Attack on Titan season 4

The fourth and final season of the Attack on Titan anime television series, titled Attack on Titan: The Final Season, was produced by MAPPA, chief directed by Jun Shishido, and directed by Yuichiro Hayashi, replacing Tetsurō Araki and Masashi Koizuka, respectively. Scriptwriter Hiroshi Seko fully took over the series composition from Yasuko Kobayashi, and Tomohiro Kishi replaced Kyōji Asano as character designer due to the series switching production studios.[1] The season covers the "Marley" (chapters 91–106) and "War for Paradis" (chapters 107–139) arcs from the original manga by Hajime Isayama.

The season begins through a lens of war and introduces Gabi Braun and Falco Grice, young Eldian Warrior candidates seeking to inherit Reiner's Armored Titan four years after the failed mission to reclaim the Founding Titan. While Marley plans to invade Paradis to strengthen their weakening military and retrieve the Founding Titan, the Survey Corps lay an attack in their homeland. As Marley and the Paradis forces go to war in Marley and the Shiganshina District, both sides sustain a heavy death toll while Gabi and Falco are forced to confront their internal tensions about the supposed "devils" of Paradis. In the second part of the season, aware of the global anti-Eldian sentiment resulting from Marleyan propaganda, Eren Jaeger preemptively targets the world outside of Paradis with the Rumbling, unleashing millions of Colossal-like Wall Titans in a widespread effort to kill all life beyond the island. In the third and fourth parts of the season, the Alliance led by members of the Survey Corps and Warrior Unit head to Marley in order to stop Eren's Founding Titan and end the Rumbling.

The first part of the season aired on NHK General TV from December 7, 2020, to March 29, 2021, at 12:10 a.m. JST. In the United States, Adult Swim's Toonami programming block began airing then-Funimation's English dub on January 10, 2021, at 12:30 a.m. EST/PST.[2] In Southeast Asia, the subbed series was released on iQIYI.[3] A second part aired on NHK General TV from January 10 to April 4, 2022, at 12:05 a.m. JST.[4][5] The third and fourth parts initially aired as two television specials, both titled as The Final Chapters; the first special premiered on March 4, 2023, at 12:25 a.m. JST while the second special premiered on November 5, 2023, at midnight JST.[6][7][8] After the broadcast of the second special, an individual TV episode size version of both parts was distributed on multiple streaming services. Episodes 88–90 which compile the first special began streaming on November 5, 2023, while episodes 91–94 which compile the second special began streaming on November 19, 2023.

The score is directed by Masafumi Mima and composed by Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto.[1] For Part 1, the opening theme is "Boku no Sensō" (僕の戦争) performed by Shinsei Kamattechan, and the ending theme is "Shōgeki" (衝撃) performed by Yūko Andō.[9] For Part 2, the opening theme is "The Rumbling" performed by SiM, and the ending theme is "Akuma no Ko" (悪魔の子) performed by Ai Higuchi.[10] For the first half of The Final Chapters, the ending theme is "Under the Tree" performed by SiM.[11] For the second half of The Final Chapters, the ending theme is "To You 2,000... or... 20,000 Years From Now..." (二千年... 若しくは... 二万年後の君へ・・・) performed by Linked Horizon.[12] For the individual TV episode size version of parts 3 and 4, the opening theme is "Saigo no Kyojin" (最後の巨人) performed by Linked Horizon, while the ending theme is "Itterasshai" (いってらっしゃい) performed by Ai Higuchi.[13]

Episodes

Music

The soundtrack, composed by Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano, was released by Pony Canyon in three parts from June 23, 2021, to November 8, 2023. A compilation was released on July 17, 2024.

Home media release

External links

• at Crunchyroll
• (The Final Season)
• (The Final Season)