Tokyo Ghoul(Japanese: 東京喰種-トーキョーグール-Hepburn: Tōkyō Gūru?) is a manga series by Sui Ishida, serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since September 2011. The manga has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes as of June 2014. An anime television series adaptation by studio Pierrot started airing on Tokyo MX on July 3, 2014.[1][3]Funimation has licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution in North America.[4]