Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan

Initial Run
Network	Adult Swim (Toonami)
Broadcast Run	May 3, 2014^[1] - Jan. 17, 2015
Episodes	25 (List of Episodes)
Second Run
Network	Adult Swim (Toonami)
Broadcast Run	Mar. 28, 2015^[2] - Sep. 26, 2015
Current Run
Network	Adult Swim (Toonami)
Broadcast Run	April 22, 2017^[3]
Broadcast Time	12:30 AM
Episodes	12 (List of Episodes)

Attack on Titan is a Japanese anime based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The series, directed by Tetsurō Araki and produced by Wit Studio (a subsidiary of IG Port), aired on MBS between April 6, 2013^[4] and September 28, 2013. Both Funimation and Crunchyroll simulcast the series on their respective websites, and Funimation released the series on DVD and Blu Ray in North American in 2014.^[4]^[5] A second season of the series premiered in Japan on April 1, 2017.^[6]

Attack on Titan is set in a world where humanity lives inside cities surrounded by enormous walls due to the Titans, gigantic humanoid creatures who devour humans seemingly without reason. The story centers on Eren Jaeger, his adoptive sister Mikasa Ackerman, and their friend Armin Arlert, whose lives are changed forever after the appearance of a Colossal Titan brings about the destruction of their home town and the death of Eren's mother. Vowing revenge and to reclaim the world from the Titans, Eren, Mikasa and Armin enlist in the Military and join the Survey Corps—an elite group of soldiers who fight Titans outside the walls.

The series aired on Adult Swim's Toonami block from May 3, 2014^[1] to January 17, 2015. The series then returned to Toonami for a second run, airing at 3:00 AM, from March 28, 2015^[2] to September 26, 2015. Season 2 was first announced to be premiering on Toonami during the special April Fools stream of a new episode of Rick and Morty on adultswim.com.^[6] Season 2 was first announced with a premiere date of April 29, 2017, but days later it was moved up to April 22nd.^[3]

Plot

The story follows Eren Jaeger, his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman, and their friend Armin Arlert. After the wall which protects Eren's hometown is breached by Titans, including the 60-meter skinless Colossal Titan and the abnormally intelligent Armored Titan, a young Eren suffers the death of his mother at the hands of a Titan. Once Eren and his friends are evacuated from the district to safety, he vows revenge against all Titans and later enlists in the military, accompanied by Mikasa and Armin. After a period of grueling training, the three elect to join the Survey Corps which would allow them to leave the safety of the walls and fight the Titans one-on-one. Following graduation, the three are positioned in District Trost which juts out into the Titan-infested lands of Wall Maria. However, they are surprised by the sudden appearance of the Colossal Titan which breaches the wall as it did to Eren's hometown 5 years prior.

During the ensuing battle with Titans, Eren discovers, by accident, that he possesses the ability to transform into a Titan at will. Though he is seen as a threat to mankind by many, others, including those within the Survey Corps, see Eren's ability as a ray of hope in the fight against the Titans. Eren's strong resolve and his ability to kill other Titans with relative ease earns him a valued position within the Survey Corps, alongside Mikasa and Armin. With the threat of new Titans and a possible end to society, Eren and his companions begin a desperate fight to protect what remains of mankind while unraveling the secrets and mysteries behind the Titans, the walls, and even Eren's own existence.

Characters

Eren Jaeger — The protagonist of the series. Idealistic, hotheaded, aggressive, and impulsive, Eren seeks to annihilate the Titans and explore the outside world. As a child, age 9, he killed two of the kidnappers who murdered Mikasa's family and convinced Mikasa to fight and kill the third one while he was being strangled by the latter. He and his father came looking for her after finding her parents' bodies. He was ranked 5th in his trainee class, having no particular talent aside from his excellent close combat skills, but has been slowly but steadily improving his grades through outstanding effort and a strong sense of purpose. Following his mother's death, Eren has a brief encounter with his father who entrusts him with a key to their old house's basement in Shiganshina, claiming that he must reach it by whatever means necessary, but is not informed by him about what really is hidden there.

It is later revealed that Eren possess the strange ability to summon and control the body of a 15 meter class Titan. Eren believes this ability to be the result of injections given to him by his father after the death of his mother, although there are indications that he had those powers way before this point.

Mikasa Ackerman — Adopted child of the Jaeger family. Mikasa is the last known Asian living within the Walls after they were wiped out by the Titans. She is a quiet and withdrawn girl and her expression is always stoic except when Eren is in danger. Before she was adopted by the Jaegers, Mikasa and her mother were targeted by slave traders due to their race. However, after the slavers killed her father, Mikasa's mother lashed out to defend her daughter, resulting in her death. Mikasa was saved by Eren after he found them and killed the slavers. Due to this incident, she is very protective of Eren, and will follow and protect him no matter the circumstances, thinking that Eren is the last family she has and needs to stick with him no matter what. Although as the story progresses, it appears that the family kinship she feels for Eren is much deeper than what she claims. She only joins the military because of Eren. And although not literally thrilled to become a soldier she was ranked first in her graduating class. She is considered an unprecedented genius, a prodigy who excels in the most difficult courses. She is often teased about her attachment to her foster brother.

Armin Arlert — Eren's childhood best friend and Mikasa's closest friend. He is physically frail and relatively intrepid. Though timid and faint, his strategic intuition has saved Eren and Mikasa - and later everyone - several times. He believes himself to be completely incompetent in the beginning and hates himself for having to rely on his friends all the time. While Mikasa always fears for Eren's life, Eren worries for Armin's safety whenever they are in battle. It is also noted that Armin is the only one who manages to connect to and make Eren snap out of the animalistic control of his Titan side when he nearly kills Mikasa and snaps him out of his doubts when Eren cannot shift into his Titan form because of Annie. Armin has sub-par physical aptitude by soldiers' standards but is an alleged genius when it comes to theoretical courses. It is Mikasa who first encourages Armin out of his belief of being incompetent by pointing out that his strategic intuitions have always saved her and Eren in the past and he should have more faith in himself. As the story progresses his confidence blooms and his brilliant planning, tactics and deduction impresses high ranking officers that they respect his opinions considerably.

Voice Cast

Character	English Voice Actor	Japanese Voice Actor
Eren Jaeger	Bryce Papenbrook	Yūki Kaji
Mikasa Ackerman	Trina Nishimura	Yui Ishikawa
Armin Arlert	Josh Grelle	Marina Inoue
Levi	Matthew Mercer	Hiroshi Kamiya
Jean Kirstein	Mike McFarland	Kishō Taniyama
Annie Leonhart	Lauren Landa	Yū Shimamura
Conny Springer	Clifford Chapin	Hiro Shimono
Sasha Blouse	Ashly Burch	Yū Kobayashi
Erwin Smith	J. Michael Tatum	Daisuke Ono
Zoe Hange	Jessica Calvello	Romi Park
Marco Bott	Austin Tindle	Ryōta Ōsaka
Reiner Braun	Robert McCollum	Yoshimasa Hosoya
Bertolt Hoover	David Matranga	Tomohisa Hashizume
Petra Ral	Caitlin Glass	Natsuki Aikawa
Dot Pixis	R Bruce Elliott	Masahiko Tanaka
Hannes	David Wald	Keiji Fujiwara
Keith Shardis	Patrick Seitz	Tsuguo Mogami
Grisha Jaeger	Chris Hury	Hiroshi Tsuchida
Carla Jaeger	Jessica Cavanagh	Yoshino Takamori
Krista Lenz	Bryn Apprill	Shiori Mikami
Ymir	Elizabeth Maxwell	Saki Fujita
Thomas Wagner	Duncan Brannan	Shigeyuki Susaki
Mina Carolina	Alexis Tipton	Chika Anzai
Nack Tius	Will Short	Tomoyuki Higuchi
Millieus Zeramuski	Joel McDonald	Kazuhiro Fusegawa
Samuel	David Trosko	Kenji Takahashi
Franz	James Chandler	Kenta Ōkuma
Hannah	Tia Ballard	Megumi Satō
Tom	Tyler Walker	Shigeyuki Susaki
Daz	Brad Venable	Shūhei Takubo
Ian Dietrich	Scott Freeman	Yūya Murakami
Gustav	Keith Kubal	Go Shinomiya
Anka Rheinberger	Jamie Marchi	Ikumi Hayama
Kitz Weilmann	Christopher R. Sabat	Tomoyuki Shimura
Rico Brzenska	Morgan Garrett	Michiko Kaiden
Moblit Berner	Jerry Jewell	Rintarō Nishi
Hugo	Tyson Rinehart	Akio Suyama
Mitabi Jarnach	Kyle Hebert	Takanori Hoshino
Moses	Jeff Johnson	Takuya Masumoto
Moses's Mother	Linda Young	Kyoko Terase
Narrator	Josh Grelle	Marina Inoue
Eld Jinn	Vic Mignogna	Susumu Chiba
Nile Dok	Ian Sinclair	Anri Katsu
Lord Wald	Barry Yandell	Kōsuke Takaguchi
Mikasa's Father	Jarrod Greene	Daichi Endo
Mikasa's Mother	Colleen Clinkenbeard	Yūka Hirose
Oruo Bozado	Chris Smith	Shinji Kawada
Gunther Schultz	Brett Weaver	Kōzō Mito
Beane	Cris George	—
Sawney	Jonathan C. Osborne	—
Dallis Zachary	John Swasey	Hideaki Tezuka
Deiter	John Burgmeier	Yoshihito Sasaki
Marlo	Todd Haberkorn	Tomokazu Sugita
Pastor Nick	Francis Henry	Tomohisa Asō
Waltz	Kyle Phillips	—
Hitch	Brittney Karbowski	Akeno Watanabe
Boris	Micah Solusod	Yūichi Karasuma
Jurgen	Justin Cook	Kazuhiro Fusegawa
Nanaba	Lydia Mackay	Asami Shimoda
Dennis	Andrew T. Chandler	Seirō Ogino
Luke Cis	Eric Vale	Masamichi Kitada
Mike Zacharius	Jason Douglas	Kenta Miyake
Ness	Jonathan Brooks	Kōichi Sakaguchi
Darius Baer-Varbrun	Brian Mathis	Akimitsu Takase
Petra's Father	Chuck Huber	Masaki Terasoma
Annie's Father	Bill Jenkins	Unshō Ishizuka

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Episodes

Color	Season	Episodes	Toonami Season Premiere	Toonami Season Finale
	1	25	May 3, 2014	November 1, 2014
	2	12	April 22, 2017	TBA

Broadcast History

Season 1 of Attack on Titan aired from April 6, 2013^[4] to September 28, 2013 on MBS and later aired on Tokyo MX, FBS, TOS, HTB, TVA and BS11. Season 2 began airing in Japan, on the same networks, on April 1, 2017.^[6] Both Funimation and Crunchyroll have streamed the series on their respective websites. Funimation also licensed the anime for home video release in 2014. The series first run on Adult Swim's Toonami block was from May 3, 2014^[1] to January 17, 2015. The series also received a second run, airing on the block from March 28, 2015^[2] to September 26, 2015. Season 2 will premiere on Toonami on April 22, 2017.^[3]

Japan (MBS) — April 6, 2013^[4] - September 28, 2013; April 1, 2017^[6] - Present
Japan (NHK BS Premium) — January 9, 2016^[7] - April 2016
United States (Adult Swim) — May 3, 2014^[1] - January 17, 2015; March 28, 2015^[2] - September 26, 2015; April 22, 2017^[3]