Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20200708115559/@comment-30069705-20200823071221

WaterKirby1994 wrote: I don't think Attack on Titan will end this year, there just seems to be too much to be done before the series ends. If Isayama wanted to he could keep this going well beyond chapter 138. As for the anime I'm hoping this Final Season ends up being at least 34 Episodes in length with at least 11 of them covering the events of Volumes 23-26 under the assumption 138 is the final chapter. Of course at this point there's no telling when the series will end.

At this point I can tell you we can expect Chapter 134 to arrive in November, & at that time we'll probably still be questioning if the series will end in only 4 chapters. There will be questions of Volumes 33 & 34 having 5 chapters each or the possibility of Volume 35 about 3 months from now. It's possible that 1 year from now we could get Chapter 142 & it still wouldn't be the final chapter of Attack on Titan. We just don't know how much more Isayama will give us of this incredible series & I'm ok with that. I just hope the anime adaptation doesn't rush through the manga content again like happened in Season 3.

There isn't any news yet on when Season 4 will start, although it needs to be split into 3 parts if it intends to keep the Final Season branding. Normally each Season Part covers 4 Volumes of content & 1 of the manga's main arcs with Season 3 being the exception, & Season 4 already is at least 11 Volumes. I don't think we'll get Season 4 Part 3 until 2022 even if the manga finishes in 2021, because of Covid delaying things.

If I'm being honest, I think there could very well be enough left to happen that the manga goes all the way into 2023, maybe ending anywhere between around chapter 162 and 166. Maybe this is even just wishful thinking on my part due to not wanting the rest of the series to be rushed or janky.

Then the anime could need until some time in late 2023 or early to mid 2024 to finish in english dub. That would also mean either season 4 can't be the final season, or it has to be split in 2 bigger sections like Sword Art Online with its whole Alicization arc. This could result in anywhere between around 48 and 52 episodes left for the anime. And we may even still get some OVAs before, between, or after that.