# Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人) (TV series)
**Attack on Titan** (進撃の巨人, *Shingeki no Kyojin*) is a Japanese anime television series adapted from [Hajime Isayama](https://www.edgepedia.org/hajime-isayama)'s (諫山創) manga of the same name, broadcast from April 2013 to November 2023 in 94 episodes produced by WIT Studio (seasons 1–3) and MAPPA (The Final Season).[1](https://aot-portal.com/about/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original work | Manga by Hajime Isayama, serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from the October 2009 issue; 34 volumes, 139 chapters, concluded in the May 2021 issue[1](https://aot-portal.com/about/) |
| Studios | Seasons 1–3 by WIT Studio; The Final Season by MAPPA[1](https://aot-portal.com/about/) |
| Run and length | First broadcast 2013; TV anime concluded in autumn 2023 at 94 total episodes[1](https://aot-portal.com/about/) |
| Final Season broadcast | Part 1 December 2020–March 2021; Part 2 January–April 2022; concluding arc (前編) March 4, 2023 and (後編) November 5, 2023[2](https://aot-portal.com/animation/tv-series-the-final-season/) |
| Music | Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野弘之), joined by KOHTA YAMAMOTO for The Final Season; Linked Horizon openings "Guren no Yumiya" and "Jiyuu no Tsubasa"[2](https://aot-portal.com/animation/tv-series-the-final-season/) • [3](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14950) |
| Adaptation coverage | The anime covers the manga in its entirety, through chapter 139 (volume 34)[4](https://bessatsu.com/en/works/attack-on-titan/) |
| Commercial standing | Over 140 million manga copies in print worldwide as of 2024; named the world's most in-demand TV series of 2021 in the Global TV Demand Awards[1](https://aot-portal.com/about/) • [5](https://licensing.kodansha.com/jp/title/attack-on-titan/) |
## Premise and narrative arc
In the final arc, Eren activates the "Rumbling" (地鳴らし): countless Titans march and crush everything in their path as he sets out to destroy the world.[2](https://aot-portal.com/animation/tv-series-the-final-season/)
## Production and broadcast history
**Season 1 (2013).** The first season ran 25 episodes from April 6 to September 28, 2013, produced by WIT Studio.[3](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14950) • [1](https://aot-portal.com/about/)
**The studio handover.** In 2020 production passed from WIT Studio to MAPPA, a change that unsettled many fans. The imagery grew darker and more cinematic, the coloring turned cooler, and the new studio made greater use of 3D models.[6](https://www.attackontitan.nl/en/about-the-series/)
**The Final Season (2020–2023).** MAPPA's Final Season was directed by Yūichirō Hayashi with series composition by Hiroshi Seko, and music by [Hiroyuki Sawano](https://www.edgepedia.org/hiroyuki-sawano) and KOHTA YAMAMOTO.[2](https://aot-portal.com/animation/tv-series-the-final-season/) It aired in four installments: Part 1 (December 2020–March 2021); Part 2 (January–April 2022); and two concluding specials, The Final Chapters Special 1 (March 4, 2023), a 61-minute episode covering chapters 131–134, and Special 2 (November 5, 2023), an 84-minute episode covering chapters 134–139. The season totals 28 episodes plus the concluding arc.[2](https://aot-portal.com/animation/tv-series-the-final-season/) • [4](https://bessatsu.com/en/works/attack-on-titan/) Across its life the anime also produced 8 OVAs and 4 compilation and cinema films.[6](https://www.attackontitan.nl/en/about-the-series/)
## Music and key creative staff
Hiroyuki Sawano composed the series' score, and from The Final Season he shared music duties with KOHTA YAMAMOTO.[2](https://aot-portal.com/animation/tv-series-the-final-season/) Season 1's openings, "Guren no Yumiya" (紅蓮の弓矢) for episodes 1–13 and "Jiyuu no Tsubasa" (自由の翼) for episodes 14–25, were performed by Linked Horizon.[3](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14950) The principal cast includes Yuki Kaji as Eren, Yui Ishikawa as Mikasa, and [Hiroshi Kamiya](https://www.edgepedia.org/hiroshi-kamiya) as Levi.[7](https://www.web.nhk/tv/pl/series-tep-W52P85GGNY)
## Adaptation of the manga
The anime adapts Isayama's manga completely, from chapter 1 through chapter 139 of volume 34, from 2013 to 2023.[4](https://bessatsu.com/en/works/attack-on-titan/) The manga itself ran about 11 years and concluded in [Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine](https://www.edgepedia.org/bessatsu-shonen-magazine)'s May 2021 issue; the issue carrying the final chapter was reprinted, unusual for a magazine.[1](https://aot-portal.com/about/) Season-by-season, the mapping runs: season 1, chapters 1–34; The Final Chapters Special 1, chapters 131–134; Special 2, chapters 134–139.[4](https://bessatsu.com/en/works/attack-on-titan/)
The ending is not a word-for-word transfer. On November 4, 2023, [Anime News Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/anime-news-network) reported that the anime's finale would differ "a little" from the original manga's ending.[3](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14950) A specialist reference work cites the way early clues planted in the story pay off in the ending as a particular strength of the adaptation.[4](https://bessatsu.com/en/works/attack-on-titan/)
## Reception and by the numbers
The franchise's commercial standing is unusually large for a 2010s property: the manga has over 140 million copies in print worldwide as of 2024 across 34 volumes.[1](https://aot-portal.com/about/) The anime was named the world's most in-demand TV series of 2021 in the Global TV Demand Awards.[5](https://licensing.kodansha.com/jp/title/attack-on-titan/) In 2011 the manga ranked first in both *Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2011* (otoko-hen, the "male" edition) and the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics 2011, and won the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.[1](https://aot-portal.com/about/) The anime's awards include the 19th AMD Award Grand Prize with the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Prize in 2014, the Global TV Drama Award 2021 for Most In-Demand TV Series in the World (awarded 2022), and the Astra TV Awards 2023 for Best Streaming Animated Series or TV Movie (awarded 2024).[1](https://aot-portal.com/about/) On Anime News Network's reader ratings, season 1 was seen in part or in whole by 7,282 users, ranked #79 of 10,594 titles on the site, with a median rating of "Excellent" and an arithmetic mean of 8.332.[3](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14950)
## Legacy and what changed since 2023
The TV anime concluded on November 5, 2023, in the tenth anniversary year of its first broadcast.[2](https://aot-portal.com/animation/tv-series-the-final-season/) • [5](https://licensing.kodansha.com/jp/title/attack-on-titan/) [Crunchyroll](https://www.edgepedia.org/crunchyroll) announced on November 2, 2023 that it would stream The Final Chapters Part 2.[3](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14950) A compilation film, *Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK*, followed.[3](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14950)
The franchise's media mix predates the finale and continued around it: a live-action two-part film appeared in 2015, and the property has extended into stage plays and games.[1](https://aot-portal.com/about/) In interviews, Isayama has traced the concept of the Titans to a disturbing meeting with an intoxicated patron at the internet café where he was employed, describing it as the dread of facing a person with whom no communication is possible.[6](https://www.attackontitan.nl/en/about-the-series/)
## References
1. [ABOUT | 「進撃の巨人」公式ポータルサイト (official portal)](https://aot-portal.com/about/)
2. [The Final Season | 「進撃の巨人」公式ポータルサイト (official portal)](https://aot-portal.com/animation/tv-series-the-final-season/)
3. [Attack on Titan (TV) – Anime News Network encyclopedia](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14950)
4. [Attack on Titan: where to watch, watch order, where the anime leaves off | Bessatsu](https://bessatsu.com/en/works/attack-on-titan/)
5. [進撃の巨人 | Kodansha Licensing](https://licensing.kodansha.com/jp/title/attack-on-titan/)
6. [About the series | Attack on Titan Wiki](https://www.attackontitan.nl/en/about-the-series/)
7. [進撃の巨人 | NHK programme page](https://www.web.nhk/tv/pl/series-tep-W52P85GGNY)
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