Tokyo Ghoul S
Plot. After the murder of the model Margaret by Shuu Tsukiyama, a murderous ghoul with epicurean desires, Tsukiyama arrives at Anteiku and approaches Ken Kaneki. Tsukiyama befriends Kaneki, and desires to eat him. Tsukiyama invites Kaneki to the ghoul restaurant, where Kaneki is captured, to be consumed by other ghouls. However, after Tsukiyama's discovery of Kaneki's ghoul eye, and a raid by the CCG, Kaneki escapes alive. Kaneki meets Kimi Nishino, a human and girlfriend of Nishiki Nishio, who was previously injured by attackers. Nishino is later kidnapped by Tsukiyama, who later demands to eat  Kaneki while Kaneki is eating Nishino. Nishio and Touka Kirishima, however, retaliate against Tsukiyama, and free Nishino. Kirishima also intended to kill Nishino due to her being a human knowing the identities of ghouls, however, after Nishino compliments Kirishima's kagune, Kirishima spares her. Production. On September 20, 2018, Shochiku teased news about the live-action "Tokyo Ghoul" film onto its YouTube channel, before formally announcing on September 21, 2018, that a second film was green-lit for a 2019 release under the title "Tokyo Ghoul 2". It was also revealed that Maika Yamamoto would replace Fumika Shimizu as Touka  Kirishima after the latter's retirement from acting in 2017. On December 19, 2018, the official website for the film revealed a shot from the film, and the July 19 release date for the film. On April 11, 2019, the title of the film was announced as "Tokyo Ghoul S", and a trailer and theatrical poster for the film was released. On May 28, 2019, the first 150 seconds of the film was released on Shochiku's YouTube channel. The theme song was revealed at the premiere of the film in Tokyo at June 1, 2019. Queen Bee performs the  theme song "Introduction". Release. "Tokyo Ghoul S" premiered in Tokyo on June 11, 2019, and in Osaka on June 24, 2019. The film screened theatrically across Japan from July 19, 2019. Funimation licensed the film for the United States and Canada, and premiered the film in the US at Anime Expo 2019 in Los Angeles on July 6, 2019, and in Canada at Fantasia Festival in Montreal on July 30, 2019. Funimation later provided a wider screening of the film on September 16, 2019. In Australia and New Zealand, Madman Entertainment licensed the film and released the film theatrically from  July 25, 2019. Reception. Box office. In its opening weekend, "Tokyo Ghoul S" ranked 7th at the Japanese box office. The film later dropped from the top 10 during the second week, earning a cumulative total of () as of July 30, 2019. Critical reception. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that of critics have given the film a positive review based on reviews, with an average rating of .