The new live-action Tokyo Ghoul is coming, whether you are ready or not. The film has been confirmed for release on July 29th, and good news for international fans, the movie will be streamed worldwide. In preperation for the big release, the official site has released new stills from the film showing off the cast members in their costumes (seen below), and Uta looks amazing.
The film stars:
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- Masataka Kubota as Ken Kaneki
- Fumika Shimizu as Toka Kirishima
- Yuu Aoi as Rize Kamishiro
- EXILE’s Nobuyuki Suzuki as Kotaro Amon
- Yo Oizumi as Kureo Mado
- Kunio Murai as Kuzen Yoshimura
- Kenta Hamano as Enji Koma
- Nozomi Sasaki as Kaya Irimi
- Shuntarล Yanagi as Renji Yomo
- Hiyori Sakurada as Hinami Fueguchi
- Shลko Aida as Ryลko Fueguchi
- Kai Ogasawara as Hideyoshi “Hide” Nagachika
- Kabuki actor Minosuke Bando as Uta
There is already a live-action Tokyo Ghoul sequel is planned even though there is no specific information on the film. The film will first debut in Tokyo on July 29th with the Tokyo Ghoul Road Show.
If you are unfamiliar with Tokyo Ghoul, Viz Media describes the story below:
“Ghouls live among us,โ the same as normal people in every way – except their craving for human flesh.โ Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize.โ But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body – eating it,โ that is.โ When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid,โ Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls,โ which exists alongside our own.โ”
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.
