The facts
Created by
Sui Ishida
Publisher
Shueisha
English publisher
Viz Media
Serialised in
Weekly Young Jump
Run
2011–2014
Volumes
14 (complete; as of 2026)
Demographic
Seinen
Genres
Dark fantasy, supernatural thriller
Anime adaptation
Pierrot anime TV series (2014); Tokyo Ghoul √A (2015)
About Tokyo Ghoul
Tokyo Ghoul is set in an alternate Tokyo where humans live alongside ghouls, who look human but survive only on human flesh. College student Ken Kaneki becomes a half-ghoul after an attack and has to hold on to his humanity.
Sui Ishida's series ran in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from September 2011 to September 2014 and is complete in 14 volumes. The sequel, Tokyo Ghoul:re, ran from 2014 to 2018 in 16 more volumes. Viz Media publishes both in English.
Pierrot's anime aired in 2014, followed by Tokyo Ghoul √A in 2015.
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