If You Love ‘Tokyo Ghoul,’ You Should Check Out ‘Choujin X’
The mid-2010s marked the dawn of anime’s shift from a niche interest to a mainstream fixture of pop culture. Attack on Titan dominated the zeitgeist, sure—but if you were into anime and manga back then, chances are Sui Ishida’s dark fantasy series, Tokyo Ghoul, had you in a chokehold. Unfortunately, much of its plot-essential brutality was smothered under heavy censorship, with whole scenes obscured in shadow, and its second season wandered off on a tangent before the sequel series finally found the plot again.
- ▪The mid-2010s marked the dawn of anime’s shift from a niche interest to a mainstream fixture of pop culture.
- ▪Attack on Titan dominated the zeitgeist, sure—but if you were into anime and manga back then, chances are Sui Ishida’s dark fantasy series, Tokyo Ghoul, had you in a chokehold.
- ▪Unfortunately, much of its plot-essential brutality was smothered under heavy censorship, with whole scenes obscured in shadow, and its second season wandered off on a tangent before the sequel series finally found the plot again.
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The mid-2010s marked the dawn of anime’s shift from a niche interest to a mainstream fixture of pop culture. Attack on Titan dominated the zeitgeist, sure—but if you were into anime and manga back then, chances are Sui Ishida’s dark fantasy series, Tokyo Ghoul, had you in a chokehold. It’s also a series that inspires complicated feelings when you look back in the big 2026.…
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