108 Fun Facts About Attack on Titan

Who wrote and illustrated Attack on Titan?

He was 23 when the series began; a 65-page one-shot in 2006 came first, after Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump asked for changes he refused to make.

How many collected volumes does the manga run to?

34 volumes collect the whole run; the last was published on 9 June 2021, two months after the final chapter appeared in the magazine.

Roughly how many copies of the manga were in circulation by November 2023?

140 million copies in circulation by November 2023, up from 100 million at the end of 2019, places it among the best-selling manga series.

Who animated the first three seasons before MAPPA took over for the fourth?

Wit Studio, founded by former Production I.G staff in 2012, animated the series until MAPPA took over the final season in 2020.

Who directed the first season of the anime?

Tetsurō Araki, who had directed Death Note and Highschool of the Dead, directed the first season and remained chief director for the next two.

How many walls protect the inhabitants in the story?

Maria is the outermost, then Rose, then Sheena; the walls themselves turn out to be full of Colossal Titans.

What is Eren's hometown, on the outermost wall?

Shiganshina, the southern district jutting out from the outermost wall, is Eren's hometown; Isayama modelled its hemmed-in feel on his own birthplace, Hita in Ōita.

What is the gear that lets soldiers swing through the air on grappling hooks called?

Vertical Maneuvering Equipment, also translated as omni-directional mobility gear, fires grappling wires and gas-propelled reels from a waist rig; the prequel Before the Fall covers its invention.

Which commander develops the rocket-launcher-like Thunder Spears?

Hange later succeeds Erwin as commander of the Survey Corps and dies holding off the Rumbling.

How many Titan Shifters are there in total?

Nine Titans exist, split off from the founder's power: Founding, Attack, Colossal, Armored, Female, Beast, Jaw, Cart and War Hammer.

How many years does someone who inherits a Titan power have left to live?

13 years is the limit, called the Curse of Ymir, matching the span the very first titan holder lived after gaining the power.

How are Pure Titans created?

By injecting Eldians with spinal fluid from a titan, Marley turns condemned prisoners into mindless Pure Titans and drops them on Paradis as punishment.

Which Titan power does Eren first discover he can turn into?

The Attack Titan is what Eren first becomes, unknowingly, during the battle of Trost; he learns only later that it came from his father.

Who turns out to be the Female Titan?

Annie Leonhart, the Military Police recruit from Marley, is exposed in Stohess District and seals herself in crystal for four years afterwards.

Reiner Braun and Bertholt Hoover are revealed to be which two Titans?

Armored and Colossal are their titans, Reiner the Armored and Bertolt the Colossal; Reiner confesses it to Eren almost offhandedly atop Wall Rose.

Krista Lenz is really a member of the royal family under what name?

Historia Reiss, the illegitimate daughter of Rod Reiss, is crowned queen of the walls after she strikes the killing blow on her father's giant titan.

What is Eren's power to control other Titans first called?

The Coordinate is what Reiner and Bertolt call it; Eren first triggers it by striking the titan that ate his mother, turning a horde of Pure Titans on it.

Who is Kenny Ackerman to Levi?

His maternal uncle, Kenny is the brother of Levi's mother Kuchel; he raised the boy in the Underground and later led the Anti-Personnel Control Squad against the Survey Corps.

How does Erwin Smith die?

In a suicide charge on the Beast Titan, Erwin leads the recruits across open ground as a decoy so Levi can strike; mortally wounded, he is denied the serum in favour of Armin.

What do the characters learn from the basement of Eren's childhood home?

They are Eldians on an island, not the last humans: Grisha's hidden books and photograph reveal Paradis, Marley across the sea, and a world that hates Eldians.

Which Marleyan city holding an Eldian internment zone does the Survey Corps raid?

Liberio, the Marleyan port city holding the Eldian internment zone where Reiner grew up, is raided by the Survey Corps during a festival speech.

What is Zeke Yeager's relationship to Eren?

His half-brother: Zeke and Eren share their father Grisha, Zeke born to Dina Fritz in Marley; Zeke holds the Beast Titan and seeks to sterilise Eldians.

What is 'the Rumbling'?

Thousands of Wall Titans marching on the world is the Rumbling: Eren unleashes the giant titans sealed inside the walls, and roughly eighty percent of humanity dies.

Who kills Eren at the end of the story?

Mikasa beheads Eren inside his titan's mouth and kisses him goodbye; the Founder's power dies, and every titan reverts to human.

What are the extremist Paradis soldiers who follow Eren called?

The Yeagerists, led by Floch Forster, are the faction of soldiers who back Eren's plan, seize control of the military and free him from custody.

What are the atemporal gateways connecting all Eldians called?

The Paths link every Subject of Ymir to the Founder through an invisible, timeless space; titans' bodies are sent through them when they transform.

Where is Eren buried at the end?

Under a tree on a hill near his hometown is where Eren's head is buried; the tree grows huge over the years, and the final pages show a boy and his dog approaching it.

Which real event gave Isayama the idea for the Titans' terrifying inhumanity?

A drunk grabbing him at an internet cafe, where Isayama worked part-time, taught him how frightening a human can be when communication fails; that fear shaped the titans.

Which wrestler was a model for the Armored Titan's look?

Brock Lesnar, the WWE and UFC heavyweight, was Isayama's model for the Armored Titan's physique, while Eren's titan form was based on MMA fighter Yushin Okami.

Which visual novel did Isayama confirm partly inspired the series?

Muv-Luv Alternative, the 2006 mecha visual novel whose BETA aliens devour humans, was cited by Isayama as a major influence on the series' premise.

Levi was modelled on which comic-book character?

Isayama gave him Rorschach's small stature but flipped his filth into an obsession with cleanliness; the name came from a child in the documentary Jesus Camp.

Who voices Levi in the Japanese anime?

Matthew Mercer voices him in English; Kamiya says the character was popular before the anime even aired.

Who voices Eren in the Japanese anime?

Yūki Kaji voices Eren and insisted on doing the titan form's roars himself, calling it an extension of the character; Bryce Papenbrook is the English voice.

What did Hange name the two titans captured alive for experiments?

Sawney and Bean, named by Hange after the legendary Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean, were the two captured titans, later killed by an unknown saboteur.

Who ranked second in the 104th Training Corps, behind the heroine?

Reiner Braun graduated second in the 104th's top ten, behind only the heroine, and was widely treated as the class's big-brother figure.

Who voices the heroine, Eren's adoptive sister, in Japanese?

Yui Ishikawa voices her in Japanese and went on to play Violet Evergarden; Trina Nishimura is the English voice.

Which band performed the first opening theme, 'Guren no Yumiya'?

Linked Horizon, the project of composer Revo, performed the first opening; the same band returned for the second-season opening, Shinzou wo Sasageyo.

'Guren no Yumiya' blends Japanese lyrics with which other language?

The German-flavoured names throughout the series (Jaeger, Braun, Hoover) follow the same aesthetic.

Who composed the anime's score?

Hiroyuki Sawano scored every season, joined by Kohta Yamamoto for the final one; his credits also include Kill la Kill and Promare.

Which of these honours has the manga NOT received?

The Micheluzzi is Italy's top comics prize; the Harvey is American.

Who directed the 2015 Japanese live-action films?

Shinji Higuchi, the special-effects director behind the Gamera trilogy and co-director of Shin Godzilla, directed both 2015 films, released two months apart.

Which pair of fan-favourite soldiers was left out of the live-action films?

Levi and Erwin were absent; the films invented Captain Shikishima in Levi's place, and a dTV miniseries, Counter Rockets, followed the development of the ODM gear.

The chibi parody spin-off set in a school is called Attack on Titan: what?

Junior High, a chibi parody in which the cast attend school alongside titans, was animated by Production I.G in 2015 from Saki Nakagawa's spin-off manga.

When did the anime's first season premiere?

It ran on MBS from April 7 to September 29, 2013; seasons two and three did not arrive until 2017 and 2018.

How many episodes made up the first part of the final season, which began in December 2020?

16 episodes made up the first part, airing from December 2020 to March 2021; a 12-episode second part followed in 2022 and two feature-length specials in 2023.

Which game gave Eren a secret Battle Pass outfit in 2023?

Fortnite made Eren the secret skin of its Chapter 4 Season 2 Battle Pass in 2023, adding ODM gear and Thunder Spears as mythic items.

Which visual novel packaged in an anime Blu-ray set covers the captain and commander's past?

No Regrets, a visual novel about the captain's recruitment from the Underground by the future commander, was packaged in an anime Blu-ray set and later adapted into a two-volume manga.

Isayama first offered his manga to which publisher's department, whose editor demanded changes?

Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump was his first stop; its editor wanted the art and story reshaped to the magazine's style, and Isayama took it to Kodansha instead.

What is the name of the elite Survey Corps unit hand-picked and led by Levi?

The Special Operations Squad, known informally as Levi Squad, was hand-picked by Levi; its first members Petra, Oluo, Eld and Gunther died protecting Eren.

Whose consciousness do Eren and Zeke meet in the Paths?

Ymir Fritz, the first titan, has served her royal masters from that timeless realm for roughly two thousand years; Eren wins her over by appealing to her own will.

Who secretly controlled Marley from the shadows?

Willy Tybur is killed by Eren mid-declaration of war; his sister Lara held the War Hammer Titan.

Which company published the English edition of the manga in North America from 2012 to 2021?

Kodansha USA, the publisher's American arm founded in 2008, released every volume in English, beginning in June 2012.

How many chapters long was the manga when it concluded on April 9, 2021?

139 chapters ran over eleven and a half years; the final one appeared in the May 2021 issue, released on 9 April, and an extended version closed the final volume.

Which studio developed the Koei Tecmo Attack on Titan action games announced at Gamescom 2015?

Omega Force, the Koei Tecmo team behind Dynasty Warriors, developed the first game, released the February after its Gamescom reveal, and Attack on Titan 2 in 2018.

On which Japanese broadcaster did the anime's first season originally air in 2013?

MBS, the Mainichi Broadcasting System, carried the 25 episodes in its late-night Animeism block from 7 April to 29 September of its debut year.

How tall was the life-size Eren Titan built for the 2015 Universal Studios Japan attraction?

15 metres tall, the Eren Titan figure stood locked in combat at Universal Studios Japan alongside a 14-metre Female Titan in the 2015 attraction.

Who directed the second and third seasons of the anime?

Masashi Koizuka, an assistant director on the first season, directed the second and third seasons, while Yuichiro Hayashi directed the final season at MAPPA.

A 2010 blog post revealed Dot Pixis was modelled on which Imperial Japanese general?

Akiyama Yoshifuru, the Imperial Army cavalry general of the Russo-Japanese War, was named as Pixis's model in Isayama's 2010 blog post, drawing complaints from Korean readers.

In Attack on Titan, a Titan dies only when a soldier cuts deep into which part of its body?

The nape of the neck is every Titan's only fatal spot. In a Titan Shifter's giant form, the human body rests in that same place, joined to it by muscle.

Attack on Titan's creator named Mikasa Ackerman after a famous Japanese vessel of what kind?

A battleship called Mikasa, a pre-dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, gave the heroine her name.

Which food does Sasha Braus eat during an Attack on Titan training drill, earning her nickname?

A potato, eaten in the middle of the drill, got her dubbed 'Potato Girl'. Sasha grew up a hunter in the mountain district of Dauper and is skilled with a bow.

Attack on Titan led manga sales in the first half of 2014, ending which series' five-year reign?

One Piece had led that half-year chart five years running. Attack on Titan still ended the full year as the second best-selling manga.

What do Eren Yeager and Armin Arlert dream of seeing beyond the walls as boys in Attack on Titan?

The sea is the dream Armin shares with Eren after showing him an illegal book his grandfather kept about the world beyond the walls.

Which country's Ministry of Culture put Attack on Titan on a 2015 list of 38 banned anime and manga?

China imposed the ban two years after the anime's popularity on the mainland had made the front page of a Hong Kong newspaper.

Attack on Titan's creator says his man-eating Titans drew on creatures from which Hollywood series?

Jurassic Park and its dinosaurs sit on his list of influences beside Gyaos, the monster from the Gamera films, and The War of the Gargantuas.

Attack on Titan's season 2 theme 'Shinzō wo Sasageyo!' has a title urging people to dedicate what?

Your heart is what the title demands: it translates as 'Dedicate Your Heart!'. The song opened the 12-episode second season, which arrived four years after the first.

A special 2021 edition of Attack on Titan took which Guinness World Record from Turma da Mônica?

Largest comic book published went to Attack on Titan for Giants, a volume a metre tall that weighed 13.75 kg.

A 2015 Free Comic Book Day crossover set Attack on Titan's giants against which publisher's heroes?

Marvel Comics sent Spider-Man, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy into battle with several Titans, in a story scripted from the manga creator's own scenario.

What does Grisha Yeager give his son Eren shortly after Titans destroy their hometown in Attack on Titan?

A key is the gift, and with it an order to reach the basement of the family home, where Grisha hid what he called the truth.

The Titan that devours Eren Yeager's mother in Attack on Titan is named for which facial expression?

A smile never leaves its face, the result of a deformity. Years later Eren has it beaten to death by commanding a herd of other Titans.

After losing to Eren Yeager, Attack on Titan's Female Titan traitor encases herself in what?

Crystal seals her away in custody, beyond questioning, until she is freed late in the story and helps to stop Eren.

What does Eren Yeager's Titan carry to seal the breached gate in Attack on Titan's first season?

A giant boulder does the job, though Eren first loses control of his Titan and attacks a comrade before lifting it toward the gate.

Whom does a young Eren Yeager devour as a mindless Titan to inherit his powers in Attack on Titan?

His father, Grisha, lets himself be devoured, passing on his own Titan power along with one he had seized from the royal family.

In Attack on Titan, Zeke Yeager's deadly throwing accuracy as a Titan comes from which sport?

Baseball experience gives Zeke his aim, which turns his Titan's knack for hurling objects into a devastating long-range weapon.

Which American animated sitcom redrew a character as Attack on Titan's Mikasa in a 2014 Halloween special?

The Simpsons made the nod in Treehouse of Horror XXV, which redrew Lisa as Mikasa and the rest of the family as other anime characters.

After opening in Osaka, Attack on Titan: The Musical made its 2024 overseas debut in which city?

New York hosted the show at the City Center in Midtown Manhattan, where it was sung in Japanese with English subtitles.

What does Eren Yeager give Mikasa Ackerman after saving her life in Attack on Titan?

His scarf becomes her keepsake. She takes it off in despair years later, when Eren falsely claims that he has always hated her.

In Attack on Titan, what name is given to Pure Titans whose behaviour is hard to predict?

Abnormals are still Pure Titans, the weakest and most common kind, but their odd behaviour makes them harder to combat than the rest.

Which drink is secretly tainted so Zeke Yeager can turn its drinkers into Titans in Attack on Titan?

Wine from Marley carries the taint and is handed out to members of the military. Levi is spared because he abstained, while the soldiers guarding Zeke with him all transform.

Which young fighter from Marley stows away on an airship and shoots Attack on Titan's Sasha Braus?

Gabi Braun fires the fatal shot into Sasha's chest, and Sasha utters 'Meat' with her dying breath.

What nickname did Attack on Titan's Kenny Ackerman earn as a hitman who murdered Military Police?

The Ripper was his name as a criminal. Kenny later served the royal family and led the Anti-Personnel Squad sent to capture Eren.

In Attack on Titan, what are Eldians living in Marley forced to wear as a badge of shame?

An armband bearing a star marks every Eldian there, and anyone caught without it, or outside their zone without a permit, faces torture.

Attack on Titan's creator first planned a bleak ending like the film of which Stephen King story?

The Mist was his model for a tragic finale, until the warm response to the manga and anime made the author reconsider.

Attack on Titan's Japanese title, Shingeki no Kyojin, translates literally into English as what?

The Advancing Giant is the literal meaning of the title under which the manga ran in Japan from September 2009 to April 2021.

What does 'Guren no Yumiya', the title of Attack on Titan's first opening theme, mean in English?

Crimson Bow and Arrow was also used as the subtitle of the first compilation film, which retold the opening 13 episodes.

What powers the propulsion in the waist-mounted grappling gear worn by Attack on Titan's soldiers?

Gas drives the propulsion, letting soldiers move freely through the air. They pair the gear with swords made of ultrahard steel.

What is the first name of Eren Yeager's mother, killed as Attack on Titan's story begins?

Carla was secretly loved by Keith Shadis, the instructor who goes on to train her son's class of recruits.

Which voice of Overwatch's Cole Cassidy also plays Levi in Attack on Titan's English dub?

Matthew Mercer voices the Survey Corps veteran in English, and developed the web series Critical Role, serving as its Dungeon Master from 2015.

Which Japanese rock star wrote 'Red Swan', a season 3 opening theme of Attack on Titan sung by Hyde?

Yoshiki wrote and produced the song, which was first announced as an X Japan track with Hyde of L'Arc-en-Ciel on vocals.

Which band's Attack on Titan opening 'The Rumbling' reached No. 1 on a US hard rock chart?

SiM wrote the song entirely in English for the final season, and it also reached the UK's rock and metal singles chart.

Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains, a Spike Chunsoft action game, was made for which handheld?

Nintendo 3DS owners in Japan got the game in December 2013, well over a year before it reached North America and Europe.

The 2015 live-action Attack on Titan films shot scenes on which abandoned island off Nagasaki?

Hashima, also called Gunkanjima, was known for its undersea coal mines until the mine closed in 1974 and the residents left.

In Attack on Titan, Zeke Yeager secretly plans to use the Founding Titan to do what to every Eldian?

Sterilise them: that is how Zeke means to 'save' his people from persecution, by stopping any more of them from being born.

In Attack on Titan, how does the 120-metre Titan form of Rod Reiss travel toward Orvud District?

By crawling for miles along the ground, the burning giant wears away its own face and chest before it reaches the wall.

Which spy known as the Owl passes his Titan power to Grisha Yeager in Attack on Titan?

Eren Kruger spent years in Marley's security service torturing fellow Eldians to protect his cover, before saving Grisha and handing on his power.

In Attack on Titan, the Azumabito family is a branch of the shogun's line in which nation?

Hizuru is their homeland; a wrist tattoo of the family crest, inherited from her mother, marks Mikasa as one of its descendants.

Which Japanese martial artist was the model for Eren Yeager's Titan form in Attack on Titan?

Yushin Okami, a professional fighter since 2002, has competed in the UFC, PRIDE and Pancrase.

Which mountain-ringed home town of Attack on Titan's creator inspired the manga's early scenery?

Hita is a city in the far west of Ōita Prefecture, and the mountains that surround it shaped the look of the manga's opening chapters.

Which title opens the Attack on Titan manga and is mirrored by chapter 122?

To You, 2,000 Years from Now also lends its phrase to the anime's first episode, while chapter 122 replies with 'From You, 2,000 Years Ago'.

Which walled Bavarian town in a meteorite crater resembles a district in Attack on Titan?

Nördlingen is one of very few towns in its country with completely intact city walls, though no official link to the series exists.

Which actor played Eren in the two live-action Attack on Titan films released in Japan in 2015?

Haruma Miura took the lead after starring in Kimi ni Todoke and The Eternal Zero.

Which Confessions director quit the live-action Attack on Titan film over creative differences?

Tetsuya Nakashima left in December 2012, and distributor Toho cited considerable differences over the scriptwriting and other matters.

Which voice actress, Mio in K-On!, sang the first ending theme of the Attack on Titan anime?

Yoko Hikasa sang 'Utsukushiki Zankoku na Sekai', whose title means 'This Beautiful Cruel World', over the first thirteen episodes.

Which Mid-East Allied stronghold does Marley capture as Attack on Titan's final season opens?

Fort Slava is destroyed by Eldians sent from an airship and turned into Pure Titans by Zeke's scream.

In Attack on Titan, which movement does Grisha Yeager join in Marley after his sister's death?

The Eldian Restorationists were sold out to the authorities by one member's own young son, and were sentenced to exile on Paradis as Pure Titans.

Which son of two voice actors plays Eren Yeager in the English dub of Attack on Titan?

Bryce Papenbrook and his Japanese counterpart were both praised for their portrayals of the character.

What subtitle did Toho give the second live-action Attack on Titan film released in 2015?

End of the World reached Japanese cinemas on 19 September 2015, seven weeks after the first part opened on 1 August.

Which director of the horror film It signed on in 2018 for a Warner Bros. Attack on Titan film?

Andy Muschietti joined once the studio's deal with the manga's publisher was finalised, less than two years after that publisher had denied any talks were under way.