
On January 15, 2016, Kodansha Comics announced that they would release the two episodes with the special editions of the 18th and 19th English volumes of the manga, on Ap and August 2, 2016, respectively. The first episode was included with the 15th volume of Attack on Titan on December 9, 2014, and the second episode was included with the 16th volume on April 9, 2015. The OVAs starred Hiroshi Kamiya as Levi, Daisuke Ono as Erwin, Kōji Yusa as Furlan, and Mariya Ise as Isabel. The insert song is "So ist es immer" (Just Like it Always is) by Hiroyuki Sawano. Character designs were provided by Kyoji Asano. The episodes were directed by Tetsurō Araki and written by Yasuko Kobayashi, with animation by Wit Studio. The OVAs were produced by the same staff that produced the Attack on Titan television series. Volumes No.Ī two-episode anime OVA adaptation was announced in the 14th volume of Attack on Titan.
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Kodansha Comics announced their license to the series at their New York Comic Con panel on October 11, 2013. Ī complete color edition containing the entire series would be released on December 5, 2017. A booklet containing a set of character sketches and the prologue chapter was bundled with a special edition of the volume. Īfter the first volume was released, the decision to reprint it came on the same day. The series ended in the August 2014 issue on June 28, 2014. A special chapter was published in the May 2014 issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine on March 25, 2014. When they reprinted the issue on December 16, 2013, they increased the number of copies again, making the total print run a 10-fold (1000%) increase over the previously recorded monthly sales of 13,667 copies. Kodansha made the decision to increase the magazine's print run 5-fold (500%) due to the series' popularity, starting with the January 2014 issue. The series regular began in the January 2014 issue on November 28, 2013. The prologue was republished in the December issue on Octoafter the first issue to contain it quickly sold out. A prologue chapter was published in the November 2013 issue of Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Aria on September 28, 2013. The series was written by Gun Snark and illustrated by Hikaru Suruga ( 駿河ヒカル, Suruga Hikaru). The character designs were provided by Namaniku ATK, also of Nitroplus. Two visual novels written by Gun Snark ( 砂阿久雁, Sunaaku Gan) of Nitroplus, titled Kui Naki Sentaku ( 悔いなき選択, "A Choice With No Regrets: Preview") and Kui Naki Sentaku ( 悔いなき選択, "A Choice With No Regrets"), were released with the third and sixth Blu-ray sets of the Attack on Titan anime, on September 18, 2013, and December 18, 2013, respectively. Despite that, she found it surprisingly easy to copy the character's hairstyle from Namaniku ATK's original design. : 183 Suruga had difficulty drawing Farlan's face, as she wanted to give him characteristics that would clearly distinguish him from the other two main characters. : 182 With Isabel, Suruga attempted to convey a "lively, energetic" character who, while "very cute", was just as capable at fighting Titans as anyone else. She noted that his lack of emotiveness made it difficult to choose which expressions to give him while drawing. While drawing Levi, Suruga attempted to make him appear younger than he does in Attack on Titan. It was while there that Suruga was first able to picture how large an 18-meter tall Titan actually would be. The story is a prequel to Attack on Titan, and follows Levi during his days as a criminal in the underground city, when he was with his two best friends Isabel Magnolia and Farlan Church before Erwin Smith recruits him into the Survey Corps.īefore Suruga began the manga, her editor-in-chief suggested that she visit the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel so she could better visualize the Underground where Levi and the others live at the beginning of the story.
