When does attack on Titan take place and where does attack on Titan take place? So
what's up guys Foxen here! Two important questions today for the chaotic world of
attack on Titan. When and where does the story take place? but also have these two
been moving around you'll see what I mean. The beginning of the series
introduces you to the last remaining of humanity. Seemingly some type of
apocalypse a type of event has happened. All of the remaining survivors now live
inside of this birdcage according to Eren. Of course things aren't as they seem.
Let's first delve into that when does attack on Titan take place. Throughout
the series you're given a couple of days. The series starts on 845.
This is the unfortunate date when Wall Maria came down. Two years later was
when Eren Mikasa and Armin became Scout trainees. They went ahead and spent a
good amount of time there. Now fast forward to present aid 850 this is the
current date of the anime anyway and this whole period here begins with the
colossal Titan showing up for the second time. Damn those warriors! In all you got
to see five years worth of time in the anime. In the manga however there's
already been a four year time skip so add plus four to that you're at 854. So
attack on Titan takes place 854 years after some world ending event has
happened. Not exactly incorrect but there's more
to it just keep that date mind. I'll come back to it. Next question where does
attack on Titan take place? There's a couple of things in the attack on Titan
series that gives you hints. A good example of this are the buildings.
Admittedly they look more barebone in the manga. At this point Isayama was just
starting out so don't hold it against him. The anime however gives you more to
go by. What do you should notice are the buildings and structures this setting
instantly feels very European or more so this European medieval times feel.
Specifically it does resmeble this location in South Germany and no I'm not
even gonna try to attempt to screw up the name. You could further spot some other
force unless two other German cities and some of the other places within the
walls a more detailed look at this might be a topic for a different video. Anyway
another important details to take a note of the characters names first off you
have Eren Jaeger. Jaeger being German for hunter and then
you have Armin and Mikasa's last name Ackerman both of which are
rooted in German origins. There's also tons a lot more German related names
like Reiner but I think you get the idea. Another thing not to forget are those
giant colossal lovely trees I'm not even joking.
This actually resembles the Black Forest found in Germany. I think at this point
you get the point attack on titan takes place in frickin Germany. Attack on Titan
Theory over but hold up a minute does this actually makes sense? The area
within the wall should be around seven hundred thousand kilometers squared.
Present-day Germany is just over half of that at 350 thousand kilometers squared
so how the freaking hell was this twice the size* in attack on titan. Did they
simply built two walls and then expand later on? It seems like originally Isayama
was leaning towards attack on titan actually taking place in Europe to some
extent anyway. However the year-long mystery got solved
after the recent time skip in the manga Reiner and friends happened to be looking
at a world map. They specifically pointed out were the titans and people from
season 1 were located at. Look familiar? Go ahead flip this around and bingo hey
you were right next to makanda the whole time. In reality attack on titan takes
place in what would be Madagascar in our own world. Yep Madagascar which by the
way in Madagascar is still only about 580 thousand kilometers squared that's
for the whole island compare that to over 700,000 for the three walls whoops
who knows maybe Isayama will fixed this later but anyway attack on titan
seemingly takes place in madagascar but what about the time period? The map in
the time period above has revealed the real setting of attack on titan but
actually you first got a glimpse into this whole thing in grisha's flashback. This
showed a more modern era. Some key things to notice are the blimp,
the soldier uniforms, and the weapons all of these things in the flashback
resembles something from the 1920s so not exactly a specific year but this is
pretty damn close. So where does Attack on titan take place? It parallels our real
world Madagascar. As for when attack on titan takes place in? It's
somewhere between the 1920s up to the 1940s at least that's the best estimate right
now. I'm sure Isayama is gonna drop more clues in the future that's gonna
throw a wrench in this whole thing but hey that's an attack on Titan in theory!
Let me hear from you! When did you originally think attack on Titan took
place? Did you buy the post-apocalyptic world period? And how about the location?
The recent shift to a more present daytime period took a lot of people by
surprise. It really reminds me of later reveals in Claymore and the original
Full Metal Alchemist. Anyway definitely give this a Colossal
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