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Attack on Titan (or, "Shingeki no Kyojin") is a manga by Hajime Isayama and an anime by Production I.G and Wit Studio. It's a dystopian fantasy about people under attack by "Titans", gigantic humanoid creatures who devour humans for no apparent reason.

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Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人 Shingeki no Kyojin, lit. "Advancing Giants") is a manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The series began serialization in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on September 9, 2009. An anime adaptation produced by Wit Studio and Production I.G aired in Japan on MBS between April and September 2013. There have since been a number of other adaptations and side-stories.

The story tells Eren Yeager, his adoptive sister Mikasa, and their friend Armin, all of whom live within a country surrounded by three enormous concentric walls as a defense against Titans. They lived in peace for one hundred years, but everything changed when a Colossus Titan appeared and breached the outer wall.

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What's the song when the army returned defeated in episode 1 of Shingeki no Kyojin?

In episode 1 around 9:14, there's a song playing when the army returned from outside the wall defeated. What's the song title?
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Why couldn't Eren Yeager transform into a Titan in the last episode of season 2?

In the last episode of season 2, named "Scream", Eren Yeager was unable to transform into a Titan to save Hannes from the Smiling Titan. Why couldn't he transform? I don't really read the manga, although I do look at it from time to time. Has there…
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Who are the wall cultists?

In episode 14 of Attack of Titan season 1, there's a man in a white robe whom Eren calls him the wall cultist. Who is he?
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Why did Miche choose to run away when there were Titans remaining?

In episode 1 of Attack on Titan 2, Miche managed to use himself as bait and killed most of the titans. What is the point of running away knowing that Titans can sprint and could possibly catch up with his horse? And the presence of the abnormal…
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Why is Reiner Braun so nice and good to the members of the 104th training corps if...?

Why is Reiner Braun so nice and good to the members of the 104th training corps if... he's an enemy of humanity? Shouldn't he care less about them and let them die many times if he had the chance to?
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Which special feature does the attack titan have?

As far as I understand, there are 9 different types of Titan Power. One can harden his skin, other can become armored, other is a giant, other can gather other titans, etc. Which special power does the Attack Titan have?
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What is "the pose" Eren did in chapter 89?

Please do not spoil yourself the content of this masterpiece. In chapter 89, the first pages, Hanji says that Eren is doing "the pose"? What does she mean? Is that the same pose that Zeke (beast titan) does or what?
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What does Mikasa mean by "It's happening again" in the 2nd episode?

At the beginning of the 2nd episode after Eren and Mikasa are saved, the blond army guy pulls them forward, and Mikasa holds her head, has a flashback, and says "It's happening again". What does she mean by this?
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Attack on titan chapter 79: possible flaw?

In Shingeki No Kyojin's latest chapter (chapter 79), beast titan throws a stone like he is playing baseball. But the story takes place in a time when baseball wasn't even known. These are the pictures: Is this a flaw or a problem in the Japanese…
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Has the release date of Shingeki no Kyojin's second season been announced?

I've been hearing/reading a lot of news about a second season of Shingeki no Kyojin since 2014. All the sites said that the release date would be in the end of 2015 or the first months of 2016. We're in 2016 and there's still no season 2. Is there…
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Are there more Titan Shifters unknown as of now?

These two pictures are taken from Attack on Titan Chapter 77: In the first picture, the Beast Titan says: '...the coordinate from here'. Does this mean there are other colonies with people like those from the Reiss family who can control…
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Are Levi and Mikasa siblings?

Are Levi and Mikasa siblings? I've heard Levi being called as Levi Ackerman, which in Mikasa's backstory, you discover that her last name is Ackerman as well, although no recognition passes between them, and you never see them together as children.
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Why did Eren have a flashback about titans in episode 1?

For those who have finished Attack on Titan season one: If you take all that you know into account and rewatch the first episode up to the the first 3 minutes, you will see that Eren was dreaming about the titans before he had ever met one. Do you…
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Why did Historia's mother hate and reject her?

Other than her being a bastard child, was any reason given as to why Historia's mother hated her and disowned her?
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What is the origin of the names of the walls?

Attack on Titan has lots of Germanic features such as the music and wall names. In the case of the walls: "Rose" was the East Germany's secret codename plan to build the Berlin Wall. Where does the other wall names Sina and Maria come from? Are…
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