Tokyo Ghoul
東京喰種 トーキョーグール
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. (Source: Anime News Network)
Tokyo Ghoul is a tv with 12 episodes, from Summer 2014, produced by Studio Pierrot, rated 7.6/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
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. (Source: Anime News Network)
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Tags
- Gore — Prominently features graphic bloodshed and violence.
- Urban Fantasy — Set in a world similar to the real world, but with the existence of magic or other supernatural elements.
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Survival — Centers around the struggle to live in spite of extreme obstacles.
- Human Experimentation — Features experiments that use human and humanoid beings as test subjects.
- Body Horror — Features characters who undergo horrific transformations or disfigurement, often to their own detriment.
- Torture — The act of deliberately inflicting severe pain or suffering upon another individual or oneself as a punishment or with a specific purpose.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Henshin — Prominently features character or costume transformations which often grant special abilities.
- Seinen — Target demographic is adult males.
- Anti-Hero — Features a protagonist who lacks conventional heroic attributes and may be considered a borderline villain.
- Coming of Age — Centers around a character's transition from childhood to adulthood.