Tokyo Ghoul

This dub is great TBH. Some of my favorite performances would be Austin Tindle as Kenaki who managed to nail the emotional scenes, Brina Palencina as Ayra who managed to bring out every inch of aggression the character possessed, Todd Haberkorn as Ayato who delivered a sinister and chilling performance, J Micheal Tatum as Shu who killed it as the Tokyo Goul version of Scott Freeman (especially with the napkin scene) and Maxey Whitehead as Juzo who brought out how truly crazy the character was. I wish I could go on and on but I'd be here all day.

Really cool and interesting show with a great dub cast and a awesome season finale

Really cant say enough about Austin tindle and Brina in this, ive rewatched this show 3 times just for those two they were great as Kaneki, and Touka.

I would love to see 4kids try to dub this along with elfen lied.

I finally had the sublime pleasure to sit down and watch the first season of Tokyo Ghoul dubbed which I've been patiently waiting to see in english for over a year and a half. It was well worth the wait because in my long experience a Mike Mcfarland dub is going to dominate and deliver in many spades when it comes to the emotional integrity of a show. Mike's directing work tends to spew presence and gravitas in such a manner that even the most talented veteran ADR directors working in today's dubbing medium rarely are able to touch or emulate he's that damn good. (The dub was only richer for having Tatum on board as an Assistant ADR Director) You know you're in for a great viewing experience when the opening scene of a dub is Monica Rial and Chris Sabat verbally trashing each other in quiet displays of insanity. What I appreciate about Mike's casting for this particular dub is that he genuinely challenged veteran actors like Monica Rial, Chris Sabat and Kenny Green in such roles that demanded them to break away from their type casting and try to create an entirely new vocal performance that we haven't heard from them ever before or in quite some time. Sabat is the greatest example of this casting never before has he sounded more crazed, consumed and hell bent on destroying the dubbing landscape with his rapid burned throat vocal delivery or during the more intimate moments slowly bringing a seething madman calm to the one on one conversational scenes. I recall during an interview in 2014 Austin Tindle mentioned that he would never be able to do the type of acting that Bryce Pappenbrook brought to the role of Eren in the Attack on Titan dub. Well Tindle brought a vicious emotional gauntlet to the role of Kaneki that not only surpassed Bryce's solid performance as Eren but proved that not only can Austin bring such emotional turmoil to a voice role but he's genuinely a competent actor that is well worth cheering for when he bears it all for the grand stage. I've had my eye on his work and progress in the field for years now I'm glad my initial interest has bear fruit because his performance as Kaneki his hands down the most impressive dramatic performance I've seen from him to date in the dubbing field. I've been a fan of Kenny Green for a long while an underrated actor that is usually cast in minor supporting roles outside of One Piece(where he's given more room to shine in much larger roles in general) so I was pleased to see that he was cast in a much more prominent role in the Tokyo Ghoul dub as the vicious and whimsical Kureo Mado. Kenny was gleeful and devoured the scenery in what is his best vocal role to date it allowed him vocally to go everywhere from an almost high pitched accent driven voice at times to a more cutthroat gurgling glass throaty vocal affair that was fitting for the more dramatic moments. Kenny Green has been and is one of the most competent older acting talents from Funimation's talent pool along side Bill Jenkins, Bradley Campbell and Ed Blaylock to name a few. I look forward to seeing him pile up more roles in the year ahead. Monica Rial is one of my all time favorite actresses she rarely disappoints when it comes to bringing some type of memorable presence to any role she touches whether it be a large or minor role in general. Monica has a wonderful range that she been able to use much more frequently in recent years so its always nice to hear more layered deeper range in full action. Monica's Rize Kamishiro was excellent..crazed and over the top when needed more drawn back and nuanced during the mellow scenes. If you ever wanted to see Monica play an unhinged character then this is the performance to see. J. Michael Tatum is a verbal poet in his uncanny ability to display any type of emotion with powerful results he's one of the best actors in the entire dubbing medium and his delightful performance as Shu Tsukiyama just re-confirms this in my mind. Tatum was smooth, malicious, insane and cool headed in his brief but impressive performance. The Tokyo Ghoul dub was a better dub when Tatum was on screen and when he left you wish his crazed character world return to shake up the status quo once more. Brina Palencia has always been a fine actress but when compared to the onslaught of stand out performances her take was a bit more average in comparison but she certainly had a few solid moments through out the dub that I found to be rather notable particularly the cool deeper boyish delivery of her line to Tatum's Tsukiyama in the chapel when she declares that Kaneki belongs to nobody. I've always found Mike Mcfarland to be a stronger ADR Director then actor but he's slowly been improving in the last two years to the point where he had some genuine presence as Amon at times through out the run of the dub. Its certainly one of the more noteworthy performances he's given in a dub for me personally in recent memory...

I believe when we watch an anime in a language that we understand without the subtitles, we can grasp the whole anime itself, and make a pure review of it.

The whole Tokyo Ghoul series was an amazing piece of art that hardly I will forget. Both society moments, understanding which of the sides have the right to be chosen by the viewers in that uncomprehended war, humans or ghouls.

Perhaps the final arc, Root A, left the story with unanswered questions, doubt about what happened with the characters after the fall of Anteiku and some unclarified details, but watching how the ghouls wanted to be understood by the human world in all the road made the anime enjoyable, dramatic, touching and maybe intriguing.

The English Dubbed: Amazing performances by the actors. Worth watching.

Tokyo Ghoul / Tokyo Ghoul Root A ................... 8.8/10