The music video for the anime’s iconic opening theme features re-edited footage from the anime’s four seasons.
The anime adaptation for Sui Ishida’s horror-action manga “Tokyo Ghoul” celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, and to cap off the celebration, a collaborative music video for the first opening theme song, “unravel” by TK from ling tosite sigure has been released.
The music video features various scenes from the anime’s four seasons, which was produced by the anime studio, Pierrot.
The first season of Tokyo Ghoul aired from July to September 2014. To mark its 10th anniversary, the franchise launched a number of events, including an exhibition, a concert, and a limited edition box set for the manga in 2024. This collaborative music video marks the end of the celebrations.
Sui Ishida reminisces his time creating Tokyo Ghoul
Before the music video became available to the public, Sui Ishida released a statement on X (formerly Twitter) through the official Tokyo Ghoul account, expressing his thoughts on the anniversary while thanking fans.
The full statement, through a machine translation, reads:
Tokyo Ghoul began in September 2011.
It’s been more than 13 years ago.
It’s been 10 years since it was made into an anime.
The days when I lived alongside this work seem like a long time ago, and yet I can remember them as if they were yesterday.
Even back then, all I could think about was drawing, so I had the feeling, “But what’s so interesting about this? Is anyone actually reading it?”
Halfway through the serialisation, I began to hate myself, and felt that what I was doing was meaningless, so I continued writing to ask myself, “is there any way I can make things easier for myself?
Such self-contained, self-centred creations, the idea that there could be people out there having fun seemed strange to me, and I found it hard to believe.
However, over the past few years, I’ve finally come to understand, little by little, that “apparently there are people who are reading it and people who enjoy it.” I think one of the main reasons for this is that it was made into an anime and was watched by many people.
I thought I had worked hard, but I was blessed with even more than that.
I have nothing but gratitude for the people who helped me create the work, those who helped spread the word, and those who viewed it.
To be honest, I still don’t know if it’s interesting or not.
But there’s no doubt that I dedicated everything that made up the person I was at that time–my time, my body, my resentment, anger, prayers, and curses–to my paintings, as much as I could.
I can now say with confidence, “it’s an incredible piece of work, in which a variety of things were thrown into it without really understanding what it was.”
Also, looking back, the days when I was writing Tokyo Ghoul were really fun.
(People die and are forgotten anyway, so what’s the point in what I do?)
Still, somewhere in my heart, I think I was hoping back then that someone would remember me.
I am truly grateful that there are people who still remember this work, that it is still spreading, and that there are people who support it.
Thank you. That’s all I can say.
