Shingeki No Kyojin - Attack on Titan (SnK/AoT)
Story Overview
Shingeki No Kyojin better known as Attack on Titan is a japanese manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The series was published on September 9th 2009 and has been collected into 14 volumes as of August 2014.
The anime adaptation produced by Wits Studio aired in Japan on MBS between April and September 2013 and was translated into english by Funimation and Madman. |
The story of Attack on Titan centres around teenage boy, Eren Jaeger, his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman and their childhood friend Armin Alert.
Hundreds of years ago, mankind was nearly wiped out by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seeming to have no intelligence they devour human beings. A small percentage of humanity survived by boxing themselves in in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the tallest titans. Present time, a titan has not been seen in over 100 years. Their home town of Shinganshina was breached and destroyed by the ‘Colossal Titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller Titans flood the city, Eren and Mikasa watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows he will murder every single Titan and take revenge for mankind and enlists in the military along with his friends. Five years later, the three cadet graduates are positioned in Trost District, one of the border towns, when the Titans attack again. In the battle, Eren is eaten by one of the Titans before Armin's eyes. However, a Titan later appears that begins fighting the other ones instead of harming humans; the Titan is revealed to be Eren, who has somehow developed the ability to transform into one. Though he is seen as a threat by some, he helps the military take back Trost. After being placed on trial for being a danger to the humans, he is taken in by the Survey Corps' Special Operations Squad, led by Captain Levi Ackerman In an expedition to Shinganshina, Eren`s home town… the Scouts are attacked by a Female Titan who attempts to capture Eren. Although the Scouts are able to briefly capture the Female Titan, she breaks free and nearly kills Levi's squad, forcing the expedition to retreat. Armin determines that the Female Titan is a soldier and devises a plan to capture her. The Female Titan is later discovered to be one of the cadets the three graduated with, Annie Leonhart. |