In this video, I'll be showcasing completely useless information about Attack on Titan. Ready?
Let's start. Attack on Titan has 11 episodes on IMDb's top 50 best episodes list while Breaking
Bad has 3 episodes and Game of Thrones has 4. Speaking of Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad,
both of those shows have been referenced in Attack on Titan. Falco was inspired by Jesse.
Saul Goodman, along with multiple Game of Thrones characters, have made appearances as Titans.
The story has multiple spin-offs, adaptations, and side stories. There are a few light novels,
a live-action movie adaptation, and a parody anime spin-off of the characters in school.
There is a theme park related to the show located in Japan. A similar VR Coaster
experience from Universal Studios Japan, titled Attack on Titan: Race for Survival also exists.
Levi was inspired by a character from the movie Watchmen. Specifically this guy [Rorschach] who
might explain Levi's personality, short physique, impressive combat skills, and the white cravat on
his neck. Hange's gender is purposely ambiguous. While she is voiced by a woman in the anime,
and portrayed by a female actor in the live-action adaptation,
the character's gender in the manga series remains ambiguous. According to Kodansha Comics,
they are deliberately avoiding pronouns that will determine Hange's gender, as it has not
been revealed by Isayama's original text. Their gender is open for interpretation by the readers.
Eren's Titan and the Armored Titan were modeled after real fighters. Eren's Titan form was
inspired by the martial artist Yushin Okami, as he thought it was ideal to have the physique of
a middleweight mixed martial artist. The Armored Titan was modeled after WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar.
Attack on Titan's publisher, Kodansha, made a deal with Marvel for a one-shot crossover in 2014.
Titled Attack on Avengers, the Titans attacked Manhattan and as a result, the Avengers and the
Guardians of the Galaxy assemble to stop them. Seems like overkill for those poor Titans.
The manga officially debuted in Kodansha's monthly Bessatsu Shonen Magazine back in 2009.
However, Hajime Isayama first created a prototype in 2006 titled Humanity vs
Titans. It was a 65-page one-shot chapter created when Isayama was just 19 years old.
I go more into detail about this topic in my video going over the full history of Attack on Titan,
this video will be linked in the description below. Levi's age might surprise you. He looks
pretty young but Isayama has revealed that Levi is already in his 30s. Isayama's favorite character
used to be Jean since he says what he wants without worrying about what other people think.
However, in more recent interviews, Isayama has stated that Reiner is currently his favorite
character. Originally, Eren was going to know that he was a titan all along. But Isayama decided
to scrap the idea. Moblit is Hange’s second in command as well as her assistant. He is also the
heaviest drinker in the survey corps. Isayama has said that this is due to his unfortunate position.
Isayama has stated he received strange phone calls following the success of his series.
They were curious about the sudden increase of funds in his savings.
He assumed they thought he was running some bank transfer scam.
In the Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror xxv" or Season 26 Episode 4, Lisa was shown dressed
as Mikasa. She even used 3D Maneuver Equipment. Multiple references to other shows can be seen,
such as Bleach, One Piece, and Naruto. With over 100 million manga copies sold, Attack on Titan is
the 15th best-selling manga of all time. Mike is the tallest human character in the series
at a looming 6’5″. He was also considered humanity's second strongest soldier after Captain
Levi. On average, Levi only sleeps around 2 to 3 hours a day. He also wanted to open a tea shop.
Marco’s birthday is on June 16th, which is exactly halfway through the year. This takes
a whole new meaning when you know what happened to him. Some of the titans are even modeled
after friends and acquaintances of Isayama. Sometimes he even takes requests from fans.
Eren’s voice actor Yuki Kaji cried while reading the script for the final season.
Continuing with Eren, his desire to go outside the walls stems from Isayama’s childhood.
He grew up in a village surrounded by mountains, and always wanted to see what was beyond them.
The area surrounding the walls was inspired by Isayama’s hometown.
The characters in the show don’t shower as much as they should. They reside in a culture
that doesn’t mind body odor. Isayama originally planned to give the series a tragic conclusion,
where every character dies. However, positive response to the manga and anime
has caused the author to consider changing the ending due to the impact it could have on fans.
Mikasa was the first character Isayama came up with when he was initially developing Attack On
Titan. Based on statistics from Attack On Titan guidebook, Hange and Zeke are the two smartest
characters in the series. Isayama revealed what Marco would look like post-time skip.
This sketch will probably bring out many sad emotions from fans.
Mikasa is named after a popular Japanese battleship. While the direct translation
of the name Mikasa is "three bamboo hats," there's also another meaning behind her name.
Mikasa is a famous Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship built in the late 1890s. He chose
this name since he believed the manga will become successful if you name the female
characters after famous warships. Pieck was originally supposed to be a middle-aged man.
Before officially introducing Pieck in the manga, Isayama considered making the Cart
Titan inheritor a middle-aged man. There was even a working name for him: Oliver Pieck.
He later scrapped the idea and decided to design the character as a young woman.
Isayama based Mikasa's physical design off of a woman he met while working a part-time job.
Specifically, he claims to have gotten the ideas for Mikasa's scarf, hairstyle, eyes, and
eyebrows from the woman. He has also noted that he originally intended for Mikasa to be a Westerner
like the rest of the series' cast and only decided to make her part-Asian after seeing the woman.
The katakana for Zeke's name is identical to that of the German word "Sieg," meaning
"victory." This thematically fits with Grisha Yeager's intentions for his son,
who he believed would lead Eldia to victory.
Isayama has stated that he has struggled in the past to make Eren feel "alive" when writing
and has called the character "a slave to the story." Because of this,
he did not expect Eren to be popular with readers and has cited his popularity
as being a greater surprise than any other character's. Armin's birthday is on November 3rd,
and it's celebrated in Japan as Culture Day. This holiday promotes academics, culture,
and the fine arts. Isayama wanted Erwin to look like the "embodiment of American justice," as he
felt that the commander of the Survey Corps needed to be comparable to Superman or Captain America.
Zeke is a fan of baseball, referring to his boulder tosses as "pitches" with the hopes
of achieving a "perfect game" in the battle of Shiganshina. This stems back to Zeke's
time spent playing catch with Tom Ksaver. Levi's preferred type is a tall woman. As Isayama stated,
"Since he’s short, small people tend to like tall people… I guess he might like tall
people.” Hange's goggles were the first element of the character's design Isayama came up with,
including them as a way to distinguish the character from others. Erwin was the first
commander of the Survey Corps to ever take over command before the previous commander was killed.
Isayama said he was skeptical about the importance of bloodlines when coming up with Eren,
which is why he made him someone not blessed with natural talent and the polar opposite of
a chosen talented protagonist. Due to Levi living in the Underground in an unsanitary state in his
younger years, he longed for a clean home. That may be the reason for his obsession with cleaning.
Continuing with Levi, he is attributed with the title of squad captain among the Survey Corps.
However, his comrades and subordinates usually call him by the shortened title of "captain",
though the literal translation of this rank is "Lance Corporal."
This has led to the wrong idea that he is a Lance Corporal, a somewhat low rank.
Zeke seems to be a person who suffers from cat's tongue, which means that he cannot
stand hot or spicy food. He also shares the same birthday with Reiner. The Walled City
in Attack on Titan is inspired by Nordlingen in Germany. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is one of
the mangaka’s favorite and most inspirational anime. Isayama’s hometown created an Attack
on Titan-themed museum to honor the mangaka and his work. Dubbed Attack on Titan in HITA Museum,
it features numerous items, from original drawings to pictures of Isayama over the years.
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