Sunday, 16 July 2017

Tokyo Ghoul (Morita, 2014-2015)

  I adore anime that is no secret on this blog but there are very few anime series over 12 episodes that I have watched in one day. I watched Tokyo Ghoul, a whole 24 episodes in one day. So, I spent one of my days off from work sitting on my butt, inside, just watching this show for about 12 hours. I should probably regret that decision but I do not because this anime series was pretty damn awesome and may have slipped its way into my top ten anime series of all time.
  Let's start off with my favourite thing about this series - the characters. Every single one of the characters I love, even the one that made me feel as though I should have shut my window in fear of my neighbours thinking I was watching French porn. Kaneki Ken, the lead, has such an interesting character arc. His character progression in the series is not always positive but it kind of brings this element of reality into the fantasy/horror world of Tokyo Ghoul. The characters in general are very mixed in terms of protagonist or antagonist because everyone has good things about their character and bad things. It isn't a simple black and white narrative, like these are the good guys you root for them and these are the bad guys you boo them. The characters that the audience are aligned with are the traditional bad guys in most other narratives yet are not bad people. Tokyo Ghoul does a good job of blurring the line between good and evil, it is very realistic in this way. It communicates that bad guys are not all bad and that good guys are not all good.
  To be honest, I don't really have any complaints with this anime. I know quite a few people complain about how much they leave out from the manga but I haven't read them yet although I shall soon. So, the only thing that people complain about I cannot relate to. I'm going to just continue to praise the hell out of this anime because it is so so good. Apart from an amazing set of characters the narrative is gripping and really just reels you in to the world of ghouls, hence why I could watch it in a day. The animation is superb, the colouring and fight scenes are especially interesting in terms of this. Ok, I should probably round this up before I decide to go and watch this series again because I really want to but I have others to finish.
  Overall, this is a very interesting anime series that draws you in with the characters. Definitely for older viewers as this is very violent and gory so won't be for everyone. It is also occasionally sexual in strange ways thanks to 'the gourmet' ghoul who has a thing for Kaneki in a cannibal kinda way.

Rating: 5 out of 5 (I should probably increase my scale to ten to give my reviews more of a range)

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