Attack on Titan: Signal to Strike Back (2015)
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Attack on Titan: Signal to Strike Back (進撃の巨人 ATTACK ON TITAN 反撃の狼煙 Shingeki no Kyojin: Hangeki no Noroshi, lit. "The Attack Titan: Signal to Strike Back"), also known by the transliteration Attack on Titan: Hangeki no Noroshi, is a three-episode Japanese miniseries directed by Shinji Higuchi and written by Yusuke Watanabe based loosely on Hajime Isayama's manga Attack on Titan. Funded by Avex Digital and Toho and produced by Toho Pictures, it was distributed through the streaming service dTV from August 15 to 29 of 2015. The series is set in the same universe as Higuchi's live-action films Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 and Part 2, and was released between the two. An English-subtitled version is only available in Australia, where Madman brought it to home video.
Plot
During the Great Titan War, a race of giants called Titans nearly wiped out humanity. The survivors built three concentric walls tall enough to keep the Titans out, but a century into that era of peace, the Colossal Titan suddenly appeared and kicked a hole through the Outer Wall, allowing other Titans to surge through. Forced to retreat behind the Middle Wall, humanity began planning its retaliation. Each episode of the show, set 10 months after the Colossal Titan's attack, focuses on supporting characters from the live-action films: Hans in episode 1, Sasha in episode 2, and Fukushi and Lil in episode 3.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Release date |
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| 1 | "The Beginning of the Counterattack" | Kimiyoshi Adachi | 08/15/2015 |
| 2 | "The Arrow of Hope" | Katsuro Onoue | 08/22/2015 |
| 3 | "The Departure to Freedom" | Yoshihiro Nishimura | 08/29/2015 |
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Shinji Higuchi
- Episode directors Kimiyoshi Adachi, Katsuro Onoue, Yoshihiro Nishimura
- Written by Yusuke Watanabe
- Based on the manga by Hajime Isayama
- Executive producer Yoshio Yanagisaki
- Co-executive producer Akihiro Yamauchi
- Produced by Takahiro Ryu, Yoshihiro Sato
- Organized by Masaki Morishita
- Line producer Kensei Mori
- Technical producer Tetsuo Ohya
- Music by Yasuhiko Fukuda
- Stock music by Shiro Sagisu
- Theme song "Hangeki no Yaiba"
- Performed and arranged by Wagakki Band
- Lyrics and composition by Machiya
- Cinematography by Shunsuke Ito, Keizo Suzuki, Osamu Ichikawa
- Production design by Takeshi Shimizu
- Edited by Yusuke Ishida, Yoshihiro Nishimura
- First assistant director Norichika Oba
- Visual effects supervisors Kazuyori Kosaka, Tsuyoshi Kazuno
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Satomi Ishihara as Hans
- Nanami Sakuraba as Sasha
- Shu Watanabe as Fukushi
- Rina Takeda as Lil
- Yuta Hiraoka as Izuru
- Kamio Yu as Yunohira
- Kanata Hongo as Armin
- Haruma Miura as Eren (stock footage)
- Kiko Mizuhara as Mikasa (stock footage)
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Alternate titles
- Attack on Titan: Hangeki no Noroshi (title on Madman DVD cover)
- Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets (alternate English translation)
- Attack on Titan: Beacon for Counterattack (alternate English translation)
- Attack on Titan: Smoke Signal of Fight Back (alternate English translation)
Video releases
TOHO Visual Entertainment DVD (2016)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (2.0)
- Subtitles: Unknown
- Special features: None
Madman DVD / Blu-ray (2016)
- Region: 4 (DVD) and B/2 (Blu-ray)
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Special features: None
- Notes: While the subtitles translate the series' title as Attack on Titan: Signal to Strike Back, the cover art calls it Attack on Titan: Hangeki no Noroshi.
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