As many of you may know (Especially if you have watched the amazing series Shirobako), any anime production involves an extensive amount of staff. I was looking closer through my Illustration Collection Vol. 1 (Of 2) yesterday, which showcases many official SnK images used for promotion/merchandise, and noticed that they had actually listed the entire staff of each and every single piece of artwork. While Asano Kyoji supervised nearly everything, the key animation, background animation, Titan animation/supervision, and special effects were mostly by other members of WIT STUDIO or third party artists likely under temporary contract.

I’ve placed focus on the key animators of the pieces for this post, as they are always listed first and create the base sketch, though much credit still goes to the rest of the staff. It’s interesting to see the slight differences in the artists’ interpretation of the characters (Details specific to each are especially evident when there are multiple pieces by the same person), even though the foundational designs remain the same. I’ve also copied/pasted their exact duties from the SnK/AoT anime (If any) via Anime News Network, which has a database that does an incredible job of keeping track of production credits, ensuring that everyone involved receives proper recognition. And since this is only a highlight on one layer of the team, it goes to show just how numerous the staff needs to be in order to put a series like Shingeki no Kyojin together.

With all that said - onto the gallery!! Some images were actually pretty difficult to find, haha.

Page 003 By Asano Kyoji & Chiba Takaaki

Asano Kyoji (浅野 恭司) Shingeki no Kyojin: Character Design, Chief Animation Director (eps 1-25 odd), Animation Director (OP; OP1; ED2; ep 25), Assistant Chief Animation Director (eps 14, 24), Ending Illustrations (ep 24), Key Animation (OP1) Other Notable Works: Ghost in the Shell, Kimi ni Todoke, Psycho-Pass, Sengoku Basara

Chiba Takaaki (千葉 崇明) Shingeki no Kyojin: Chief Animation Director (ep 3), Animation Director (8 episodes), 2nd Key Animation (eps 13, 24-25), Assistant Animation Director (ep 22), Assistant Key Animation Director (ep 18), Key Animation (OP; OP1; 8 episodes), Titan Animation Director (eps 8-10), Titan Setting Other Notable Works: .hack//SIGN, Blood+, Ghost in the Shell, Guilty Crown, Kimi ni Todoke, Noir, Sengoku Basara

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Page 005 By Asano Kyoji (浅野 恭司) Shingeki no Kyojin: Character Design, Chief Animation Director (eps 1-25 odd), Animation Director (OP; OP1; ED2; ep 25), Assistant Chief Animation Director (eps 14, 24), Ending Illustrations (ep 24), Key Animation (OP1) Other Notable Works: Ghost in the Shell, Kimi ni Todoke, Psycho-Pass, Sengoku Basara

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Pages 007, 027, 053 By Satonobu Kikuchi (菊池 聡延) Shingeki no Kyojin: Episode Director (ep 8), Animation Director (5 episodes), 2nd Key Animation (ep 13), Assistant Animation Director (eps 11, 13), Assistant Chief Animation Director (ep 4), Key Animation (6 episodes) Other Notable Works: Bleach, Chobits, Guilty Crown, Noragami, Slayers, Trigun

(Lots more to go!)

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CONTINUATION OF PART 1 HERE

Page 009 By Yamada Ayumi (山田 歩) Shingeki no Kyojin: Animation Director (8 episodes), 2nd Key Animation (eps 24-25), Assistant Animation Director (ep 22), Assistant Key Animation Director (ep 18), Character Setting Cooperation (eps 2, 14-16), Key Animation (OP; OP1; 4 episodes), Main Animator Other Notable Works: Gintama, Naruto Shippuden, Sakimichi no Apollon, Vampire Knight

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Page 011 By Sera Yuuko (世良 悠子) Shingeki no Kyojin: Action Animation Director, Key Animation (9 episodes) Other Notable Works: Fafner, Guilty Crown, Kimi ni Todoke

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Page 013 By Emoto Masahiro (江本 正弘) Shingeki no Kyojin: Key Animation (ED2) Other Notable Works: Card Captor Sakura Movie, Eureka Seven, Samurai Champloo, X

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Pages 015, 049 By Kato Miho (加藤 美穂) Shingeki no Kyojin: 2nd Key Animation (ep 8), Key Animation (OP2; eps 7, 14) Other Notable Works: Chihayafuru, Fate/Zero, Hunter x Hunter, Owari no Seraph, Psycho-Pass

(Lots more to go!)

If this is an intentional parallel, you know what that likely means?

Levi will not let history repeat itself.

The latest and most complete trailer for the Shingeki no Kyojin live action film!

A lot more action sequences and 3DMG footage!

ETA: Official English subtitled version!

From August 7th through September 9th, participating Tsutaya stores will sell these Shingeki no Kyojin American comic style magnets.

These magnets will feature Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Hanji, Erwin, and Levi and will retail at 648 yen.

THE SECRET TUNNELS FOR THE OUTER WORLD

There are at least three different secret tunnels, one for each Wall. The tunnels are connected to some place/places outside the walls where people or titan shifters live. PROOFS

1) Eren’s father, Grisha, was a titan shifter. He definetely knew something about titans and the walls since he knew about Rod and his family’s powers. Hannes told us that “there was this epidemic disease in Shiganshina, but one day doctor Jeager came carrying the medicine that saved everyone”.

I doubt Grisha created the medicine by himself, I believe he went outside, using this tunnel, and got the medicine from the “Outer world” (whatever there is outside the wall, a village or something). Where’s the entrance of the tunnel of Wall Maria? Of course in the basement of Eren’s house. Grisha used it to get the medicine, he wanted to tell Eren about it as soon as Eren said he wanted to join the Survey Corps to get outside of the walls and to kill titans.

The key he gave him opens the entrance of this tunnel. 2) Where’s the second tunnel, the one of Wall Rose? Of course under the castle of Utgard! In chapter 38, the Survey Corps get to this castle to rest. They immediately notice something weird. It looks like the castle had been a shelter for some kind of “smugglers” who brought inside the castle lots of weird foods and drinks.

There is this bottle of wine. On its label there are words written in a language that the Survey Corps can’t read. And there’s canned food, again written in some weird language that doesn’t belong to the walled world…but that Ymir understands.

This means this food and wine aren’t from the walled world, but from the world outside the walls, probably from the same place where Ymir used to live. How did it get inside the walls? Reiner says this while searching for titans inside the castle

this means for me that in the dungeons of the Castle of Utgard there’s the second tunnel that somebody used to get food and drinks from outside. Who is the one who knows about this tunnel and used this castle as a shelter? Probably another titan shifter, probably the one who transforms into the Ape Titan. That’s why he tried to kill off all of those who were there, to prevent the Survey Corps from discovering the entrance of the tunnel. 3) Where’s the third tunnel, the one in Wall Sina? I’m not so sure about this. The fake king here has near him the same bottle of wine the Survey found in Utgard. This means the king is drinking a wine that comes from outside the Walls.

Official photos from the upcoming Shingeki no Kyojin live action films, as published in Bessatsu Shonen July 2015!

Crunchyroll definitely made an error here (Might be corrected by them later):

“You can worry about saving him later.”

Beast Titan was definitely not talking about Reiner but rather about Annie.

Chinese raws (My translation): “I won. So rescuing Miss Annie will have to come later.”

MangaPanda (Ignore the spelling of course):

ENGLISH VERSION IS ALSO OUT!!