 The official website of the Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) anime series revealed the first key visual (pictured left) and promotional video for the final season on Friday. The final season, produced by animation studio MAPPA, will premiere on NHK General at an unannounced date. Staff Chief Director: Jun Shishido (Hajime no Ippo: Rising) Director: Yuuichirou Hayashi (Kakegurui) Promo Director, Storyboard: Shuuhei Yabuta (Vinland Saga) Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko (Mob Psycho 100) Character Design: Tomohiro Kishi (Dorohedoro) Chief Animation Director: Daisuke Niinuma (Zankyou no Terror key animation) Special Effects Animation Director: Satoshi Sakai (Fate/stay night Movie: Unlimited Blade Works key animation), Taichi Furumata (Dororo key animation) Color Design: Ayako Suenaga (Listeners) Art Director: Kazuo Ogura (One Piece Film: Gold) Layout: Yuusuke Tannowa (Zankyou no Terror) CG Director: Takahiro Uezuno (Death Billiards) Director of Photography: Shigeki Asakawa (Servamp) Editing: Masato Yoshitake (Koi to Uso) Sound Director: Masafumi Mima (Boku no Hero Academia) Music: Hiroyuki Sawano (Kill la Kill), Kohta Yamamoto (Dive!!) Sound Effects: Naoto Yamatani (Himouto! Umaru-chan) Sound Producer: Techno Sound The website also announced a compilation film that will recap the first three seasons. Titled Shingeki no Kyojin: Chronicle, the film will be screened prior to the final season's broadcast in Japanese theaters for a limited time beginning on July 17. The movie ticket release is inclusive with a limited edition special clear file. A key visual (pictured right) and preview for the film were also posted. Shingeki no Kyojin adapts Hajime Isayama's fantasy post-apocalyptic manga, which began in Bessatsu Shounen Magazine in September 2009. Kodansha published the 31st volume on April 9. The manga has a cumulative 100 million copies of its compiled volumes in circulation worldwide. Wit Studio produced the first anime season in Spring 2013. Pre-production of the second season began in 2014, which premiered in Spring 2017. The third season aired in split cours in Summer 2018 and Spring 2019. Kodansha Comics licensed the manga in English in October 2011 and released the 30th volume on April 14. The manga has also been published in multiple foreign languages, including French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, and Chinese. Funimation licensed the anime series in North America and distributed the first season on two home video installments in June and September 2014, while the second season was released on a single volume in February 2018. It was followed by the release of the third season that shipped for two volumes on August 6 last year and March 17. Shingeki no Kyojin won the 35th Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shounen category and placed sixth in the male readers' division in the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings. The manga also was nominated for the 4th Manga Taisho awards in 2011, as well as the 16th and 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. PV 1 Film PV Official site: https://shingeki.tv/final/ Film official site: https://shingeki.tv/movie_chronicle/ Official Twitter: @anime_shingeki Source: Mantan Web Shingeki no Kyojin: Chronicle on MAL |
VindstotMay 29, 2020 3:51 PM
| so ye its really implied that its delayed to next year at least |
| Can't believe its MAPPA doing the last season, lol. |
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| I have no idea how they'll squeeze three whole seasons worth of content into a single film. Watching the PV, I now have high hopes for the next season and the character designs look good. Sasha looked amazing. |
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| >PV Director, Storyboard: Shuuhei Yabuta (Vinland Saga) this is the biggest surprise here since that means the PV will not look like the final TV series remember this Ironman Madhouse PV? ye the actual TV series does not look anything like that |
| titanic poggers in the chat never been so excited for a trailer where i have no idea what i'm looking at |
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| Finally, some news! Obviously I'm bloody stoked but I just can't help but fear a little. Firstly, the new Character Designs are a miss for me. While the Marley Characters and Eren look great, Levi, Mikasa and Sasha look disastrous in my honest opinion. My Mikasa, damn it! Levi seriously looks like a fatso meanwhile with the chummy cheeks. Also, the lighting seems to be brighter and I'm not totally in for that either. Secondly, MAPPA have a lot on their hands with God of High School and Jujutsu Kaisen. Thirdly, I don't happen to be a huge fan of MAPPA and I don't exactly "trust" them to give this final season the justice that it deserves. But hey, that aside, it was a good PV it must be said. And I'm just more excited for more animated SnK. Fall 2020 has probably been ditched now but that's totally a-okay with me. Finish off with GoH and JJK by this year and take your sweet time for this baby. @ImmovableObject Lol, some people are branding MAPPA as the new/next "J.C. Studio" now over on twitter. |
_MushiRock11_May 29, 2020 3:22 AM
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| With Wit Studio gone, I was wondering which studio'd pick it up. I would have preferred Production IG, but Mappa is also great. They have really amazing art and animations. Well, they'll probably make the characters a lot cuter than they should be, I guess. lol. Still, I am glad a good studio picked this up. |
| I don't know how they'll squeeze all those content into this last season hoped it's not rushed. It's a shame that wit studio isn't working on the last season, but I hope Mappa produces the final season out well. I miss the old art style. |
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| Question for people familiar with MAPPA's work. Is there a chance this will become a Berserk? |
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| There seems to be some returning staff which is nice for consistency's sake and the other guys look competent. Shame araki isn't there but I think some other guy took over as series director after a certain point. From all the mappa shows I've seen they seem to be all over the place both in animation quality and the general quality of the show but I don't like to dismiss new production studios outright. It's still a shame that most of the original guys won't be a part of the series grand finale. Also the mappa stuff I liked the most all start with "doro". Is this a sign that the season's gonna suck? Oh shit I take everything back. Rename the show to dorogeki no dorojin for guaranteed success. EDIT: they must have updated the article because I see some new guys here. Shishido is the one I'm most familiar with and I enjoyed his work. I also checked the trailer because I'm an idiot and didn't even notice it. Looks nice, the charaters look a bit a different so that will need some getting used to. The cool action scenes they picked looked good. EDIT 2: While typing edit 1 other guys were added. The sound guy is a trusted reliable name and the music guy seems like a freauent sawano collaborator. I don't know which tracks he contributes though. EDIT 3: Regarding the director, I'm familiar with two shows where held the director position: kakegurui which was garbage and dorohedoro which was pretty good so I don't know what to think |
Theo1899May 29, 2020 4:43 AM
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| no news if Arifumi Imai is returning as main action key animator? |
Tellatez said: I don't know how they'll squeeze all those content into this last season hoped it's not rushed. It's a shame that wit studio isn't working on the last season, but I hope Mappa produces the final season out well. I miss the old art style. Which art style do you miss though? Season 1, 2 or 3? Because the art style has made drastic changes over the season. deg said: >PV Director, Storyboard: Shuuhei Yabuta (Vinland Saga) this is the biggest surprise here since that means the PV will not look like the final TV series remember this Ironman Madhouse PV? ye the actual TV series does not look anything like that Please stop spreading false rumors as wit studio is known for making pre animated preview trailers as well and nothing was change when it was released. Its not a surprise wit studio has been doing it too so why now people are making a big deal out of it? @PraiseTheSun123 Based off the preview hell no! As this was the most hype preview for a snk trailer I have ever seen. |
keragamming said: deg said: >PV Director, Storyboard: Shuuhei Yabuta (Vinland Saga) this is the biggest surprise here since that means the PV will not look like the final TV series remember this Ironman Madhouse PV? ye the actual TV series does not look anything like that Please stop spreading false rumors as wit studio is known for making pre animated preview trailers as well and nothing was change when it was released. dude i already answered you about this on another thread do check that out but here a copy and paste of it pre-made in your own view here means they gonna recycle or add those pre-made scenes to the actual TV series which is very suspect on what the sakuga community calls pre-made PV which usually do not reuse any of the animated scenes from that kind of PV |
| MAPPA is a great studio. They always impressed me with their original anime. Art and music was nice and the plot also okay. (Well ... except the latest one ... Listeners is bad with the plot.) For adaptions they seemde good with the "technical" stuff ... but thtey often used boring source (plot boring) material. Now I'm looking forward here. I started to like the manga less in the later parts. But with anime (they will need at least 2-cour I think ... and the manga must end if this really is "final" and wants to adapt everything) it should look great I guess. |
PraiseTheSun123 said: Lol no? MAPPA is a decent studio.Question for people familiar with MAPPA's work. Is there a chance this will become a Berserk? |
KiraKiraClover said: PraiseTheSun123 said: Question for people familiar with MAPPA's work. Is there a chance this will become a Berserk? no need to judge the studio just because of Berserk What? I'm not judging the studio, I just haven't seen anything of them (except dorohedoro), so I'm curious of what people have to say. Robiiii said: Lol no? MAPPA is a decent studio. Well that's good to hear. |
EikonomachiaMay 29, 2020 3:40 AM
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| I love MAPPA but I really wonder if their style will suit SnK? Just looking at the preview, it looks great, but it lacks the crispness that WIT Studio has. Oh well, I guess we'll see. |
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| Sad that the staff has completely changed. Though their replacement all seem to be good thankfully. Trailer looks great too. But I am worried it's MAPPA, their schedules are mess. They really pick whatever they can. |
| I love MAPPA, but I was originally concerned that some of the Wit Studio flair might be missing. After watching the trailer, my worries were blown away. There are some differences but it still looks like what we expect out of the show. Very excited. Do we know if this is going to be 12 or 24 episodes? |
 "They escaped the weight of darkness, to forge a path into the marrow of the spirit. They chose to drown in a deeper vacancy, an emptiness that quells the null, a pool for the forgotten..." |
FuMomo-kun said: With Wit Studio gone, I was wondering which studio'd pick it up. I would have preferred Production IG, but Mappa is also great. They have really amazing art and animations. Well, they'll probably make the characters a lot cuter than they should be, I guess. lol. Still, I am glad a good studio picked this up. The character art from the PV just seems closer to the one from the manga. |
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Xaeveax said: There's no way this can be fit in 12 episodes, it might even be more than 24.I love MAPPA, but I was originally concerned that some of the Wit Studio flair might be missing. After watching the trailer, my worries were blown away. There are some differences but it still looks like what we expect out of the show. Very excited. Do we know if this is going to be 12 or 24 episodes? |
| Rest in Piece, Miura. |
| The director is hit or miss. MAPPA is decent studio, the PV is good. Worried about how they adapt it. |
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Animeartist2000 said: does anybody know why the studio was changed? you miss this news last year? here https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2019/05/19/attack-on-titan-at-its-wits-end/ |
JR9253 said: Though that trailer was amazingly edited together - I just hope that they pull through. if by edited you mean they added a bunch of sakuga scenes that will be reuse later on to the actual TV series then no its actually a PV like that Ironman Madhouse PV one the PV even has its own director and storyboards posted on the first post here >PV Director, Storyboard: Shuuhei Yabuta (Vinland Saga) |
| The character designs are meh except for Eren and the Marleyans... Let's see how this goes. At least now I know that I shouldn't look forward to this season. |
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| MAPPA is a Russian roulette his productions only stand out technically (but not at the level of ufotable) however the direction and the stories are the ones that fail |
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deg said: JR9253 said: Though that trailer was amazingly edited together - I just hope that they pull through. if by edited you mean they added a bunch of sakuga scenes that will be reuse later on to the actual TV series then no its actually a PV like that Ironman Madhouse PV one the PV even has its own director and storyboards posted on the first post here >PV Director, Storyboard: Shuuhei Yabuta (Vinland Saga) I hope they won't pull a rogue one or watch dogs on us |
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deg said: Animeartist2000 said: does anybody know why the studio was changed? you miss this news last year? here https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2019/05/19/attack-on-titan-at-its-wits-end/ The thing is that the article does not specify why the studio was changed, only 5that it will be and possible issues with it. |
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| A few things: -it looks better, less edgy and more closer to the manga designs. -finally, we get rid of the shitty cg. -the trailer have way too many spoilers lmao. But I mean the scenes looked amazing. -I guess they will just cover everything. I hope they do a good 24+ season if possible. People doubting Mappa? They are a great studio with it's flops, like most of the others. |
| @JR9253 @Theo1899 The trailer will look exactly like the final product as all previous season except for season 1 was also pre animated. Check out the previous seasons trailer and you will recognize all the scenes nothing was left out or even change. @deg You see what I'm talking about? You are spreading misinformation now persons are believing what they saw in the preview they wont be what they see in the actual anime. I know what you are saying but you have worded it wrong and you are giving people the impression that this trailer will look nothing like what it will look when it starts airing. @LookaLaki The character design looks more like the manga design now, but meh a lot of person prefer wit design over them manga so I get why you would say that. Season 3 also change design from season 1 too and persons complain but eventually gotten use to it. I hope it will be the same for this. |
keragammingMay 29, 2020 4:38 AM
| @keragamming no im not spreading misinformation at all thats what it means by this >PV Director, Storyboard: Shuuhei Yabuta (Vinland Saga) the PV is its own little anime production already and not just a bunch of edited added mixed sakuga scenes that will be present in the actual TV show |
Pakumen- said: -finally, we get rid of the shitty cg. I see CG in all the places I would expect it from the previous seasons |
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| @Daniel_Naumov thats rich coming from you since you say a lot of stupid shits |
| Looks good. Unfortunate that WIT isn't doing the full series, but alas. Hopefully MAPPA puts their all into this, AoT deserves it. Nice to see Sawano returning for the music. |
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Kanedgy_ said: There's no way this can be fit in 12 episodes, it might even be more than 24. I haven't read the manga so I don't know how much more content there is. But if you say there's a lot, then hopefully that means more episodes. It would suck to get a rushed finale. |
"They escaped the weight of darkness, to forge a path into the marrow of the spirit. They chose to drown in a deeper vacancy, an emptiness that quells the null, a pool for the forgotten..." |
Daniel_Naumov said: No need to go mad over this. We all know you "enjoy" providing "accurate details" and "industry contexts and tweets" on the forums. As such, prepare to be rigorously criticized when failing with your little attention seeking scheme. err right im sharing info here im not looking for attention like you wannabe pretentious poet |
| NGL, the trailer looks f*cking amazing. Looks even better than the previous season made by Wit Studio Really looking forward to it! |
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| @Daniel_Naumov From the two shows I've seen by hayashi in the direcor position, one was plain garbage and the other was pretty good so I can't judge his ability. One of the new staff members that's very exciting is chief director Jun Shishido who worked on hajime no ippo. That series had some partiularly well directed boxing action scenes. |
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