The fourth and final season of the Attack on Titan anime television series, titled Attack on Titan: The Final Season, was produced by MAPPA, chief directed by Jun Shishido, and directed by Yuichiro Hayashi, replacing Tetsurō Araki and Masashi Koizuka, respectively. Scriptwriter Hiroshi Seko fully took over the series composition from Yasuko Kobayashi, and Tomohiro Kishi replaced Kyōji Asano as character designer due to the series switching production studios. The season covers the "Marley" (chapters 91–106) and "War for Paradis" (chapters 107–139) arcs from the original manga by Hajime Isayama.
The season introduces Gabi Braun and Falco Grice, young Eldian Warrior candidates seeking to inherit Reiner's Armored Titan four years after the failed mission to reclaim the Founding Titan. While Marley plans to invade Paradis to strengthen their weakening military and retrieve the Founding Titan, the Survey Corps lay an attack in their homeland. As Marley and the Paradis forces go to war in Marley and the Shiganshina District, both sides sustain a heavy death toll while Gabi and Falco are forced to confront their internal tensions about the supposed "devils" of Paradis. In the second part of the season, aware of the global anti-Eldian sentiment resulting from Marleyan propaganda, Eren Jaeger preemptively targets the world outside of Paradis with the Rumbling, unleashing millions of Colossal-like Wall Titans in a widespread effort to kill all life beyond the island. In the third and fourth parts of the season, the Alliance led by members of the Survey Corps and Warrior Unit head to Marley in order to stop Eren's Founding Titan and end the Rumbling.
The first part of the season aired on NHK General TV from December 7, 2020, to March 29, 2021, at 12:10 a.m. JST. In the United States, Adult Swim's Toonami programming block began airing Crunchyroll's English dub on January 10, 2021, at 12:30 a.m. EST/PST. In Southeast Asia, the subbed series was released on iQIYI. A second part aired on NHK General TV from January 10 to April 4, 2022, at 12:05 a.m. JST. The third and fourth parts will initially air as two compilation specials, both titled as The Final Chapters; the first special premiered on March 4, 2023, at 12:25 a.m. JST while the second special will premiere on November 5, 2023, at midnight JST. After the broadcast of the second special, an individual TV episode size version of both parts will be distributed on multiple streaming services. Episodes 88–90 which compile the first special begin streaming on November 5, 2023, while episodes 91–94 which compile the second special will stream from November 19, 2023.
The score is directed by Masafumi Mima and composed by Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto. For Part 1, the opening theme is performed by Shinsei Kamattechan, and the ending theme is performed by Yūko Andō. For Part 2, the opening theme is "The Rumbling" performed by SiM, and the ending theme is performed by Ai Higuchi. For the first half of The Final Chapters, the ending theme is "Under the Tree" performed by SiM. For the second half of The Final Chapters, the ending theme is performed by Linked Horizon. For the individual TV episode size version of parts 3 and 4, the opening theme is performed by Linked Horizon, while the ending theme is performed by Ai Higuchi.
Episodes
Music
The soundtrack was composed by Kohta Yamamoto (on tracks 1–20), and Hiroyuki Sawano (on tracks 21–23), and was released on June 23, 2021, by Pony Canyon. It was released digitally on several sites including Apple Music and Spotify. It contains 23 tracks, with two vocal tracks featuring performances by cumi and Hannah Grace.
Track listing
Home media release
Japanese
English
Notes
References
External links
at Crunchyroll
(The Final Season)