Review: Tokyo Ghoul

Tokyo Ghoul

This is season one of Tokyo Ghoul. This show is apparently based on a very popular manga, but i have not seen any of the manga. 

The basic premise is that there is a race of creatures living beside humankind. These ghouls are indistinguishable from humans (except for maybe via blood test) and the general public know of their existence. 

Ghouls can only eat human meat, anything else (mostly) makes them ill. They need to eat once a month but some called binge eaters kill and eat a lot more humans.
There are also gourmand who like to experiment with their diet, i think.

There is a group of government sponsored humans, some obviously psychotic, that go around killing suspected ghouls with impunity.
I have no idea why blood tests and ID cards are not a thing in this world, some ghouls wear masks sometimes to hide their human faces.

Oh the ghouls can also produce kagune from their body's, which range from energy looking things to insect-like appendages. I was reminded of Parasyte by this aspect.

So in this world we have a human who gets turned into a half-ghoul, sort of. I wont say this season is about him as such, but he is in most episodes a lot.

 The art is really nice, the music is cool. The premise is interesting, but everything seems a little glossed over, i kind of felt like i was missing large pieces of characterization and exposition.

There is some fan service for those who want it, but other than a boob shot in the first episode most of it isn't gratuitous.

There are some amusing moments and some horrible ones. There is a torture scene that goes on and on and seems like its never going to end, which was probably the point but still.

Also there are a lot of characters, most not fully developed, characterization seems to be a major flaw with this series.

This is classed as a horror anime and i suppose it is, but the only time i was scared was when my cat sat up, and i jumped.

While i enjoyed this series, it is flawed. I wanted more. I want to actually know the characters and care about them. There also seems to be a lot of plot holes, and i hope that season two addresses these issues.  Also you should be aware that none of the many plots seem to be resolved this season, the series ends on a cliff hanger.
I will be watching season two, i have hopes for this show.