Line #43 Trivia/TokyoGhoul


1	!!Trivia Tropes:
2	* ActorAllusion: This is not the first time Creator/DaisukeNamikawa voiced a [[VideoGame/Persona4 character who acts as The Ace of the group, who works on investigation cases, who has gray-silver hair and wears eyeglasses, and is proficient with swords.]] Arima even wields a weapon which shares its name with the said character's surname and it is [[ShockAndAwe lightning-based]] to boot! similar to the element of Yu Narukami's initial Persona, Izanagi.
3	* BannedInChina: The series is banned in China for excessive violence.
4	** It is also banned in Russia due to the ghouls committing cannibalism. It is worth noting that before the banning of anime, the Tokyo Ghoul fandom in Russia was infamous for its toxicity, which gave rise to the Dead Inside subculture. Several Tokyo Ghoul fans are edgy teenagers known on the Russian Internet for romanticizing maniacs and suicide, for which they are often ridiculed in memes.
5	* BonusMaterial: Each volume has several bonus comics, some plain old parodies while others are comedic extra moments that appear to be canon and provide a little extra characterization. Some of the humorous, non-canon ones even made it into the anime as comical post-credits bonuses. Script-style pieces are also sometimes included, featuring interactions between two or more characters and adding little extra information about their relationships.
6	* ColbertBump: Alternative rock group Osterriech has received a great amount more attention thanks to their composition of the second anime OP and Ishida's habit of connecting their music to important plot events on his twitter.
7	** First season OP "unravel" serves as this for its singer, Toru Kitajima ("TK") and his band Ling Tosite Sigure, leading to a rise in popularity of their previous work on ''Anime/PsychoPass'' and anticipation for TK's music for ''Anime/NinetyOneDays.''
8	* ContestWinnerCameo: The Auction Arc of ''Tokyo Ghoul:Re'' features a 20 member RedShirtArmy based on the winners of a "Ghoul Investigator Recruitment" contest. The prize involved having an Investigator based on them appear, with a special page each chapter tracking their deaths.
9	* CreatorBreakdown: Sui Ishida [[https://www.animeexplained.com/news/i-dont-consider-tokyo-ghoul-a-success-says-sui-ishida-in-latest-interview/ has been very open]] about the fact that the heavy workload and tight deadlines he experienced during ''Tokyo Ghoul's'' serialization negatively impacted his physical and mental health. It's likely the reason why Sui Ishida adopted a far more flexible schedule for his later series, ''Manga/ChoujinX''.
10	* CrossDressingVoices: Creator/RieKugimiya and Creator/MaxeyWhitehead as Juuzou Suzuya.
11	* DevelopmentGag: Saiko mentions that Hayashimura originally wanted to be a hair stylist prior to becoming an Investigator. The [[ContestWinnerCameo Contest Winner]] Hayashimura is based on is one in real life.
12	* DuelingShows: With ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', which also stars Creator/SoraAmamiya as the female lead.
13	* GodNeverSaidThat: Occasionally one may come across surprising "facts" about the manga like "Kaneki was going to be gay, as represented by his mask", "Juuzo Suzuya and Kaneki were originally long-lost brothers", "the torture Yamori inflicted on Kaneki was rape", "originally Kaneki was going to be tortured by Ayato" and similar ideas. As far as anyone can tell, all of these facts are both unsourced and complete nonsense, but still emerge from time to time in the fandom and even on this wiki.
14	* NoExportForYou:
15	** The series won't be released in China due to its graphic violence.
16	** Also, the series is not available in Latin America, despite the fandom it has in that region, simply because Funimation or any other company gives a shit about that. The only stuff available from Tokyo Ghoul are the manga and the live-action movie.
17	*** Averted. Starting from June 1st, the first anime series will finally put a feet in Latin America (starting with Mexico) thanks to a niche TV channel called Pánico.
18	* ProductionThrowback:
19	** Several characters look quite a bit like characters from Ishida's previous work, an amateur WebComic called "The Penisman". Kaneki resembles Hitoro, an orphaned boy who could use one eye to see the near-future, while Touka came from Cannibalman/Kuigami Ryo, a reformed villain with a crush on Penisman whose powerful family was wiped out (and his sinister rival heir in the clan has Furuta's design). Rize looks a lot like the hero's wannabe sidekick and crush, a young woman named Sachika, and Amon slightly resembles Penisman's best friend, Passionman.
20	** Uta's shop in the manga has the mask Kaneki wore in the prototype one-shot for the series on its wall.
21	* PromotedFanboy:
22	** Sui Ishida has long been a major fan of the series ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', even publishing an April's Fool joke in 2015 advertising a Hisoka SpinOff. This became a [[http://chiggix.tumblr.com/post/145336753292/%E5%86%A8%E6%A8%AB%E7%BE%A9%E5%8D%9A-%E7%9F%B3%E7%94%B0%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A4-%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E5%AF%BE%E8%AB%87-%E5%B0%91%E5%B9%B4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97 reality]] in 2016, with a 69-page one-shot in collaboration with his hero, Creator/YoshihiroTogashi.
23	** [[Creator/AmandaLee AmaLee]], an American voice actress most famous for [[https://www.youtube.com/user/LeeandLie her YouTube channel]] where she does covers of various anime songs, had been a fan of Tokyo Ghoul, as shown by her covers of Unravel and Glassy Sky, among other songs from the series. For Tokyo Ghoul:re, she got the chance to work with composer Yukata Yamade to make songs for the soundtrack, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYnA3s5PnhU Glassy Sky:repeat.]]
24	* ReferencedBy: ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': When he suddenly appears, Rentarou asks the God of Love if he's a Tokyo Ghoul.
25	* StarMakingRole: For both Creator/NatsukiHanae and Creator/SoraAmamiya, this (along with ''Anime/AldnoahZero'') was one of the big name shows that aired in 2014 where they played main characters and quickly became well-known in anime fandom.
26	** Specifically for Hanae, his role as Kaneki was directly responsible for him being cast in another one of his most famous roles as [=9S=] in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' three years later. Square-Enix producer Yosuke Saito [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8jBVru6z4Q&t=60s specifically said "It's Kaneki-kun we're looking for!"]] when casting decisions were being made for the role of [=9S=]. After Creator/YokoTaro listened to enough of Hanae's performance in ''Tokyo Ghoul'', he was pretty much set on him.
27	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
28	** The prototype one-shot for the series is ''very'' different from the published story. Kaneki is a full-blooded Ghoul that hunts problematic humans as a vigilante, and expresses canon Touka's desire to live as an ordinary human. In turn, Touka is the Binge Eater of the story and Shinohara is the ruthless Ghoul Investigator akin to the canon Mado Kureo. The Manager of Anteiku, unnamed but looking exactly like Yoshimura, comes across as slightly more sinister than he is in the manga.
29	** In the art book Zakki, Sui Ishida revealed that Tsukiyama was originally created as a main character for a completely different story. He eventually decided to use the character for ''Tokyo Ghoul'' instead.
30	** As a more general example, the plot of the anime's second half was based upon Ishida's original draft of the series.
31	** In an interview with Yomiuri Shimbun, Sui Ishida said that [[spoiler:he considered ending the series with Kaneki as Dragon dying to bridge the gap between humans and ghouls. However, he felt it wouldn't leave the readers with anything, so he instead opted for a happy ending that would leave the readers with questions to take away]].
32	* WordOfGod: Sui Ishida occasionally answers questions from fans on his official twitter account.
33	** Tsukiyama designed/made Kaneki's skin-tight, black SexyBacklessOutfit.
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35	!!Misc Trivia:
36	* The Wards mentioned in the series are the Special Wards of Tokyo, with the exception of the completely fictional 24th Ward. They are as follows:
37	** 1st Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo Chiyoda]] - CCG's headquarters, the main location featured in the sequel.
38	** 2nd Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D,_Tokyo Chuo]]
39	** 3rd Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo Minato]]
40	** 4th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku Shinjuku]] - Uta's shop is located here.
41	** 5th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunky%C5%8D Bunkyo]]
42	** 6th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tait%C5%8D Taito ]] - Kaneki's group operates here.
43	** 7th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumida,_Tokyo Sumida]] - The Ghoul Restaurant is located here.
44	** 8th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto,_Tokyo Koto]]
45	** 9th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinagawa Shingawa]]
46	** 10th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meguro Meguro]]
47	** 11th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cta,_Tokyo Ota]] - The Aogiri Arc takes place here.
48	** 12th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setagaya Setagaya]]
49	** 13th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya Shibuya]] - The side-story ''Jack'' takes place here. Yamori and Naki called it home, and Pierrot is said to have started there as well.
50	** 14th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakano,_Tokyo Nakano]] - Itori's bar is located here.
51	** 15th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suginami Suginami]]
52	** 16th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshima Toshima]]
53	** 17th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kita,_Tokyo Kita]]
54	** 18th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakawa,_Tokyo Arakawa]]
55	** 19th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itabashi Itabashi]]
56	** 20th Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerima Nerima]] - The main Ward featured in the series.
57	** 21st Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adachi,_Tokyo Adachi]]
58	** 22nd Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsushika Katsushika]]
59	** 23rd Ward: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edogawa,_Tokyo Edogawa]] - Cochlea, the Ghoul Detention Center, is located here.
60	** 24th Ward: Fictional.
61	* The cafe featured in ''Tokyo Ghoul: Re'' is based on a real cafe in Tokyo, called ''MUSEUM cafe & diner''.
62	* Zeum Hall, the location of the events of the Auction Arc, is based on Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse's [[http://makyun.tumblr.com/post/111003664037/the-auction-place-seems-to-have-been-based-on-an Ark Hall]].

Context Trivia / TokyoGhoul