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Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人 Shingeki no Kyojin) is a manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It was published in September 2009 in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, by the Japanese publisher Kodansha. Each chapter is published monthly, at December 2019 the manga series had reached 125 chapters.

Summary

The story begins with Eren Jaeger living peacefully with his family, his adopted sister Mikasa Ackermann and his only friend Armin Arlert. They live in Shiganshina District, one of the main cities located in Wall Maria.

However, everything changes when one fateful day the Colossal Titan creates a huge breach that allows the entry of Titans into the city. During the attack, Eren watches in horror how a Titan eats his mother while his father disappears after handing Eren the key to the basement of his house. After the disappearance of his father, Eren swears to kill all the Titans and decides to enlist in the 104th Training Corps along with his friends.

Five years later, the three young friends have graduated as cadets and at that time live in the Trost District, one of the border cities that stands out from Wall Rose. The same gigantic Titan appears and the same story is repeated. In the subsequent battle, Eren manages to save Armin from being eaten by a Titan at the cost of being devoured. While all hope of survival seemed to be extinguished, an atypical Titan appears attacking the other Titans instead of the humans. This Titan is revealed as Eren who for some reason can transform into a Titan, to everyone’s surprise.

Although some people, such as the nobles, the clergy and the Military Police consider Eren as a threat even after helping them to recover the Trost District, other see this ability as an opportunity to save humanity. Eren is subjected to a military trial in which it was finally decided that he should be part of the Survey Corps, assigning him to the Special Operations Squad under the command of Captain Levi Ackermann.

As the story continues, many mysteries are revealed regarding Eren’s ability to transform into Titan, from the reasons why he got such power to the fact that he is not the only one who possesses this ability. The origins of the Titans, the revelation of their true enemies, and the decisions Eren must make about the future of humanity, of his friends and his own are also discovered.

Adaptations

The Attack on Titan manga series was adapted to an anime series that was directed by Tetsuro Araki and produced by Wit Studio, in collaboration with Production I.G. The first season was aired in Japan on April 6, 2013 by the television channel Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) until it ended on September 28, 2013 with a total of 25 episodes. A second season of 12 episodes premiered between April and June 2017. The third season was aired in two parts, the first one being released between June and October 2018, and the second one between May and June 2019. The fourth and last season will be broadcast in autumn 2020.

In addition to the anime series, many other products such as light novels, video games, OVAs, two manga spin-offs, parodies, two live-action movies and a new production by Warner Bros have been created.

Reception

Since its publication, Attack on Titan became a commercial success both in Japan and in the rest of the world, reaching 100 million copies sold until the end of 2019, and the approval of the specialized critics. Both manga and anime received many awards and a lot of recognition. The manga was immediately successful in Japan and became one of the most successful series of 2011. It ranked eleventh in the ranking of the best-selling Oricon series with 3,766,194 copies sold. In 2012, it reached the fifteenth position of the Oricon bestseller lists in series with 2,682,504 copies sold. In December 2012, the total circulation of the first nine volumes was 10 million copies.

The anime adaptation increased significantly the number of sales in the series; the 10 volumes of the manga were present in the top 50 of Oricon during the week of April 8 to 14, 2013. At the beginning of May 2013, volumes 2, 3, and 4 had passed more than one million copies each one, to later reach the first 5 volumes one million sales by the end of May 2013, which raised the total circulation to 19.5 million copies in mid-2013.

Sales of the French editions of the manga were ranked fourth in the Oricon ranking with 4,292,208 copies sold. In June 2013, 8.7 million copies were sold since the premiere of the anime series. In September 2013, the number of volumes sold exceeded 20 million copies, becoming the seventh series that exceeds this amount since the creation of Oricon in 2008. During fiscal year 2013, Isayama’s work reached 2nd place best-selling post with 15,933,801 copies, with the full volumes now out in the top 15 of Oricon. Thanks to the success of the series, Kodansha registered an increase in its turnover for the first time in 18 years.

Although it is also extremely popular in other Asian countries, there has been sole political interpretations of the series that have caused some controversies, especially in China and South Korea.

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The original Attack on Titan manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama was first published in September 2009 on the Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine by Kodansha. Gaining instant popularity, the series was adapted to an anime series, games and other derivative media. In addition to ...

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Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人, Shingeki no Kyojin, lit. "The Attack Titan") is a Japanese manga series both written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is published in the monthly publication Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine by Kodansha and it was released in September 2009. The fir...

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Attack on Titan: Junior High (進撃!巨人中学校, Shingeki! Kyojin Chūgakkō, lit. Attack! Titan Junior High) is a Japanese comedy manga written and illustrated by Saki Nakagawa. This series is a parody of the Attack on Titan series created by Hajime Isayama. The Attack on Titan: Junior Hig...

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Attack on Titan: No Regrets (進撃の巨人リヴァイ外伝「悔いなき選択」Shingeki no Kyojin Rivai Gaiden: Kui Naki Sentaku, lit. Attack on Titan Levi Side Story: A Choice with No Regrets) is a spin-off manga of the original Attack on Titan manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. Attack on Titan...

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Spoof on Titan (寸劇の巨人 Sungeki no Kyojin) is a mini-series of fout-image skits illustrated by Honouri. It is a parody of the original Attack on Titan manga series written and illustrated by [Hajime Isayama]. Publication began in both Japanese and English on Kodansha and DeNA’s man...

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The great success of the Attack on Titan anime series directed by Tetsuro Araki and the original manga created by Hajime Isayama has led to the publication of a variety of spin-offs and stories in various kinds of media and formats, especially in the light novel market. Here are ...

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Attack on Titan: Before the Fall (進撃の巨人 Before the Fall Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall) is the first novel in the franchise of Attack on Titan and it was adapted into a manga series by Satoshi Shiki. The novels include three chapters written by Ryo Suzukaze and illustrated b...

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Attack on Titan: Lost Girls is a novel written by Hiroshi Seko, a scriptwriter for the Attack on Titan anime and a scenario writer for the small-screen adaptations of other popular franchises such as Seraph of the End and Ajin: Demi-Human.

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Garrison Girl: An Attack on Titan Novel is an young adult fiction (YA) novel based on the Attack on Titan manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The novel itself was originally written in English by the American author Rachel Aaron and was first published by Quir...

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Attack on Titan Part 1: Guren no Yumiya (「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~ Shingeki no Kyojin Zenpen Guren no Yumiya, lit. "Attack on Titan" Prequel - Crimson Bow and Arrow~) is the first recap movie of the Attack on Titan anime series based on the original Attack on Titan manga written...

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Attack on Titan Part 2: Jiyuu no Tsubasa ( Shingeki no Kyojin Kōhen Jiyū no Tsubasa, Attack on Titan Sequel - Wings of Freedom-) is the second recap movie of the Attack on Titan anime series based on the Attack on Titan manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It depicts ...

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Attack on Titan: Roar of Awakening is the third compilation movie of the Attack on Titan anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. This movie retells the Clash of the Titans Arc, which takes place in Episodes 26 to 37 of the anime. In other words, t...

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Shingeki no Kyojin ATTACK ON TITAN is a Japanese live-action film based on the the manga, Attack on Titan created by Hajime Isayama, also known as Shingeki no Kyojin in Japanese. Although the movies are based on the original manga, it has a completely original story.

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ATTACK ON TITAN - End of the World is the sequel of the live-action film, Shingeki no Kyojin ATTACK ON TITAN.

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Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets, also known as Attack on Titan: Hangeki no Noroshi is a short web series based on the live-action adaptation films, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: End of the World. There are three episodes with the same cast from movies. As a spin-off, it t...

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The Attack on Titan series has a number of video games released on multiple platforms such as PlayStation 3 and 4, XBox One, Nintendo Switch and 3DS. Here is a list of the currently released titles and a brief description.

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The Attack on Titan franchise has one Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) game to date called Attack on Titan. In the European release the title was renamed as Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom (Europe). This title would later be ported to the PlayStation 4 and the handheld console PlayStat...

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Currently, the Attack on Titan Franchise has one game title released for the Sony PlayStation 4. It is the sequel game to the first Attack on Titan game that was released on the PlayStation 3.

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The Attack on Titan Franchise has had 3 game titles released on the Nintendo 3DS console created by a number of game developers to date. “Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains”, “Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death” and “Attack on Titan 2: Mirai no Zahyo”. The last being a s...

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Attack on Titan Tactics is a mobile phone game based on the first season of the Attack on Titan anime series directed by Tetsuro Araki and produced by Wit Studio. Likewise, the anime series is an adaptation of the Attack on Titan manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isa...

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As the Attack on Titan manga series by Hajime Isayama and its anime adaptation produced by Wit Studio became a worldwide success, several books and guides based on the Attack on Titan universe were written and published.

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Attack on Titan INSIDE Kou (進撃の巨人 INSIDE 抗 Shingeki no Kyojin INSIDE Kou) is the first official guide book of the Attack on Titan series. It was published in August 2013 in Japanese. This guidebook contains 192 pages, divided in 5 parts and it includes exclusive interviews with H...

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Attack on Titan OUTSIDE Osamu is the second official guidebook from the Attack on Titan series. It contains 184 pages and it is entirely written in Japanese. The English edition of this book, simply called the Attack on Titan Guidebook combines Attack on Titan: INSIDE Kou and Att...

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The Attack on Titan Guidebook, sometimes referred to as the Attack on Titan Guidebook: INSIDE & OUTSIDE, is the English compilation of the first two official guidebooks based on the Attack on Titan manga series: Attack on Titan: INSIDE Kou and Attack on Titan: OUTSIDE Osamu. ...

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Attack on Titan: The Anime Guide is the official guidebook of the Attack on Titan anime based on the Attack on Titan manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. This guidebook, like many of the ones before it, was written by Hajime Isayama, though it is illustrated by...

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The Attack on Titan Character Encyclopedia is the fourth official guidebook based on the Attack on Titan manga series. It was originally published on August 8, 2017 in Japan by Kodansha and comprises a total of 176 pages. It was later published in English by Kodansha Comics USA o...

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Hajime Isayama is a Japanese author and manga artist, widely known for being the creative genius behind the Attack on Titan franchise series. Born in Oita Prefecture, Japan, Isayama studied cartoon design in college and made his big break on his very first series with Attack on T...

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Kodansha Ltd. is a Japanese publishing company that was Established in 1938 in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It is owned and operated by the Noma family and was first founded by Seiji Noma in 1909. Kodansha has published and has the rights to many famous Japanese mangas such as Attack on...

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Wit Studio, Inc. Ltd. (株式会社ウィットスタジオ Kabushiki-gaisha Witto Sutajio) is an animation studio based in Japan and founded on June 1, 2012 by the producers of Production I.G as a subsidiary of IG Port. The studio is located in Musashino, Tokyo with George Wada and Tetsuya Nakatake, bo...

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Production I.G, Inc. (株式会社プロダクション・アイジー Kabushiki-gaisha Purodakushon Ai Jī) is a Japanese animation studio founded on December 15, 1987 by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto. Its headquarters is currently based and located in Musashino, in Tokyo (Japan) and owned by IG Port.

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Tetsuro Araki is a Japanese animator storyboard artist and director that was born on November 5, 1976 in Sayama, Saitama prefecture. Some of his works are also registered by the pseudonym of Saburo Mochizuki.

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In the Attack on Titan animation series that is based on the original Attack on Titan manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama, many of the characters are voiced by popular and seasoned Japanese voice actors. Here is a list and brief description of some of the main voice a...

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Yuki Kaji was born on September 3, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a popular and famous Japanese voice actor, narrator and singer affiliated with the VIMS agency. His step into the voice acting industry started when he passed a free Newcomer Audition held by Arts Vision that gained h...

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Yui Ishikawa (石川 由依, Ishikawa Yui), was born on May 30, 1989 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. She is both a Japanese actress and voice actress. As of recently she was affiliated with Sunaoka Office, but is now with mitt management as of May 11, 2019. Prior to becoming a voice actress,...

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Marina Inoue (井上 麻里奈, Inoue Marina), was born on January 20, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. Marina Inoue is a young and established Japanese voice actress and singer who is currently affiliated with the Sigma Seven agency after previously being signed on with Aniplex until the year 2007. ...

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Hiroshi Kamiya (神谷 浩史 Kamiya Hiroshi) was born on January 28, 1975 in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture in Japan. He is a well known Japanese voice actor with an extensive history voicing key characters in very famous and popular anime series. He is currently with Aoni Productions and is...

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After Attack on Titan became a hit among both the manga and anime communities, an incredible variety of merchandise was created to take advantage of the series’ popularity. Like many other incredibly popular merchandise for manga and anime series, there are a plethora of figures,...

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The term cosplay was coined from a play on words "costume" and "play" in the 1980's by the famous Japanese film director, Nobuyuki Takahashi. Cosplay is the act of fans dressing in costumes that resemble their favorite animated character from a Japanese an...

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Collecting action figures or model figures of one’s favorite anime characters is a common practice in Japan. This phenomenon began in the late 1970s with action figures of Godzilla and folklore monsters as orthodox toys for children. In the early 1980s, action figures gradually b...

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The Attack on Titan franchise has released a large number of merchandise, figures and toys. One popular collaboration toy is with Funko Pop.

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Nendoroid is a brand of small plastic figures created by the Japanese company Good Smile Company. The name of the company comes from “Nendo”, the Japanese word for clay or plasticine.

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The Attack on Titan series has become a worldwide phenomenon and extremely popular in the Otaku and cosplay community. The signature uniform and clothing designs from the series are a popular choice for cosplayers and merchandise that Attack on Titan fans go crazy for.

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The music of Attack on Titan is one of many aspects of this series that distinguishes it from the hundreds of anime released every year. From its catchy opening themes to intense soundtracks, many fans have come to instantly recognize several different tracks from Attack on Titan...

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For an anime or otaku fan, being able to support and flaunt their favorite show or anything that represents their interests may be a universal sense of pride. Attack on Titan has an extensive lineup of merchandise leaving fans content and proud.

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As the popularity of the anime and manga series Attack on Titan began to explode, its influence began to make its way throughout other, more niche communities. One such community is the Lego community. Fans of both Lego and Attack on Titan have fused their interests together and ...

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The original Attack on Titan manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama, and the [Attack on Titan] anime series produced by Wit Studio has increased in popularity over the years since its first release. The original manga currently consists of 30 volumes and has been publish...

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Although the Osaka-based Universal Studios Japan (commonly known as USJ) may share some similarities with the other Universal theme parks and resorts, there is one thing that makes it stand out from the rest: its inclusion of anime and video game series. Incredibly popular franch...

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The Attack on Titan manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama and published by Kodansha since 2009 had an immediate success in Japan and became one of the most successful series of 2011. Its anime adaptation directed by Tetsuro Araki and produced by Wit Studio (in co...

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