Created by Hajime Isayama, Attack on Titan is a grim-dark, full-throttle epic. A popular gateway series for many looking to get into the world of manga and anime, the story takes place in a post-apocalyptic, feudal city surrounded and divided by huge walls. These walls not only control the remnants of humanity but also protect them from the giants that roam outside, known as Titans, who have a taste for human flesh.
The manga concluded in 2021 after a best-selling 12-year run. During that time, it was adapted and spun off into various animated and live-action iterations; here’s how to watch all of the Attack on Titan shows and films in order of release.
Attack on Titan (2013-2023)
Kicking off in 2013, the original Attack on Titan anime series aired four seasons across 10 years. Despite various scheduling setbacks and changing animation studios for its final season, from WIT Studio to MAPPA, the show is an impressively faithful and well-produced adaptation.
From its iconic opening episode, in which a young Eren Yeager’s peaceful existence is shattered by a Titan attack, the show never lets up: stunning twists and turns, devastating deaths, and breathtaking fight scenes will grip and shock you in equal measure. Not to mention that Eren’s development is one of the shonen genre’s most divisive and fascinating character arcs.
Attack on Titan: Part 1 & 2 (2015)
The two Attack on Titan live-action films, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan II: End of the World, came out before either the anime series or the original manga had concluded, leading them to make some wild and controversial departures from the source material. For this reason, it’s better to save them until you’ve finished the TV show, and treat them as interesting, out-of-canon diversions rather than “essential” viewing.
Released almost back-to-back in 2015 as two parts, the Japanese films blend live-action and CG surprisingly well on a constrained budget outside of a Hollywood studio, and they don’t skimp on the horrors of fighting the zombie-esque, hungry Titans.
Attack on Titan: Junior High (2015)
Attack on Titan has a lot of intentionally or unintentionally funny moments—important levity in a story that deals with humanity at its absolute worst at times. But if watching the main anime series leaves you hankering for some silliness, you’ll get a kick out of 2015’s Junior High, a straight-up Attack on Titan parody miniseries that places the cast in a high school setting. Here, high-stakes battles are student-teacher feuds, and the original series’ most dramatic story beats are played for laughs.
Attack on Titan: No Regrets (2014)
Of all the Attack on Titan auxiliary material, No Regrets is the most un-skippable. It features fan-favourite “neat freak” Levi Ackerman, the deadpan, pint-sized powerhouse of the Scouts, and his origin as one-third of a criminal gang in the walled city’s underground slums.
Adapted from a visual novel turned manga, not only does the two-episode anime explore a lesser-seen part of the main setting, but it also sets up the loyal relationship between Levi and his military recruiter, Commander Erwin Smith.
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls (2018)
The last Attack on Titan spinoff to receive an anime adaptation, Lost Girls is a sobering entry in the franchise. No Regrets centres on Mikasa Ackerman and Annie Leonhart, two of the series’ main female characters, set sometime during the latter’s time in the Military Police and the former’s training with Eren as a Survey Corps member.
While not written by Isayama, these three episodes appear to be in canon, offering insights into the pair’s lives that shape their decision-making going into some of the most heart-wrenching events in the main series.
'Attack on Titan' Detailed Watch Order
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Attack on Titan Season 1
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Attack on Titan: Ilse’s Notebook (OVA)
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Attack on Titan: The Sudden Visitor: The Torturous Curse of Youth (OVA)
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Attack on Titan: Distress (OVA)
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Attack on Titan: A Choice with No Regrets: Part 1 (OVA)
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Attack on Titan: A Choice with No Regrets: Part 2 (OVA)
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Attack on Titan (2015)
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Attack on Titan Season 2
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Attack on Titan: Lost Girls: Wall Sina, Goodbye - Part 1 (OVA)
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Attack on Titan: Lost Girls: Wall Sina, Goodbye - Part 2 (OVA)
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Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 1
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Attack on Titan: Lost Girls: Lost in the Cruel World (OVA)
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Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2
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Attack on Titan Season 4 Part 1
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Attack on Titan Season 4 Part 2
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Attack on Titan Season 4 Special 1
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Attack on Titan Season 4 Special 2
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