This article is about the first opening of the Attack on Titan anime. For the first compilation movie of the anime, see Attack on Titan Part 1: Guren no Yumiya.
Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen (紅蓮の弓矢 Guren no Yumiya?, lit. "Crimson Bow and Arrow") is the 1st opening theme of the Attack on Titan anime, and is sung and composed by singer-songwriter Revo of Linked Horizon.
It was replaced by Die Flügel der Freiheit in Episode 14.
Lyrics
TV size
Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger!
Wir sind die Jäger!
Wir sind die Jäger!
Wir sind die Jäger!
踏まれた花の 名前も知らずに
地に墜ちた鳥は 風を待ち侘びる
祈ったところで 何も変わらない
《
屍踏み越えて 進む意思を 嗤う豚よ
家畜の安寧 …虚偽の繁栄 …死せる餓狼の『自由』を!
囚われた屈辱は 反撃の嚆矢だ 城壁のその彼方 獲物を屠る《
迸る《
紅蓮の弓矢
Wir sind die Jäger!
Wir sind die Jäger!
Wir sind die Jäger!
Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger!
Wir sind die Jäger!
Wir sind die Jäger!
Wir sind die Jäger!
Fumareta hana no namae mo shirazu ni
Chi ni ochita tori wa kaze wo machiwabiru
Inotta tokoro de nani mo kawaranai
《Ima》 wo kaeru no wa tatakau kakugo da
Shikabane fumikoete Susumu ishi o warau buta yo
Kachiku no annei kyogi no han'ei Shiseru garō no jiyuu wo!
Torawareta kutsujoku wa hangeki no kōshi da Jōheki no sono kanata emono wo hofuru 《Jäger》
Hotobashiru《shōdō》ni sono mi wo yaki nagara Tasogare ni hi wo ugatsu
Guren no yumiya
Wir sind die Jäger!
Wir sind die Jäger!
Wir sind die Jäger!
Are you the prey? No, we are the hunters!
We are the hunters!
We are the hunters!
We are the hunters!
Not knowing the name of the trampled flower
Birds that have fallen from the sky tire of waiting upon the wind
Prayers won’t change anything
Only the resolve to fight can change the 《
You pigs who sneer at our will to step over corpses and march onwards
Enjoy the peace of livestock…false prosperity…"freedom" of the dying wolves that hunger!
The humiliation of entrapment is our cue to counterattack
Beyond the castle Walls lies a 《hunter》 killing his prey
With a surging 《killer impulse》 scorching his body, he pierces the dusk scarlet
With a crimson arrow
We are the hunters!
We are the hunters!
We are the hunters!
Complete version
「その日 人類は思い出した
ヤツラに支配されていた恐怖
鳥籠の中に囚われていた 屈辱
放たれた弓矢よ 壁を超え海まで飛んでいけ!」
Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger!
Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen
踏まれた花の 名前も知らずに
地に墜ちた鳥は 風を待ち侘びる
祈ったところで 何も変わらない
《
屍踏み越えて 進む意思を 嗤う豚よ
家畜の安寧 …虚偽の繁栄 …死せる餓狼の『自由』を!
囚われた屈辱は 反撃の嚆矢だ 城壁のその彼方 獲物を屠る《
迸る《
紅蓮の弓矢
矢を番え追い駈ける やつは逃がさない
矢を放ち追い詰める 決して逃がさない
限界まで引き絞る はち切れそうな弦
《
獲物を殺すのは《
研ぎ澄まされた お前自身の殺意だ
Wir sind die Jäger! 焔のように熱く!
Wir sind die Jäger! 氷のように冷ややかに!
Wir sind die Jäger! 己を矢に込めて!
Wir sind die Jäger! 全てを貫いて征け!
Angriff auf die Titanen
Der Junge von einst wird bald zum Schwert greifen
Wer nur seine Machtlosigkeit beklagt kann nichts verändern
Der Junge von einst wird bald das schwarze Schwert ergreifen
Hass und Zorn sind eine zweischneidige Klinge
Bald eines Tages wird er dem Schicksal die Zähne zeigen
何かを変える事が出来るのは
何かを捨てる事が出来るもの
何ひとつ《
暗愚の想定 …唯の幻影 …今は無謀な勇気も…
『自由』の尖兵 賭けの攻勢
奔る奴隷に勝利を!
架せられた不条理は 進撃の嚆矢だ
奪われた其の地平 『
止めどなき《
冥府の弓矢
“Sono hi jinrui wa omoidashita
Yatsura ni shihai sareteita kyoufu
Torikago no naka ni torawarete ita kutsujoku
Hanatareta yumiya yo kabe wo koe umi made tonde ike!”
Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger!
Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen
Fumareta hana no namae mo shirazu ni
Chi ni ochita tori wa kaze wo machiwabiru
Inotta tokoro de nani mo kawaranai
《Ima》 wo kaeru no wa tatakau kakugo da
Shikabane fumikoete Susumu ishi o warau buta yo
Kachiku no annei kyogi no han'ei Shiseru garō no jiyuu wo!
Torawareta kutsujoku wa hangeki no kōshi da Jōheki no sono kanata emono wo hofuru 《Jäger》
Hotobashiru《shōdō》ni sono mi wo yaki nagara Tasogare ni hi wo ugatsu
Guren no yumiya
Ya wo tsugae oikakeru yatsu wa nigasanai
Ya wo hanachi oitsumeru kesshite nigasanai
Genkai made hikishiboru hachikiresō na tsuru
《Yatsu》 ga ikitaeru made nando demo hanatsu
Emono wo korosu no wa 《dōgu》 demo gijutsu demo nai
Togisumasareta omae jishin no satsui da
Wir sind die Jäger! Honō no yō ni atsuku
Wir sind die Jäger! Kōri no yō ni hiyayaka ni
Wir sind die Jäger! Onore wo ya ni komete
Wir sind die Jäger! Subete wo tsuranuiteyuke
Angriff auf die Titanen
Der Junge von einst wird bald zum Schwert greifen
Wer nur seine Machtlosigkeit beklagt kann nichts verändern
Der Junge von einst wird bald das schwarze Schwert ergreifen
Hass und Zorn sind eine zweischneidige Klinge
Bald eines Tages wird er dem Schicksal die Zähne zeigen
Nanika wo kaeru koto ga dekiru no wa
Nanika wo suteru koto ga dekiru mono
Nanihitotsu 《risuku》 nado Seowanai mama de Nanika ga kanau nado
Angu no sōtei tada no gen'ei Ima wa mubō na yuuki mo
『Jiyuu』 no senpei kake no kōsei
Hashiru dorei ni shōri wo!
Kaserareta fujōri wa shingeki no kōshida
Ubawareta sono chihei 『sekai』 wo nozomu 《Eren》
Tomedonaki 《shōdō》 ni sono mi wo okasare nagara Yoiyami ni shi wo hakobu
Meifu no yumiya
Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger!
踏まれた花の 名前も知らずに
地に墜ちた鳥は 風を待ち侘びる
祈ったところで 何も変わらない
《不本意な現状》を変えるのは 戦う覚悟だ…
屍踏み越えて 進む意思を 嗤う豚よ
家畜の安寧 …虚偽の繁栄 …死せる餓狼の『自由』を!
囚われた屈辱は 反撃の←嚆-<だ 城壁の其の彼方 獲物を屠る《狩人》
迸る《殺意》に 其の身を灼きながら 黄昏に緋を穿つ——
←紅蓮の弓矢-≪≪
←<を番え追い駈ける 標的は逃がさない
←<を放ち追い诘める 決して逃がさない
限界まで引き绞る はち切れそうな弦
《標的》が息绝えるまで 何度でも放つ
獲物を殺すのは
《凶器》でも 技術でもない
研ぎ澄まされた お前自身の殺意だ
Wir sind der Jäger! 焔のように熱く!
Wir sind der Jäger! 氷のように冷ややかに!
Wir sind der Jäger! 己を←<に込めて!
Wir sind der Jäger! 全てを貫いて征け!
何かを変える事が出来るのは
何かを捨てる事が出来るもの
何ひとつ《危険性》等 背負わないままで 何かが叶う等……
暗愚の想定 …唯の幻影 …今は無謀な勇気も…
『自由』の尖兵 …賭けの攻势
奔る奴隷に勝利を!
架せられた不条理は 進撃の←嚆-<だ
奪われた其の地平 『自由』を望む《あの日の少年》
止めどなき《殺意》に 其の身を侵されながら 宵闇に紫を運ぶ——
←冥府の弓矢-≪≪
"On that day, humanity received a grim reminder...
Of the fear they held for the Titans,
And that the Walls they lived in, were more like Cages...
Fly away to the sea beyond these walls!"
Are you the prey? No, we are the hunters!
Crimson Bow and Arrow
Not knowing the name of the trampled flower
Birds that have fallen from the sky tire of waiting upon the wind
Prayers won’t change anything
Only the resolve to fight can change the 《
You pigs who sneer at our will to step over corpses and march onwards
Enjoy the peace of livestock…false prosperity…"freedom" of the dying wolves that hunger!
The humiliation of entrapment is our cue to counterattack
Beyond the castle Walls lies a 《hunter》 killing his prey
With a surging 《killer impulse》 scorching his body, he pierces the dusk scarlet
With a crimson arrow
Drawing his bow, he takes after his target; he won’t let it escape
Releasing his arrow, he closes upon it; he won’t let it escape
He bends his bow to its limits, the string on the verge of snapping
He’ll release it, time and time again, until <his target> draws its last breath
What truly kills a prey are not 《weapons》 nor your skills at using it
But your own sharp killing intent
We are the hunters -> passionate as flames!
We are the hunters -> cold as ice!
We are the hunters -> pour your heart and soul into your arrow!
We are the hunters -> boldly go forth and pierce through everything!
Attack on the Titans.
The boy from back then will soon take up the sword.
Who only laments his powerlessness won’t be able to change anything.
The boy from back then will soon take up the black sword.
Hate and rage are a double-edged blade.
Soon, one day, he will bare his fangs against fate.
Ones that could hope to change anything
Are ones who could bear to abandon anything
Without bearing any 《risk》 at all, how could you hope to attain anything…?
Foolish assumptions…they are but mere phantasms…right now, we could do with even reckless courage…
The advance guards of <freedom>…betting on their offensive
Victory to the charging slaves!
All this absurdity forced upon us are our cue to counterattack
Deprived of his horizon,《Eren from that day》 yearns for《the world of freedom》
With relentless 《killer impulse》 assailing his body, he carries violet to dusk-
With an arrow from Hades
Opening animation
Standard
In a flurry of light, the crest and gate of Wall Maria stands brightly lit until a colossal force breaks it apart, revealing the title card bound in rushing chains.
On a dark day, the cadets of the 104th Cadet Corps stand amid a field of corpses and fallen blades. Eren, Armin, and Mikasa stand with their gazes to the ground until Mikasa glances upwards at Eren. In the city streets, Titans pour through the breached Wall bringing chaos with them, while elsewhere the 104th Cadet Corps troops dedicate their hearts and later descend from Wall Rose with blades drawn and the Titans awaiting below.
Images begin to flash of the Colossal Titan, a praying mantis eating a moth, a feminine Titan, and another Titan peering into the Garrison HQ. Wall Rose begins to burst apart as Eren falls through the air amid the rubble, his gaze blank until he glances upward in shock.
Through the streets of Trost, the cadets soar through the air with their omni-directional mobility gear, Eren running along the rooftops before soaring upwards to land a killing blow on an unsuspecting Titan. Meanwhile, the Garrison atop Wall Rose fires upon the advancing Titans with cannonfire, and in HQ the cadets make use of firearms to attack the Titans from within a lift. Back atop the Wall, Eren charges through a cloud of smoke and jumps off the edge of the Wall, blades ready to strike at the Colossal Titan below.
The Wings of Freedom, emblem of the Scout Regiment, proudly fly upon a wind-swept flag as a cadet backflips with great agility. In the streets of Trost, cadets soar into the sky by the dozens and descend upon the Titans below. Images of both the manga and anime foreshadowing the events to come flash in rapid succession before Eren, Mikasa, and Armin break through the chaos.
Under a bright midday sun, the 104th cadets look up to the sky in a moment of peace.
OVA 2
In OVA 2 the animation in the opening is slightly altered so as to reflect the OVA's comedic nature, its focus on Jean, and its placement on the timeline. The changes are the following:
- When the cadets are seen standing amid a field of corpses, Eren and Jean's positions are swapped, with the latter on the foreground. Instead of Mikasa glancing upwards at Eren, now Jean glances at Mikasa.
- When the cadets salute vowing to dedicate their hearts, Jean is again on the foreground, with Eren being moved to the background.
- In the images that start flashing right afterwards, the one depicting a feminine Titan is substituted with one depicting Jean, and the one of a Titan peering into the Garrison HQ is substituted with one of Eren and Jean about to have an argument.
- As Eren is seen falling through the air, Jean is added to the scene, placed slightly closer than Eren to the camera. The following close-up on Eren's face is also substituted with one of Jean's.
- Before Eren starts running across the rooftops, a cut of Jean pointing at the Titan that Eren is targeting is added; right after Eren kills it, another cut, depicting Jean clenching his fist triumphantly, is added.
- As Eren jumps to strike at the Colossal Titan, Jean is added on the foreground, soaring above the scene and looking at it with a smirk.
- The wind-swept flag is now that of the Cadet Corps.
- Everything after the flag shot is removed in favor of the introductory narration of the OVA, over which the end of the opening still plays.
Video clips
Characters in order of appearance
November 2021 political controversy
On 7 November 2021 Paul Anthrony Gosar, the U.S. representative for Arizona's 4th congressional district, tweeted a modified version of this opening theme asking "Any anime fans out there?".[1]
It depicted his face superimposed over the face of a sword-wielding woman while the faces of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Joe Biden were superimposed over the faces of a pair of male giants the woman was battling.[2]
On November 9th, Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House, 2nd in line for presidency) called for it to be investigated as a threat.[3]
On November 17th on a vote of 223 to 207, Gosar was censured and removed from committee assignments in response to posting the video.[4]
Trivia
- Images from the manga can be seen in rapid succession in two parts of the opening sequence.
- The melody of the song is reused as a leitmotif in several of Linked Horizon's other tracks, including Die Flügel der Freiheit, Opfert eure Herzen!, Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi, Saigo no Kyojin, and Ni-sen Nen... Moshiku wa... Ni-man Nen-go no Kimi e....
- The German line at the beginning of the song is often misheard as "Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger!" or something similar. According to the official lyrics provided in the booklet of the CD, the correct line is "Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger!".