AnimeUpdates

Type at least two letters. Use ↑ ↓ to move and Enter to open.

Attack on Titan cover art

進撃の巨人

Attack on Titan

TV · Spring 2013 · 25 episodes · WIT STUDIO

ActionDramaFantasyMystery

Ren's take

It starts as a monster survival story and turns into one of anime's biggest arguments about war.

The first season is a horror-action show about humanity hiding behind walls, and it’s very good at that. Then the story keeps opening up. Each season answers questions and raises bigger ones, until the conflict looks completely different from where it began.

It’s grim, and it asks you to sit with uncomfortable ideas instead of cheering for one side. Not everyone likes where it ends up, but few anime are this ambitious or this tightly built.

Watch it in order and avoid spoilers online; the reveals are a big part of the experience.

Watch it if you like dark stories that keep changing what you thought they were about.

Watch order

  1. Season 1
  2. Season 2
  3. Season 3 Part 1
  4. Season 3 Part 2
  5. The Final Season Part 1
  6. The Final Season Part 2
  7. The Final Chapters Special 1
  8. The Final Chapters Special 2

By · Updated

Story

Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans. Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind. (Source: MangaHelpers)

Where to watch

Official links. Availability varies by region.

Featured in