Tokyo Ghost

Not to be confused with Tokyo Ghoul.

Tokyo Ghost is an American science fiction comics series written by Rick Remender, drawn by Sean Murphy and colored by Matt Hollingsworth, released in September 2015 by Image Comics. The current story arc concluded in issue #10, with the possibility of a new story at some point in the future.

Tokyo Ghost
Cover of Tokyo Ghost #1.
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Science fiction
Publication date	September 2015
No. of issues	10
Main character(s)	Debbie Decay Led Dent
Creative team
Written by	Rick Remender
Artist(s)	Sean Murphy
Letterer(s)	Rus Wooton
Colorist(s)	Matt Hollingsworth
Editor(s)	Sebastian Girner

The series is set in 2089, a time when humanity is addicted to technology and entertainment. It follows the story of constables Debbie Decay and Led Dent, working as peacekeepers in the Isles of Los Angeles. They are given a job that will take them to the last tech-free country on Earth: the garden nation of Tokyo. Remender summarizes it as being "a big, visual, exciting story that at the heart of it is hiding the fact that it's really a love story".^[1]

Reception

Tokyo Ghost was well received by critics scoring an average rating of 8.5 for the entire series based on 78 critic reviews aggregated by Comic Book Roundup.^[2] Sean Edgar of Paste calls it "a gonzo William Gibson-ish nightmare" showing "Murphy's transportive craft at its height".^[3] Jeff Lake of IGN describes it as "a pointed look at the evolution of our desensitized, now-now-now generation" and "absolutely bananas when it comes to action".^[4]

The complete, deluxe edition collection received a starred review from Library Journal, where Tom Batten called it "among the most fully realized graphic works of the last decade."^[5]

Collected editions

Title	Material collected	Publication date	ISBN
Vol. 1: The Atomic Garden	Tokyo Ghost #1–5	March 2016	1632156636
Vol. 2: Come Join Us	Tokyo Ghost #6-10	October 2016	1632159147
Tokyo Ghost Deluxe Edition	Tokyo Ghost #1-10	July 2017	1534300465

Film adaptation

In March 2021, Legendary Entertainment had begun development of a film adaptation of Tokyo Ghost with Cary Joji Fukunaga set to direct and produce.^[6]