Attack On Titan: The Last Attack is coming to UK cinemas in 2025, it’s been announced today (December 6).
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The final chapters of the acclaimed anime series will be brought to UK cinemas by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment in early 2025 (date to be confirmed).
Attack on Titan: The Last Attack is based on the award-winning manga by Hajime Isayama. The series premiered in 2014 with four seasons and concluded in Autumn 2023.
An official synopsis of the film, which is directed by Yûichirô Hayashi and has an original story by Isayama, reads: “Attack On Titan: The Last Attack brings together the last two episodes of the highly acclaimed anime series in the franchise’s first-ever cinematic experience delivering the epic finale in a colossal-sized omnibus film.
“Humanity lived quietly behind massive walls built to protect themselves from the threat of monstrous creatures called Titans. Their century of peace was shattered by an attack on their city that left a young child, Eren Yeager, motherless and vowing revenge on the titans.
“Years after joining the Survey Corps, Eren finds himself facing a deadly foe, and ultimately gaining a special ability that unveils a new truth about the world he knows…”
It concludes: “After venturing beyond the walls and separated from his comrades, Eren finds himself inspired by this new truth and plots the ‘Rumbling,’ a terrifying plan to eradicate every living thing in the world. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, a motley crew of Eren’s former comrades and enemies scramble to halt his deadly mission. The only question is, can they stop him?”
A new trailer for the film first arrived back in September – check it out above.
In a four-star review, NME described the final episode as an “epic conclusion”, writing: “In the end, Attack On Titan remains a cynical, unsparing and gruesome cautionary tale about humanity’s worst impulses. But as long as there are Armins out there, we can always hope to do better.”
Speaking to The New York Times about the ending, Isayama said it would have been “hokey” to culminate with a happy resolution.
“I guess there could have been an ending where it was a happy ending and the war ended and everything was fine and dandy,” Isayama said. “I guess that could have been possible. At the same time, the end of fighting and the end of contention itself kind of seems hokey.
“It kind of seems like it’s not even believable. It’s just not plausible in the world we’re living in right now. And so, sadly, I had to give up on that kind of happy ending.”
Since its inception the show has spawned a stage musical adaptation which premiered in Japan in 2022.
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