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The live action movies were a disaster, but the video game, with a newly announced Japanese release date of February 2016, looks like it might redeem them both!

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(Attack on Titan • Eren • Koei Tecmo • Levi • Shingeki no Kyojin • video games • videos)

We take a look at 20 of the best, funniest Attack on Titan cosplay photos

Meg Murphy
Sep 22, 2015

To those not familiar with the scene, cosplay may just seem like older kids and adults playing dress-up, but few realize the time and effort that goes into custom-making the costumes or the attention to detail that really makes the outfits works of art.

For some, just wearing their masterpieces to an anime or comic convention is enough, but others take it a step further, staging beautiful, dramatic, or sometimes even humorous photoshoots, preserving themselves in character and enabling the sharing of their visual pieces online. And today we’ll be taking a look at just that! Here is a collection of the amazing handiwork and photography skills from around the world used to recreate scenes (and create new original scenes!) from the mega-popular anime series Attack on Titan.

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(anime • Attack on Titan • cosplay • deviantART • photos • Shingeki no Kyojin)

Attack on Titan hot dogs! Because the best way to celebrate is with an extra-large sausage

Oona McGee
Jul 2, 2015

The only thing better than the upcoming live-action Attack on Titan movie is all the related merchandise that’s slowly being pumped out ahead of its release.

The latest offering from the giants is coming to us from Aeon cinemas, who’ll be bringing us two gigantic hot dogs as part of the celebrations. Netizens, however, are pondering why they’ve chosen to use extra-long sausages to promote the film when a similar-looking appendage is so obviously missing from between the Titans’ legs.

Japan
(anime • Attack on Titan • food • hot dogs • manga • Shingeki no Kyojin)

Attack on Titan’s Universal Studios Japan attraction opens

Anime News Network
Jan 23, 2015

Universal Studios Japan is formally opening its new Attack on Titan attraction on Friday. “Attack on Titan The Real” is part of the Universal Cool Japan event (along with Evangelion, Resident Eviland Monster Hunter) which will run between January 23 and May 10. Musician and well-knownEvangelion fan HYDE was among the celebrities who attended Thursday’s opening ceremony. TheMainichi Shinbun paper’s MaiDiGi filmed the opening:

Japan
(Anime News Network • Attack on Titan • Shingeki no Kyojin • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)

Terrorize your figure collection with a fully articulated titan model

Anime News Network
Dec 19, 2014

In case your figure collection needs more naked people or angry titans, Kotobukiya is releasing a 160 mm (~6.3″) figure of Attack on Titan‘s Eren titan.

Japan
(action figure • Anime News Network • Attack on Titan • Shingeki no Kyojin)

Attack on Titan teas are selling out faster than a giant can eat a human

Audrey Akcasu
Dec 10, 2014

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s this anime (and manga) called Attack on Titan… Who are we kidding? Of course you’ve heard! After sharply rising to popularity with the release of the anime in spring 2013, this post-apocalyptic story, featuring man-eating giants and tree-swinging military characters, has been everywhere from iPhone cases to bananas, even joining in collaborations with Marvel and Universal Studios Japan.

When the directors of Mori Art Museum in Ueno were thinking about what kind of special goods they wanted to sell along with their Attack on Titan exhibit, they thought, “Well, why don’t we team up with a top-line tea maker like Lupicia?” Because dainty tea is the obvious first choice to pair with a dark fantasy. Low and behold, the Attack on Titan blended teas have been selling out faster than any other product in the gift shop.

Japan
(Attack on Titan • collaboration • Mori Art Museum • Shingeki no Kyojin • tea)

Hajime Isayama drew the Attack on Titan voice cast as their characters

Anime News Network
Dec 5, 2014

After a stage event, voice actress Marina Inoue snapped the ultimate selfie, one that included herself, fellow Attack on Titan actors Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa Ackerman) and Yuuki Kaji (Eren Jaeger), and series director Tetsuro Araki. While the picture itself is already pretty cool, Attack on Titan mangaka Hajime Isayama took it one step further, drawing the cast as their respective characters, along with a manga-fied version of Araki.

Japan
(Anime News Network • Attack on Titan • manga • Shingeki no Kyojin)

Just a dud batch? Original artist shocked by shoddy final version of Attack on Titan figure

Cara Clegg
Dec 5, 2014

Have you ever ordered a product online that turned out to be nothing like how it looked in the photo? You feel disappointed, annoyed, and slightly betrayed. It’s probably the same kind of feeling an artist gets when a product based on their designs doesn’t turn out quite like they expected.

Japan
(anime • Attack on Titan • figures • otaku • Shingeki no Kyojin)

Attack on Titan star Levi graces cover of Japanese women’s magazine

Mike
Jul 1, 2014

Well, the public has already come forward and said that Attack on Titan‘s abrasive, but secretly caring Levi is one the most dateable anime characters of all time (the public also said they love boobs… a lot), so it’s no surprise that Levi is getting the star treatment even outside of anime circles.

On June 27, Levi graced the cover of the popular women’s magazine, FRaU, for the magazine’s book and manga special edition that included a manga awards page – several of which, no doubt, Levi is now the proud owner of.

Artist and Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama drew the cover especially for the issue, which features Levi reclining in a fancy office chair, with a manga and a pair of classy loafers; a look the youthful hero probably doesn’t get to sport too often in the world of Attack on Titan.

Internet, Japan
(anime • anime & manga • Attack on Titan • Shingeki no Kyojin)

Fan makes brutal Attack on Titan cosplay gown of Eren’s mom

Anime News Network
May 31, 2014

While we’ve seen plenty of Attack on Titan cosplay over the past year or so, we’ve certainly never seen anything like this.

Global
(Anime News Network • Attack on Titan • cosplay • Costume • Shingeki no Kyojin)

American teens share their reactions to Attack on Titan

Anime News Network
May 20, 2014

TheFineBros, whose Youtube videos have included viral hits like “Kids React to Gay Marriage”,“Kids React to Harlem Shake” and fun videos like “Elders React to #Selfie”, recently introduced a group of American teenagers to the popular series, Attack on Titan. Some of the viewers were already familiar with the show, while others were definitely intrigued.

Check out their reactions below:

Internet
(anime • Anime News Network • Attack on Titan • reaction • Shingeki no Kyojin • video)

Less than 10 percent survived the first Attack on Titan Real Escape Game

Anime News Network
May 9, 2014

The first first Attack on Titan-inspired “Escape from a Certain Fortress Town” Real Escape Games took place this past weekend at Yokohama Stadium. Of the 1,600 participants who signed up for the event, only 120 “escaped” within the allotted one-hour time limit.

Japan
(anime • Attack on Titan • Real Escape Game • Shingeki no Kyojin)

Pulchra’s new Mikasa figure dodges hand of Titan

Anime News Network
Apr 11, 2014

April 8 was the spring edition of the biannual Miyazawa Model Exhibition, an industry-only exhibition of the latest figures and their prototypes. Pulchra displayed a prototype 1/7-scale Mikasa figure from Attack on Titan, which shows her in mid-leap over part of a Titan’s hand.

Japan
(Anime News Network • Attack on Titan • Eren • figure • Mikasa • Shingeki no Kyojin)

Funimation streams 2nd Attack on Titan dub clip

Anime News Network
Mar 19, 2014

North American anime distributor FUNimation Entertainment began streaming a second clip from the dub of Attack on Titan on Monday. The clip was previously released last Tuesday to subscribers to accompany the second round of voice cast announcements.

Japan
(Anime News Network • Attack in Titan • dub • new • release • Shingeki no Kyojin)

Funimation announces 1st round of Attack on Titan dub cast

Anime News Network
Mar 12, 2014

FUNimation Entertainment announced on Monday that it will reveal the dub cast for Attack on Titan in several installments over the next few days. Elite video subscribers will see the news every day at 11 a.m. EDT, while the general public will receive the news later in the day. The first round of cast members is:

Japan
(Anime News Network • Attack on Titan • Shingeki no Kyojin)

Attack on Titan bento ingredients revealed

Anime News Network
Feb 25, 2014

Hokka Hokka Tei, a Japanese bento food chain, announced its “Attack on Titan Lunch” collaboration with Attack on Titan to create limited-time lunches. So, what exactly goes into a lunch for giant appetites? The answer is a lot of meat and vegetables.