MAPPA Produces Final 'Shingeki no Kyojin' Anime Season, Compilation Film Announced

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.

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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