Annie Leonhart, one of the 10 graduating Scouts from Attack on Titan but more
importantly a warrior. Annie sneaked in with the warrior trio after wall Maria
fell. You even got a glimpse of her in episode 2. Annie took the opportunity to
join the military police when she was 16 years old. At that time
Annie was exactly five feet tall or 153 centimeters. She also weighed 119 pounds
or 54 kilograms. At this time Annie should be twenty years old although she
may or may not be in a sleeping beauty State. The author Mr. Isayama has
revealed that Annie's characters design comes from Avril Lavigne. Annie's
hairstyle is even based off of a paparazzi shot of her. Mr. Isayama also
revealed that Annie's name is supposed to be a joke. What he means is that Annie
is a girl yet her name is 'Ani', this being the Japanese word meaning
brother. The name Annie is also from a drama he likes, Kisarazu cat's-eye. As
for Leonhart, he gave her leonhart to show her inner strength. He thought the
name seemed edgy and cool so it'd be perfect to combine them together.
Depending on where you watched Attack on Titan for the first time you may have
missed one of Annie's important scenes. This was a scene during the second Trost
battle where Eren was supposed to be plugging up that hole.
Take a look! Annie went out of her way to stomp that incoming titan out of the way.
She totally saved Jean's' ass. If you've only seen the TV version you missed out
on Annie's bad ass save. So what happened here? Apparently the Attack on Titan
season 1 production was a total mess. This scene was not yet finished by the
time that the episode was supposed to go live. Later on when the blu-ray release
came around the studio had a chance to make quite a few upgrades.
This included finishing this intended scene.
The voice behind the blonde warrior Annie is Yuu Shimamura. Let me know if
you recognize any of her past work! She's voiced Mizuki from Aldnoah Zero.
Akiko from Bungou Stray Dongs. Hare from Guilty Crown. Shinobu from
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Suine, also known as that Undine healer from the
Sleeping knights in SAO, and also Mito though from Seraph of the End. As for
non anime roles, there's Aelita from Code Lyoko and also Blake from the japanese
dub of RWBY. Yuu also done video games.
She's voiced Evie from the Assassin's Creed syndicate. Cindy from Final Fantasy
XV. She even voiced Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda breath of the Wild
and Skyward Sword. That's just pretty awesome!
Annie may be five feet tall but she packs quite the kick. You've seen Annie
take this upright stance with arms extended this is known as a traditional
Muoy Thai stance. This is a Thai kickboxing martial art with an emphasis on the
eight limbs of fists, elbows, knees and shins. Mr. Isayama is a well known fan of MMA,
so naturally a real martial art technique is displayed by Annie. Annie's
stance makes it much easier to raise her legs for throws or launching kicks.
Interestingly the anime cut a scene between Eren and Annie related to this.
You saw how easily Annie was able to take down the inexperienced Eren in the
anime. Later on him Annie got fond of Eren and even offered to teach Eren
her technique. Of course Eren got scared at just the thought of this.
Perhaps the scene got removed due to lack of time or instead it might have made
the female Titan identity way too obvious!
During the final part of attack on titan in season 1 you saw Annie thinking back to
her father. There's a lot of mystery around this scene so let me fill in some
of the gaps. Long before Annie set out on her mission she was constantly training
every day. Annie's father told her that her purpose
in life was to complete her mission. Annie would wake up before dawn to practice her
hand to hand combat until sunset. Test was not allowed. Deep down Annie thought it
was stupid but she couldn't oppose her father. She gave him absolute obedience.
One day Annie finally snapped. She kicked her father in the face, she had
enough! Annie continued to kick her father's body while he was on the ground.
She kicked as hard as she possibly could. Annie's father walked with a limp
ever since that day. To Annie's surprised her father was not pissed he actually
praised her. He was glad to see that her kicked had improved that much.
She told Annie that she could get stronger so he then imposed even
stricter training on her since that day. Annie never disobeyed her father again.
The finale of Attack on Titan season 1 end up with the rematch between the
female Titan and the berserk Titan. If you compare the anime to the manga
version it really is like night and day. From my video about Eren you heard about
how they made him look way better in the anime. The fight originally was one-sided
in favor of Annie. Naturally Annie's final moment was also quite different. The
Anime showed this weird scene that looked like Annie and Eren's titan
were merging. This actually never happened in the manga. Annie crystallized
herself in the final moments before the Survey Corps pulled her out of the Titan.
Before all of this there was also another major change. I'm talking about
the scene where Annie finally lets it all out! This is one of the specific
changes that Isayama personally requested. He mentioned how he felt that
Annie's face was made too scary in the manga and he personally thought this
scene was a complete failure on his part.
Instead of Annie giving off that creepy
smile he wanted Annie to express her sense of release from all her feelings of
guilt, fear, and loneliness with that laugh. At that moment Annie laughing was a
true Annie being led out.
The initial plan to capture Annie ultimately fail due to the ace up her
sleeve. I don't want to go around pointing fingers but in hindsight this
could have been avoided. The Lost Girls story gives you this interesting
interaction between Mikasa and Annie. Annie was on kitchen duty one day. Mikasa
showed up to visit Annie to return a certain ring she found. She does question
Annie about the concealed blade. Annie goes ahead and makes up some story about
having received it from her parents. It be something completely useless in case
of an emergency but she considers it a good-luck charm.
Mikasa didn't really buy her story. She even questions Annie why she wanted to
join the military police. Annie went ahead and made up some other excuse but
Mikasa thought that Annie was hiding something. After this interaction Annie
made it clear that she was cautious of Mikasa and she preferred to avoid her.
Funny how things turned out in the end.
On the day before she killed off Levi's squad and several other scouts what was
Annie up to? Annie was actually pretty busy that previous day. She went through
the trouble of securing a sick day so it wouldn't be suspicious when she
skipped work. Her roommate agreed to cover for her but only for a favor. This
is why Annie spent her day trying to solve this missing girl's case. It involved
Annie going to the shady part of town which of course had her kicking some
tail. She even got to demonstrate her kicks. It really ended up being a warm-up
for the next day, although it wasn't all fun and games. Annie almost got herself
killed. She was captured at one point by two men and even shot in the stomach.
Good thing for her healing factor otherwise it would have been game over
for her right there and then. Annie was forced to resort to her female Titan
powers to get out of the sticky situation and escape. At the end of all
of this you even got to see Annie's huge love of donuts, yummy! After this
load adventure Annie was completely mentally prepared to do whatever it took
to complete her next mission.
Annie's Titan form is known as a female Titan. The Japanese name is a Megatan no
Kyojin. This more accurately means the female type Titan. Annie's female Titan
by the way is 14 meters tall, slightly smaller than the armored and eren's
Titan. As for Annie's female Titan abilities you've seen that she's able to
crystallize or harden certain parts of her body at will.
This ability actually is not unique to the female Titan. Several other Titans
have been shown to be able to harden in some way. It has also been revealed that
this power has been given to her. You've also seen Annie's ability to regenerate
quickly during the battle in the Titan forest. So far only Eren and her have
demonstrated this ability to heal this rapidly, but wait. Does Annie not have
anything special to her Titan? Well her Titan is the only specific female type
which is interesting. Her Titan is also supposed to have high
mobility and endurance. It makes her pretty capable being an
all-purpose fighter. It also has been confirmed that the female Titan scream
used to draw in mindless Titan is unique to her. Oh yeah and let's not forget
about that precious healing factor while in human form. Pretty handy.
Let's now delve deeper into Annie. What made Annie into the warrior she is today?
This is getting into some deep spoiler territory for attack on Titan.
Annie was born in the nation far outside the walls called Marley. She grew up
being trained ever since she was young. Annie was one of eight kids selected for
the nation's special warrior program. This selection was how Annie inherited the
powers of the female Titan. Before they ever got sent to the walls Annie and the
other Titans are already used their powers to take down a whole nation on
their own. Annie and others were pretty much
brainwashed by propaganda since birth. They believed that the people living
within the walls were evil devil creatures. Even her father continuously
reminded her that her only purpose in life was to fulfill her mission. As for
that special mission, you know what the Colossal and armored Titan we're doing on
that day, but what about Annie? Annie's role was
to gather all the Titans outside of the walls and lead them towards wall Maria.
This way as soon as the hole was made Titans would instantly begin flooding
inside. In the end it really comes down to Annie being a little kid born into a
very unfortunate situation. Although you gotta give her some credit. Annie did voice
her hatred against Marley on the day of that mission. She pretty much said fuck
Marley, frak them all! Despite all that brainwashing Annie was able to see
through it even as a little kid. Unfortunately it might be too late.
Annie has already killed countless directly and indirectly as a female
Titan. The curse from taking the female Titan powers is also ticking. Annie will
died 13 years after inheriting those powers. Perhaps this helps explain the
mindset of Annie. She doesn't seem to have any goals or desires of her own
outside of returning to her father. In lost girls Annie mentions how she doesn't
know anything, doesn't know why she got sent on this
mission, doesn't know why she must kill, and doesn't know if she'll be allowed to
live when she returns. Annie sees her life as a combination of things she does
not know. Annie truly is a lost girl. Hey guys thanks for watching! Please give
this a colossal thumbs up for Annie and subscribe if you enjoyed!
Especially if Annie is your favorite! Fun question of the day today, there's always
been this rivalry between Mikasa and Annie,
so which lost girl like more Annie or Mikasa? And why? Also do
you have a special shipping in mind for Annie? She can't stay inside that crystal
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