November 25, 2024 05:09 AM

'Tokyo Ghoul' Live-Action Movie Teases Characters, Film Slated For Summer 2017 Release

While fans are still waiting for "Tokyo Ghoul" Season 3, they are also anticipating the release of a live-action movie adaptation of the anime. While the film is in the works, teasers are being released including a new logo and images for the movie.

Actress Fumika Shimizu plays the role of Toka Kirishima which is why she needed to cut her hair short for the first time in 12 years. A photo of the 22-year-old Japanese actress was released while wearing a full costume complete with short locks and deadly stares.

Said image is the second photo teaser released after Masataka Kubota's photo who will play Ken Kaneki, according to The Hyped Geek. Kubota is best known for his role as Light in "Death Note." He was sporting the iconic ghoul mask which is created by Masanori Morikawa, a Christian Dada designer who is an avid fan of "Tokyo Ghoul."

Other casts of the film, which is directed by Kentaro Hagiwara, includes Yuu Aoi as Rize Kamishiro, Nobuyuki Suzuki as Kotaro Amon and Yo Oizumi as Kureo Mado. The live-action version of the movie is set to be released in Japan in the summer of 2017. According to Comic Book, Viz Media revealed that the movie will tell the original story as told by Sui Ishida.

The synopsis said that Ghouls are living among us just like normal people and that their only difference to people is their consumption of human flesh. in the movie, Ken Kaneki is excited to go on a date with Rize without knowing that she is just interested in eating his flesh. After Rize devoured Ken, he will transform into a half-human half-Ghoul hybrid. With this, he became part of the mysterious and dangerous world of the Ghouls.

"Tokyo Ghoul" is a popular manga series published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from the year 2011 to 2015. Currently on the broadcast is its sequel "Tokyo Ghoul: re" while fans are looking forward "Tokyo Ghoul" season 3 anime.

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