 
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Eps. 1-12 | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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Eps. 1-12 | 1 NTSC A DVB-T | ||||
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Eps. 1-12 | 2 NTSC |
United Kingdom | 
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| 4 Discs | ||||||
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Eps. 1-12 | B DVB-T | ||||
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2016 | +
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Eps. 13-24 | 1 NTSC A DVB-T |
United States |
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| 4 Discs | ||||||
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Eps. 13-24 | 1 NTSC | ||||
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Eps. 13-24 | 2 NTSC |
United Kingdom |
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| 4 Discs | ||||||
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Eps. 13-24 | B DVB-T | ||||
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2018 | Eps. 1-12 | A DVB-T |
United States |
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| 2 Discs | ||||||
| Eps. 13-24 | ||||||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
See Also[]
References[]
External Links[]
- Tokyo Ghoul on the Internet Movie Database.
- Tokyo Ghoul √A on the Internet Movie Database.
- Tokyo Ghoul (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- Tokyo Ghoul on Behind The Voice Actors.
- Tokyo Ghoul √A on Behind The Voice Actors.