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Attack on Titan (2015)

Attack on Titan poster
Original title
進撃の巨人 ATTACK ON TITAN
Directed by
Shinji Higuchi
Genre
fantasy film, action film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 841 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Giant humanoid monsters called Titans attack humanity and destroy a town. A young man named Eren Jaeger joins a military group called the Survey Corps to fight back against them.

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What happens

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 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. 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 to somewhat negative reviews from critics, who praised the Titans designs and the B-movie style, but criticized the script and deviations from the source material. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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