Global InformationAttack on Titan season 1 information
| Attack on Titan | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
 Cover art of the first Blu-ray volume | |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Release | |
| Original network | MBS TV |
| Original release | April 7 – September 29, 2013 |
| Season chronology | |
The first season of the Attack on Titan anime television series was produced by IG Port's Wit Studio and directed by Tetsurō Araki, with Yasuko Kobayashi handling series composition and Kyōji Asano providing character designs. It covers the first story arcs (chapters 1–34) from the original manga by Hajime Isayama. It was originally broadcast on MBS TV from April 7 to September 29, 2013, and later aired on Tokyo MX, FBS, TOS, HTB, TV Aichi and BS11.[1] Both Funimation and Crunchyroll have streamed the series with subtitles on their respective websites.[2][3] Funimation also licensed the anime for home video release in 2014.[4] Episode 1 of Funimation's English dubbed version premiered at Anime Boston,[5] with other episodes put on Funimation's subscription services.[6] In the United States, the dub of the series was broadcast weekly on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block starting on May 3, 2014, at 11:30 p.m. EDT.[7]
Attack on Titan is set in a world where humanity lives inside cities surrounded by enormous walls due to the Titans, gigantic humanoid beings who devour humans. The story follows the adventures of Eren Jaeger and his childhood friends Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert, whose lives are changed forever after a Colossal Titan breaches the wall of their home town. Vowing revenge and to reclaim the world from the Titans, Eren and his friends join the Scout Regiment, an elite group of soldiers who fight Titans.
The score is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano. The opening theme song for the season's first 13 episodes is "Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen" (紅蓮の弓矢, Guren no Yumiya, lit. "Crimson Bow and Arrow") by Linked Horizon, and the ending theme is "Utsukushiki Zankoku na Sekai" (美しき残酷な世界, lit. "A Beautiful Cruel World") by Yōko Hikasa. For the rest of the season, the opening theme is "Die Flügel der Freiheit" (自由の翼, Jiyū no Tsubasa, lit. "The Wings of Freedom") also by Linked Horizon and the ending theme is "Great Escape" by Cinema Staff. The opening themes were collected on Linked Horizon's single "Jiyū e no Shingeki" which sold over 100,000 copies in its first week of sales.[8]
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- ^ Macias, Patrick (April 13, 2013). "Crunchyroll to Stream "Attack on Titan" Anime". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ Lynzee, Loveridge (May 19, 2013). "Funimation Plans Attack on Titan on Home Video in 2014". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ^ "Attack on Titan English Dub Premiere at Anime Boston". Funimation. February 14, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ Funimation (April 22, 2013). "FUNimation - Thank you all for your patience! Attack on..." Facebook. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ Loo, Egan (April 12, 2014). "Attack on Titan to Run on Adult Swim's Toonami Block". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ^ Loo, Egan (July 15, 2013). "Attack on Titan Opening CD Sells 129,000 in 1st Week". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 12, 2013.