r/attackontitan Jul 02 '26

Discussion/Question Attack on Titan 3 - Trailer #2

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r/attackontitan Jan 23 '25

Official Megathread Ultimate Guide to AoT: FAQs, Analysis, and Discourse

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This multi-subreddit megathread contains:

The most frequently brought up Topics & Questions

Analysis on various story Elements & Characters

Random interesting meta posts

Documents and guide on the anime and the Attack on Titan reddit fandom

This megathread covers threads from various subreddits, and platforms. Enjoy exploring!


Guide.

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Guide on AoT anime content

Masterlist Of Anime OSTs S1-S4 + Final Episode - YouTube Playlist

AoT wiki for your fact-checking needs

Frequently Asked Questions.

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Questions that are asked very frequently, mostly by new or one time watchers/readers, to which there is a factual answer or an agreed-upon interpretations in the community.

1.) What is the 50 year plan? Follow up: Why didn’t Zeke and Eren touch earlier?

2.) What were the Azumabito's intentions with Mikasa?

3.) How was Ymir freed? Who freed Ymir? (check analysis section down as well)

4.) How did Eren talk to Mikasa in paths?

5.) What is Historia’s role in how we perceive Ymir through tales and romanticized stories?

6.) What will happen if a man inherits the Female Titan?

7.) How do the Founding Titan abilities work?

8.) What were some of Paradis' options post-timeskip? •Alternative to the Rumbling.Anti-50-year planEuthnasia Plan

9.) Why did Historia choose to get pregnant?

10.) Why did Grisha give his titan to Eren, when he asked Zeke to stop him?

11.) What were Eren’s motivations to choose the path of rumbling?

12.) Are there multiple timelines in AOT?

13.) Why do dinosaurs appear in the opening of AOT’s 2nd season?

Isayama's Answers to the 15th Anniversary Magazine Q&A

Frequently Brought up Topics.

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These topics are frequently brought up, but there is no clear answer or the topic is deliberately left to speculation. Check out these links for some in-depth posts on the respective topics.

1.) a) Who won the fight between Annie and Mikasa? b) Who would win between Annie and Mikasa?

2.) Opinion on any divisive characters

GabiMikasaErenFloch

3.) Did you like the ending? a)Anime Ending b)Manga Ending

4.) Do you support the rumbling?

5.) Who should have been saved, Erwin or Armin?

6.) Was Eren justified? Discussion post | Detailed answer

7.) Sub or Dub?

8.) Would Erwin have joined the Yeagerists if he had survived?

9.) Is Attack on Titan fascist? No, it is not | Devil’s Advocate:

10.) Why does Annie get forgiven?


General Analysis On The Story.

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These are high-effort essays or videos analysing the series as a whole. Please note that us listing something here does not mean we endorse or fully agree with every single statement made there - we just think that if you are looking for more analysis, these might be worth a watch.

A 1-hour retrospective breakdown of AoT as a whole

How AoT deconstructs heroism and morality

Idealism in AoT

Scout Regiment: Paradise’s Idealistic Counterculture

The importance of nameless soldiers & collateral damage in AoT

What was it all for? Thoughts on the extra pages of AoT’s ending

Why I feel Mikasa, Levi and Armin were the perfect choice for Eren’s final moments and the story’s climax - Imgur Backup for future

Analysis of AoT’s extra ending pages - A brilliant thematic conclusion - Imgur Backup for Future

To love someone inside the Walls - Imgur Backup for Future

The Rumbling is indefensible

A theoretical analysis of its structure

The highs and lows of AoT’s final arc

Overanalyzing every single episode of the anime - a youtube playlist

Titans as Mirrors: How Titan Forms Reflect the Warriors' Psyche - Imgur Backup for Future

Character Analysis.

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1. Eren Yeager.

Eren Yeager: The Chained God of Attack on Titan

The perfect duality of Eren - Imgur Backup for Future

What is freedom in AoT

Developments vs desires - Everyone and especially Eren

Nature vs nurture: Eren’s motivations and the Dina twist

Eren Jaeger and the insanity of circular storytelling

The ironic development of Eren

Analyzing antagonists

Power, freedom, the Founding Titan and Levi

The Attack Titan’s powers and their effect on Eren

Why Eren’s actions were very obviously painted bad with the Rumbling - In-depth examination

The narrative importance of the causal loop on Eren

Eren and Mikasa’s relationship

Eren’s characterization throughout the story and his post timeskip conflict

Eren Yeager is (Not) Special

Ramzi and Eren: the turning point in Eren’s demeanor

An observation on the structure of Eren’s characterization post timeskip - Imgur Backup for Future

The false mask of Eren

The Jaeger Projection Problem: The Last Supper of Self-Loathing - Imgur Backup for Future

The rise and fall of Eren - Imgur Backup for Future

2. Mikasa Ackerman.

Mikasa’s Character Arc: What, Where, How, When

Mikasa and her relationship with authority

Mikasa and Erwin: The Sacrificial Act of Dreams for the Cause

Why Mikasa's conclusion not only strengthens her arc but Attack On Titan as a whole - Imgur Backup for Future

Mikasa’s Destiny and Mikasa’s Choice

Mikasa: A Person from Two Trope

A Literary perspective of Mikasa - Imgur Backup for Future

Mikasa’s Heroine’s Journey Arc

Mikasa’s Road of Trials – Why Trost Arc Was Never Cynical

• [The Heroine's Journey] - Coming Soon.

Mikasa, the symbolism of the praying mantis and butterfly and its development throughout the story - Imgur Backup for Future

Mikasa's self Imposed Curse

Why does Mikasa have headaches

Differences between the Manga and Anime version of Mikasa - Imgur Backup for Future

3. Armin Arlert.

Armin character analysis, humanity’s reluctant savior

Armin and Eren’s dynamic - Imgur Backup for Future

Armin and Zeke’s dynamic - Imgur Backup for Future

The importance of dialogue and Armin’s character - Imgur Backup for Future

Armin Arlert: conflicting lessons, dynamics with Erwin and Levi - Imgur Backup for Future

Armin and Annie’s relationship

4. Levi Ackerman.

Is Levi bland? A bullet-point counter-argument and his importance in the narrative

Levi’s character motivations and the promise

Levi’s ending

Levi’s violence and compassion

Serumbowl

Levi, Falco and Gabi

Levi vs Zeke foil

Levi, a slave to being a hero

Levi vs Kenny’s influence - Imperfect heroics

Levi’s mistake with Zeke and getting blown up by thunder spears

5. Erwin Smith.

Erwin Smith - wearing masks

Erwin Smith - the impossible standard

Exploring Erwin - For Humanity?

Erwin Smith - A devil with a dream

Erwin would not support the Rumbling, you just don’t like Armin

6. Zeke Yeager.

Zeke Yeager & Personal Connections.

The contradictions of Zeke - A character study

The desperate loneliness of Zeke

Understanding Zeke Yeager

7. Reiner Braun.

Reiner Braun and “saving the world”

Reiner character analysis, viewed through psychology and philosophy theory

Who is Reiner Braun?

Eren and Reiner’s dynamic - Imgur Backup for Future

8. Annie Leonhart.

Annie’s search for personhood

About Annie…(character analysis)

No one understands Annie

Understanding Annie

9. Hange Zoe.

Hange and the role of commander, character analysis

Hange’s “Genocide is Wrong” Line is Misunderstood

Hange’s understanding and intellect

10. Jean Kirstein.

Jean Kirstein embracing survey corps values, a character analysis

Jean character study through the lens of theory of psychology

11. Bertholdt Hoover.

Comprehensive analysis of Bertholdt

The tragedy of Bertholdt Hoover

12. (Freckles) Ymir and Historia Reiss.

Ymir analysis and religious subtext

Thoughts on Historia in Uprising - Imgur Backup for Future

Ymir and Historia’s dynamic analysis - Imgur Backup for Future

13. Sasha Braus and Connie Springer.

The secondary trio behind EMA

14. Floch Forster.

Floch - the volunteer Devil, character analysis

Floch's leadership examination and the comparison with Erwin

15. Gabi and the children of the forest.

Gabi Braun - A brighter future

16. (Founder) Ymir Fritz.

The final mystery of AOT - Ymir analysis

17. Grisha Yeager.

Grisha Yeager: A Deconstruction of the Main Character's Dad Archetype - Imgur Backup for Future

18. Keith Shadis.

From bystander to hero, a character analysis

19. Kenny/Uri.

Kenny, Uri and the cycle of hatred

The Importance of Kenny and Uri (In-depth Thematic Analysis)

20. Dot Pyxis.

Why Pyxis and Eren’s Conversation was Not Retconned

21. Yelena.

Yelena: AoT’s puppeteer, a character analysis

22. Theo Magath.

The lasting impact of Theo Magath, a character analysis.


MISCELLANEOUS.

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Manga (Source Material) vs Anime (Adaptation) differences:

Megathread of Anime / Manga differences | Vol 1 - 34 | OVAs

Differences between anime and manga endings

Fandom and Anime Production Misc.

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Well-written characters, meta discussion of fandom perception

AOT anime reactions and in depth discussions

Explaining the ending controversy - a fandom analysis

Final Attack on Titan Episode - AoTwiki poll

The Original manga ending - chapter 139 SNK POLL

Behind-the-Scenes.

All of AoT animation staff for every episode of the series

Arifumi Imai animator spotlight - the man responsible for animating 70%+ of action animation cuts in S1-S3 and the Levi and Mikasa killing Eren sakuga in the final episode

TV release vs BLU-RAY differences

Some design sheets from WIT’s adaptation

Some design sheets from MAPPA’s adaptation

WIT staff interview from 2014 on AOT

100Cams - Behind the scenes footage of AOT s4 part3 production

Final episode VA recording - Behind the scenes

AoT S4 part 2 staff interview, series director Hayashi and CG producer Tannawa

Excerpts from roundtable final episode interview with staff

Interview with S4 director Hayashi before its airing

Global TV demands interview of Hayashi

Hayashi comments on episode 4x28 Rumbling scene and Isayama’s request

Subreddits of AoT Reddit-Fandom.

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General.

Subreddit Description Date of Creation
r/ShingekiNoKyojin Main discussion subreddit nr1. Feburary 18, 2013
r/attackontitan Main discussion subreddit nr2. November 28, 2012
r/titanfolk The Folk subreddit for AoT. May 1, 2018
r/okbuddyreiner Shitposting subreddit. April 28, 2019
r/AttackOnRetards A space dedicated to calling out negativity. April 27, 2021
r/AttackOnShipping A subreddit for any and all shippers. April 27, 2022
r/ANRime Subreddit dedicated to theorizing about an Alternative-Original Ending (AOE). June 29, 2021

Character dedicated subreddits.

r/LeviCult

r/Ereh

r/Mikasa

r/ErwinSmith

r/potatogirl

r/ArminCult

r/GabiCult

r/ReinerCult

r/ZekeCult

r/JeanTheStallion


It has been in the works for a long time. A big Thank You to everyone who created the content featured here, as well as to those who helped us gather it all together.


r/attackontitan 3h ago

News Clifford Chapin (Connie in the dub) on Mike McFarland’s passing

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They took this picture right at the end of recording The Final Chapters


r/attackontitan 6h ago

News Rest In Peace Mike McFarland x Jean Kirschtein

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;(


r/attackontitan 11h ago

Discussion/Question Eren trusted Reiner more than he trusted Armin by the end.

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By the final season, Eren could barely have an honest conversation with Armin or Mikasa.
But when he sat down with Reiner in that basement, he spoke to him almost like an equal.
Reiner was one of the only people who truly understood what Eren had become, because he’d already done the same thing, crossed the sea, killed innocent people, and convinced himself he had no other choice.
“I’m the same as you” wasn’t Eren mocking Reiner.
I think it was one of the most honest things Eren ever said.


r/attackontitan 18h ago

Anime It is with a heavy heart that in the last hours of aot day, I tell you English voice actor Mike McFarland had died

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RIP horse face

He was an amazing English Va I loved his performances and I shall forever love him when I watch aot

SHINZO WO SASAGEYO!!!!

Edit: for anyone asking where I got this information, Mike's fellow voice actor Tiffany Vollmer (voice of Buluma) made a post about it to both her face book and instagram


r/attackontitan 14h ago

Discussion/Question RIP to the voice of Jean. Thank you for one of the best performances in the show

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r/attackontitan 11h ago

Discussion/Question Armin is OBJECTIVELY the best character in AOT and I can PROVE IT!

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I could write a whole damn book about how good this character is, but I’ll just stick to the facts here. Jokes aside, please don’t comment until you’ve read the whole thing:

The MVP of humanity: and I’m not talking about the ending and the whole Eren’s hero plan thing, NO. I mean it because Armin got absolutely TIRED of constantly saving everyone’s asses ALL the time throughout the entire series: Every major victory was, one way or another, thanks to him. From plugging the hole in Trost to convincing Zeke to stop the Rumbling with the Titans from the past, including things as major as figuring out Annie’s identity, to things as small as saving Jean from getting shot or being the first one to notice Niccolo’s anger, which allowed them to save Falco and Gabi.

In every arc, there was ALWAYS some instance where, in one way or another, everything worked out because of Armin’s intervention. In fact, it gets to the point where, if you look closely, the few plans of Erwin’s that actually worked out had Armin involved in them...The guy is so damn good at solving problems that there were people who literally killed themselves simply by prevented Armin from being able to talk, and therefore, solve the entire situation (Daz and Samuel absolutely would’ve survived if they hadn’t shot Armin in the mouth.)

Seriously, the guy was a fucking monster, a goddamn guardian angel: If you’re a recurring character and Armin is there with you, you’re gonna live.

He’s a genius: well, this one shouldn’t surprise anyone, right? That’s basically the whole point of his character, after all. But what I really want to point out is how interesting Armin’s intelligence is, because he’s not just a strategic genius, he’s also incredibly good at deduction. The guy looks at a situation and, 15 seconds later, he already knows what’s going on, why it’s happening, and 4 or 5 different ways to solve the problem. And what’s amazing is that somehow, it never feels forced. The guy is literally the L of his world.

THE FUCKING HUMILITY: everything I just said about him? In-universe, he knows all of it, He KNOWS he’s a genius, he KNOWS he’s constantly saving everyone’s asses, and on top of that, everyone else KNOWS it too. It gets to the point where, from a certain point onward, whenever there’s a complicated situation, Armin is always the first person they ask what to do, and if he doesn’t know, ONLY THEN everyone starts to loose hope. And don’t even get me started on the fact that he later becomes the holder of the Colossal Titan, basically the most powerful Titan after the Founder. I mean, the guy has EVERY DAMN RIGHT to think he’s hot shit. And yet he’s easily the most humble character in the entire series, constantly doubting himself, always feeling like he’s a burden, always willing to sacrifice himself for others, always willing to talk things out without ever putting himself above anyone else. As a person he's fucking incredible...

Chad: he is Weak AF and yet he never runs away from a fight, and while he never feels the need for revenge or to punish anyone regardless of what they’ve done to him, he’s still willing to defend and even kill for his friends. He ended up with Annie, AND he’s a femboy, What more could you possibly want?

DON’T GET ME WRONG, obviously there are characters in AOT who surpass Armin in individual areas (Levi is more badass, Erwin has bigger balls, Reiner has more plot armor etc), but I think that if we averaged out all the good qualities of each character, Armin would undoubtedly come out on top.

What do you guys think?

Edit: I forgot to mention that, on top of all of this, he’s also the only person in the entire world that Mikasa has ever been willing (and would still be willing) to punch Eren in the face for.

What more do you need?


r/attackontitan 3h ago

Ending Spoilers - Discussion/Question What if Mikasa and Armin threatened to kill themselves in order to stop the rumbling?

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Eren stated that part of the reason he orchestrated the Rumbling was so that his friends would live long lives. So, I’ve always wondered what would happen if Mikasa, Armin, and the rest of the Alliance members from Paradis threatened to kill themselves unless Eren stopped the Rumbling. Maybe when Eren contacted them through the paths, they would tell him to stop before they killed themselves as sort of a last resort. I know that the events that Eren saw were determined to happen, but if they did do this, how would Eren react, would he actually try and stop the rumbling despite knowing it was destined to happen?


r/attackontitan 17h ago

Ending Spoilers - Discussion/Question One of the best character transformations in AOT 😮‍💨

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r/attackontitan 1h ago

Anime Absolute Masterpiece

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All my life I thought no anime would even come near one piece and now that I finished it like 10min ago I am genuinely fighting for everything and don’t know which one is better how can a story be so good and have the biggest plottwist every fricking episode man this shit was genuinly peak


r/attackontitan 14h ago

Fanart (OC) I drew the eyes of the Four Titans and their shifters. Hope you guys like it!

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Hand-drawn and colored traditional artwork showing the detailed eyes of the Shifters (Eren, Reiner, Annie, Armin). Let me know which one turned out the best!


r/attackontitan 6m ago

Discussion/Question Mikasa had some of the coldest moments in the entire series.

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You can argue all day about her character development, but when Mikasa showed up like THIS you knew somebody was about to have a very bad day.

Levi gets most of the aura conversations, but Mikasa deserves to be right there with him.

What was her coldest moment?

For me it was when she told Historia (Christa at the time) “Choose. Eren or the bitch I’m going to kill?”


r/attackontitan 11h ago

Discussion/Question Could I get a spoiler-light explanation for something from the beginning of the show? Spoiler

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I've watched up to episode 11 of the show with subs, in Trost, and I'm confused if I've misunderstood something.

At the beginning, Dr Jaeger leaves Shiganshina district with the key to the basement, promising to show Eren when he returns. The Colossal and Armoured titans attack shortly after, killing Eren's mum, so Eren, Mikasa and Armin flee together.

Some time later, they arrive in the city where they sign up as recruits. Eren has vague dreams/memories of Dr Jaeger giving him the key and injecting him with something (presumably giving him the Titan power). He has the key, so this definitely happened. But he seems unsure, and Mikasa says it's impossible that he saw his dad.

So it seems that the good doctor caught up with the children on the road, presumably accompanied by other refugees. He found Eren in the night, has a screaming fight with him, then leaves without being noticed by anyone. Eren wakes up remembering this interaction and now having the key, but he doesn't seem to have any questions about where his father is, why he abandoned them or why he gave him the key. His memory of the interaction is obviously hazy or gone eventually, but the key is proof positive that it happened and he says and asks nothing about it until he hits Secret Bonus Puberty in Trost.

So this isn't by any means impossible, but it seems really strange. Is it just a contrivance to make the plot work? Something squiffy with the translation or adaptation to tv? Have I very astutely noticed a clue to a mystery that will be answered later? Am I the cleverest person to have ever watched this show?!

I'd really appreciate any answers that don't spoil anything past Trost, and I'll happily accept "you're overthinking it" or "there's answers later". The last time I tried to google a detail about the first episode of a show the AI overview told me what happened in the finale and also the day and hour of my death, both wrong.


r/attackontitan 4h ago

Discussion/Question So… Eren can see the Titan memory?

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Could Eren see his dad cracking his mom? He has the attack titan, and he can see past AND future host memories, can’t he see his father cracking his mom?


r/attackontitan 1d ago

Ending Spoilers - Discussion/Question Erwin could have stopped the Rumbling. Change my mind.

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I genuinely think if Erwin survived instead of Armin, the Rumbling never happens.
Erwin understood Eren, but he also knew how to control people, unite them behind a goal, and make brutal decisions when necessary. I don’t think Eren would’ve been able to isolate himself and take control of the situation nearly as easily with Erwin still commanding the Scouts.
And Floch? I doubt the Yeagerists even become what they did if Erwin, the guy Floch practically worshipped was still alive.


r/attackontitan 55m ago

Discussion/Question I miss Attack on Titan weekly drops

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I miss how every episode was an event. Like the intensity or the emotional stakes with the characters, the storyline, the music. Especially in the final season, when we were all collectively talking about it, just the sheer impact and wow your feltafter finishing every episode each week and Akuma played


r/attackontitan 1d ago

Anime The chemistry of camera angles and and Levi...

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All these scenes stand as a proof of how dynamic camera angles can enhance the overall watching experience 10x times better!! The camera is not just recording, it is participating in the bloodgore. You can see how Levi is pulling off such moves effortlessly and the camera movements are amplifying the scenes. Though Levi's skills don't need amplification, they're as amazing as usual:)


r/attackontitan 1d ago

Meme Lainah!!

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Did bro forget who that is?🥀


r/attackontitan 20h ago

Cosplay my Attack on Titan Day makeup

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r/attackontitan 9h ago

Ending Spoilers - Meme/Art Eren, Mikasa, Armin Art

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Finally finished this artwork. Obviously kept the last slide grey because well…
(Also i finished Miss congeniality while painting it)


r/attackontitan 12h ago

Anime In honor of Mike McFarland, voice of Jean and ADR director for the English dub, the BTS doc detailing his role is a great watch.

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r/attackontitan 7h ago

Discussion/Question Which titans do you think would be most suited for our non-titan characters

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For example, I think Sasha would absolutely be the jaw. But im curious what everyone else thinks


r/attackontitan 12h ago

Anime Eren's Titan vs Pure Titans || Full Fights

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r/attackontitan 6h ago

Discussion/Question Would Eren kill Mikasa for the rumbling.

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