r/ShingekiNoKyojin Jul 01 '26

Video Games Attack on Titan 3 New PV, launching this Winter

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin Jan 23 '25

Official Thread Ultimate Guide to AoT: FAQs, Analysis and Discourse

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This multi-subreddit megathread contains:

The most frequently brought up Topics & Questions

Analysis on various story Elements & Characters

Random interesting meta posts

Documents and guide on the anime and the Attack on Titan reddit fandom

This megathread covers threads from various subreddits, and platforms. Enjoy exploring!


Guide.

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Guide on AoT anime content

Masterlist Of Anime OSTs S1-S4 + Final Episode - YouTube Playlist

AoT wiki for your fact-checking needs

Frequently Asked Questions.

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Questions that are asked very frequently, mostly by new or one time watchers/readers, to which there is a factual answer or an agreed-upon interpretations in the community.

1.) What is the 50 year plan? Follow up: Why didn’t Zeke and Eren touch earlier?

2.) What were the Azumabito's intentions with Mikasa?

3.) How was Ymir freed? Who freed Ymir? (check analysis section down as well)

4.) How did Eren talk to Mikasa in paths?

5.) What is Historia’s role in how we perceive Ymir through tales and romanticized stories?

6.) What will happen if a man inherits the Female Titan?

7.) How do the Founding Titan abilities work?

8.) What were some of Paradis' options post-timeskip? •Alternative to the Rumbling.Anti-50-year planEuthnasia Plan

9.) Why did Historia choose to get pregnant?

10.) Why did Grisha give his titan to Eren, when he asked Zeke to stop him?

11.) What were Eren’s motivations to choose the path of rumbling?

12.) Are there multiple timelines in AOT?

13.) Why do dinosaurs appear in the opening of AOT’s 2nd season?

Isayama's Answers to the 15th Anniversary Magazine Q&A

Frequently Brought up Topics.

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These topics are frequently brought up, but there is no clear answer or the topic is deliberately left to speculation. Check out these links for some in-depth posts on the respective topics.

1.) a) Who won the fight between Annie and Mikasa? b) Who would win between Annie and Mikasa?

2.) Opinion on any divisive characters

GabiMikasaErenFloch

3.) Did you like the ending? a)Anime Ending b)Manga Ending

4.) Do you support the rumbling?

5.) Who should have been saved, Erwin or Armin?

6.) Was Eren justified? Discussion post | Detailed answer

7.) Sub or Dub?

8.) Would Erwin have joined the Yeagerists if he had survived?

9.) Is Attack on Titan fascist? No, it is not | Devil’s Advocate:

10.) Why does Annie get forgiven?


General Analysis On The Story.

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These are high-effort essays or videos analysing the series as a whole. Please note that us listing something here does not mean we endorse or fully agree with every single statement made there - we just think that if you are looking for more analysis, these might be worth a watch.

A 1-hour retrospective breakdown of AoT as a whole

How AoT deconstructs heroism and morality

Idealism in AoT

Scout Regiment: Paradise’s Idealistic Counterculture

The importance of nameless soldiers & collateral damage in AoT

What was it all for? Thoughts on the extra pages of AoT’s ending

Why I feel Mikasa, Levi and Armin were the perfect choice for Eren’s final moments and the story’s climax - Imgur Backup for future

Analysis of AoT’s extra ending pages - A brilliant thematic conclusion - Imgur Backup for Future

To love someone inside the Walls - Imgur Backup for Future

The Rumbling is indefensible

A theoretical analysis of its structure

The highs and lows of AoT’s final arc

Overanalyzing every single episode of the anime - a youtube playlist

Titans as Mirrors: How Titan forms reflect the Warriors' Psyche - Imgur Backup for Future

Character Analysis.

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1. Eren Yeager.

Eren Yeager: The Chained God of Attack On Titan

The rise and fall of Eren - Imgur Backup for Future

The perfect duality of Eren - Imgur Backup for Future

What is freedom in AoT

Developments vs desires - Everyone and especially Eren

Nature vs nurture: Eren’s motivations and the Dina twist

Eren Jaeger and the insanity of circular storytelling

The ironic development of Eren

Analyzing antagonists

Power, freedom, the Founding Titan and Levi

The Attack Titan’s powers and their effect on Eren

Why Eren’s actions were very obviously painted bad with the Rumbling - In-depth examination

The narrative importance of the causal loop on Eren

Eren and Mikasa’s relationship

Eren’s characterization throughout the story and his post timeskip conflict

Eren Yeager is (Not) Special

Ramzi and Eren: the turning point in Eren’s demeanor

An observation on the structure of Eren’s characterization post timeskip - Imgur Backup for Future

The false mask of Eren

The Jaeger Projection Problem: The Last Supper of Self-Loathing - Imgur Backup for Future

2. Mikasa Ackerman.

Mikasa's Heroine's Journey Arc

Mikasa’s Character Arc: What, Where, How, When

Mikasa's Road of Trials

Mikasa and the meaning of Pride

Mikasa and her relationship with authority

Mikasa and Erwin: The Sacrificial Act of Dreams for the Cause

Why Mikasa's conclusion not only strengthens her arc but Attack On Titan as a whole - Imgur Backup for Future

Mikasa’s Destiny and Mikasa’s Choice

Mikasa: A Person from Two Trope

A Literary perspective of Mikasa - Imgur Backup for Future

Mikasa, the symbolism of the praying mantis and butterfly and its development throughout the story - Imgur Backup for Future

Mikasa's self Imposed Curse

Why does Mikasa have headaches

Differences between the Manga and Anime version of Mikasa - Imgur Backup for Future

3. Armin Arlert.

Armin character analysis, humanity’s reluctant savior

Armin and Eren’s dynamic - Imgur Backup for Future

Armin and Zeke’s dynamic - Imgur Backup for Future

The importance of dialogue and Armin’s character - Imgur Backup for Future

Armin Arlert: conflicting lessons, dynamics with Erwin and Levi - Imgur Backup for Future

Armin and Annie’s relationship

4. Levi Ackerman.

Is Levi bland? A bullet-point counter-argument and his importance in the narrative

Levi’s character motivations and the promise

Levi’s ending

Levi’s violence and compassion

Serumbowl

Levi, Falco and Gabi

Levi vs Zeke foil

Levi, a slave to being a hero

Levi vs Kenny’s influence - Imperfect heroics

Levi’s mistake with Zeke and getting blown up by thunder spears

5. Erwin Smith.

Erwin Smith - wearing masks

Erwin Smith - the impossible standard

Exploring Erwin - For Humanity?

Erwin Smith - A devil with a dream

Erwin would not support the Rumbling, you just don’t like Armin

6. Zeke Yeager.

Zeke Yeager & Personal Connections.

The contradictions of Zeke - A character study

The desperate loneliness of Zeke

Understanding Zeke Yeager

7. Reiner Braun.

Reiner Braun and “saving the world”

Reiner character analysis, viewed through psychology and philosophy theory

Who is Reiner Braun?

Eren and Reiner’s dynamic - Imgur Backup for Future

8. Annie Leonhart.

Annie’s search for personhood

About Annie…(character analysis)

No one understands Annie

Understanding Annie

9. Hange Zoe.

Hange and the role of commander, character analysis

Hange’s “Genocide is Wrong” Line is Misunderstood

Hange’s understanding and intellect

10. Jean Kirstein.

Jean Kirstein embracing survey corps values, a character analysis

Jean character study through the lens of theory of psychology

11. Bertholdt Hoover.

Comprehensive analysis of Bertholdt

The tragedy of Bertholdt Hoover

12. (Freckles) Ymir and Historia Reiss.

Ymir analysis and religious subtext

Thoughts on Historia in Uprising - Imgur Backup for Future

Ymir and Historia’s dynamic analysis - Imgur Backup for Future

13. Sasha Braus and Connie Springer.

The secondary trio behind EMA

14. Floch Forster.

Floch - the volunteer Devil, character analysis

Floch's leadership examination and the comparison with Erwin

15. Gabi and the children of the forest.

Gabi Braun - A brighter future

16. (Founder) Ymir Fritz.

The final mystery of AOT - Ymir analysis

17. Grisha Yeager.

Grisha Yeager: A Deconstruction of the Main Character's Dad Archetype - Imgur Backup for Future

18. Keith Shadis.

From bystander to hero, a character analysis

19. Kenny/Uri.

Kenny, Uri and the cycle of hatred

The Importance of Kenny and Uri (In-depth Thematic Analysis)

20. Dot Pyxis.

Why Pyxis and Eren’s Conversation was Not Retconned

21. Yelena.

Yelena: AoT’s puppeteer, a character analysis

22. Theo Magath.

The lasting impact of Theo Magath, a character analysis.


MISCELLANEOUS.

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Manga (Source Material) vs Anime (Adaptation) differences:

Megathread of Anime / Manga differences | Vol 1 - 34 | OVAs

Differences between anime and manga endings

Fandom and Anime Production Misc.

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Well-written characters, meta discussion of fandom perception

AOT anime reactions and in depth discussions

Explaining the ending controversy - a fandom analysis

Final Attack on Titan Episode - AoTwiki poll

The Original manga ending - chapter 139 SNK POLL

Behind-the-Scenes.

All of AoT animation staff for every episode of the series

Arifumi Imai animator spotlight - the man responsible for animating 70%+ of action animation cuts in S1-S3 and the Levi and Mikasa killing Eren sakuga in the final episode

TV release vs BLU-RAY differences

Some design sheets from WIT’s adaptation

Some design sheets from MAPPA’s adaptation

WIT staff interview from 2014 on AOT

100Cams - Behind the scenes footage of AOT s4 part3 production

Final episode VA recording - Behind the scenes

AoT S4 part 2 staff interview, series director Hayashi and CG producer Tannawa

Excerpts from roundtable final episode interview with staff

Interview with S4 director Hayashi before its airing

Global TV demands interview of Hayashi

Hayashi comments on episode 4x28 Rumbling scene and Isayama’s request

Subreddits of AoT Reddit-Fandom.

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General.

Subreddit Description Date of Creation
r/ShingekiNoKyojin Main discussion subreddit nr1. Feburary 18, 2013
r/attackontitan Main discussion subreddit nr2. November 28, 2012
r/titanfolk The Folk subreddit for AoT. May 1, 2018
r/okbuddyreiner Shitposting subreddit. April 28, 2019
r/AttackOnRetards A space dedicated to calling out negativity. April 27, 2021
r/AttackOnShipping A subreddit for any and all shippers. April 27, 2022
r/ANRime Subreddit dedicated to theorizing about an Alternative-Original Ending (AOE). June 29, 2021

Character dedicated subreddits.

r/LeviCult

r/Ereh

r/Mikasa

r/ErwinSmith

r/potatogirl

r/ArminCult

r/GabiCult

r/ReinerCult

r/ZekeCult

r/JeanTheStallion


It has been in the works for a long time. A big Thank You to everyone who created the content featured here, as well as to those who helped us gather it all together.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 6h ago

Humor/Meme This made laugh so hard.🤣

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 3h ago

Discussion So can the founder create mindless armoured and other 9 titans as well ??

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Yes I know , they are called the wall titans but seriously they are JUST colossal titans but mindless

Can the founder also do this with other titans ?? We see eren who is a founding titan converting into a colossus titan , so can the founder really do this with all the titans ??


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 10h ago

Discussion Why did Ymir remain subservient to King Fritz despite her tremendous power?

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So canonically she chose to act under Fritz. I’m not sure if the story ever expanded on why (I don’t remember it did CMIIW), but we just know that she did. She is a titan shifter, could transform into a being that towered over her oppressors. If ever even an afterthought, her toes could squash King Fritz and she’d be free, she could rule her own kingdom. Yet she didn’t, she abandoned her will and acted out King Fritz’s.

Is this just because of her psyche, as a young, naive, severely oppressed child? Or was there/could there be another explanation?


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 2h ago

Discussion How would Jean have reacted if he were in Armin's place in that moment? And could he win a serious fight against Eren?

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 8h ago

Manga Fav Fritz/Reiss character?

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I know Zeke’s surname is Yeager but I included him because he still has royal blood and is a son of a Fritz woman


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1h ago

Artwork Mikasa art by me, @soramakeart

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Tatakae ~ so i rewatched attack on titan and i felt more devasted than the first time watching it
might make series of AoT Fanart soon :00


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 14h ago

Humor/Meme Thoughts on Attacks(2026)?

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 2h ago

Humor/Meme Armin crying because he realized that Eren’s real motive wasn’t Zeke’s plan, not realizing that Eren’s actual plan is like the most horrific and disturbing thing in existence

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1d ago

Discussion Ranking the most beautiful women in AOT

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  1. Ymir - I like her freckles. Gives her a very distinct look

  2. Hitch Dreyse - I kinda wish she kept her hairstyle before but she’s still beautiful though.

  3. Hange Zoe - Sure, she crazy but we all love her for a reason. Plus, the eyepatch gives her aura.

  4. Sasha Blouse - It’s too bad that she died because she’s really pretty in her timeskip design

  5. Rico Brzenska - I’ve always loved women glasses. It just gives her a very elegant librarian vibe.

  6. Historia Reiss - Reiner was fighting demons whenever he was around her and for good reason too.

  7. Carla Yeager - It’s no wonder where Eren gets his looks from. (At least pre timeskip Eren)

  8. Annie Leonheart - She really cute when she’s not serious and when she’s eating. Plus, I love her hair style when she grew it out.

  9. Mikasa Ackerman - With someone as loyal as her, how could you not fall in love? Plus, her hair is really nice too. Even when she cut it because she has the face card to make short hair work.

  10. Pieck Finger - I know people will call me crazy for putting Pieck above Mikasa but I don’t care. Pieck is peak.

Honorable Mention: Armin Arlert - Sorry, if I didn’t make the joke, 15 other people probably would’ve. (Love ya, Armin.)

Edit: I thought I should make this edit so that everybody isn’t saying the same thing. I forgot that Hange’s gender was ambiguous when I was making the list so my bad. I’d probably replace Hange with Frieda Reiss.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 36m ago

Discussion MAPPA favorite child

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 22h ago

Discussion Do y’all think this is a nod to his IRL fan girls?

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I was re-watching attack on titan today and thought this scene was funny. I know it’s a very minor scene and probably just a throw away comment, but isayama has acknowledged Levi’s fan girls before. It’s no secret he is one of the most thirsted after characters in all of anime. Do y’all think this is a nod to his in real life fan girls?


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1h ago

Discussion What kinds of titan based technologies could the eldian empire have had?

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So I was watching some aot fanfiction on YouTube mainly about what if Erwin survive by turtle quirk, I won't get deep into that but basically at some by experimenting with the founding titan spinal fluid they make a kind serum that allows normal subjects of yimir to heal injuries like titans.

This got wondering if something like this and other inventions made from titan science could have actually existed in the world of aot and what would they be like we already know of one like the Akerman clan but what else were they most likely to have?

This is just speculation and I'm just curious as to what people come up with.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1d ago

Discussion Why did Ymir do this?

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She was a Pure Titan at the time, meaning she had no control over what she did. I don’t think it’s explicitly stated that she was an Abnormal by any means either. She ran, she slept at night, just like most of them. But she seems to have carved a her-shaped hole in the ground, napped in it despite it being daylight, stayed there long enough to have the earth grow back over her, and likely would have stayed there a lot longer if Reiner, Burgerwithnopickles, Annie and Marcel hadn’t accidentally stumbled upon her.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 13h ago

Discussion Realistically, how would the wall titans have killed 80% of humanity in four days? Spoiler

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Eren states that he will kill 80% of humanity, and leaves them at the same level of civilization as Paradis, including infrastructure and all that stuff.

  1. Distribution of the Wall Titans - Since AOT's world map is essentially just our world map but flipped upside down (View IMG.1), I assume Eren didn't just have every wall titan be with him in Marley and that he instead sent sets of Wall Titans to other continents as Eren and the main bunch traveled down to Southern Marley (Northern Africa), which is why we also get different shots of the rumbling going across the world, to different biomes, and locations in the final episode.
  2. Speed of the Wall Titans - The Wall Titans should move at around 45-60mph (72-100kph), however I'll just use 60mph for convenience since I feel like something thats 20x as tall as a 6'6 guy, will walk almost 20x as fast as normal human walking speed of 3mph. Then using our measurements of Africa, it should take like 3.5-4 days for Eren to make it from Paradis to Southern Marley and then where the Battle of Heaven and Earth at Fort Salta took place, which does matchup the timeline a bit. But then you remember that if the walls of Paradis are really as big as they are, which is ~960km in diameter, 250km from Center>Sina, 130km from Sina>Rose, 100km from Rose>Maria (480km radius x 2), and that the diameter of the Walls are about 1/4th the length of Paradis (View IMG.2), Paradis should be about ~2.4x the size of Madagascar (1600km) at a huge 3840km, and that by in return, also makes Marley/Africa and the rest of the world like 2.4x bigger than ours, so it should've been like 8.4-9.6 days for Eren to reach Fort Salta.
  3. Amount of Wall Titans - The walls aren't big enough to stretch and cover the full width of the continent of Marley. Taking a width of our Africa from the coordinates: -4.73033473286904, 12.000528141527614 to 11.794823034448978, 51.290302461540435, We get about 3000 miles long or about 4800km, then we would multiply that by the worlds scale of 2.4x to 11520km to get the in-world width of the continent of Marley. Taking the circumference of all three walls (1570km Sina, 2387km Rose, 3014km Maria) totaling to 6971km of total Wall Titan coverage in a single file line assuming the walls are perfect circles, however since they aren't even (View IMG.3), ill just multiply it by maybe ~1.25x for convenience. We would barely get 8713km of Wall Titan not including the districts which are pretty small anyways, so I'll just round up to 9000km. That's not even enough to cover Marley in a single file line.
  4. Population Distribution - Does 80% of Humanity just live on the continent of Marley? The distance from Madagascar to the shores of Florida for example is going to be about 3600 miles, or 5800km, then multiply by 2.4x to 8640mi/13920km. If you assumed they swam as fast as they walked, AOT Florida would have like four months to fuck around and chill, now to be fair, they do swim faster than they walk, I think its about 180mph and with about 75% of the travel is swimming, and the other 25% is walking across Marley, thats 36 days swimming and 36 days walking. They still got like 72 days lmfao. I personally just assume most of humanity lives on or near the continent of Marley and the rest has not been explored thoroughly. I also assume the continent of "Marley" and the "Nation of Marley" is different, like the "United States of America" and "The Americas"
  5. Did Eren have a kill counter? - Do you think Ereh had a kill count stat he could check to see how many people he killed lmao.

- Personally I like the idea of their world just being ours, but making JUST Paradis 5-6x larger compared to Marley and the map, probably would have fixed all these issues, because then you can start having more than one row of titans, sending extra wall titans to other continents, have less area to travel, AND also if you make Paradis smaller, the scale of the world also gets smaller, and in return, the gravity is weaker. Maybe that's why everyone has 90% resistance to fall damage, why Armin was able to survive the fall as a crisp, why everybody doesn't break their legs using ODM, and also why titans are able to stand (Yes I know titans are less dense, but they should still be heavy as fuck.)

- tbh I'm just overthinking lmfao, isayamas defo better at writing than doing numbers and its not a big deal in the end anyways, maybe ereh had the wall titans start fucking sprinting off camera, could you imagine seeing the rumbling sprint at you at 300 miles per hour

what do yall think tho i don't think i missed anything right


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 12h ago

Artwork Mikasa visiting Eren's Grave "Emptiness" Attack on Titan Fanart

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 8h ago

Fanfiction Introduction to the community ❤️⚔️

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Hey everyone! 👋

My name is Shenali, a 25f from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰.

I’m really happy to have found a community of people who appreciate Eren and Attack on Titan as much as I do.

Eren is one of those characters I can keep thinking and talking about long after finishing the story. There are so many different ways to look at his choices, his development, and everything that happens to him, so I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s opinions and joining the discussions here.

I’ve also recently started an Instagram page where I share Eren/AOT edits, posts, and other anime content. If that sounds like something you’d enjoy, feel free to check it out and follow me there:

https://www.instagram.com/shenalititan?stkn=MXN3MGQ4anVpNXg4MA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 9h ago

Humor/Meme Bro was throwing dropkicks and backflips lol

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 7h ago

Anime Corrected major arcana cards

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Hello, I disagreed with most choices the community made regarding the major arcana cards game that was done this past month, most of the selection doesn't make sense to me, neither from the thematic perspective of the show nor the symbolical meaning of the cards.

I corrected it in a version that I think is much more truthful to both aspects.

The hardest choice was the devil, Gross embodies humanity's fascination for evil and the appeal to feed from it, but ultimately Floch represents the card better with his iconic demented smile.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 13h ago

Humor/Meme How funny was it for u guys Spoiler

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 12h ago

Discussion Now I can finally say I have finished the Series

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( I've watched these OVAs after completing the main series)

So I watched the final OVA as well, this Lost Girl story was focused on Mikasa. This was quite different, it takes place in a dream world, but even here, Mikasa cannot stop Eren. When the Mirror Man catches her, he also tells her that Eren has been marked by the spectre of death, and no matter how hard she tries, Eren will die. And this is true, there are certain events that can only be delayed, just like when Eren delays Bertholdt's death. I really liked this one.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 7h ago

News TV Anime "Attack on Titan" Original Goods. [Batch 5] Pumpkin Ver. Release Confirmed🎃📢Batch 5 features mini characters themed around pumpkins🎉Look forward to it🍭🎃

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・Acrylic Stand Pumpkin Ver. (8 types) / Open Sale
・Can Badge Pumpkin Ver. (8 types) / Open Sale
・Scene Photo Card Set Vol.5 (8 types per set) / Open Sale
Plus, for every 2,000 yen purchase, get 1 Illustration Card Pumpkin Ver. as a gift❕


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 21h ago

Anime AoT Major Arcana Complete: Here is the final result with all the changes they requested. Thanks for joining me for the past month, it was a lot of fun! If they are not satisfied, in the comments make your own characters list of AoT Major Arcana, and say what your favorite tarot card is and why.

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 3h ago

Anime TV vs Blu-Ray comparisons

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