What's up guys Foxen here! Today let's talk about the real reason why Attack
on Titan had only 12 episodes. Been meaning to make a video about this for a
while. So why exactly did Attack on Titan season 2 only have half of what season 1
had? I could already see you typing, what the hell Foxen! It was because of all
the animators making such low wages in Japan. They couldn't afford to or find
animators to make more episodes. About that, as soon as I started seeing that
spreading around I could smell the BS. Let me first mention this. For a lot of
people this might be your first time hearing about this. There actually
really is a huge problem about the way that animators get paid in Japan. Just to
get a rough idea when Attack on Titan season 2 first came out we got this
tweet poster from Ken who's a working animator in Japan. The tweet mentioned
how this guy only made one hundred twenty eight thousand yen per month as
an animator. That's only about $1,140! Yeah that is freaking low and
definitely not a living wage especially in Tokyo! I mean if you're in the U.S.
you can make a lot more per month just working at minimum wage, but anyway this
tweet is what largely spread the story around that this was the reason that
Attack on Titan only had 12 episodes. Keep in mind that this was after a four
year wait. This by itself already sounds pretty fishy. Of course I'm not
going to downplay the animator wage issue at all and I do hope that I could
make a full video on that later, but really this is not the reason that
Attack on Titan season 2 got a shorter season.
Unfortunately this wage issue has been an ongoing issue in Japan for the
last 50 years, but back to Attack on Titan in season 2. I actually did have my
own theories about this before but thankfully they released a season 3
teaser trailer. This made thing is really clear. Notably this trailer does include
a couple shots from the manga but more importantly a few covers of theAattack
on Titan manga volumes. I did think this was kind of spoilery but hey they
thought it was best to include this stuff in the teaser trailer. Anyway what
you should take note of is the final picture. This one was the one that I
thought was more spoiler but in reality this is actually the freakin cover for
Attack on Titan vol 22. There'd be no reason to show all this stuff in the
teaser trailer for Attack on Titan season 3 if they
weren't important. Season three is definitely going to cover up to volume 22. This
would mean that season 3 would be as long as season 1, either 24 or 25
episodes. I do have to admit that is a lot to cover in that time frame. The next
Arc is Uprising Arc which is 20 chapters. The Arc after that is 21 chapters. In
total 41 chapters. Again I've already seen people wondering or typing how are
they going to squeeze both of these arcs in 24, 25, or maybe 26 episodes. Let's go
ahead and compare this to the last two seasons. Attack on Titan season one
covered 33 chapters and also a little bit of chapter 34. As for Attack on Titan
season 2 that covered 17 chapters plus part of chapter 89 which was Ymir's
flashback, so if we take a step back 41 chapters is starting to look like a
lot. There are a few things to keep in mind though. Attack on Titan season 1
included a lot of anime only content, you might call this filler. They especially
added a lot to the final Annie fight just to make it more epic. Attack on titan
season 2 also did something similar. A good example is the Hannes flashback
where they made a single page in the manga a four-minute flashback, and there
also was Ymir's backstory that was covered so in season 3 they don't have
to cover that again. Even if you forget all of this let's look at the numbers.
Season 2 covered about 18 chapters, double that and you have 36 chapters in
24 episodes. Add one or two more episodes and you're about there. The final thing
I'll quickly mention, without any spoilers, the second arc after uprising
has this huge battle with almost no flashbacks. This battle goes on and on
for 10 chapters. They're going to easily be able to cover a lot of these action
scenes on a lot less time. But anyway what this all means is Attack
on Titan season 3 is guaranteed to be 24 25 maybe 26 episodes. Either way this is
super freakin awesome! Screw Justice League, Avengers 3 I'm most
looking forward to seeing this animated in 2018! If you need any more convincing
just look at the Beast Titan reveal at the end of season 2. This shot did not
happen in the manga until at the end of the Uprising Arc.
There really would be no reason to show him if season three was only going to
cover one arc. So back to the original question, why was Attack on titan season
two only twelve episodes? The real reason was that they were already planning
to make season 3 covered the next two arcs in 2018. But you also might be
wondering what did they only do twelve episodes this year after four years? The
reason comes from what's covered in the next arc. The uprising Arc has this huge
shift in the story for Attack on Titan. It really would not have been a good
spot to end on. I'm sure you've already seen a bunch of people complaining about
Attack on Titan season two. Trust me, if season to end it on the uprising arc
there would have been a ton more of that, but hey that's just a theory!
Oops wrong channel! Anyway let me know your thoughts on Attack on titan season
3. Maybe you disagree, do you think they should have done 24 episodes this year?
And also what do you most want to see from Attack on titan season 3? I'm
definitely ready to see some Levi action! Olease be sure give this a colossal
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am working on a few different Attack on titan videos. If you got any ideas i
definitely want to hear them! Check out the badass Levi and Mikasa I'll see you
guys later