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Aniplus Asia's Tokyo Ghoul:re Anime Simulcast Premieres on October 9
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplus-Asia began streaming an English-subtitled promotional video for the second television anime season based on Sui Ishida's Tokyo Ghoul:re manga on Thursday. The video reveals that Aniplus-Asia's simulcast airing of the anime will premiere on October 9 at 11:00 p.m. GMT +8.
The season will premiere on Tokyo MX on October 9 at 11:00 p.m. The show will also begin airing later on the Sun TV, TV Aichi, TV Q Kyuushuu, and BS11 channels.
The first season premiered on April 3, and aired for 12 episodes. Aniplus-Asia aired a simulcast of the series with English subtitles.
Odahiro Watanabe (Soul Buster, assistant director on Super Lovers 2, Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid) replaces Shuhei Morita as director for the anime at Pierrot. Pierrot+ is credited for animation production assistance. Chūji Mikasano returns from the first two Tokyo Ghoul anime to provide series composition and write the scripts. Atsuko Nakajima (Ranma ½, You're Under Arrest, Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto) replaces Kazuhiro Miwa as character designer.
Ishida serialized Tokyo Ghoul in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from 2011 to 2014, before serializing Tokyo Ghoul:re. The sequel manga ended in July.