Board Thread:New on Tokyo Ghoul Wiki/@comment-49.148.219.208-20150119000116/@comment-26942844-20160512135425

My first experience with Tokyo Ghoul was with the anime. When the first season came out, by the end of the first episode I thought "This is amazing!" and immediatly looked it up to see if there was a manga. By the time the second episode aired I was a good way through the first few volumes of the series and gradually my interest in the anime tapered off.

I did watch the rest of season one eventually, by that time though I was up to date with the manga so the anime didnt grip me as much but it was still enjoyable though very rushed. A by product of trying to squeeze everything in to the typical 12-13 episodes that most seasonal anime tend to be limmited to I suppose. It was good but didnt really hold up to the manga.

The Second season however...

I watched the first episode and more or less gave up on it when I realised that pierrot were taking the series in a new direction. I cant think of any examples where an anime original storyline managed to hold up to the manga. Though I suppose thats a matter of opinion.

I did eventually give in and watch it after it finnished airing and on the whole, I didnt enjoy it at all. again it was rushed, they changed or ommitted critical scenes and events (raid on the reasturant and kanous mansion to name a few). The only parts I enjoyed really were the ending theme song (didnt like the op of season 2), and some parts of the anteiku raid (Irimi and Kouma).

I honestly doubt we will see a reboot (at least not any time soon) which is a shame. Do pierrot own the right to TG? Im assuming they do.