“Attack on Titan’s” final arc preview

Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter

2022’s Anime of the Year comes back with one final arc.

The anime series “Attack on Titan,” based on the manga series of the same name, is making its return on March 4 with the final arc of the series.

“Attack on Titan’s” final season was released in multiple episode parts since 2021. The first part was released with 16 episodes and the second part released in 2022 with 12 episodes.

Part two of the final season won the Crunchyroll Anime of the Year Award of 2022.

The final part of the final season for “Attack on Titan” will be released in two separate parts of its own. The first part will be released in March with the rest of the series wrapping up before the end of 2023.

However, there is not much content left to cover to wrap up the story.

Some fans are worried about this decision to split the final arc into two parts considering there are only nine chapters left in the manga that have not been animated. Some speculate that with a not well received ending to the manga, Mappa Studios could possibly animate a new ending to the story.

Though it is unlikely they stray from the source material, there does not seem to be enough story to last 12 episodes, which is the lowest amount of episodes a season of “Attack on Titan” has had back in season two.

Mappa could go for animating the first half of the new part as a series of episodes with the last half being a “special episode” that could be more closely to the length of a movie.

Despite the uncertainty with pacing or length of the season, Mappa Studios in the short time with the series has done a phenomenal job with the animation and overall flow of the narrative.

Taking over after Wit Studios left after three seasons with the show, Mappa Studios has done a great job of adapting the series with their own style of animation, usage of colors and choice of music.

Mappa Studios is on a streak of two years animating the Anime of the Year. They animated Jujutsu Kaisen, which won the award in 2021 and Attack on Titan in 2022. With the final arc of “Attack on Titan” having a high chance of contending for the award, along with Mappa Studios animating Vinland Saga season two and Jujutsu Kaisen season two, Mappa Studios has a high chance of extending that streak to three years.