<P> 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 by Sui Ishida . It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump between September 2011 and September 2014 and has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes as of August 2014 . A sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul: re began serialization in the same magazine in October 2014 and a prequel titled Tokyo Ghoul Jack ran online on Jump Live . </P> <P> 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, began airing on January 8, 2015, and concluded on March 26, 2015 . In North America, Viz Media is publishing the manga while Funimation has licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution . The anime was obtained by Madman Entertainment for digital distribution in Australia . </P> <P> An anime adaptation based on the sequel manga Tokyo Ghoul: re has been announced and will premiere in 2018 . </P> <P> A live - action film based on the manga was released in Japan on July 29, 2017 . </P>

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