Fans have been clamoring to hear news about "Tokyo Ghoul" season 3 release date following the franchise's huge success.

And while there are rumors and speculations suggesting that the third season to the highly anticipated anime adaptation to Sui Ishida's manga could be released sometime in summer this year, a new development could bring delay to the series.

Anime News Network exclusively reported that a spin-off show to the already successful series "Tokyo Ghoul" is on its way to the TV screens, "Tokyo Ghoul: Jack," which brings the story of Taishi Fura is reportedly going to be released sometime in May or June of 2015.

Here is "Tokyo Ghoul: Jack" synopsis:

"In 'Tokyo Ghoul: Jack,' an incident involving 
a human-devouring Ghoul occurs in Tokyo's 13th Ward.
 To seek the truth behind what happened to his friend,
 the rebellious high school boy Taishi Fura pursues the 
Ghoul named Lantern with the young ace investigator
 Kishō Arima. The story follows how the ace investigator
 Arima and the talented 7th Ward investigator Taishi 
Fura first met."

In line with the new development about the franchise, speculations went wild claiming that "Tokyo Ghoul" season 3 could perhaps experience some minor set back with its release date in order to give way for the spin-off.

As to when will it be shown, there still no update as of press time, but to where the story will revolve, it's been said that season 3 of "Tokyo Ghoul" could perhaps work on the sequel of the manga series titled "Tokyo Ghoul:re."

When-will.net claimed that the sequel to the manga series, "Tokyo Ghoul:re," where the story of the amnesiac Haise Sasaki was covered, will most likely be adapted in the TV series, thus season 3 could be all about it.

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