New ‘Tokyo Ghoul:re' Anime Releases Teaser Trailer

Earlier today, news broke that Tokyo Ghoul would be getting a third anime series. Creator Sui Ishida confirmed Tokyo Ghoul:re is getting its own anime next year, and a teaser trailer for the project has just dropped.

As you can see above, the short clip introduces a string of new characters along with a familiar one. Ken Kaneki is shown looking a bit older and with a two-toned hairstyle, but the protagonist appears to be living under the name Haise Sasaki. As for the other characters introduced, fans of Tokyo Ghoul:re will know who they are from just a glance.

If you are familiar with the Tokyo Ghoul sequel, then you will know the series follows an amnesiac Kaneki as he creates his own CCG squad. The hero leads a team known as the 'Quinx Squad' who is filled with others like Kaneki. The group houses investigators who are half-Ghoul, and the trailer gives each of the squad's original members a close-up.

The trailer shows Kuki Urie, Tooru Mutsuki, Ginishi Shirazu, and Saiko Yonebayashi in order. Fans seem excited by the trailer and its depiction of the Quinx Squad, so anime-only fans have a lot to anticipate with the show's debut.

Set in Tokyo, the new anime will catch up with Ken, but the character isn't one fans will remember. The boy is living under the name Haise Sasaki after he sustained permanent brain damage during his encounter with Kisho Arima. The amnesiac is leading a team of CCG investigators who are known as the 'Quinx Squad' who underwent a similar procedure that he did to channel their Ghoul powers. The group is able to fight like Ghouls while living lives as normal humans, and Tokyo Ghoul:re follows Ken/Sasaki as he begins to recount the life he forgot.

Currently, Viz Media has rights to publish Tokyo Ghoul:re in the U.S. The manga will begin to be printed in America on October 17, and the company describes the series as such:

"Haise Sasaki has been tasked with teaching Qs Squad how to be outstanding investigators, but his assignment is complicated by the troublesome personalities of his students and his own uncertain grasp of his Ghoul powers. Can he pull them together as a team, or will Qs Squad first assignment be their last?"

If you are unfamiliar with Tokyo Ghoul, then you can start catching up on the popular horror series right now. 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.