It was announced at the recent Nintendo Direct that a release of Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains, the most recent Attack on Titan game for the 3DS, is coming out this May. The first teaser trailer was also released and gives us a brief look into the new gameplay and graphics of the game. The game is developed by Spike Chunsoft who published the game in Japan as Shingeki no Kyojin ~Jinrui Saigo no Tsubasa CHAIN, and were looking for a publisher for western audiences. Atlus USA will be publishing the game internationally.
Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains will be releasing in European and North American regions this May on the 3DS.
The Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) series was created by Hajime Isayama. It started off as a manga in 2009 and is published in Kodansha’s monthly Bessatsu Shounen Magazine. To date there has been 14 compiled volumes of the manga. A prequel light novel adaptation started in 2011, and two spin-off manga started serialization in 2012: Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall and Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou. In April 2013 the series was picked up for an anime adaptation. The anime series was produced by the newly formed Wit Studios. The series has grown in popularity since the anime’s debut, with the manga selling over 36 million copies as of April this year. Two live action film adaptations will be releasing in Japan next year. The first images for the live-action 2015 Attack on Titan film were also earlier released.
Here is a synopsis of the anime from Haruhichan:
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.
You can visit the game’s Japanese website here: http://www.spike-chunsoft.co.jp/shingeki/
And follow the anime on Twitter: @anime_shingeki
