Funimation To Bring Tokyo Ghoul Live-Action Film To U.S. Theaters

Tokyo Ghoul fans, this is not a drill. In just a couple of months, the dark anime series will make its live-action debut in Japan. Tokyo Ghoul is slated to premiere its first live-action movie in July, prompting U.S. fans to bemoan the film's Japanese release. But, as always, Funimation has come to the rescue. The company has just announced it will be bringing Tokyo Ghoul to the U.S., and fans should prepare to see the film in theaters nationwide.

You can read part of Funimation's announcement below:

"Tokyo Ghoul is back and this time it's more real than ever. We're excited to announce that Funimation will have the license for the Tokyo Ghoul Live-Action movie and that it will be coming to theaters soon!"

The film will see characters like Ken Kaneki and Toka Kirishima fall back to their origins. Tokyo Ghoul will follow Ken as the boy finds himself dragged into a dark world of underground ghouls. The flesh-eating monsters live anonymous lives in Tokyo's underbelly, and Ken is nearly killed by one such monster. When the boy's life is saved, Ken discovers he is now a rare half-Ghoul, and his life is flipped upside-down when the hero finds himself challenged by bigger full-blooded Ghouls around the city.

If you are unfamiliar with Tokyo Ghoul, Viz Media describes the story below:

"Ghouls live among us,​ the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh.​ Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize.​ But it turns out that she's only interested in his body - eating it,​ that is.​ When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid,​ Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls,​ which exists alongside our own.​"

The series debuted in September 2011 thanks to mangaka Sui Ishida. Weekly Young Jump first published the manga before it was adapted into an anime series by Pierrot. The anime premiered in July 2014 before a second season ran in January 2015. A third season has yet to be announced by any party.

Tokyo Ghoul is set in an alternate reality where creatures known as ghouls exist. The horrifying monsters survive by consuming human flesh and live amongst humans in secret. The story follows a boy named Ken Kaneki after a date-gone-wrong leaves him a half-ghoul. Struggling to adapt to his new life, Ken tries his best to fit into ghoul society, keep his monstrous status hidden from humans, and reign in the insatiable hunger he has for flesh.