Natsuki Hanae and Sora Amamiya, who voiced Ken Kaneki and Touka Kirishima in the anime Tokyo Ghoulreflected on how the emotional intensity of the series influenced their voice acting careers.
Both actors spoke at an exhibition held to celebrate the anime's 10th anniversary.
Hanae recalled the intense experience of voicing Kaneki, especially in the episode where the character endured torture at the hands of Yamori and underwent transformation, noting how helpful it was. regarding his future voice acting contracts.
“It was a difficult scene, many emotions still linger in me because I had to constantly scream in pain. Whenever I face difficult roles in the future, I remind myself that Tokyo Ghoul is more difficult, which helps ground me and strengthen my determination,” he said.
Amamiya also opened up about her early struggles with vocal demands, revealing the challenges she faced in developing Touka's voice.
“The first one or two episodes were especially difficult. They kept asking me to use a deeper voice, but back then my range was limited. I had to act in fight scenes and deliver important lines, which made me wonder if I could really pull off the role.“
Hanae then revealed the tension he experienced early on, to the point where he threw a frustrated script during the recording process.
“I also cried and screamed from the first episode, to the point of throwing the script away in frustration! Therefore, the script of the first episode was mixed up.”
Exhibition celebrating Tokyo Ghoul's 10th anniversary named “Tokyo Ghoul EX.,” held from October 21, 2024 to December January 1, 2024, in Tokyo.
Tokyo Ghoul is an anime television series produced by Pierrot based on the manga of the same name by Sui Ishida. The first season aired from July to September 2014. The second season, titled Tokyo Ghoul √Aaired from January to March 2015. The third and final season, titled Tokyo Ghoul:reaired from April to December 2018 in two split seasons.
Pierrot also produced two OVAs, each based on OVAs Tokyo Ghoul: Jack and part of the light novel
Tokyo Ghoul The manga was serialized in Shueisha Jump's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young from September 2011 to September 2014, with the chapters collected into 14 tankobon volumes.
Prequel, titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack]streamed on Jump Live in 2013, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume. The sequel is titled Tokyo Ghoul:rewas serialized in Weekly Young Jump from October 2014 to July 2018, its chapters collected into 16 tankobon volumes.
Source: Natalie Comics