Plot Summary
Ken Kaneki is living in otherwise ordinary world full of ghouls, human-like creatures that can only survive on human blood and flesh. Kaneki falls for one and goes on a date with her, only to discover she is in actually a ghoul. She tries to attack him, but an accident happens instead and her organs are transferred into his body. He now must live with being half-ghoul while learning about the ghoul community and how in this world he must protect himself and his friends.
Story
The story sets up pretty will, with the first few episodes being pretty intense and immediately catches the watcher's eye. From then on, while it does have a few great moments, the quality of the storytelling starts to run along the lines of ordinary, but goes in a serious downward spiral in the end.
5.4
Characters
The anime has a diverse cast full of likeable characters. However, it is so crammed that characters will appear for an episode and will be hardly seen or mentioned again, and this makes it hard to develop any characters well.
6.2
Animation
The animation, for the most part, was up to par with current anime. Some scenes were absolutely beautiful and intense. However, there is a certain amount of censored scenes that take away greatly from the anime.
7.2
Music
The opening is absolutely incredible, and while the first ending wasn't all to great, the second was enjoyable.
While the background OSTs can be considered okay in their own right, they never fully contributed to the anime and thus it cannot be said that they reached their full potential.
8.2
Overall
While there are some things in Tokyo Ghoul that are entertaining to watch, it cannot be considered an incredible anime by any means.
6.75
Half Moon
Other
They did do something with a character that I haven't seen before, though. With Kureo Mado, they make you absolutely hate him, then they kill him off, then they make you like him after he's dead. ...Dang you, Pierrot!
Also, I really didn't like that ending. It reminded me of a combination of the endings of Neon Genesis Evangelion and Soul Eater - a deep, philosophical look into the main character's mind that doesn't quite make sense before the main character finds a deus ex machina-like power they use to quickly and easily kill the main antagonist.
Also, those torture scenes... *shudder* That's the stuff of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni right there, that is!
