Attack on Titan (film)
Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人, Shingeki no Kyojin) is a 2015 Japanese post-apocalyptic action film based on the manga of the same name created by Hajime Isayama. The film is directed by Shinji Higuchi, written by Yūsuke Watanabe and Tomohiro Machiyama and stars Haruma Miura, Hiroki Hasegawa, Kiko Mizuhara, Kanata Hongō, Takahiro Miura, Nanami Sakuraba, Satoru Matsuo, Shu Watanabe, Ayame Misaki, Rina Takeda, Satomi Ishihara, Pierre Taki and Jun Kunimura.
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| Directed by | Shinji Higuchi |
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| Based on | Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama |
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| Cinematography | Shoji Ehara |
| Edited by | Yusuke Ishida |
| Music by | Shirō Sagisu |
Production company | Toho Pictures |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release dates | Part I
Part II
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Running time | 98 minutes (Part I) 87 minutes (Part II) |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | US$46 million |
In the film, Eren Jaeger and his childhood friends Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert join the Survey Corps, a military corporation to fight gigantic humanoids called the Titans after their hometown is attacked by a Colossal Titan. The film is split into two parts, with the first part released in Japan on 1 August 2015 and the second part (subtitled End of the World) released on 19 September that year.
The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the Titans designs and the B-movie style, but criticized the script and deviations from the source material.