Tokyo Ghoul:re Anime First Episode Showing at Anime Japan 2018

So I attended Anime Japan 2018 and watched the first episode of the :re anime. Hanae Natsuki (Haise Sasaki/Kaneki Ken), Yuuma Uchida (Shirazu Ginshi), and Ayane Sakura (Saiko Yonebayashi) were there to introduce and close the screening. There was also a video message by Cö shu Nie (コシュニエ), the artists of the opening song “asphyxia.” Needless to say if you don’t want spoilers for the anime goodbye!!!



*Spoilers start here*

I can honestly say it was pretty close to the manga although it was only the first episode so who knows whether the entire anime will stay true to the manga. Also my Japanese isn’t that great so I didn’t understand everything that was said. I’m writing this 7 hours after watching the episode so I may not have remembered everything exactly as they happened. Here are some details/events I can remember happening: