The official website for the live-action Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) films has revealed three new visuals for the second film, Attack on Titan: End of the World, which will debut in Japan on September 19th.
The first live-action film, titled Attack on Titan, released in Japan on August 1st of this year.
Here’s the first main visual of the films:
The cast of the film were earlier announced and the first set of images were released a few weeks earlier. The main cast will include:
Haruma Miura (Yama in the live action Captain Harlock) as Eren Yeager
Kiko Mizuhara (Saki Tateshina in Platinum Data) as Mikasa Ackerman
Kanata Hongo (Joichiro Nishi in Gantz) as Armin Arlet
Satomi Ishihara (Kanae from Monsterz) as Hanji Zoe
Nanami Sakuraba (Kane in The Last Ronin) as Sasha Blouse
Takahiro Miura (Furuya in live action Space Battleship Yamato) as Jean Kirstein
Hiroki Hasegawa (Kazuo Higashi from Mozu) as Shikishima
Ayame Misaki (Miko in Girl’s Blood) as Hiana
Pierre Taki (Tanaka from Tokyo Serendipity) as Souda
Jun Kunimura (Tanaka in Kill Bill: Vol. 1) as Kubal
Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino from Kamen Rider) as Fukushi
Satoru Matsuo (Takichiro Hanada from Dr. DMAT) as Sannagi
Rina Takeda (Yukie in Ryugu no Tsukai) as Lil
In regards to the cast, producer Yoshihiro Sato had discussions with creator Hajime Isayama and decided to cast actors and actresses that could act and flesh out the characters rather than just looking like them. One of the new original characters for the film, Shikishima, will be a key character to the film being titled “humanity’s strongest man”. Isayama will be overseeing the story of the upcoming film. Higuchi has confirmed that the two films will be set in the same world and feature the same characters, though the film will also incorporate new characters and enemies. The films were filmed at Hashima Island in the Nagasaki Prefecture, in Kumamoto Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture and Toho studio.
The film’s staff includes:
- Director: Shinji Higuchi (Nadia – The Secret of Blue Water)
- Scriptwriters: Hajime Isayama (Attack on Titan Manga Creator), Yuusuke Watanabe (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods), Tomohiro Machiyama (Japanese Film Critic)
- Character Designers: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Wolf Children) and Takayuki Takeya (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Costume Designer)
- Special Effects Director: Katsuro Onoue (Onmyoji, Uchuu Kyoudai Live Action Film)
- Special Effects Modeller: Yoshihiro Nishimura (Suicide Club and Tokyo Gore Police Director)
- Art Director: Tsuyoshi Shimizu (Killer Bride’s Perfect Crime, The Backwater)
- Costumer Designer: Shinichi Miter (Wool 100%, 69)
- Film Studio: TOHO (Ao Haru Ride Live Action Film, Pokémon Films)
Recently a brand new trailer has been revealed. The 3 minute long trailer, with subtitles, shows us new footage of the upcoming film of the titans break down Wall Maria and the early days of Eren in the Survey Corps.
The first English subbed trailer:
Here is the previous trailer that showcases the 3D Maneuver Gear in action.
Here’s the first trailer:
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 second season of the anime was earlier announced to air in 2016.
Attack on Titan live-action synopsis from asianwiki
100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.
You can visit the film’s website here: http://www.shingeki-seyo.com/
