Attack on Titan

{{{name}}} Directed by Shinji Higuchi Producer Yûji Ishida, Genki Kawamura Written by Yûsuke Watanabe, Tomohiro Machiyama, Hajime Isayama (Manga) Music by Shiro Sagisu Distributor Toho Company Ltd.JP, FUNimation EntertainmentUS Rating To be announced Budget To be announced Box office To be announced Running time Part 1 98 minutes (1 hour, 38 minutes) Part 2 87 minutes (1 hour, 27 minutes)

Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人,   Shingeki no Kyojin) is a two-part live action 2015 Template:Daikaiju eiga co-produced by Kodansha, Licri, Nikkatsu Corporation, and Toho Company Ltd., based on the popular manga and anime series created by Hajime Isayama.

Plot

100 years ago, gigantic man-eating monsters called Titans appeared on the Earth, bringing human civilization to the brink of collapse. The remaining humans constructed a gigantic wall to surround themselves and keep the Titans out. After an entire century of peace, a gigantic Titan suddenly appears and destroys the wall, allowing the hordes of Titans to threaten humanity once again.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

• Directed by   Shinji Higuchi
• Written by   Yûsuke Watanabe, Tomohiro Machiyama, Hajime Isayama
• Produced by   Yûji Ishida, Genki Kawamura
• Music by   Shiro Sagisu
• Cinematography by   Shôji Ehara
• Production design by   Takeshi Shimizu
• Special effects by   Yoshihiro Nishimura, Katsuro Onoue

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

• Haruma Miura   as   Eren
• Kiko Mizuhara   as   Mikasa
• Kanata Hongô   as   Armin
• Satomi Ishihara   as   Hange
• Nanami Sakuraba   as   Sasha
• Takahiro Miura   as   Jean
• Hiroki Hasegawa   as   Shikishima
• Ayame Misaki   as   Hiana
• Pierre Taki   as   Suda
• Jun Kunimura   as   Kubal
• Shû Watanabe   as   Fukushi
• Satoru Matsuo   as   Sannagi
• Rina Takeda   as   Lil

Appearances

Monsters Titans Theatrical Releases Part 1 Japan - August 1, 2015 Philippines - August 12, 2015 Singapore - August 13, 2015 Australia - August 2015 United States - September 30, 2015 Part 2 Japan - September 19, 2015 United States - October 20, 2015 Foreign Releases On June 29, 2015, FUNimation Entertainment, the same company that distributed the Attack on Titan anime in the United States, announced that it had acquired the American distribution rights for the film from Toho. FUNimation announced that the world premiere of the film would be held on July 14 in Los Angeles, and that both parts of the film would be released in theaters across North, Central, and South America in the fall. FUNimation later confirmed that Part 1 would be released on September 30, while Part 2 would be released on October 30. Additionally, Madman, who has distributed many of the Godzilla films in Australia in the past, acquired the rights to release the film theatrically in Australia and New Zealand in August 2015. Miniseries To tie in with the film, Toho announced a special three-part miniseries, Attack on Titan: Beacon for Counterattack, which aired on the Japanese channel dTV on August 15. The series focuses on the character Hange Zoe, a scientist who is obsessed with studying the Titans. Attack on Titan: Beacon for Counterattack trailer Box Office Part 1 of Attack on Titan opened at number one at the Japanese box office, beating out Universal Pictures' Minions and earning ￥603,000,000 (approximately $4,860,000) over its opening weekend. Reception Reception to part 1 of the film has so far been mostly positive among the Japanese moviegoing public, however many fans of the anime and manga series have criticized the amount of liberties taken with the source material, most notably making the entire cast Japanese rather than mostly European as in the manga and anime, as well as removing many iconic characters such as Levi, and recasting Mikasa as Eren's girlfriend, rather than his adoptive sister. Videos Trailers Japanese Attack on Titan trailer Japanese Attack on Titan trailer Japanese Attack on Titan trailer Australian Attack on Titan trailer Australian Attack on Titan Part 2: End of the World trailer American Attack on Titan Parts 1 and 2 trailer Trivia This film's director, Shinji Higuchi, previously worked on special effects for The Return of Godzilla under Teruyoshi Nakano, and acted as special effects director for Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy. Higuchi is also confirmed to be co-director and the head of special effects for Godzilla: Resurgence. The Colossal Titan, which in the manga and anime stands at approximately 60 meters tall, has its size doubled to 120 meters in this film. The special effects in this movie are accomplished through a combination of practical effects and traditional tokusatsu techniques and Template:CGI, a style Shinji Higuchi calls "hybrid." Higuchi employed similar techniques when working on the special effects for Gamera 2: Attack of Legion and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, and has revealed that he intends to use the hybrid technique for Godzilla: Resurgence. References This is a list of references for Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]