東京喰種
is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his dark fantasy series "Tokyo Ghoul", a story about a young man named Ken Kaneki who gets transformed into a ghoul after encountering one. The series then ran from 2011 to 2014 in Shueisha's "Weekly Young Jump" magazine, and was later adapted into a light novel and anime series in 2014. The manga was also translated into English where it topped "The New York Times" Best Seller list in 2015. A prequel titled "Tokyo Ghoul [Jack]" was briefly serialized digitally on "Jump Live" in 2013. In 2014, he began a sequel titled "". As of January 2018, "Tokyo Ghoul" and its sequel have over 34 million collected volumes in circulation. In 2017, a live-action adaptation of "Tokyo Ghoul" was released theatrically in Japan. In March 2018, an anime adaptation for "Tokyo Ghoul:re" began to air with a second season released in October 2018.