Attack on Titan, The Movie: Part 1

Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人) is an upcoming live-action movie, directed by Shinji Higuchi (1990s Gamera trilogy) and written by Yusuke Watanabe (live action Gantz, 20th Century Boys and Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods) and Tomohiro Machiyama (film critic), based on the Attack on Titan manga created by Hajime Isayama.

It is slated to be released in Japan on August 1, 2015, and it is the first of a two-part story that will continue in part two Attack on Titan: End of the World, to be released on September 19 of the same year.

Plot
That day, humanity remembered... More than one hundred years ago, Titans suddenly appeared. The majority of the human race was eaten and civilization collapsed. The survivors of the war built three walls to prevent the invasion of the Titans, and kept the peace by securing the living area inside. In one hundred years, the wall has not been broken... until this day.

Production information
The story of the live-action movie will be based on the manga but will include some original aspects and will be supervised by the author, Hajime Isayama.

The film was announced on October 2011, with a planned release date in 2013 and in December of 2011 was announced to be a live-action movie. A car commercial featuring the Titans and directed by Shinji Higuchi was also announced.

Filming began May, 2014 and finished August, 2014. Shooting locations include Hashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture and Toho studio.

The latest trailer to be released as of June 2015 revealed the first look at the Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear.

Cast, Crew and other Details

 * Haruma Miura - Eren Yeager
 * Mizuhara Kiko - Mikasa Ackerman
 * Kanata Hongô - Armin Arlert
 * Satomi Ishihara - Hange Zoë
 * Nanami Sakuraba - Sasha Blouse
 * Takahiro Miura - Jean Kirstein
 * Hiroki Hasegawa - Shikishima
 * Ayame Misaki - Hiana
 * Pierre Taki - Souda
 * Jun Kunimura - Kubal
 * Shû Watanabe - Fukushi
 * Satoru Matsuo - Sannagi
 * Rina Takeda - Lil

Production Companies

 * Kodansha
 * Licri
 * Nikkatsu
 * Toho Company
 * Toho Pictures

Special Effects

 * Nishimura Motion Picture Model Makers Group

Trivia

 * Tetsuya Nakashima was originally selected to direct the film, with a public announcement on December 8, 2011. It was announced by December, 2012 that Tetsuya Nakashima has dropped out of the project due to creative differences. On December 4, 2013 a public announcement was made that the movie project will begin again with Shinji Higuchi as the film's director.
 * The most popular character of the series, Levi Ackerman, will not appear in the movie. Instead, the movie depicts a completely new character called Shikishima, described as the "Strongest Man", opposing Levi’s "Humanity’s Strongest Soldier" title.
 * Shikishima was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the lead ship of the Shikishima class in the late 1890s. During the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905, she was second in the line of battle of the First Division, following Tōgō's flagship Mikasa.


 * The theme song of the movie is Anti-Hero by Sekai no Owari.

​External Links

 * Official website
 * Attack on Titan Live Action Movie on IMDB