The upcoming second season of the Tokyo Ghoul anime will be 24 episodes long, according to a leak on the anime’s official chinese site. This website itself accidently leaked that there will be a second season of the series a few weeks before the official announcement.
At the time of this article, there is no traces of the 24 episode announcement on the website or any official confirmation since, so be weary of this leak despite the site leaking correct information in the past. If the series were to be 24 episodes long then Tokyo Ghoul √A will span two seasons, the Winter 2014/2015 anime season and the Spring 2015 season, starting from January and ending in June.
The upcoming second season will be based on a new original story written by Ishida, rather than adapting the remainder of his original manga. The series will once again be animated by Studio Pierrot (Naruto Shippuden, Bleach) and the majority of the cast and staff will return to reprise their roles. The second season itself will be airing from January 8 next year on Tokyo MX, before airing on TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TVQ, Dlife and ATX-1 in the subsequent days. There will also be an advanced screening session of the first episode on January 4 at the Toho Cinemas in Nihonbashi. More information about ticket purchases will be revealed soon.
Additionally the first promotional video for the upcoming series was earlier released:
Tokyo Ghoul is a manga series by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha’s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump between September 2011 and September 2014 and has been collected in thirteen tankobon volumes as of August 2014. A prequel titled Tokyo Ghoul: JACK is running online on Jump Live and a 12-episode anime television series adaptation by studio Pierrot aired on Tokyo MX between July and September 2014. A second season has been announced.
Tokyo Ghoul synopsis from Haruhichan:
The suspense horror/dark fantasy story is set in Tokyo, which is haunted by mysterious “ghouls” who are devouring humans. People are gripped by the fear of these ghouls whose identities are masked in mystery. An ordinary college student named Kaneki encounters Rize, a girl who is an avid reader like him, at the café he frequents. Little does he realize that his fate will change overnight.
Whether the series will have a total of 24 episodes of new original content has yet to be confirmed. Tokyo Ghoul √A will be airing from January 8 next year during the Winter 2014/2015 anime season on Tokyo MX. An advanced screening of the first episode will be held at the Toho Cinemas in Nihonbashi on January 4. More information will follow soon.
You can visit the anime’s official website here: http://www.maql.co.jp/special/tokyoghoul/
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Source – Anime News Network, MAL
