The Survey Corps is sent to investigate, but one of their top squad leaders is killed when he encounters the Beast Titan, an ape-like giant who can speak. Several days afterwards, Titans mysteriously appear within the walls with no evidence of how they got in. Eren is jailed, being deemed too unstable but Levi and Erwin secure his protection. Eren and Annie fight, destroying property and killing many townsfolk before Annie crystallizes herself. After regrouping and distancing themselves further from the Military Police's corruption, Eren and his companions deduce that their fellow military reg Annie Leonhart is the Female Titan. Levi's squad is killed in the ensuing battle, and Eren fails to use his Titan form properly in his rage. Survey Corps commander Erwin Smith leads their troops into a daring expedition into the forest between the walls, where they encounter a sentient Female Titan killing their numbers. Eren realizes that that he has to give himself pain and have a clear directive if he is to use his Titan form properly. Eren is handed over to Captain Levi and Hange Zoe of the Special Operations Squad in the Survey Corps, where they test his limits and loyalty. After a successful test run where Eren gains a semblance of control over his Titan form and fixes Wall Rose, the Military Police and government all hope at taking ownership over Eren and using his powers for their good. This draws the attention of the Survey Corps, who intends to use his newfound power to reclaim Wall Maria. The Survey Corps and regs rush to defend the city from rampaging Titans, and Eren learns that he has the mysterious ability to turn himself into a sentient Titan. He intends to join the Survey Corps, the expeditionary force that seeks to eradicate the Titans from the walls.įive years after Shiganshina's fall, Trost is attacked once more by the Colossal Titan.
He swears revenge on all Titans and enlists in the military along with his childhood friends, Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert. During the incident, Eren's mother is eaten by a Titan while Eren escapes. In the year 845, the wall is breached by two new types of Titans, named the Colossus Titan and the Armored Titan. The story revolves Eren Yeager, a boy who lives in the town of Shiganshina, located on the outermost of three circular walls protecting humanity from Titans. To combat Titans, the country's military employs Vertical Maneuvering Equipment, a set of waist-mounted grappling hooks and gas-powered propulsion enabling immense mobility in three dimensions. The last remnants of humanity retreated behind three concentric walls and enjoyed nearly a century of peace. Over one hundred years ago, humanity was driven to the brink of extinction after the emergence of humanoid giants called Titans, who attack and eat humans on sight. The plot of Attack on Titan centers on a civilization inside three walls, the last location where humans still live. Main article: List of Attack on Titan characters Setting It has won several awards, including the Kodansha Manga Award, the Attilio Micheluzzi Award, and the Harvey Award.
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As of December 2019, the manga has over 100 million tankōbon copies in print worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. A fourth and final season premiered in December 2020, airing 16 episodes in its first part, with the remainder announced to begin airing in January 2022.Īttack on Titan has become a critical and commercial success. A 22-episode third season was broadcast in two parts, with the first 12 episodes airing from July to October 2018 and the last 10 episodes airing from April to July 2019. A 25-episode first season was broadcast from April to September 2013, followed by a 12-episode second season broadcast from April to June 2017. Attack on Titan was serialized in Kodansha's monthly shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from September 2009 to April 2021, with its chapters collected in 34 tankōbon volumes.Īn anime television series was produced by Wit Studio (seasons 1–3) and MAPPA (season 4). It is set in a world where humanity lives inside cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from the gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as Titans the story follows Eren Yeager, who vows to exterminate the Titans after a Titan brings about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother. "The Advancing Giants") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama.