TV SERIES · 2013–2022 · JAPAN
Attack on Titan
- Network
- MBS, NHK G, Tokyo MX
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 87
- Studio
- Production I.G, MAPPA, WIT STUDIO
- Original title
- 進撃の巨人
40 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the…
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All facts (40)
- #001
Attack on Titan was produced by Wit Studio, a subsidiary of IG Port, and directed by Tetsurō Araki.
- #002
Attack on Titan aired on Mainichi Broadcasting System from April 7 to September 29, 2013.
- #003
Attack on Titan was rebroadcast nationwide on Tokyo MX, FBS, TOS, HTB, TV Aichi, BS11 and other JNN stations.
- #004
Attack on Titan faced production issues, requiring more animators, and Wit Studio character designer Kyoji Asano sought active animators to work on the anime.
- #005
Funimation and Crunchyroll both streamed Attack on Titan with subtitles on their own websites.
- #006
Funimation licensed Attack on Titan for home video release in 2014.
- #007
Attack on Titan's English dub premiered its first episode at Anime Boston, with further episodes released through Funimation's subscription services.
- #008
Attack on Titan began airing weekly on Adult Swim's Toonami block on May 3, 2014, at 11:30 p.m. EST.
- #009
The final episode of Attack on Titan's first season was also shown in Japanese theaters.
- #010
Attack on Titan's first season was compiled into two animated theatrical films featuring new voice acting from the same cast.
- #011
The first compilation film, Attack on Titan – Part 1: Crimson Bow and Arrow, covered the first 13 episodes and was released on November 22, 2014.
- #012
The second compilation film, Attack on Titan – Part 2: Wings of Freedom, covered the final 12 episodes, added new opening and ending footage, and was released on June 27, 2015.
- #013
Attack on Titan's second season was announced on the opening day of the series' first theatrical film, which had originally been set for release in 2016.
- #014
The January 2017 issue of Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine confirmed that Attack on Titan's second season would premiere in April 2017.
- #015
A third compilation film recapping Attack on Titan's second season, titled Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening, was released on January 13, 2018.
- #016
The second season of Attack on Titan was simulcast on Funimation, Crunchyroll and the former's VRV channel at 10:30 AM EST.
- #017
Madman Entertainment streamed Attack on Titan's second season in Australia and New Zealand on AnimeLab, and Sony Pictures handled the home media release in the UK.
- #018
A third season of Attack on Titan was announced on June 17, 2017, at the close of the second season's final episode, with a release date set for July 23, 2018.
- #019
Attack on Titan's third season aired in Japan on NHK General TV starting July 23, 2018, with its first part ending on October 15, 2018, and its second part airing from April 29 to July 1, 2019.
- #020
Hajime Isayama, the original manga's author and illustrator, worked closely with the animators on Attack on Titan to ensure faithfulness to the story, and in 2018 he requested changes to a part of the manga he regretted, which the studio honored so that the first part of Season 3 differed minimally from the corresponding manga chapters.
- #021
Attack on Titan: Chronicle, a fourth compilation film recapping all three seasons, was released on July 17, 2020.
- #022
Funimation announced that the worldwide premiere of Attack on Titan's first episode would be held at Anime Expo on July 8, 2018.
- #023
Adult Swim broadcast the English version of Attack on Titan's third season from August 18, 2018, to July 27, 2019.
- #024
On July 4, 2020, Funimation announced it had licensed the Attack on Titan compilation film for release in the UK, Ireland and North America.
- #025
Attack on Titan's fourth and final anime season was announced on July 1, 2019, following the third season's finale, with a planned Fall 2020 release on NHK General TV.
- #026
On May 29, 2020, Attack on Titan's final season was confirmed to have moved to MAPPA, with Yuichiro Hayashi and Jun Shishido taking over directing from Tetsurō Araki and Masashi Koizuka.
- #027
Hiroshi Seko took over series composition on Attack on Titan's final season from Yasuko Kobayashi, Tomohiro Kishi replaced Kyōji Asano as character designer, and Kohta Yamamoto joined Hiroyuki Sawano on music.
- #028
Attack on Titan's final season aired in parts: 16 episodes on NHK General TV until March 29, 2021, then 12 episodes from January 10 to April 4, 2022, followed by two television specials premiering March 4 and November 5, 2023.
- #029
Attack on Titan: Special Omnibus originally consisted of six episodes plus three extra broadcasts of the OVAs, and aired in Japan on NHK General TV from October 24 to December 12, 2021.
- #030
NHK rebroadcast the six episodes of Attack on Titan: Special Omnibus on January 6 and January 7, 2022, days before episode 76 premiered.
- #031
A second rebroadcast of Attack on Titan: Special Omnibus, including a new seventh episode, aired from February 25 to February 27, 2023.
- #032
Attack on Titan: The Last Attack, a compilation film covering the finale of the Attack on Titan anime series, was released on November 8, 2024.
- #033
Attack on Titan: The Last Attack includes a new post-credits scene drawn from the final chapter of the alternative-universe short manga Attack on School Castes.
- #034
Attack on School Castes was included at the end of volumes 21 through 34 of the Attack on Titan manga.
- #035
Netflix Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries started streaming Attack on Titan in December 2020.
- #036
The subtitled version of Attack on Titan was released in Southeast Asia on iQIYI.
- #037
Adult Swim broadcast the English version of Attack on Titan's fourth season from January 10, 2021, to January 7, 2024.
- #038
For the first thirteen episodes of Attack on Titan's first season, the opening theme was "Guren no Yumiya" by Linked Horizon and the ending theme was "Utsukushiki Zankoku na Sekai" by Yōko Hikasa.
- #039
Episodes 14 through 25 of Attack on Titan's first season used "Jiyū no Tsubasa" by Linked Horizon as the opening theme and "Great Escape" by Cinema Staff as the ending theme.
- #040
Attack on Titan's themes "Guren no Yumiya" and "Jiyū no Tsubasa" were both released on the single "Jiyū e no Shingeki" on July 10, 2013, which sold more than 100,000 copies in its first week.
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