Tokyo Ghoul: "Jack"

Former baseball player turned delinquent Taishi Fura accidentally witnesses the man-eating "ghoul" known as Lantern injuring his old friend and murdering another. Before the situation gets any worse, Fura's classmate Kishou Arima arrives―as he is actually an undercover investigator for the Commission of Counter Ghoul (CCG)―and forces the ghoul to flee.

Seeking revenge for his friends, Fura joins forces with Arima to hunt down ghouls in the 13th Ward—ultimately aiming to bring down Lantern.

Tokyo Ghoul: "Jack" unveils snippets of life in the past for the CCG's fearsome "Reaper," Arima, giving insight into how he spent his high school days.

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Arima, Kishou Main

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Minami, Uruka Main

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Fura, Taishi Main

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Oomori, Yakumo Supporting

Nishi, Rintarou Japanese

Marude, Itsuki Supporting

Ueda, Yuuji Japanese

Sasada, Aki Supporting

Ookubo, Rumi Japanese

Ryou Supporting

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Katou, Sumiharu Supporting

Takemoto, Eiji Japanese

Hagino, Ken Producer

Danno, Yoshito Producer

Soga, Hidetada Producer

Shimada, Souichi Director, Storyboard

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May 30, 2024

Shirogari

Recommended

This is a nice 30 minute OVA about a part of the childhood of Arima, one of the best Special Investigators in Tokyo Ghoul. Arima only appears in a few scenes in the first season of Tokyo Ghoul and in the last episodes of the second season. Considering how little he appears in the first season I'd argue that you should watch this after the second season since then you will actually know who the guy is.

The story takes place while Arima is still in school; at this time he is already working for the CCG. In the story Arima ends up working together with ... a classmate who encountered ghouls and using the information that they get from another classmate they take down a dozen ghouls before they finally encounter a ghoul named Lantern who has been terrorizing the district. It's a nice story and it provides insight into the past of a character that could be important in the future.

The characters are relatively simple which makes sense since the OVA is only 30 minutes. Their personalities are very clear though and you can follow their train of thought.

The animation, voice acting and sound were all similar to or the same as in the main anime, so okay overall. There's still CGI for cars and such while the sound is still great.

Overall this is a nice OVA to watch if you like Tokyo Ghoul. It's a pretty okay story that is mostly self-contained and also gives you more information about the characters in the main anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 29, 2023

tcandy19

Recommended

my fav OVA of any series ever. if you love arima youre gonna think this shi is absolutely genius. even as a standalone watch its just phenomenal. the chemistry between the trio is amazing, the mystery is interesting and catches your attention, and the animation is stunning. nothing in tokyo ghoul:RE or √A comes close to touching the level of perfection that this OVA reaches. the characterization, pace, setting, plot everything goes above and beyond expectations. arima was my fav character even before i watched this movie, but after the movie it just solidified how much i love him. i cant recommend this OVA enough, ... and even if you havent seen tokyo ghoul im confident you can watch and enjoy this.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 18, 2015

OddManfiesto

Not Recommended

*Minor Spoilers Ahead*


There is one word that describes the Tokyo ghoul Anime and that word is "Lacking" from the first season through the second season and now this OVA , Which is something disappointing since I like this series very much and the idea of it ,

The Story of this ... OVA follows the Arima Kishou the God like CCG Agent or as the description says the CCG Shinigami through his high school days , now it might say that the focus in this OVA is Arima high school "DAYS" but its not completely true because its focuses more about another main character , Enter Taishi Fura Who is a high school student hell bend on revenge after seeing his former gang getting killed by a Ghoul Called the Lantern Ghoul , so the description is somewhat off

now to point out some good and bad points about this series
now the good thing that I found in this OVA is the animation and background music same thing as the first season and the second season of tokyo ghoul but that is the only good things about this OVA

now when I say lacking I'm not exaggerating at all when I finished this OVA I had so many questioned unanswered to give an example :
why is Arima so powerful at a young age ?
how did he end up working for CCG ?


now this can all be answered in the third season maybe ? but the problems doesn't stop there , there were only two fighting scenes and they were mediocre at best and all others are skipped , now I'm not saying fighting scenes matter all the time but when there is no much character building which required more than one episode because I didn't buy the friendship between the two main characters at all and this is why I say the LACKING , this needed more episode and the fact that we had two time skips in only one episode with 30 min run time doesn't help at all

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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