8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Tokyo Ghoul (2014)
Tokyo Ghoul (2014)
Overview
Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Female Combat: Yes
Viewer Rating
8.0
Overview
Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by allegorically portraying ghouls as a systematically oppressed minority, advocating for empathy and coexistence as a solution to prejudice and state-sponsored violence.
Tokyo Ghoul features an authentically Japanese cast, consistent with its source material and setting. The narrative deeply explores themes of discrimination and prejudice, portraying the struggles of a marginalized group against a dominant society, thereby offering a strong critique of societal injustice.
Secondary
The show features female Ghoul characters, such as Touka Kirishima and Eto Yoshimura, who engage in and win direct physical confrontations against male opponents, including other Ghouls and human investigators, utilizing their unique Ghoul abilities.
Tokyo Ghoul does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on the existential conflict between ghouls and humans, and the protagonist's journey of self-discovery and survival, without incorporating queer identities or experiences into its core plot or character arcs.
The anime series "Tokyo Ghoul" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While some characters may exhibit gender-nonconforming appearances or behaviors, their identities are not explicitly portrayed as transsexual within the narrative. Consequently, there is no depiction to evaluate under the provided framework.
The 2014 anime adaptation of "Tokyo Ghoul" faithfully portrays the established genders of its characters from the original manga. No major or named characters who were canonically one gender in the source material are depicted as a different gender in the show.
The 2014 anime adaptation of "Tokyo Ghoul" faithfully portrays its characters as Japanese, consistent with the original manga source material. There are no instances where a character's established race from the manga was altered in the anime.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.7
8.3
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