Attack on Titan (Japanese: 進撃の巨人Hepburn:Shingeki no Kyojin?, lit. "Attacking Titan") is a Japanesemangaseries written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The seriesbeganin Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on September 9, 2009,andhas been collected into 21 tankōbon volumes as ofDecember2016.revealed to the reader, the narrative shifts to encompassHistoriaReiss, squad leader Levi, Eren's father Grisha, andothersupporting characters.Attack on Titan: Junior High: A manga series by Saki Nakagawaandsupervised by Hajime Isayama; a Spinoff Babies Slice ofLifecomedy, the story takes place in a Middle School AU. ATwelveEpisode Anime adaptation started airing in October2015.Attack on Titan has become a commercial success. As ofSeptember2016, the manga has 60 million copies in print. Therelease of theanime also saw a boost in the series' popularity,with it havingreceived critical acclaim for its atmosphere andstory. Although italso gained fame in neighboring Asian countries,the series' themeshave been a subject of controversy.

Attack on Titan (Japanese: 進撃の巨人Hepburn:Shingeki no Kyojin?, lit. "Attacking Titan") is a Japanesemangaseries written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The seriesbeganin Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on September 9, 2009,andhas been collected into 21 tankōbon volumes as of December 2016.Itis set in a world where humanity lives in cities surroundedbyenormous walls; a defense against the Titans, gigantichumanoidsthat eat humans seemingly without reason. The storyinitiallycenters on Eren Yeager, his adopted sister Mikasa Ackermanandchildhood friend Armin Arlert, who join the military to fighttheTitans after their home town is invaded and Eren's mother iseaten.However, as the story progresses and the truths about theTitansare slowly revealed to the reader, the narrative shiftstoencompass Historia Reiss, squad leader Levi, Eren's fatherGrisha,and other supporting characters.The spin-off light novel series Before the Fall began inDecember2011 and has received a manga adaptation. Two additionallightnovel series and four additional spin-off manga series havealsobeen created. A television anime adaptation produced by WitStudioand Production I.G aired in Japan on MBS between AprilandSeptember 2013 and a second season is confirmed to be releasedinApril 2017.[4] Four video game adaptations developed byNitroplusstaffers in collaboration with Production I.G wereannounced to bereleased as bonus content for the third and sixthvolumes of theBlu-ray Disc release of the anime, with another gamedeveloped bySpike Chunsoft for the Nintendo 3DS. A two-partlive-action filmadaptation, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan:End of the World,and a live-action web-series were released in2015. An animeadaptation of the Junior High spin-off manga,produced byProduction I.G, began airing in October 2015. Attack onTitan andall five spin-off manga are published in North America byKodanshaComics USA, while the three novel series are published byVertical.The anime has been licensed by Funimation for NorthAmerica, byManga Entertainment for the UK, and by MadmanEntertainment forAustralasia.Attack on Titan has become a commercial success. As ofSeptember2016, the manga has 60 million copies in print. Therelease of theanime also saw a boost in the series' popularity,with it havingreceived critical acclaim for its atmosphere andstory. Although italso gained fame in neighboring Asian countries,the series' themeshave been a subject of controversy.