Why did attack on Titan season 4 change Studios for the final attack on
Titan season? So what's up guys Foxen here hope you're doing well! I'm still on
a very much wonderful high from the recent attack on Titan season 4
trailer freaking finally but I do want to address the attack on titan studio
change topic. Why is WIT studio no longer making it? Will this not have a
god tier soundtrack? what in the Titan world is pre animated? I will give you my
own thoughts about the situation but it's not my own knowledge about anime
production on top of this being super familiar with what's been going on with
Attack onTitan over at wit studio. This will hopefully answer a lot of the
questions I've seen from you and clear up any confusion so colossal smash that
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Titan and anime needs discount available for Foxen fans. First off why the
studio change? This will be my speculation on series of events. Keep in
mind the people at the wit studio actually gave their blessing for this
final attack on Titan season. That's over there on the official website this plus
some of the stuff I'm about to get into does suggest this was a mutual
agreement between wit studio and the production committee. Let me explain what
I mean. Some of you may have heard about this that the wit studio has infamously
been known to have so many problems with the production of every attack on Titan
season. There has been some speculation about whether attack on Titan season
3 was split due to the network or perhaps it was actually WIT studio
trying to do more than they could handle.
WIT studio itself is a small studio. From an article back in 2016 at Sakura
con they mention they had 34 employees which
means they don't have a lot of staff. A good chunk of the Attack on Titan
season episodes have been out sourced. I'm personally pretty familiar with the
art stunts you you definitely know their work from Attack on Titan season 3 the
Marley stuff from the basement reveal. Taking a step back a huge confusion
about anime studios is that they get to decide that they have every say about
the anime they make. Oh this anime was only 13 episodes? The anime studio only
wanted a short season. No season two or no sequel? The anime studio just didn't
want to they don't feel like it. Why does this anime have so many fillers? The
studio must love fillers or stretching it out. Actually in reality is pretty much
at the complete opposite situation. Studios rarely other ones that get to decide
just to give you a rough overview how anime is produced starts with the
production committee. The production committee is made of different players
or companies these are the guys that put money down for this new anime project
they're also the ones that get to benefit or potentially lose money. A good
example would be a toy company putting down funds they may be interested in a
super long-running morning anime like Pokemon. Now where does the anime studio
come in? You should notice how the actual anime studio is rarely a part of the
production committee. WIT studio has actually never been part of their own
production committee for attack on Titan. In short WIT studio is best as seen as
only a contractor they're hired and get paid X amount to make this anime. It'd be
similar like if you hired as contractor to fix up your kitchen or hire someone
to build your PC and yes I'm sure he could think of better examples but at
the end of the day what do you do with your kitchen or your computer is up to
you the owner not this person you hired. What this boils down is that it doesn't
matter how successful attack on Titan has been and globally. WIT Studio
doesn't directly ever get to see any of those profits which brings the next
thing I know you're wondering why aren't they?
Unfortunately it boils down to money money makes the world go round.
anime Studios really just don't have the funds to take a seat with the big boys
which yes it is a crappy situation but unfortunately that is the harsh reality
for majority of anime production. I will point out a handful of studios that
actually are under production committees animate Studios like Ufotable, Kyoto
animation, trigger studio. at the end of the day what studio wasn't in the
production committee for their own anime series which meant they made
very little from attack on Titan. I would even speculate or wouldn't be
surprised that it potentially cost them more to make an attack on Titan season
than what they were making partly due to production issues. there are in fact
anime studios here in Japan that exist to handle sudden unexpected work of
course as rush delivery always comes at a premium. on the flip side I will
mention it's not on that horrible situation for WIT studio after all
attack on Titan from season 1 was really what put their studio on the map. you can
be sure that at least partially helped them to get future projects like Vinland
saga and later to get outside funds for their own attack on Titan clone
Kabanari. their original anime would allow them to keep a good chunk of the
profit. I would almost bet that they've got
more profit directly from the Kabanari movie instead of attack on Titan season
three. Which by the way I'm not bashing Kabanari it actually is an anime I enjoy.
Now getting into mappa studio for anime studios they actually have anime
productions lined up two to three years down the line even have bigger studios
like bone Studios or madhouse that could have projects line that for four
to five years. either way you have a work scheduled down the line. looking at mappa
studio this was actually a studio made by a founder and former producer of madhouse
how appropriate. this means the whole changeover to mappa was not
something that suddenly came about it was not something that was decided on
when attack on Titan season three ended. Looking back at attack on Titan
season three the uprising arc that started airing summer 2018 if you recall
Funimation at the time had a previous wrong date that attack on Titan season
three was supposedly being released in spring season I'm thinking perhaps they
aren't wrong at least not wrong at the time but it was instead info that the
wit studio told him or someone related but then due to issues over at WIT
studio attack on Titan season three had to be quietly delaying or moved over to
summer season instead 2018 seems to be around the right length of time. the
production committee should have been aware of all of the wit studio
production issues throughout every attack on titan season. after trying to
make Attack on titan in season three that should have been a very similar
story hence forcing them to split season three into Part one and Part two. either
during the attack on Titan uprising arc or perhaps before they should have been
having the initial talks at least to start getting this change of studio
going. attack on Titan season four should be at least two cours potentially 30-ish
episodes depending on when attack on Titan and finally ends. the production
committee and then WIT studio probably saw that and decided mutually to bow out.
this means what studio back in 2018 or at the very least in early 2019
they already knew they were gonna hand over this project cuz really you don't
want to hand over an anime project last minute. otherwise you get this horrible
mess similar to seven deadly sins season 3. next up let me actually get into
something that's been circling about this trailer the claim that this was pre
animated let me clear up the confusion about this. this pre animation or
advanced animation has been confirmed via Twitter
Funny how so much info comes from tweets
but what does this mean? so before an anime actually comes down you want to
hit this audience with something big in your initial trailer hopefully the first
one. the anime studied will naturally include some scenes from there early
episodes episodes they got done or mostly done but what if you wanted to
include something huge something that takes place in episode 10 or 11 in other
words episodes that have the whole animation or work done yet? this is where
those very specific scenes will get higher priority for the trailer this
does not mean the whole episode got rushed owning those specific cuts. keep
in mind this pre animated or advanced animation is not at all unusual in fact
it's actually a pretty common practice but Attack on Titan is definitely no
stranger to this. it wasn't for a trailer but recall that weird ending for attack
on titan season 3. they later confirm the specific scene was rushed or pre
animated. even with the attack on in season 3 trailer there were further
changes and improvements made for the final episodes I actually had videos
covering these changes which means you can expect some of these scenes to look
better for the given episodes or with more context and to be for a good chunk
of this actual initial trailer was pure stills once again oversimplifying this
whole process but hopefully this should give you a good idea.
next up the voice actors let me just reassure you you don't need to worry
they actually already confirmed the original attack on titan cast coming
back. even with the change of studios it is actually expected for voice actors to
stay the same the opposite situation with replacing voice actors is much much
rarer. I mean you still have Goku being voiced by a Japanese grandma.
next up the composer for attack on Titan season 4 why is there no God tier music? I
can see the confusion about this. The new Attack on Titan season 4 trailer has
Kohta Yamamoto listed twice. naturally people are worried that no Sawano
Hiroyuki for the final season and I'll be honest I don't know why perhaps it's
just a preference but Kohta yamamoto's name is written in English but don't
worry you could breathe the easy like me Sawano Hiroyuki is actually listed as
a composer it'll be both of them two guys working on the soundtrack thank the
Titan gods so yes the music you heard in a trailer wasn't by Sawano but he is
on board. on top of this this does confirm potentially they could use some
of the previous attack on Titan soundtracks or more than likely I
could see someone making updated versions if needed, going back to the
change in studio unfortunately one of the things that may be lost with
Attack on Titan season 4 won't be the god tier soundtrack but perhaps some God tier
animation I'm referring to the work from Arifumi Amai that name should
sound familiar. most recently the Levi's chase scene and
Levi's making some beast Titan stakes those were done by him. really Arufimi
has been such an essential part of the attack on Titan anime especially Levi I
do feel this final-season and would be lacking something without him especially
for any upcoming Levi's scene. on the bright side I will point out that Arifumi
is a freelancer so hopefully hopefully Mappa is already in talks with
him. then for the attack on a season 4 opening of course everyone including me
once linked horizon to come back and definitely let me know do you want to
see them back or do you want someone new? keep in mind season 3 has already set a
precedent for a change and don't get me wrong I freaking love the attack on
during season one and season two openings but the season 3 one by them
I hardly recall it. either way I do hope they return in some fashion at the same
time I don't think it'll be the end of the world if they don't. attack on Titan
season 3 we'll have two openings maybe three so they got plenty of chances.
whatever the opening situation will be expect that to be revealed with the
second trailer. next up getting into some of the issues regarding how characters
look or the change in design. I tweeted earlier about this how anime fans had
issues with the attack on Titan season two major improvements despite the
attack on Titan anime being at its peak there. people again complain about
changes going into attack on Titan season 3 and even more complaints with
part two. keep in mind this was all within WIT studio.
even if wit studio had remained on board you sure as hell people would be
bitching about the changes they made in fact I could even imagine more
complaints than there are right now that might have even included me. for Mappa
studio they really were in this tough situation really due to the time skip it
just means every single one of your favourite attack on Titan character will
look different now. somehow Levi was included in that again I've seen some
anime fans putting the blame on the anime studio but this stuff is directly
from the manga if you have any issues with
the looks completely fair just go scream over Isayama. this does go back to
that pre animation or advanced animation for the trailer discussion.
I do need a stress out how it's not completely fair to judge a single frame
that looks weird when it appears for a split second or a few seconds at most
cuz if you really want to have that discussion let's go back to attack on
Titan season 3 you'll find a ton of funny looking stuff there.
funny stuff that did not get fixed in the blu-ray which actually is a plus
for Mappa studio here. Mappa studio does tend to fix or improve things on the
blu-ray release a good example is our track record from past anime and like
Dororo and don't get me wrong you know me when the season four anime comes out and
if something looks weird or off on a given episode I'll be among the first
ones to call it out on my episode reviews. I would also kindly ask you that
if you're thinking about seven deadly sins, Tokyo ghoul or one punch man season
two just throw that away. because really those are among the top worst anime
adapted examples in anime history. even if somehow mappa Studios screws of the
Titan pooch on this I think it's safe to say it's not gonna be anywhere near as
bad. really quickly regarding the question about how attack on Titan will
be done while the manga is not yet finished I don't know why some people
think they're gonna try to fit this into 13 episodes. right now with the given
manga stuff they'll need more or less 20 episodes to catch up. assuming no delays
that would put the attack on titan season 4 anime almost into spring 2021
there's a good chance the attack Italian manga will be done or very close to
conclusion by then. you could be sure that Isayama
is working directly with the studio to get them in for ahead of time. a manga
and anime ending around the same time is pretty rare but it has happened before
you have full metal alchemist and I do believe you've Erased was similar.
Rezero is also not done but I do believe they had a similar situation with season
1. if you know anymore anime definitely share below. anyway should you be worried
about Mappa studio? sure you can look at the track record for the studio all the
anime they have produced. on top of those the actual people working behind the
scenes specifically their track record but even if you forget all of that what
actually gave me the most confidence the feeling that attack on Titan is in great
hands was this first trailer. sure there's been some discussion about
whether spoil too much but honestly I think this trailer was a
perfect. it really was what mappa studio needed this trailer needed to accomplish
two major goals. the first Mappa putting their foot down. they had to come out of
the gates running. a change in studio will give any one reason to worry about and
2 really setting expectations especially for anime only people. this
trailer did hint at a lot. on the other hand it does tell you what's coming up
pretty much a Survey Corps counter-attack for season four. it was better that they
did this instead of the opposite otherwise people would have been
frustrated being in a dark they wouldn't know where the story would be going
until the major kick off at the end. mapa studio definitely succeeded with this
perfect trailer with those goals so hopefully this clears up a lot of the
confusion and definitely voice your own thoughts down below yes I do try to read
as much as possible that you guys post. thankfully I am sensing a mostly
positive vibe from the attack on Titan in season 4 trailer especially from
anime only people. I mean for me I've been working overtime trying to get
these videos and I found I'm like four hours of sleep but really this trailer
gave me like this super ultra high such a boost of energy if that tells you
anything of how positive it makes me feel. the trailer manga comparison video
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