In a recent interview by on a Japanese television show TBS, author Hajime Isayama, creator of the Shingeki no Kyojin manga, revealed that his famous work is nearing completion. In said interview, he was asked about what percentage he has currently developed of the series in its entirety and how much he would need to finish it. Isayama replied: "At this moment I could say that I only need 5% to finish the series."
Recall that Hajime Isayama announced last December that the series would end in 2020 without specifying a specific date.
The animated adaptation of the manga will feature a final season which will be animated by MAPPA studios to replace Wit studios who animated the previous three series broadcasts.
Production team
The final season of Shingeki no Kyojin will be directed by Yuichiro Hayashi (Dorohedoro, Kakegurui). Hiroshi Seko (Ajin, Vinland Saga, Mob Psycho 100) will be in charge of supervising the scripts. Tomohiro Kishi (Dorohedoro, 91 Days) will design the characters. Hiroyuki Sawano will be in charge of composing the soundtrack alongside Kohta Yamamoto (Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Saga).
Cast of voices
- Yuuki Kaji as Eren Jaeger
- Yui Ishikawa as Mikasa Ackerman
- Marina Inoue as Armin Arlelt
- Hiro Shimono as Conny Springer
- Yu Kobayashi as Sasha Blouse
- Shiori Mikami as Historia Reiss
- Kisho Taniyama as Jean Kirschtein
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Reiner Braun
- Romi Park as Hange Zoë
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Levi
- Takehito Koyasu as Zeke
Shingeki no Kyojin is a manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama, who began publication in Kodansha Publishing Bessatsu Shonen Magazine in September 2009. The publisher published the 30th compilation volume in December 2019.
The series has been adapted to multiple media such as live-action movies, novels, and video games. However, the anime adaptation constitutes its main means of broadcast, and whose first season premiered in April 2013, followed by a second season in April 2017.
A third season premiered in October 2018 and was divided into two parts, airing the second in April 2019.
Synopsis of Shingeki no Kyojin
A century ago, human beings faced extinction when an unbeatable and terrifying enemy appeared: the Titans, gigantic monsters that devoured much of humanity and forced the few survivors to confine themselves behind high walls. Behind those walls is Eren Jaeger, a boy who dreams of crossing them to get to know the outside world and who lives his day to day with his parents, his adoptive sister Mikasa Ackerman and his friend Armin Arlert.
However, one fateful day, humanity remembers once again its destiny when a gargantuan sixty-meter titan appears before the first row of walls that protect humans from their most fearsome enemy. Thus, Eren, Mikasa and Armin lose their home and all hope at the same time that our protagonist takes an oath: his goal in life will be to end all the Titans. In this way, a story of survival and war begins in which their characters must reveal the mystery behind the existence of these horrible beings.
