Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1

{{{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 PG-12JP, UnratedUS Budget To be announced Box office ¥3,250,000,000 Running time 98 minutes (1 hour, 38 minutes)

Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (進撃の巨人,   Shingeki no Kyojin) is a live action 2015 Template:Daikaiju eiga co-produced by Kodansha, Licri, Nikkatsu Corporation, and Toho Company Ltd., based on the popular manga created by Hajime Isayama. It was filmed simultaneously with Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2, its sequel.

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 Japan - August 1, 2015 Philippines - August 12, 2015 Hong Kong, Singapore - August 13, 2015 Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand, Ukraine - August 27, 2015 United States - September 30, 2015 Foreign Releases On June 29, 2015, FUNimation Entertainment, the same company that distributes the Attack on Titan anime in the United States, announced that it had acquired the American distribution rights for the films from Toho. FUNimation announced that the world premiere of Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 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 20. Additionally, Madman, who has distributed many of the Godzilla films in Australia in the past, acquired the rights to release the films theatrically in Australia and New Zealand in August 2015. Miniseries To tie in with the films, Toho announced a three-part miniseries, Attack on Titan: Beacon for Counterattack, which aired on the Japanese channel dTV on August 15. The series focuses on the supporting characters of Hans, a scientist who is obsessed with studying the Titans; Sasha, a Survey Corps trainee who is skilled at archery; and Fukushi and Lil, rivals who become lovers. Attack on Titan: Beacon for Counterattack trailer Box Office Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 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 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 later co-directed and served as the head of special effects for Godzilla: Resurgence in 2016. 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. 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]