Rakuen e no Shingeki

Rakuen e no Shingeki (楽園への進撃) is the second concept single for the Attack on Titan anime. It was composed and written by singer/songwriter Revo of, and released on September 18th, 2018. The regular edition contains three songs and a bonus track; while the limited edition has the three songs, a different bonus track and a music video.

Music video
A grave with flowers on it is shown. Suddenly the flowers disappear and a ball of petals with an arrow's feathers on its head appears, kneeling at the site. The ball of petals sits next to a sapling in a grassy field then turns around to find a snake dressed in a black jacket and a hat visiting the grave with flowers in its hand. The snake prays while the ball of petals watches it. The snake's hat and the grave both have an Ouroboros symbol on them. The snake, limping because of a false leg, travels up to the grave and collapses in sadness and cries. One of it's tears touches the ball of petals, transforming one petal blue, and it kneels alongside the snake.

The ball of petals and the snake walk back down the hill, a strange structure in the sky behind them. They arrive at the base of the structure, an elevator leading to a city in the sky. Two bird guards stop the pair, and the snake pulls off a mask revealing that it was actually a bird. The bird and the ball ride the elevator and arrive at the bird's house. A cat, the bird's wife and the bird's child greet them. The ball and bird enter a study where the bird collapses again. Sketches of arrows can be seen on the wall. The ball reaches out, with arrows for fingers, to touch the bird. The bird's memories suddenly flash, the bird killing a family of snakes with a bow and arrow. The ball pulls its hand back while the bird dramatically turns back, seeing the ball of petals' arm shaking.

The ball of petals walks through a village destroyed by giant arrows. The Ouroboros mark can be seen on the bulidings. As the ball walks past a mirror, a vision of the snake family can be seen. Crumbled buildings covered in square patterns of red light with arrows sticking up are shown. Butterflies made of blue and white petals land the arrows shaft, which are cracking with a red light within it. The butterflies try to stop the cracks, but get blown away by the red light. They fall to the ground, fading to gray as the rain begins to fall. Arrows sprout from the ball of petals, as it rips it's one blue petal, and grasps an arrow. Lightning flashes as the ball turns it back on the city.

The bird-snake is seen once again at the grave with a cane, a few new flowers blooming. The ball of petals watches it with an arrow in hand. The bird-snake disappears, as the cemetery is shown filled with flowers. The ball of feathers turns around and faces the tree, which grew from the sapling before. The city is shown, then the ball of petals drops the arrow. The light of the dawn shines, then the grave is shown, with fresh flowers and the blue petal on it.

Vocals

 * Revo
 * SUZUKAKE Children's Choir

Narration

 * Sascha

Musicians

 * Guitar: YUKI
 * Bass: Atsushi Hasegawa
 * Piano and Keyboards: Koji Igarashi
 * Drums: JUN-JI
 * Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
 * Percussion: Mataro Misawa
 * Recorder: Hideyo Takakuwa
 * Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
 * Brass: Masanori Suzuki Brass Section
 * Horns: Takashi Naitoh Horn Section
 * Woodwinds: Hideo Takakuwa Woodwind Ensemble
 * Choir: Voces Tokyo
 * Choir Conductor: Yoshinori KOBA
 * Children's choir: SUZUKAKE Children's Choir
 * Children's choir conductor: Eri Itoh

Production staff

 * All music was written, composed, arranged and produced by Revo
 * Executive Producers: Atsushi Chiba, Koji Takahashi
 * Recording Engineers: Suminobu Hamada, Hiroyuki Akita, Akihiro Tabuchi
 * Mastering Engineer: Yasuji Yasman Maeda
 * Sound Effects Editor: Hirokazu Ebisu
 * Sound Effect Recording Studio: MEDIAGATE STUDIO
 * Computer Programmer: Revo

Trivia

 * This single has a strong theme of dusk, night and dawn, with each song representing one.
 * This is the first ending theme by Linked Horizon, who previously only did openings and movie theme songs.
 * Tasogare no Rakuen features lyrical and musical references to both Guren no Yumiya as well as Moshi Kono Kabe no Naka ga Ikken no Ie Dato Shitara.
 * The lyric pages all feature artwork on this single;
 * Tasogare no Rakuen features a flowering meadow with colourful butterflies.
 * Kakumei no Yoru ni features a moonlit night with black butterflies.
 * Akatsuki no Requiem features a gravestone with white butterflies.