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- This adaptation does a good job of getting the surface level story of Tokyo Ghoul right, and it’s certainly one of the better live-action anime movies out there. Its gore is disappointingly tamer than the source material’s, but action sequences are generally done well.
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Jul 29, 2017 · Tokyo Ghoul: Directed by Kentarô Hagiwara. With Masataka Kubota, Fumika Shimizu, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hiyori Sakurada. A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a superpowered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.
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Is the live action Tokyo ghoul worth watching? I've read the manga and saw the anime but dunno if putting like anime characters into real life people would seem good.
- This adaptation has the blood but it’s missing the guts.
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By Miranda Sanchez
Updated: Oct 17, 2017 4:14 pm
Posted: Oct 16, 2017 6:59 pm
The live-action film adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul checks a lot of boxes; it follows the source material, there is tons of blood, people are eaten, coffee is brewed, and the kagune pack a punch. Taking on the Dove arc only, this movie condenses the introductory story of Tokyo Ghoul competently, but only just so. It struggles to explore Kaneki’s waning humanity beyond screeching, and some of the film’s biggest moments fall flat due to odd directorial choices and irregular shot composition. This is far from the best version of Tokyo Ghoul, but it is at least a fun movie so long as you’re not looking for depth.
Like the anime and manga before it, Tokyo Ghoul follows Ken Kaneki as he transforms from human to a human-eating ghoul after receiving his ghoul attacker’s organs. He goes on to join a group of rather peaceful ghouls that run a cafe, Anteiku, that acts as a refuge from the Commission of Counter Ghoul, a government agency charged with finding and eliminating ghouls.
Though he’s acted well enough by Masataka Kubota, Kaneki feels like the weakest part of the film because of how his character is written. This adaptation omits Kaneki’s internal dialogue, which effectively eliminates a lot of his deeper struggle with his transformation, exploration of what it means to be human, and ultimately a substantial part of his growth as a character. Instead, his inner turmoil is annoyingly conveyed through a lot of shrieking and cowering. The few times in the movie when Rize, the ghoul whose organs were given to Kaneki, appears to taunt Kaneki about his transformation are satisfyingly creepy. More of her presence could have helped represent his conflictions.
Tokyo Ghoul’s second act does well at juggling an investigation by the CCG’s agents, the Doves, and Kaneki’s integration into the ghoul collective at Anteiku. While the Doves hunt for leads on a ghoul mother and her child, we see them find refuge and kinship at Anteiku. The side characters at the cafe are interesting, and Kaneki actually gets a bit of good development through his relationship with them. Kaneki and Touka’s trip to the delightfully gothic mask shop is definitely a highlight, too.
Generally, Tokyo Ghoul does look good. The ghouls’ darkened eyes don’t appear too fake, and their powerful appendages, the kagune, look okay. It’s a shame that when the kagune are in action, though, it’s apparent that fights are shorter and slower. I also wished there would have been better gore. The uncensored version of the anime is brutal, and while this version does have a lot of blood, it mostly omits dismemberment, guts, or really any other gore that’s not blood. This made some of the cooler fights feel a little less impactful.
This adaptation does a good job of getting the surface level story of Tokyo Ghoul right, and it’s certainly one of the better live-action anime movies out there. Its gore is disappointingly tamer than the source material’s, but action sequences are generally done well. However, erratic direction and cinematography make some of Tokyo Ghoul’s biggest...
- Miranda Sanchez
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