Not a remake, after all?
Summary:
- A special 10th anniversary Tokyo Ghoul project is in the works.
- There are rumors of it being an anime episode.
- Fans don’t want Studio Pierrot to work on the episode.
Tokyo Ghoul announced a special project to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the anime last month. The project is still shrouded in mystery as there haven’t been many official details about it.
Special Anime Episode
When the project was announced, there was one idea that was mentioned by fans the most: a remake of the anime.
The Tokyo Ghoul adaptation was criticized a lot for its questionable quality and significant deviation from the manga, so a remake doesn’t sound like such a wild idea. On the contrary, it feels like a very natural thing to do.
However, it looks like this dream might not come true. Nothing has been officially confirmed, but there’s a rumor about a special anime episode being in the works.
The source of the leak is a Chinese outsourcing company, and it states that there’s an animated Tokyo Ghoul project that was meant to be completed in November 2023.
If the rumor is true, the project might be just a special episode and not a new series. So if you’re one of those who desperately want a Tokyo Ghoul remake (just like yours truly), then we have bad news: it’s not happening just yet.
There’s a small hope, though, that this special is done to test the waters and see whether viewers still care about Tokyo Ghoul or not. And if the episode is successful, there’ll be a chance for a proper series in the future.
What Can We Expect?
The first thing that fans are interested in is the animation studio responsible for the special episode. They are not keen on the idea of Studio Pierrot working on it, since they ruined the original anime so much that it’s mentioned as one of the worst adaptations out there even now.
Of course, fans hope one of the iconic trio studios (MAPPA, Ufotable and Wit) will take up the episode, but it’s difficult to say whether there are any chances of it ever happening.
Fans think Pierrot’s style was never fitting for Tokyo Ghoul as it’s a seinen series. And the original adaptation was treated like a shounen one. “They animated Tokyo Ghoul like it was an episode of Naruto,” a fan says.
We can’t know what the episode will be about (if it’s even happening), but there are some ideas.
Although Tokyo Ghoul is an exceptionally violent and cruel manga, fans think that having a slice-of-life episode is not such a bad idea. Kaneki suffered enough, so it would be interesting to see him chill and spend some time with his loved ones for a change.