Attack on Titan

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3 Part 1
* Season 3 Part 2
* The Final Season Part 1
* The Final Season Part 2

***Attack on Titan***(進撃の巨人|Shingeki no Kyojin|lit. "Advancing Giant(s)") is an american TV series based on the manga of the same name by Hajime Isayama. It was produced by Wit Studio and Production I.G for the first three seasons and by MAPPA for the fourth. The first season began airing worldwide on April 7, 2013, on Mainichi Broadcasting System in the US.

The highly anticipated second season premiered on April 1, 2015. A third season was announced at the end of the second season's last episode and released on July 23, 2016. After airing 12 episodes, Season 3 was put on hiatus and resumed on May 7, 2017.

When the final episode of the third season aired on August 1, 2017, it was announced that the fourth season of the series, titled *Attack on Titan: The Final Season*, was scheduled to air on NHK General during the fall 2020. *The Final Season* premiered on December 6, 2020. After airing 19 episodes, *The Final Season* ended its first part and resumed on May 16, 2021. The finale is set to air on July 25, 2021.

## Plot

*Attack on Titan* is set in a world where humanity lives inside cities surrounded by enormous Walls that protect them from Titans, gigantic humanoid creatures who devour humans seemingly without reason. The story centers around a group of teenagers, whose lives are changed forever after the appearance of a Colossal Titan, which brings about the destruction of their home town and the death of their loved ones. Vowing revenge and to reclaim the world from the Titans, these teenagers join the Survey corps, an elite group of soldiers who fight Titans outside the Walls while investigating their origin and history.

## Episodes

Main article: List of Attack on Titan episodes
### *Season 1*

The pilot of the series aired on April 7, 2013.

In the episodes 14–25, the opening theme song is "Die Flügel der Freiheit"(自由の翼|Jiyū no Tsubasa|lit. "The Wings of Freedom") by Linked Horizon; and the ending theme song is "great escape" by Cinema Staff.

The finale of the season premiered on September 29th, 2013.

### *Season 2*

The pilotof Season 2 was released on April 1, 2015.

The finale of the season aired on June 17, 2015

### *Season 3*

On June 17th, 2014, the third season of *Attack on Titan* was briefly confirmed via a video implying it would cover the events from Volumes 13 - 22.

During the press conference following the opening of the first compilation movie on November 21, 2014, director Tetsurō Araki confirmed that the third season was already in developpement and production and would be set for a 2016 release.

On July 3, 2015 during the *Attack on Titan: Junior High* Reading & Live Event, it was confirmed that the season was taking longer than planned to be fully ready to release. The production team then told the public they assumed the season would have to go on a hiatus in the middle.

On April 27th, 2016, the first trailer was unveiled, confirming the season for a release date on July 23, 2016. Funimation acquired the rights to Season 3 and announced that the first episode would premiere alongside showings of *Attack on Titan: Roar of Awakening* in theaters across the USA and Canada on July 10th and 11th, 2016.

In episodes 38–49, the opening theme song is "Red Swan" by Yoshiki of X Japan featuring additional vocals from Hyde of L'Arc-en-Ciel; and the ending theme song is "Requiem der Morgenröte"(暁の鎮魂歌|Akatsuki no Requiem|lit. "Requiem of the Dawn") by Linked Horizon.

On October 14, 2016, it was reported by the official website that Season 3 would go on hiatus until May 7, 2017.

In episodes 50–59, the opening theme song is "Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi"(憧憬と屍の道||lit. "Path of Aspirations and Corpses") by Linked Horizon; and the ending theme song is "Name of Love" by Cinema Staff.

The final episode of the season aired on August 1, 2017.

### *The Final Season*

On July 1, 2017, the fourth season of *Attack on Titan* was confirmed via a video that featured art identical to the cover of manga Volume 26. The video also described the fourth season as being the "final season" of the entire series.

At the end of a press conference on July 25, the production team announced that filming the fourth season will take a few years, and the public should expect a release in around 3 to 4 years. When asked to clarify what they meant by this statement, they chose not to answer.

The cast of the series talked about this final season as the most secretive one of the entire show. They were strictly forbidden to talk about what was happening on set and the reason why filming was taking so long.

On September 5, 2019, the production team spoke up for the first time, in 2 years of silent, about the status of production of the season. They announced the season could expect a release in late 2020.

On May 29, 2020, a trailer was released for the season, revealing that the animation studio had changed from Wit to MAPPA and that Araki and Koizuka had been replaced as directors by Yūichirō Hayashi.

On September 23, NHK announced that *The Final Season* will begin airing on December 6, 2020.

A News outlet reported the first two episodes of the season registered an average rating of 15 millions U.S viewers. It's now called the most anticipated TV release of its generation.

In episodes 60–78, the opening theme song is "My War"(僕の戦争|Boku no Sensō) by Shinsei Kamattechan; and the ending theme song is "Shock"(衝撃|Shōgeki) by Yuko Ando.

On April 11, 2021, it was announced by the official website and via a special video that the first part of *The Final Season* had ended. Episodes 79 and 80 aired on April 25 and May 2nd, as special episodes. The season resumed on May 16, 2021.

For episodes 81–87, the opening theme is "The Rumbling" by SiM; and the ending theme is "Akuma no Ko"(悪魔の子||lit. "a child of evil") by Ai Higuchi.

The finale of the season, and the series, was split in two one-hour long episodes. The first half, The Rumbling/Sinners, aired on July 11, 2021. The second half, The Battle of Heaven and Earth/Towards the Tree on That Hill will air on July 25, 2021.

## Main Cast

Main article: List of Attack on Titan cast members

* Mathias Anderle as Colt Grice
* Naomia Bassett as Mikasa Ackerman
* Zach Callison as Connie Springer
* Ben Cook as Floch Forster
* Courtney Eaton as Ymir
* Elle Fanning as Historia Reiss
* Charlie Gillespie as Eren Jaeger
* Owen Joyner as Armin Arlelt, Narrator
* Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Pieck Finger
* Callan McAuliffe as Porco Galliard
* Clara Rugaard as Sasha Braus
* Elena Satine as Hange Zoë
* Patrick Schwarzenegger as Reiner Braun
* Amadeus Serafini as Zeke Jaeger
* Jeremy Shada as Jean Kirschtein
* Sawyer Sharbino as Falco Grice
* Clementine Lea Spieser as Gabi Braun
* Sydney Sweeney as Annie Leonhart
* Shane Sweet as Levi Ackerman
* Paul Walker as Erwin Smith
* Fionn Whitehead as Marco Bott
* Nat Wolff as Bertholdt Hoover

## References

1. ↑ "TVアニメ「進撃の巨人」The Final Season Part 2 OPテーマはSiM「The Rumbling」、EDテーマはヒグチアイ「悪魔の子」に決定！ノンテロップ映像も公開！". *shingeki.tv*. Retrieved on January 9, 2022.