Someway, Assault on Titan Has Returned One Final Time

Earlier than Attack on Titan’s anime lastly wrapped up late last year, it was a working gag that the present simply wouldn’t finish. Being cut up into 4 components throughout three years gave it a infamous repute, and it seems we’re not finished simply but.

Earlier at the moment, Studio MAPPA revealed it’s acquired yet one more movie for the collection within the works. Fittingly titled Assault on Titan The Film: The Final Assault, the 145-minute movie contains the final two components of the anime’s last season (so episodes 29-35). Chatting with Crunchyroll, collection director Yuichiro Hayashi mentioned the visuals can be up to date from their unique aired model. As for why flip the finale into a movie, he defined that in growth, he drew storyboards for the final season “[thinking] it’d be watched as a single film. Having the chance to have everybody watch it in the absolute best setting, the theater, is a dream come true for me.”

To be truthful, compilation movies are nothing new for Assault on Titan. There’s been at the very least one per season, and later motion pictures served as recaps for the seasons they have been connected to. In season 4’s case, the final two components have been initially launched as a pair of specials earlier than they have been launched as particular person episodes afterward. Nonetheless, it’s a little humorous that MAPPA simply hasn’t been capable of totally unattach itself from this collection and transfer on fairly but. Will this be the studio’s true, last farewell earlier than committing to Jujutsu Kaisen or different tasks? We’ll discover out when Assault on Titan The Film: The Final Assault hits theaters on November 8 in Japan.

And if that film doesn’t sound like your cup of tea, Assault on Titan’s last chapters will launch on DVD and Blu-Ray on November 26.

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