Attack on Titan |OT| One Man To Slay Them All - No Manga Spoilers!

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What is it?

Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for pleasure rather than for sustenance. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in an area protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenaged protagonist Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as one of the city walls is damaged by a 60-meter-tall titan causing a breach in the wall. This begins a chain of events which leads to them joining the military to fight against the titans.

The manga won the 35th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga.

Why should I care?

One of the most popular currently-running Japanese manga gets a 25-episode anime adaptation. The manga is widely appreciated for its unique, acrobatic action, large ensemble cast of characters, frightening titan art, a pervasive sense of despair, and its subversion of many typical shounen tropes.

TL;DR just watch the preview.



Who is making it?

Studio WIT, an offshoot of Production I.G., is handling the animation. Tetsuro Araki, known for his dramatic, over-the-top style, is handling the direction. The staff includes:

Director- Tetsuro Araki (Death Note, Highschool of the Dead, Guilty Crown)

Series Composition- Yasuko Kobayashi (Casshern Sins, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Music- Hiroyuki Sawano (Blue Exorcist, Guilty Crown)

Original Creator- Hajime Isayama

Director of Photography- Kazuhiro Yamada (Death Note, Ergo Proxy, House of Five Leaves, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Sound Director- Masafumi Mima (Fullmetal Alchemist, Macross Plus, Paprika, Paranoia Agent)



Where can I watch it?

The series is being streamed by both Funimation and Crunchyroll.

http://www.funimation.com/rojas/blog...ribers/7611482

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopi...ttack-on-titan

In France:

http://www.wakanim.tv/library/animes...s/ShowEpisodes

More on airing times as news develops.

Characters

Eren Jaeger
Voiced by: Yuki Kaji

Mikasa Ackerman
Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa

Armin Arlelt
Voiced by: Marina Inoue

Jean Kirschtein
Voiced by: Kishō Taniyama

Annie Leonhardt
Voiced by: Yu Shimamura

Sasha Browse
Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi

Christa Renz
Voiced by: Shiori Mikami

Conny Springer
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono

Marco Bodt
Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka

Reiner Braun
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya

Bertholt Fubar
Voiced by: Tomohisa Hashizume

Ymir
Voiced by: Saki Fujita

Official Website(Japanese): TVアニメ「進撃の巨人」公式サイト

Preview trailers: 1 2

Opening: Shingeki no Kyojin

Full Staff List: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...e.php?id=14950

Air date for new episodes in Japan: Sundays at 1:58 AM on MBS

Note:- Copied |OT| from NeoGAF since didn't had the time or resources to make one now. I haven't started it yet.

 

[Major Aly]

Eren Jaeger...

Frank Jaeger...All I could think about was Grey Fox after hearing Eren's last name

Done with all 6 episodes in one sitting.

So no airing times confirmed?

And I was watching [GG] subs and on their release, they're referring to Sasha as Sasha "Blouse"

 

[CerebralTiger]

It's been so long since I last saw a great Shounen anime series.

AoT is Araki's finest directorial venture since Death Note. Good thing I haven't read the Manga.

LOL perfect :hah:

 

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It's been so long since I last saw a great Shounen anime series.

AoT is Araki's finest directorial venture since Death Note. Good thing I haven't read the Manga.

Same here. Haven't seen a anime for a long time but this one piqued my interest.

P.S Even Goichi Suda is a big fan of this show
[MENTION=23390]Major Aly[/MENTION]: I think this airs on Sundays so a episode might pop up today or tomorrow.

 

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[MENTION=24078]DarkLordMalik[/MENTION]

That is good

Viewers of Episode 5 had to wait a painstakingly long week for episode 6 to know what happened next

It's been more or less a year since I've last watched any anime...

THIS piqued my interest

Made by: Kouji Tajima (worked on posters for Total Recall, Les Miserables etc)

 

[Major Aly]

P.S
Why not the tagline "On That Day, Mankind Received A Grim Reminder...."? Alongside No Manga Spoilers?

 

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P.S
Why not the tagline "On That Day, Mankind Received A Grim Reminder...."? Alongside No Manga Spoilers?

That's too long. Give a short one

 

[Major Aly]

That's too long. Give a short one

On That Day, Makind....



"Love Shadow Of Colossus? Gonna Love This"

 

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On That Day, Makind....



"Love Shadow Of Colossus? Gonna Love This"

How about

"One Man To Slay Them All" ?

 

[Major Aly]

How about

"One Man To Slay Them All" ?

That's perfect

Seeing the obsession of Eren, fits perfectly

 

[GoldenHawk]

Awesome anime, one of the best on right now. I caught up on the manga after watching a couple of episodes, will be great to see all that animated.

Ep 7 should be out today.

 

[shinigami8671]

Awesome anime, one of the best on right now. I caught up on the manga after watching a couple of episodes, will be great to see all that animated.

Ep 7 should be out today.

It was out last night actually,finally it started it Next one will be AWESOME!!!!! :flame:

Spoiler: show

By the way,wouldnt "One man to Eat them all" would be more suitable if going by erens obsession?

 

[Major Aly]

"One man to Eat them all" would be more suitable if going by erens obsession?

He wants to slay them, not eat the titans :/

 

[Gizmo]

Gonna wait for all the Eps to come out and then watch them in one go like I do with Game Of Thrones, otherwise the waiting between eps becomes too umpleasant.

 

[shinigami8671]

He wants to slay them, not eat the titans :/

you didnt read the manga did you?

 

[Major Aly]

you didnt read the manga did you? well the BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Don't even hint and spoil

 

[GoldenHawk]

[MENTION=22908]shinigami8671[/MENTION] No manga spoilers in this thread, only discussion of the anime. You should edit that out just in case.

 

[Major Aly]

Episode 7 downloaded !

Although I'm downloading these encoded ones: [gg]_Shingeki_no_Kyojin_-_07_[3F33870C].mkv which are in 720p but the quality is sub-par...

Any other encoders/subbers present with great quality?

Man I wish I could watch EP7 right away at the office....

 

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I am gonna start it now just to discuss each episode in this Official Thread

 

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I am gonna start it now just to discuss each episode in this Official Thread

When you quoted me back on the Official Anime thread, I thought you already started it...

Shame Shame

BTW Mikasa looks very, VERY familiar to some other character that I can't put my finger on...