Why Tokyo Ghoul's Intro Is so Great - What's in an OP? 

Unravel is a Legendary opening

If you ever feel sad just know that the whole of Tokyo ghoul happened because Kaneki wanted to go on a date.

Nobody: English teachers when reading a book:

This guy definitely passed his English Literature exams lmfao

"But that doesn't even make sense!" "Probably does in the manga."

He just wanted a date.

Me: Plays the Tokyo Ghoul opening for the 20th time My ears: OSHIETE here we go again

0:29 Tokyo Ghoul is edgy- Me: *suddenly remembers tokyo ghoul in 5 mins coz there's a moment like this: Kaneki: I am not kaneki anymore. I am... Kan-edgy.*

Theorists: Then that means that she will die later in the season Animators: ...we just did that cause it looked pretty .__.

I am now waiting for Tokyo Ghoul:Brotherhood

Whoever directed the opening for this anime, if he watches this video he'd be like "that's not how..... Yeah I guess that works"

This is the Bohemian Rhapsody of anime

I don’t know how but this has helped me with my English assignment, lol.

Now if only Tokyo Ghoul was animated by studio Madhouse

I just liked it cause of the music....

Him: “Now Hide is shown moving to the investigators side of the screen which reflects his career choices later on in the series...” Producers: He is?!... Ah, yes, so you saw that too...

Kaneki is also shown moving towards the investigator side of the screen.

Kaneki: *breathes* This guy: it has a deeper meaning

10:01 Kaneki "This isn't even my final form"

The animators might watch this and then "Yeah sure we totally meant to do that and put those deep meaning definitely.....

I thought the opening looked like that because the studio thought it looked good

How do you avoid copyright?

why unravel won the best op you ask..? because it's freaking TK..

10:03, Kaneki: this isn’t even my final form

*YOU STILL OWE US AN ERASED ED BREAKDOWN GEOFF.* *I WILL NEVER GIVE UP* REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

It's powerful. I like both Unravel and Aspyxia. 👍

the best to experience Tokyo ghoul is to watch the op, then read a manga volume, finish it, watch the op again, read another manga volume, do this with all the ops depending on which part of the manga you´re selecting the right op(Unravel first half of Tokyo Ghoul manga, Munou for the second half, Asphyxia for Re) and you will have the perfect Tokyo ghoul

Author: The curtains were blue English Teacher: This represents sadness and depression in the air What the author meant: The curtains were blue And that sums up this video i believe

I can't hear your commentary, all I hear is Unravel in my mind *pls send h3lp*

What’s funny is that’s the animators doesn’t know what you’re talking about

SO BROKEN BUT SO BEAUTIFUL

season 1 of tokyo ghoul was one of the best anime i've ever seen honestly

You Ken run but you can't Hide

The manga is amazing, basically the best I have ever read, super deep with a ton of layers that you can always learn more or look into. Season 1 was decent, 2 was a joke, 3 has been better with the story but worse animation. IMO of course.

Oh-shiete, he's actually doing it!

How many reasons why Unravel is a such a great op? *1000 - 7*

If tokyo ghoul was made by madhouse.. It could easily compete senin like AOT or Shounen like HeroAca

tokyo ghoul: re.......ad the manga

Touka does more then just accept Kaneki as a friend in the manga ;)

Tokyo Ghoul is one of the well known openings in the anime community that basically everyone knows, whether they’ve watched the anime or not

*Mark my words: if TG were given a proper Madhouse-style adaptation, it would stand as one of the greatest anime ever made, standing alongside the likes of EVA and Berserk.*

The anime is starting to ruin the dopeness and significance of the op by using the song to hype up every little moment in the shitty seasons of the anime.(It was cool in season one when they played the the song when Kaneki killed Jason)

I work out to Unravel. And several of its remix’s.

Season 1 op: amazing Season 2 op: wait what is this? Season 3 op: ehhhhh it's better than last season's I didn't like season 2's op, fight me over it I don't care, I found it boring, especially when compared to unravel😑

Tokyo Ghoul is so much more than just a gore fest, it is primarly a character driven story, and a pretty good one at that. However the anime seem to think it's more important to make it a real edgy shounen action show rather than have it be what it's actually about. Also while :re so far has been severely lacking in terms of animation, it is actually quite good in terms of adaptation so far, well atleast from the point of view of a manga reader...

I ate the notification squad

Just a small note, but Tokyo Ghoul: Re didn't even begin when the anime came out, so the Amon thing is probably a coincidence (unless Ishida already knew, and informed the studio, which seems unreasonable to me).

Tokyou ghoul in one sentence : " Boy wanted a date bu got a new outlook on life "

You should do an adapt or die for the manga and anime! This is definitely a story I'll have to reread in one sitting so I don't forget the relevance of characters, because that was a problem I had with the gap between Tokyo Ghoul and it's successor's translation. The manga has a meaningful story with themes of finding one's meaning and place in the world, family, love, all combined with a really distinct artstyle that meshes well with the horror aspect of it. Would be a fun video to do. Hell, I'd do it myself if I had the editing skills. Edit: I do have to mention that I think your bit on Amon's eye color is a bit of a reach; if I recall correctly, the original Tokyo Ghoul had not even reached its climax when this anime was made. Ishida Sui didn't work with Pierrot for season 1, either, so unless Studio Pierrot has some form of clairvoyance I think it's just a coincidence. Still an interesting idea, though.

Unravel is da best song ever

I miss season 1. I wish I could forget about it and watch it again. season 2 was meh and I found out it wasn't canon so idk. I liked Re a lot, (especially the last episode) and I don't care that other people try to tell me its trash because I personally loved it. Tokyo ghoul just has a special place in my heart and I cant figure out why I love it so much.

The ending is also cool. And I mean the ending of tokyo ghoul 2. Lets get real. Unravel makes it godly

Kan-edgy

Haha, unraveled. I get it

Dude are you an English teacher by profession? Why unravel is the best song is just because of those lyrics and that music. That's it!!!!!!!!!

This series is a gem among gems. The story is unique, the characters strike at your heart, and it came to fruition right as a lot of big names where winding down to an end. Not to mention the continuous use of TK for music, the series is amazing. I cant wait to see the adaptation of the last of the manga.

thank you Kanye, very cool.

10:03 Kaneki: "Ah but this is not my final form"

“Unraveled in thumbnail” “I see what you did there”

as a musician I think this opening is brilliant. as mick Gordon said (he made the DOOM soundtrack), "the music should not just be an accompaniment. it should be a translation of the world into musical form"

You can say that the anime adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul is bad... ......but if you say that the opening is trash too, you are straight up lying.

Chibi is ganna be happy about this video.

Good analysis, I'd like to comment on a little aspect that may also count : the wind on the beginning of the OP and the end of it At the start the wind blowing on Kaneki comes from left to right contrasted to how it is for Touka and Rize (I think it might present Kaneki as human but them as ghouls), and at the end of the OP with white haired Kaneki, it's hard to tell which side it's coming from so I'm guessing it means he found some sort of balance between his human side and ghoul side

Sasageyo sasageyo Shinzo wo sasageyo .... Wait wrong video

AND THEY RUINED IT BY REPLACING IT IN SEASON 2!!! Who agrees? i freaking love Unravel

Man, I teared up while watching this analysis. Tokyo Ghoul is my favourite manga. Alongside Berserk. Sadly neither of these stories got proper adaptation.

I love kanekis masks teeth they are so clean he must brush them

dont forget that the song resembles how kanekis mind was "unraveling" it perfecty captures his emotions

Hey Geoff where is What's in an OP for "What's Up People?!" The second Death Note OP. I'll wait in that corner over there.

The Tokyo Ghoul op is one of the most hypest op in anime

dude. tokyo ghoul is the most EDGY anime ever, AND THATS WHY I LIKE IT. also good work on explaining unravel.

Me:"plays unravel 1000th time" My ears:OHSIETE here we go again

Honestly I don’t know why the anime gets so much hate. Sure season two was miss handled but Tokyo ghoul and Tokyo ghoul re are really good in my opinion. Don’t know why everyone is getting all butt hurt over the animation in re. Also Re has basically covered everything the manga has covered up to this point. I feel like it’s a vocal minority but whatever

Mother's Basement finally covers the best opening of all time! Is it all downhill from here?

oshiete yo oshiete yo sono shikumi wo boku no naka ni dare ga iru no kowareta kowareta yo kono sekai de kimi ga warau nani mo miezu ni kowareta boku nante sa iki wo tomete hodokenai mou hodokenai yo shinjitsu sae freeze kowaseru kowasenai kurueru kuruenai anata wo mitsuke te yurete yuganda sekai ni dandan boku wa sukitotte mienakunatte mitsukenaide boku no koto wo mitsumenaide dareka ga egaita sekai no nake de anata wo kizutsuketaku wa nai yo oboeteite boku no koto wo azayaka na mama mugen ni hirogaru kodoku ga karamaru mujaki ni waratta kioku ga sasunda ugokenai hodokenai ugokenai hodokenai ugokenai ugokenai yo unravelling the world kawatteshimatta kaerenakatta futatsu ga karameru futari ga horobiru kowaseru kowasenai kurueru kuruenai anata wo kegasenai yo yurete yuganda sekai ni dandan boku wa sukitotte mienakunatte mitsukenaide boku no koto wo mitsumenaide dareka ga shikunda kodoku na wana ni mirai ga hodoketeshimau mae ni omoidashite boku no koto wo azayaka na mama wasurenaide wasurenaide wasurenaide wasurenaide kaeteshimatta koto ni paralyze kaerarenai koto darake paradise oboeteite boku no koto wo oshiete oshiete boku no naka ni dare ga iru

3:51 My screen is broken, and it is broken so badly that I didn't even notice the change.

unravel is sort of the reason why Tokyo ghoul is good unravel is the kind of thing that you can catch onto with word for word so easily. I just don’t like Tokyo ghoul:re because of the animation cuz the original animation was better

10:03 "Final form" "IT'S NOT EVEN MY Final FORM"

When the drop hits, and all the characters showed up in a cracked screen of Tokyo, I think it was referring to how Kaneki met them, how Kaneki sees them, and if they’re alive or not, as you see in the opening, Mado and Yoshimura aren’t there, probably symbolizing their deaths later in the series, neither did the “Devil Ape” or “Black Dober” appear, in which they also died later in the series, Rize still shows up because her organs are living in Kaneki.

That's it, now if you will excuse me... I gotta watch this again

For the glass reflection thing i was thinking more about how society is towards ghouls in the way of they don't exactly feel as if they're really there in a sense

I just watched someone trying to fit “The opening is cool because the animators did a good job” in a 5000 word essay

The manga is still better

"contains spoiler" me "i mean how big could it really be" "amon turns into a ghoul" me "freak"

While the majority of the the show, even the better by comparison first season, is something i enjoy despite serious flaws, the final episode of the first season was simply fantastic. It went beyond anything the show had put forward to that point by such a margin that many people i knew were convinced to watch just that one episode, sans context and thought it was brilliant.

*bUt cAN We CoPYriGhT PEwDiePIe*

Unravel is the only op I have consistently listened to in a good long while, and studio pierrot definitely didn't do the manga justice in any of the seasons

I really hope this series could get a reboot in anime. Another studio that loves the manga and stay true to it

I don’t think that the creators of the opening thought of all this while making the opening, pretty sure they only thought of 1% of this to be allegorical and for the other 99% to just be straight dramatic LOL. Good correlations though.

When the teacher says “show your work”: *plays video*

WHAT THE HELL I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE IN THE OP. And I don't think there is. This seems more like a fan theory, and I love it. Still can't forgive studio Pierrot for what they did to S2,3 AND 4.

Me: this is a pretty nice opening Him: ThE gLaSs ShOwS tHaT hEs TrYiNg To ReBuIld

Whenever I see another Whats in an OP I click instantly

This Channel: Finds a deep meaning to the Tokyo Ghoul intro The Creators of Tokyo Ghoul: Nah, just thought this shit would be cool

This tokyo ghoul opening is so different with other action anime. Other action anime like AOT, maybe SAO, they show protagonist fight scene in opening and I think its pointless, there is no meaning on that. But tokyo ghoul showed us softer and has meaning in it. I think Unravel and Glassy Sky have meaning in Tokyo Ghoul series, while Asxblablabla in tokyo ghoul :re is just a BGM in opening and has less meaning than Unravel and Glassy Sky.

When you only liked it cause of the song.

What's in an OP on Megalo Box please 😁 ?

Honestly Im going to watch Tokyo Ghoul just because the operning is amazing

mothers basement: i shall exPLAIN why it is good me: bruh its just good

Everybody making fun of the quiet weeb. In his head...