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Attack on Titan

8.5TV · 25 eps · 2013

You can watch Attack on Titan legally on Crunchyroll or Hulu. This is the starting point for one of anime's fiercest survival stories, built around a human population trapped behind immense walls while man-eating Titans wait beyond them. The immediate appeal is the scale of the threat, but the series earns its reputation through fear and grief created by life under constant danger. Its action feels fast and desperate because every confrontation can carry a lasting cost. Eren Yeager's fury gives the story its forward drive, while Mikasa Ackerman brings a far more controlled kind of strength. Armin Arlert helps round out a central trio shaped by the same confined world in different ways. Watch it if you want dark fantasy steeped in military pressure. Its bloody horror supports a mystery that makes the walls themselves feel suspicious.

Rating
8.5 /10
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Ranked
#68
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Popularity
#1
Most popular
Status
Finished Airing
Studio
Production I.G, Wit Studio
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About

Humanity survives inside a vast walled society, cut off from an outside world dominated by Titans. These enormous creatures hunt and consume people, leaving the walls as the population's only dependable defense. For Eren Yeager and Mikasa Ackerman, that enclosure is simply everyday life until a gigantic Titan breaks the long-held sense of safety. Smaller Titans pour into the settlement, and a devastating personal loss turns Eren's frustration with confinement into a consuming need for revenge. From there, survival demands more than hiding. Young people are drawn into a militarized struggle against enemies whose size and appetite make ordinary combat seem hopeless. Eren wants every Titan destroyed, but anger alone cannot explain the creatures or protect everyone around him. The setup is brutally direct, yet the strongest hook is the uncertainty beneath it: a sealed society knows frighteningly little about what hunts it, and each answer threatens to make its world more disturbing.

Information

Japanese
進撃の巨人
Premiered
April 7, 2013
Episodes
25
Duration
24 min per ep.
Status
Finished Airing
Studio
Production I.G, Wit Studio
Source
Manga
Themes
primarily teen cast, angst, drama, japanese production, fantasy, speculative fiction

Seasons & Watch Order

Attack on Titan is the first season and the correct place to start. Watch its 25 episodes before moving to the sequel season listed in the related entries. The side stories and prequel material are not required before this opening season. Neither are the alternative movie versions, picture drama, spin-off, or summary. Beginning here preserves the intended introduction to the walled society and the Titans, along with the central characters' reasons for fighting.

  1. Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku(2014)prequel
  2. Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2(2017)sequel

Side stories & specials

  • Shingeki no Kyojin OVA(2013)side story
  • Shingeki no Kyojin: Lost Girls(2017)side story

For the whole franchise, see the Attack on Titan Watch Order

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