Board Thread:Anime/@comment-108.200.170.159-20160206074920/@comment-25221943-20180128231941

Eradicate Us wrote: Bonkinhead wrote: Season 3 will cover 2 arcs the Uprising and Return to Shiganshina.

And yeah I agree that the manga will go on longer than 110. Everything cannot be wrapped up in just 9 more chapters Yeah. It looked like Season 3 would probably cover 2 arcs based on that little preview showing all the manga volume covers up to the one where they see the ocean. I'm just preparing just in case Season 3 is also only 1 cour, since we're only getting any kind of material for Uprising so far, and honestly, I would be fine with that in the long run too, even though I think including Return To Shiganshina with Season 3 could be more ideal, since we get back into intense action and fighting, and a lot of characters are involved, including Eren, Levi, Reiner, Zeke, etc, and we see the basement and the ocean.

If they do 2 arcs with Season 3, they could wait until 2021 to cover the Marley arc, and if the manga is already done by then, they could also include the next arc after that with Season 4. Otherwise, if the manga is still doing one more arc at that point, the anime could make Season 4 be 1 cour, and Season 5 could be released in 2022 and cover the next 2 final arcs. Remember, they're probably not finished making all the episodes, meaning, they're not done with the Return to Shiganshina arc episodes just yet. Besides, the latter arc won't aire until like  few months after the first episode in season 3. Don't worry, we'll get  arcs, animating will just take some time and I'm sure they're not done with all the episodes yet, still got 5 - 6 more months until season 3 aires. It would be strange to have a whole season with no titans and it would be weird to end it and setting up a big battle for season 4. Season 2 teased Beast Titan as well

They probably willl wait 2 years until Seasaon 4 when the Marley arc is over and the (possible final arc) may be part of season 5.