'Tokyo Ghoul': The Live-Action Film Is Rated the Best Adaption to Date by Fans

When you live in a world where live-action anime is a troubling place to look, there's always a moment whether to question a companies capabilities of staying true to the content, but also making the movie as good as possible. With Death Note getting its Netflix premier here soon, there's always a wonderment of what else could happen. We've seen animes such as Kite, Gantz, Ghost in the Shell and even the world phenomenon Attack on Titan get their live-action debuts.

While Full Metal Alchemist has been getting moderately high appraise in Japan, there's another one that has captured fans hearts and that is Tokyo Ghoul. While having debuted at this year's Anime Expo, Tokyo Ghoul has been met with stunningly high reviews from the fans. If you are to believe these reviews, the anime-to-movie adaption may have just set the bar a bit higher than ever before.

What Exactly Are Tokyo Ghoul Fans Saying?

If you head over to Reddit, it seems that fans are truly loving the movie and are hoping for more. One user, cristinelv came out to simply say one line (well more if you want to read the post here):

"HANDS DOWN THE BEST ANIME LIVE ACTION I HAVE EVER SEEN."

Due to her impression, it's hard not to wonder what Tokyo Ghoul did right that movies such as Ghost in the Shell and even Attack on Titan did wrong. While both movies are arguably strong ones to enjoy, they weren't the best, and in many ways they truly struggled to captivate fans the way they should have. While her reaction is just one, lets take a peek at what Twitter had to say about the movie.

Just to clarify. There is a difference between both 'good' and 'gud'. Especially in such a nerd-filled. Gud literally means it was outstanding, spectacular, and well all that in one word.

So What Exactly is Tokyo Ghoul About?

So lets make this simple. Tokyo Ghoul is set in a parallel reality. In that reality there are people called ghouls. These individuals must survive by eating human flesh, but they also live beside us in secret. This means they must hide their true nature in order to not get caught by the proper authorities.

In the mix of things comes our character Ken Kaneki. His world goes upside down after he is taken to a hospital for surgery. After awakening from his surgery he learns that it transformed him into a half-ghoul after being attacked by the date he was with. Her name is Rize Kamishiro whom is a ghoul.

Wait. So Ken is Now Half-Ghoul, but HOW?!

Well that's where things get a bit more interesting. Rize, his date as stated previously, had organs transferred to his body. This made him into a half-ghoul. So now he must consume human flesh to survive. Y'know, he's now a cannibal of sorts. Well things do get a bit more messed up than that. He now has to abide by the laws of the ghoul society and keep his identity hidden.

Well his friends also can't know, so there's that. His life, well sorta sucks, and it only gets more complicated due to other ghouls, which makes this a perfect horror film setting, which it actually is in the anime, the manga, and now the live-action film.

Where Can I Watch the Anime Before I See The Movie?

If you are wanting to sit down and binge the anime, it'll be a bit harder, and not by luck. Since the anime is licensed to Funimation in North America, you'll have to head over to their website and watch the

. Because it does contain adult content, you will need to make an account, and verify that you are at least 18 or older. Before you do, check out the live-action trailer down below.