#why include scenes from the PV if this was when it was planned to be in CGI?

[velvetiivenus]

I found this old Zagtoon promotional video from 2013, and it includes scenes from the PV and from the CGI promotional videos.

[fruitycircus]

ok quick rundown of my take of that laserblast & venomous are brothers au i drew earlier. ill probably revise this later with images & junk but im just gonna go through it now and update later.

it also might be nice to mention that this was based on my own speculation of the connection between lb & pv back in 2019, all pre-big reveal & lets get shadowy

soo laserblast and later venomous were born between two heroes in neo riot city (im not sure if id get into the parents but id say one was human and the other some type of lizard/snake mutant) laser got his folk's powers and good looks, and venomous didn't, tho he did recieve some mutant traits including always being ourple.

fast forward a couple years to when POINT has been a solid team for a while now with laserblast himself, foxtail, and dr. greyman, and also silverspark, el bow, and rippy roo a bit later. venomous had been offered to enroll in POINT prep so he could join the team by his big brother, but as of right now venomous holds it off and says he's busy with his own personal studies, all of which are based on glorbs (like what theyre made of, if they can be modified wink wink nudge nudge, etc) but he is able to take on the offer. he currently studies in a separate building disguised as a common shop winkity wink wink. tho he admits its a tad bit suspicious, ven claims that he means no harm and just uses the building as a controlled work zone for his projects. only he and laser know about this location, and ven says he doesnt trust POINT with this information but plans to tell them when he can confirm his tests are stable and safe to use. he also recently aquired a test rat from a science program that "re-inhabits" lost critters for the sake of science. although ven just didnt have the heart to use her for his projects, thus she treats her more like a pet / friend / child and names her fink

now would also be a good time to mention laser & ven's own issues; laser's is unchanged from canon (abt him feeling that his powers are mid compared to his team and how he felt like he couldnt be himself even with his girlfriend carol and what he was capable for doing compared to her.) ven, although content with his complete lack of powers, struggles with being seen. his brother is the laserblast for crying out loud, he often feels overshadowed and/or just known as laserblast's sibling. he wants to make a name for himself with his own passion. yeah, being offered to possibly join POINT is an amazing opportunity, but ven isnt sure if huge superhero teams are his calling. all he knows that science is something he likes but is unsure if his current experiments are something he'll do forever. he wants a life that he doesnt have and an opportunity that doesnt exist...yet!

anyways, ven and fink goes out into the city to get more supplies for his experiments, but while he was gone greyman enters the "donut shop" and then its all downhill from here: greyman alerts the team of a possibly villain living there (again, laser was the only one who knew that ven was doing this), foxtails sends laser, silverspark, and el bow to investigate, laser offers to "check the perimeter" and tries to cover up his brother's work, which all leads up to the sandwich incident where laserblast is presummed to be shrunk or teleported or whatever. POINT recieves the news and his heartbroken about the loss of their beloved hero... but we all know he survived by escaping into a sewer pipe and left the scene.

the next morning, laser tries to go back to the surface and explain everything to the team but is confronted by ven. he doesnt know how to feel knowing his life work was destroyed, why laser almost abandoned his team / girlfriend in the moment, or just really what laserblast was thinking. laser and ven squabble for a moment until laser straight up tells ven to confirm that he is dead and isnt coming back, and then leave. ven assumes hes bluffing and waits...and waits...and...uh oh.

a few weeks pass and POINT is nearly in shambles. el bow was fired since he was blamed for laser's disappearance, rippy roo starts looking into atomic physics, greyman starts building chip damage, and carol is confirmed to be pregnant with laser's baby. during all of this, ven tries to contact POINT about the truth about the sandwich incident, but no one is able to give him the time of day to listen. this breaks him to bits, he knew POINT didnt know him that well, but they were just straight up ignoring him now. he felt so powerless knowing that his brother was alive and probably wouldnt bother coming up after what he (and carol) said. what was ven supposed to do without his big brother in the w-

wait a minute!

ven has an epiphany: with his brother no longer a thing, he's no longer in laser's shadow and could do whatever he wanted to now!! sure its grim, but its true. POINT never gave a second thought about him so its not like they'd reach out now! and soon enough venomous started studying bioengineering and making various projects and weapons and even begins working with glorbs again, although rather than just studying them he dives deeper into their effects and how they can be used a power supplies, both as actual energy and powerups for heroes. he also invents what would be the turbo collar, to which he gives to his daughter / now (maybe-self-proclaimed?) minion fink!! however, a problem did arise: no hero was willing to buy his projects feeling as if they were made with ill intent. some villains did reach out to purchase and although ven was skeptical they sure did pay a pretty peny for it, not to mention he did realize that he had some sharing ideals with them, and before everyone knew in ven broke into the villain market and became who we know today as professor venomous. sometimes he missies his brother, but he now considers it a lost cause and not much we can do about it today. from here on out everything about him lines up to the show's events (we're captured, villains night out/in, etc)

on a more somber note, laser stayed under the city weeping about being far weaker than he was before. he begins physically deteriorating into something he could even reconinze. but even at his lowest point, he refused to give up. he needed his powers back and then sum. he wants his old life back to the way everything was. he remebered some of his bro's studies about glorbs, but only the results of each experiment. he had to learn how to reverse engineer it all by himself, and thats what he set himself to do. but how was he supposed to get glorbs? steal them? well, yeah, i guess. and thus changed lase- no, shadowy figure's trajectory and goal. he travels though the city system to steal glorbs from various hideouts, stores, etc. and once the city ran dry, he jumped to the next town over and rinse and repeat until he went to lakewood plaza turbo, home of the elusive glorb tree which would of gave shadowy an almost lifetime supply of glorbs for him. when we wasn't stalking to plaza and being a creep, he was working with the glorbs he stole to make them regain his original powers and more permanently.

the thing is, he actually did have a power that survived. y'know that purple depower bubble TKO can make?? yeah, shadowy is completely immune to that. you cant mess with something that isnt there. it might seem usless considering not many heroes possess that type of power, but it sure can come in handy when your son, specifically his evil alter ego, tries to attack.

aaaand thats it!! ill probably have to look back at this later but for know here it is in all of its angst-fueled glory. moral of the story? you can both be the evil twin. ty and goodnight!!!!

[januaryedgelordess]

I'd like to discuss a SnK theory with someone, it's on the possibility of a different (or expanded) AnR theory.

Disclaimer: Perhaps you should read this post with the lyrics for Akatsuki no Requiem by Linked Horizon in mind, but I also don't stand by the original reddit theory a 100%.

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One of the questions that lingers around the fandom is: "who would've survived the Rumbling had it been done as originally implied by the themes and foreshadowing of the story?". Some believe only Eren and Historia would have had that chance, but they might be mistaken.

The first proof I have in order to back this claim is AnR's official art as drawn by WIT Studio during the production of season three of the anime:

(Note: these are originally four different images, the source of this collage is vaguely anitwt).

Just as shown in the original PV by Linked Horizon, each of these characters are standing by a gravestone while holding a bouquet and looking conflicted. Now, to counter the original AnR theorists, I propose that Eren —and by extension, Historia— weren't the only ones to live on with regret in their hearts, instead, Levi and Hanji survived as well.

Why did they survive? Is my conclusion solely based on these pictures? Well, just in part.

I believe Attack on Titan was never meant to be a one-sided story, and that one of the various themes that weren't thoroughly explored in the later chapters, a theme which was instead rushed and swiftly overlooked, is that of the conflict between "Nationalism" and "Internationalism". It's obvious and needless to point out that Yaegerists were the former, but the latter never take a name for themselves. However, we get a rough idea of who they might be, one of them is clearly Hanji Zoe:

Another internationalist is obviously Onyankopon:

Another one is Armin and so on, and so on.

Are they the only type on people on Earth? Of course not. Notably you also have those who have egotistical motivations, like Jean, who just wants to get married and live a peaceful life in the inner cities; or the Hizuru ambassador, Kiyomi, whose motivation is monetary gain. The world isn't black and white in AoT so, to clarify, it's unnecessary to classify every character in the dichotomy here presented.

Now, if Yams hadn't downplayed this interaction, we may have had a better thought out plan to stop the Rumbling and, possibly, a less moronically cringy way for "The Alliance" to be presented.

Why is that? It's because of various reasons. First, one of the most observant characters, Hanji, is notable for having spied on some of Eren and Historia's interactions (the "You look happy — that's because I am" scene for example) but by the end of the story the audience never got a reason as to why this observant behavior happened. If Hanji really is as cunning and observant as she is portrayed to be, she should've been the first character to suspect that Eren is the father and, therefore, that Historia's pregnancy's due date was off. Instead of the survey corps discussing this info, we get some random officers discussing irrelevant rumours about it. Isayama I mean, Kawakubo played Hanji Zoe dirty, in my opinion, in this scenario.

If Hanji had noticed that important information, and if that info had been shared with the Survey Corps, as was natural for her character to do, "the Alliance" may have had been able to act sooner against the AT.

Now, would more prep time save the world from devastation? No, I don't believe so. I believe it would, instead, make them have a slightly more realistic last fight by a) having them recruit actual soldiers and weapons for the final showdown, heck, if they have enough time even other countries would chime in, vs Hallu-chan and the Attach Titan; and, therefore, b) not having them rely on a Deus Ex Machina to defeat Eren.

That way, Hanji would live on with regret, knowing the Alliance did everything in their power to defeat the Attack Titan but failed miserably in the end. Instead of having her smile as her ghost-self at whatever the hell the canon battle achieved, she'd mourn the world that's been lost, and she'd feel regret for not being able to save it.

Now, for Levi I haven't done a thorough analysis yet, but I believe it's not difficult to see why humanity's strongest soldier would survive this ordain. I'd really like to hear someone else's thoughts on that matter.

Also, I'm in no way trying to imply LeviHan was supposed to be part of a kino ending, but I'm not too into that ship so I'd like to hear someone else's thoughts about it and on why they were the only two members of the alliance to survive according to WIT Studio's AnR official art.

Now, onto the second part of "who survived the Rumbling?". The next piece of information contradicts previous statements, and it also contradicts an AnR ending to some extent, but bare with me, please.

Exhibit A, Mikasa and Armin should have survived:

However, for Kruger's prophecy to succeed, I stand by my previous statement that "the Alliance" should've acted sooner, and that Armin is part of the Internationalist faction ready to "save humanity". Why do I believe that? It's easy, first, let's remember this quote from the moment Erwin died:

Note how, not only does Eren say Armin will save the humans, he also implies Mikasa will know it'll happen (so she'll be alive by the time the battle ends).

And, piggybacking on that moment as well, Armin would've been able to use his intellect to make a plan to divert the Rumbling titans. I'm adding this here to stress something that can't be stressed enough: Armin shouldn't have had to fistfight Eren twice, and he shouldn't have had to steal someone else's kill. Now onto that kill...

Should Mikasa have been the one to deal Eren's final blow? In the canon version of the story it's shown, in a rather cringy way, how she has to make up a whole different scenario inside her mind to get the mental strength to kill him. To me, Mikasa instead should've used the devastation caused by the Rumbling to completely break away from Eren's character and to be able to see past the "you're being brainwashed" narrative. Now, besides some of Isayama's interviews, there's other proof to back this up: the Historia-Mikasa parallels in Ending 4 and Ending 1:

Ending 1: https://youtu.be/O4wezNlsxB0

Ending 4: https://youtu.be/o05UK9lXtC0

We see some petty similarities in both: how both girls seem to be inside a pond or a lake, a snip of them running when they were young, etc.; but we also see some more important things for this theory: their growth as a person (how they survived whatever the past cast upon them), and them catching up to the people who they look up to and love.

Now, two things we know about Historia are that her beloved Ymir left her and she had to learn to accept it and move on; and that her sister, Frieda, died and she, without initially knowing even that she'd lost her, had to learn how to live on her own when she was young. Would Mikasa and Eren be able to have an end like that? I think it was implied that it was possible, but other than that, as part of any healthy development of her character, it is important for her to move on just as the Eldian Queen did: even if Eren chose to live a life apart from her (like Ymir did to Historia's early knowledge) or even if he were to die (like Frieda did).

Also, I have some doubts about Mikasa being the one who was supposed to kill Eren, since the one who was foreshadowed to be a Helos' parallel, and who'd fit the role just as well is Reiner, but I won't discuss that here.

So, to me, Mikasa was never an Internationalist, but for the sake of her character, a break-away from Eren should've been a good conclusive act.

As to some other parallels between Mikasa and Historia we have this part:

In which it is implied that they share the same burden by birth, and the same destiny, possibly. Mikasa is shown to be embarrassed about it but Historia seems to be thoroughly delighted.

With this parallel I'd also like to recall two other threads left undone: the Azumabito clan and the Ackerman mystery.

First, the Azumabitos. It's implied that their land is to "the Orient", and we also get a small snip during the Rumbling which implies they have a coast (it's obvious their country is a direct reference to Japan, needless to say). All of which would imply that, as it does in the Real World ™️, Hizuru is almost the Eastern-most Nation of AoT's world as well, and therefore, it may be one of the last countries that the Rumbling would have reached. If you add that they were the first people to send an ambassador to Paradis, you get: Hizuru being the first nation to be included in a possible Internationalist "Alliance" (had it been done in the appropriate time) against the Attack Titan; and you also get that this would increase their possibilities of surviving, at least just in part, the Rumbling.

Why is this important? Because AnR's lyrics do not imply the world will be completely and absolutely obliterated. AnR's lyrics imply the world will live on but the power dynamic of the world will be reversed: Paradis will rule, while the rest will be forced inside the cage.

https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Linked-Horizon/Akatsuki-no-Requiem-TV-Size

Now, the Ackermans. Just as Historia and Zeke posses a special particularity by virtue of birth (they are direct descendants of Ymir), which make them valuable assets to "breed" for whoever is using the Eldians (be it Marley, the Azumabitos, or the First King), I believe the outside world would be interested, at any part of the story, to have an Ackerman in their line of defense against the Eldians. In this case the Mikasa-Historia parallel is strengthened, simply because it would be interesting to see Levi or Mikasa confront that part of their destiny (to make the Ackerman clan continue for the sake of a plan, while acknowledging they're the only survivors). Perhaps Hizuru would've been the country to try and make use of that potential? This parallel was, of course, never used, but it would've been delightful to see it exploited at some point in the AoT timeline. However I acknowledge that continuity is impossible in a world without titans, unless one of the surviving countries on Earth are in serious need of Olympic competitors, of course, so perhaps it should've been mentioned before The Rumbling arc.

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Well, this turned out to be more like a vent or a rant than a theory now, and I wish I could've had discussed it quietly with someone instead of just posting it here. There are some other nuances to this analysis that I would like to explore in the future (since this isn't thoroughly thought out) In the meantime what do you all think of a new AnR theory like this one? Does it make a little sense? At least a bit? I hope so. Thank you for reading and sorry about the grammar mistakes.

TLDR: I believe Armin, Mikasa, Eren, Historia, Hanji and Levi should have survived and also it's possible for Hizuru to have survived. Please feel free to point out any flaws.

[izzyizumi]

Digimon Adventures / Tri ~ x K@gerou Project / Mek@kucity @ctors “ Jinzou Enemy ” [“ Artificial Enemy ”] A.M.V [ music ( C ) Jin ] [ V O C A L O I D : M I K U . H A T S U N E ] featuring implied DUO/SHIP/O.T.P.: Taichi Yagami [“Tai Kamiya”] x Koushiro(u) Izumi [“Izzy Izumi”] also known as [Taishiro(u)]

PAST AMVS / VIDEO EDITS IN THIS SERIES: Kagerou Daze (Heat-Haze Daze) / Children Record [+Adv Chosen] / RED / Additional Memory and Imaginary Reload music edits for KageDaze / Days (short edit) / Lost Time Memory / Yesterday Evening / Summertime Record / Shounen Brave [+Jou] / Outer Science [+Villains] / Headphone Actor (short edit) / DAZE (short version / TV Size OP) / KOUSHIROS ? CYBER JOURNEY [+Maki] / Brave Heart x Kaien Panzermast [+Chosen Children] / Night Tales Deceive [Yobanashi Deceive] / [KOUSHIRO’S] Imaginary World / Mekakushi Code [Blindfold Code] [+Yamato&Sora&Adv Chosen] / Ultramarine Rain [+Mrs Yoshie Izumi; Izumis] / Imagination Forest [+Mimi&Jou] / Transparent Answer [TaiKou+Meiko]

Lyrics under the Read More (Inspiration from This FANmade P.V/Video) <- (NOT OFFICIAL) A.M.V initially finished: around midnight on August 31st, 2020 A.M.V creation began on: August 20, 2020

* THIS IS A P R E V I E W. TECHNICALLY, IT IS INCOMPLETE, A.M.V. MAY CONTAIN GLITCHINGS, ETC. I am aware of glitches / scenes that cut in too quickly and will fix them as I have time in the future. * NOTES / WARNINGS / SPOILERS / LYRICS UNDER READMORE

REPEATVERSE/EXTENDED STORY INTRODUCTION: HERE REPEATVERSE FIC/VERSE: HERE ( *note: extended summary contains some spoilers for the fic ) [however, it also explains the worldbuilding involved and plot setup!] ( YOU DO NOT NEED TO READ THE FIC TO WATCH THE AMVs ) [ This is INTENDED to provide an alternate means of storytelling !! ] ( * It’s ok to start on/only watch this current AMV ! ) [ *You may understand the story/implied timeline of things better if you begin from my “Kagerou D@ze” AMV, though it’s also not required! “Children Record” is also recommended as a starting point/upbeat song! ] { NOTE : PLEASE read my FAQ and “about” sections BEFORE interacting } [ Seriously, PLEASE, or I may / will likely block / not interact, or cease, interacting if it’s clear you blatantly didn’t ]

[ CONTENT WARNING: The song lyrics have heavy intended Depictions of D.e.p.r.e.s.s.i.o.n (in its original song/series format); In the fan P.V/original series., implied suicuide / self-sacrifice In this A.M.V, implied as P.T.S.D (more particularly) ] ( though self-sacrifice to a degree / psuedo-deaths are shown, it is not nearly shown as severe as in the original fan PV. ) { it is recommended to watch until the last second of this A.M.V. } [ also heavily implied: ANXIOUS!TAICHI ] [ KOUSHIRO probably shares much of the same ] { IMPORTANT NOTE: in this ficverse, I also headcanon BOTH being @.UTISTIC + ANXIOUS } { Please note I AM @.utistic myself } { So YES, I do know what I’m doing when creating about such. Thank You } (NOTE: The AMV here WILL end on a somewhat better implied note than … the Original fan pv/series, please just * TRUST ME on this) { * Linked: a spoilery chapter of the ficverse that ends the main story arc. } { DIGIADVS SPOILERS WARNING: a) some Tri!Taichi and Tri!Koushiro not-majorly-spoilery solo shots / light interacting moments from: Saikai, KOKUHAKU, Bokura no Mirai. b) A few particularly spoilery Koushiro-involved scenes from Kizuna. ( including a few particularly notable / spoilery moments involving Menoa ) [ the most major spoiler of the scene isn’t shown, but the aftermath is ] ( These Koushiro scenes have mostly all been covered by the Kizuna tie-in novels, [a second one here] along with the various TV spot previews, spoilery official caps and the like ) c) a scene from the final battle of Kizuna (involving Taichi) + (a certain Notable ITEM towards the end of the fight) } (this is also covered in the novels, but shown here in animated form) d) a couple very quick/brief scenes w/Taichi and Koushiro from DigiAdv 2020 01 ~ 03 * ( * also, a quick scene involving a certain Digimon from said eps )

- short version of implied story/plot of this series: T I M E L O O P S - Tri is here because … ah … … - let’s just say it’s probably AT LEAST ONE part of the “start” of it all ah - KOUSHIRO IZUMI VOICE : ( ‘ W H Y ’ ) - DO THEY MAKE IT TO THE END - @ TAICHI & KOUSHIRO, ARE YOU SURE YOU /WANT/ TO ——- - TBH HOW MUCH do KOUSHIRO or TAICHI even REALLY REMEMBER - MUCH LESS THE REST OF THEM - who even knows after a certain point anymore - timeloops are fun !! ! ! ( this particular song explains SOME of it … ) { WATCHING TO THE FINAL MOMENT IS RECOMMENDED }

LYRICS:

[ VERSE 1 ] “ ‘ When YOUR DREAMS have GONE, Then WHY R E P E A T THE DAILY G R I N D ? There’s     NO POINT     TO IT ’ ” …

A “ FANTASTIC” thing  TO SAY …

And  YOU,  TOO: “ I’m in love with NON-REALITY. ”, YOU SAY IT WITH Your Fingers, THOUGH YOUR M O U T H SAYS NOTHING …

[ VERSE 2 ]

PEOPLE WITHOUT FACES AND VOICES, Yet you feel some “ CONNECTION ” WITH THEM, Of course, though, that CAN’T BE A “ MUTUAL L O V E ”, … ?

… Still, that’s the way it goes, CLOSING OUT ANOTHER DAY

But you P R E T E N D TO HAVE  L I V E D, And then   GO TO     S L E E P …

[ INTERLUDE VERSE ] “ AH, IT’S SUCH A BORE ”

So you TRY to AVERT YOUR EYES,

EVEN THOUGH YOU     CAN’T C L  O S E THEM. …

HEY, considering you REFUSE     TO ACKNOWLEDGE “IT”,

ARE YOU WEARING A BORED FACE AGAIN

... AS YOU WATCH ME          BEHIND THE   S C R E E N ? [ CHORUS 1 ] > THAT’S NOT THE BEST PLAN OF ACTION < AND I K N O W     YOU KNOW IT. TO DROWN IN DARK, WITHERED DAYS . . . MUST NO DOUBT     BE P A I N F U L IF REALITY          ISN’T A L I E, THEN WHAT IS IT ? IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND,     T H E N , HOW DOES IT SOUND     LIVING TOGETHER IN A WORLD     FABRICATED     BY MEN ? [ POST-CHORUS VERSE 1 ]

IS THERE ANY POINT  TO  A PLACE     THAT WOULD ONLY DENY YOU? JUST SAY “ NO ” TO EVERYTHING

... AND LOOK ONLY AT ME -----

[ VERSE 2 ] “ AH, TRULY FANTASTIC, ”

... YOU CAN CLAP FOR ME ,

BUT  L I E S     HAVE FILLED THE OUTSIDE WITH “JUNK”.

SAY, SINCE YOU’RE     BURIED DEEP IN IT TO THE POINT OF P A I N

THEN WHY ARE YOUR EYES A V E R T E D NOW

... AS YOU S T A R E AT ME     COLDLY ?

[ FINAL CHORUS ]

> THAT’S NOT THE BEST PLAN OF ACTION < AND I K N O W     YOU KNOW IT. AT THE END OF IT, YOU KNOW YOU’LL FIND . . . A BOUNDLESS     I S O L A T I O N . AS YOU   R E P E A T   YOUR  D A Y S ,

IN A ROOM WITHOUT     L I G H T

I BEGIN TO     C R U M B L E , AND MY     N O I S E     RESOUNDS

“ I DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS AT ALL ! ”

I CRIED, AND  Y O U  SAID TO   M E,

“ AS A TOY     ONLY FOR     TALKING TO ,

. . .   I’VE   GROWN     B O R E D   OF

--- Y O U ? ”

. . . ???

[kyojuuros]

Attack on Titan OST - “Where Does This Play?” Master Post

I did something similar to this when S2 was airing while we were waiting on the OST to drop, predicting where I thought each song was playing based on the song’s PV, and then correcting as the season progressed and the OST became available. I may do the same with S3 later this year. But I have too much free time and like to procrastinate doing everything else, so I thought I’d make a complete master post of each song from the OST and where they play in the anime in chronological order per song. Note that I am not including the Recap films or the OVAs on this list. I’ll update this after S3 as well.

ETA: I've updated the list to reflect every OVA as well as all currently released episodes. Some of the S3 track placements are still just predictions and may change in the future. I’ll keep updating as episodes air and after the S3 OST is officially released.

Pretty straightforward, everything is under the cut! 

SnK OST I

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Episode 2 - Garrison fights off titans/Armored Titan appears

Episode 4 - Colossal Titan appears

Episode 8 - Titans break into a wall of HQ/Rogue titan fights them off

Episode 9 - Recap segment

Episode 9 - Grisha’s speech in Eren’s flasback/Eren protects Mikasa and Armin

Episode 9 - Rogue’s skeletal form revealed

Episode 10 - Recap segment

Episode 11 - Pixis’ speech about the failed retrieval mission

Episode 12 - Eren’s dream state/Soldiers fighting titans/Armin stabs Rogue

Episode 13 - Recap segment

Episode 17 - Armin, Jean and Reiner confront the Female Titan

Episode 18 - Recap segment

Episode 20 - Eren fights the Female Titan/Levi finds his squad

Episode 24 - Annie breaks away from he Survey Corps/Eren transforms

Episode 25 - Eren and Annie fight

Episode 26 - Erwin and Levi talk/Mike fights/Beast Titan appears

Episode 28 - Titans appear at Utgard/Levi’s parting words to EMA

Episode 29 - Beast Titan appears/Titans attack Utgard

Episode 29 - Beast Titan summons more titans/Squad Mike fights

OVA 2 - Jean and Sasha cook intensely while Mikasa works out

The Reluctant Heroes

Episode 3 - Eren passes 3DMG aptitude test & takes flight

Episode 9 - Levi appears

eye-water

Episode 10 - Armin reflects on his weakness and childhood with EM

Episode 15 - Hange talks about the titans at night and other experiments

Episode 27 - Sasha’s flashback with her father

Episode 33 - Hannes talks with Mikasa and Armin

Episode 49 - Levi tries to convince Erwin to stay behind

OVA 2 - Jean thinks about his mom

OVA 8 - Eren gives Mikasa the scarf/Mikasa runs to get to Eren on time

立body機motion (2-part track)

Episode 3 - Eren retakes the 3DMG aptitude test (Part 1 of track)

Episode 4 - Cadet graduation ceremony (Part 1 of track)

Episode 5 - Eren vs. Colossal Titan (Part 2 of track)

Episode 5 - Eren’s squad moves out (Part 1 of track)

Episode 8 - Jean and the others head to HQ (Part 1 of track)

Episode 11 - Recap segment (Part 1 of track)

Episode 12 - Mikasa tries to get through to Eren (Part 1 of track)

Episode 17 - The Survey Corps begin their expedition (Full track)

Episode 20 - Recap segment (Part 1 of track)

Episode 21 - Squad Levi fight the Female Titan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 50 - The Survey Corps arrive at Shiganshina/Eren transforms (Part 1 of track)

OVA 2 - Sasha presents her meal to Pixis (Part 1 of track)

OVA 5 - The Survey Corps leaves the walls/Levi, Farlan and Isabel take down titans (Full track)

cóunter・attàck-m'ænkάɪnd (2-part track)

Episode 1 - Opening sequence ft. Survey Corps outside the walls (Part 2 of track)

Episode 3 - Sasha is punished/EA introduce themselves to the others (Part 1 of track)

Episode 5 - Flashback to the 104th learning how to kill titans (Part 1 of track)

Episode 7 - Mikasa struggles against the titan and resolves to keep living (Part 1 of track)

Episode 8 - 104th Attacks the titans in HQ/Marco talks to Jean/Rogue is attacked (Full track)

Episode 13 - Marco, Connie and Annie help Jean escape - (Part 2 of track)

Episode 14 - Erwin, Levi and Hange welcome Eren to the Survey Corps (Part 1 of track)

Episode 15 - Hange’s story about naming Sawney and Bean (Part 1 of track)

Episode 20 - The Survey Corps begins their retreat (Part 1 of track)

Episode 34 - Reiner and Bertolt see that the Survey Corps are coming (Part 2 of track)

OVA 4 - Intro scene (Part 1 of song)

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Episode 6 - Mikasa awakens her power

Episode 9 - Eren realizes that the Garrison have their blades pointed at him

Episode 26 - Pastor Nick tells Hange to cover the Wall Titan

Episode 26 - Rewind sequence

Episode 38 - Armin and Jean are kidnapped/Levi and Mikasa talk/Mikasa ambushes the Reeves Company

Episode 48 - Eren remembers Keith/The Survey Corps go to meet Keith

Episode 51 - The 104th and Hange attack Reiner withi the thunder spears

OVA 2 - Sasha takes out the boar

Vogel im Käfig  (2-part track)

Episode 1 - Carla’s death (Part 2 of track)

Episode 4 - EMA talk about joining the Survey Corps (Part 1 of track)

Episode 7 - Jean watches the others be devoured/Mikasa accepts death (Part 2 of track)

Episode 7 - Mikasa reflects on her mistake (Part 1 of track)

Episode 8 - Recap segment (Part 2 of track)

Episode 9 - Eren inside the titans’s stomach/Eren becomes the Rogue Titan (Part 2 of track)

Episode 10 - Armin realizes that he’s not a burden/Armin confronts the Garrison (Full track)

Episode 12 - Ian convinces the others to stay/Mikasa wonders what’s wrong with Eren (Full track)

Episode 15 - Recap segment (Part 1 of track)

Episode 17 - The Female Titan removes Armin’s hood (Part 2 of track)

Episode 21 - Squad Levi is killed by the Female Titan (Part 2 of track)

Episode 22 - Recap segment (Part 2 of track)

Episode 25 - The aftermath of the Stohess conflict (Full track)

Episode 26 - Eren and Mikasa in the hospital (Part 1 of track)

OVA 2 - Sasha slaps Reiner (Part 1 of track)

OVA 2 - Pixis tells Sasha why she lost the cook off (Part 1 of track)

OVA 3 - Eren’s group is saved/Armin submits his report/Eren and Marco talk (Part 1 of track)

DOA

Episode 4 - Shadis introduces the 104th Squad & their strengths

Episode 7 - The 104th follow Mikasa into battle 

Episode 49 - The Survey Corps is served meat

OVA 2 - Jean and Sasha both set out to find the wild boar

凸】♀】♂】←巨人 (2-part track)

All Episodes - Eye-catches (small excerpt from the mid-point)

Episode 2 - Eren swears vengeance on the titans (Part 1 of track)

Episode 3 - Cadets introduce themselves (Part 1 of track)

Episode 4 - Eren uses Annie’s move on Jean (Part 1 of track)

Episode 5 - Recap segment (Part 2 of track)

Episode 5 - Soldiers are given their orders (Part 1 of track)

Episode 6 - Mikasa saves the civilians & threatens Dimo Reeves (Part 1 of track)

Episode 6 - Grisha and Eren find Mikasa’s parents (Part 2 of track)

Episode 8 - Armin, Mikasa and Connie make a plan on the roof (Full track)

Episode 10 - Marco tries to calm Daz down/Jean tries to rationalize about Eren (Part 1 of track)

Episode 10 - The 104th and Garrison react to Eren’s transformation (Part 2 of track)

Episode 13 - Eren speaks with Erwin and Levi in the underground cell (Part 1 of track)

Episode 14 - Erwin vouches for Eren/Courtroom argues (Part 1 of track)

Episode 16 - Erwin speaks to recruit the cadets (Part 1 of track)

Episode 17 - Armin theorizes with Jean and Reiner (Part 1 of track)

Episode 18 - Eren questions why they went in the forest/104th sees the titans waiting (Full track)

Episode 19 - The Female Titan is captured (Part 2 of track)

Episode 21 - Erwin & Hange talk/Jean & Armin talk/Squad Levi leaves Gunther (Part 2 of track)

Episode 23 - Annie refuses to go underground (Full track)

Episode 24 - Eren fails to transform (Part 1 of track)

Episode 28 - Nick tells Hange about Historia/Sasha shows up (Part 1 of track)

Episode 30 - Ymir calls out Krista on not planning to save Daz (Part 1 of track)

Episode 32 - Eren backs away from the fight (Part 1 of track)

Episode 33 - Erwin is informed that 3 more 104th members are titans (Part 1 of track)

Episode 34 - Ymir explains the situation to Eren (Part 1 of track)

Episode 35 - Reiner and Bertolt discuss an escape plan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 36 - Reiner throwing titans/Ymir saves Erwin (Part 2 of track)

Episode 40 - Kenny kills Historia’s mother/Rod sends Historia away (Part 1 of track)

Episode 41 - Levi speaks with Marlowe and Hitch (Part 1 of track)

Episode 51 - Hange introduces the thunder spears (Part 2 of track)

OVA 1 - Hange tries luring a titan toward her/Levi saves Oluo (Part 1 of track)

OVA 2 - Jean drawing a picture (Part 1 of track)

OVA 3 - Eren stops Jean from killing the lizard (Part 1 of track)

OVA 4 - Levi and Farlan protect Isabel (Part 1 of track)

OVA 5 - Levi leaves to kill Erwin/Levi realizes titans got passed him (Full track)

OVA 6 - Annie questions the bar patrons (Part 1 of track)

E・M・A  (2-part track) 

Episode 3 - Cadets perform 3DMG aptitude test (Part 1 of track)

Episode 5 - Soldiers prepare to defend Trost/Civilians evacuate (Part 1 of track)

Episode 10 - Pixis asks if Eren will move the boulder (Part 2 of track)

Episode 11 - EM and the Garrison begin the mission to move the boulder (Full track)

Episode 12 - Recap segment (Part 1 of track)

Episode 13 - Eren begins to move with the boulder/Soldiers protect Eren (Part 1 of track)

Episode 24 - Jean joins the fight/Eren in the rubble/The SC tries to capture Annie (Full track)

Episode 52 - Reiner and Bertolt discuss their next move while Eren seals the wall (Part 1 of track)

OVA 3 - Eren’s group rescues Historia (Full track)

OVA 5 - Isabel and Levi do training (Part 2 of track)

巨♀~9地区 (2-part track) 

Episode 4 - Reiner and Eren “teach Annie how to be a soldier” (Part 2 of track)

Episode 5 - Pixis leaves Lord Wald after learning of Trost’s attack (Part 2 of track)

Episode 8 - Armin devises a plan to defeat the titans in HQ (Part 2 of track)

Episode 11 - Pixis puts Ian in charge (Part 2 of track)

Episode 13 - Levi saves EMA from titans (Part 1 of track)

Episode 14 - Citizens discuss Eren’s titan/Zackley shows up for the trial (Part 1 of track)

Episode 14 - Levi explains he’s the only one who can stop Eren (Part 2 of track)

Episode 15 - Hange requests permission from Levi to work with Eren (Part 2 of track)

Episode 16 - The 104th learn about the Long Range Scouting Formation (Part 1 of track)

Episode 18 - The Survey Corps advances and learns of the right flank’s fates (Part 1 of track)

Episode 20 - The Survey Corps try to get inside of the Female Titan/Levi’s taunt (Part 1 of track)

Episode 22 - Levi and Mikasa follow the Female Titan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 38 - Eren’s failed experiment (Part 1 of track)

Episode 41 - Jean “tests” Marlowe and Hitch (Part 1 of track)

Episode 42 - Anka reports the fake news about the wall breach (Part 1 of track)

Episode 46 - Hange and Erwin discuss the plan/Eren tries to make Rod stop (Part 2 of track)

Episode 50 - Eren wonders if he’s good enough (Part 1 of track)

Episode 51 - Squad Levi & Hange discuss plans/Eren and Reiner start fighting (Part 1 of track)

Episode 54 - The 104th go after Reiner/Bertolt assesse (Part 2 of track)

OVA 1 - Intro scene (Part 1 of track)

OVA 2 - Jean and Sasha challenge each other to a cook off (Part 2 of track)

OVA 2 - Sasha, Connie and Reiner find boar poop (Part 1 of track)

OVA 6 - Annie heads to the bar (Part 2 of track)

OVA 6 - Annie subdues the groper and finds the drugs (Part 1 of track)

Bauklötze

Episode 19 - Squad Levi bites their hands/Squad Levi continues to run from the Female Titan

2chi城 (3-part track)

Episode 1 - Eren and Mikasa return to Shiganshina (Part 1 of track)

Episode 1 - Eren and Mikasa save Armin (Part 2 of track)

Episode 3 - Eren and Jean argue (Part 3 of track)

Episode 3 - Krista and Ymir meet each other (Part 1 of track)

Episode 3 - Mikasa denies Sasha the bread (Part 1 of track)

Episode 4 - The Survey Corps march/Hannes and Eren talk/104th on the wall (Parts 1 & 2 of track)

Episode 9 - The Survey Corps prepare to leave the walls (Part 1 of track)

Episode 15 - Squad Levi arrive at the castle/Squad Levi cleans (Parts 1 & 3 of track)

Episode 18 - Historia appears (Part 1 of track)

Episode 23 - Marlowe and Hitch complain about their tasks (Part 1 of track)

Episode 26 - The 104th Squad waits in the castle (Part 1 of track)

Episode 29 - Krista patches Reiner up (Part 1 of track)

Episode 33 - EM squabbles with bullies/Hannes squabbles with merchant (Part 2 of track)

Episode 40 - Hange berates Sannes and Ralph in their cell (Part 1 of track)

Episode 43 - Zackley’s torture device (Part 1 of track)

Episode 48 Jean, Armin and Eren talk at Historia’s orphanage (Part 1 of track)

Episode 49 - Eren and Jean’s fight (Part 2 of track)

OVA 2 - The 104th take their test (Parts 1 & 2 of track)

OVA 3 - The 104th head out on their mission (Part 1 of track)

OVA 5 - Levi, Farlan and Isabel introduce themselves and see the barracks (Part 1 of track)

OVA 6 - Annie agrees to do a favor for Hitch/Annie researches Hitch’s assignment (Parts 1 & 3 of track)

OVA 8 - The Mirror Man reveals he is still alive (Part 3 of track)

XL-TT  (2-part track)

Episode 1 - The Colossal Titan appears/Titans invade Shiganshina (Full track)

Episode 2 - Shadis “welcomes” the new recruits (Part 2 of track)

Episode 5 - Thomas is eaten/Eren gets mad/Eren’s squad gets eaten/Eren saves Armin (Full track)

Episode 7 - The Rogue Titan appears (Part 2 of track)

Episode 10 - Narrator explains the situation & introduces Dot Pixis (Part 2 of track)

Episode 11 - Pixis’s explains the plan to the soldiers/Armin makes a plan (Full track)

Episode 12 - Jean, Connie, Annie and Marco fighting/Armin gets through to Eren (Part 2 of track)

Episode 14 - Recap segment/Levi tells Eren he can join the Corps (Part 2 of track)

Episode 20 - The Survey Corps try to defend the Female Titan from the others (Part 1 of track)

Episode 21 - Recap segment (Part 2 of track)

Episode 22 - The Survey Corps is chased by titans (Part 2 of track)

Episode 25 - Recap segment (Part 2 of track)

Episode 26 - Intro sequence (Part 2 of track)

Episode 29 - Gelgar and Nanaba die (Part 2 of track)

Episode 35 - The SC closes in/RBY try to get out of the forest with Eren (Part 2 of track)

Call your name

Episode 13 - Eren’s monologue/Eren closes the hole in the wall

Episode 14 - Mikasa vouches for Eren/Nile brings up EM’s past/Eren’s speech

Episode 16 - The 104th choose to join the Survey Corps

Episode 17 - Recap segment

Episode 20 - The Female Titan disappears/Erwin and Levi talk

Episode 24 - Recap segment/Annie transforms

Episode 30 - Ymir transforms to save Daz

OVA 1 - Hange’s granted permission to capture titans

OVA 3 - Eren and Jean agree to save Historia

OVA 6 - Annie speaks with Mr. Stratman

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Episode 6 - Eren wraps the scarf around Mikasa/Eren and Grisha invite her home

Episode 7 - Recap segment

Episode 22 - The Survey Corps returns to Wall Rose

Episode 44 - Eren laments his father’s sin and wishes to be eaten

OVA 5 - Levi kills the titan who ate Farlan and Isabel/Levi tries to attack Erwin

SnK OST II

進撃st-hrn-egt20130629巨人 (2-part track) 

Episode 18 - Soldiers fighting the Female Titan in the old village (Part 1 of track)

Episode 22 - Levi & Mikasa vs. Female Titan

Episode 23 - Survey Corps soldiers surround Annie before she transforms (Part 2 of track)

Episode 24 - Mikasa fights Annie/Erwin and Levi talk with Nile (Part 1 of track)

Episode 25 - Berserk Eren/”Annie, fall”/Annie crystallizes (Part 2 of track)

OVA 2 - Pixis’ hallucination (Part 1 of track)

OVA 2 - Pixis eats Jean’s meal/Jean wins the cook off (Part 2 of track)

進撃pf20130218巨人 (2-part track)

Episode 1 - The Survey Corps return to Shiganshina (Part 2 of track)

Episode 2 - Recap segment (Part 1 of track)

Episode 2 - Eren fights with the Garrison soldiers/Eren gets upset with Armin (Part 2 of track)

Episode 3 - EM & RB talk about their pasts (Part 1 of track)

Episode 4 - Recap segment (Part 1 of track)

Episode 4 - Annie tells Eren to question the system (Part 2 of track)

Episode 6 - Mikasa watches her parents be killed/Eren kills the traffickers (full track)

Episode 7 - Kitts tells the cadets to stay behind (Part 1 of track)

Episode 9 - Eren watches his arm be bitten off (Part 1 of track)

Episode 9 - Kitts questions Eren/Mikasa threatens the Garrison/Eren’s confusion (Full track)

Episode 9 - Garrison reacts to Eren’s transformation (Part 2 of track)

Episode 10 - EMA try  to figure out what’s going on & consider options (Part 2 of track)

Episode 11 - Unrest among the Garrison and 104th cadets while waiting (Part 1 of track)

Episode 11 - Pixis and Eren talk on the wall/Pixis gives Eren a swig (Part 2 of track)

Episode 12 - Ian, Mitabi and Rico argue/Jean, Connie and Marco discuss the situation (Full track)

Episode 14 - Erwin and Pixis talk on top of the wall (Part 2 of track)

Episode 14 - Eren reflects while in his cell (Part 1 of track)

Episodes 14 - 25 - PV segment (Part 2 of track)

Episode 17 - Armin wonders why the Female Titan looked at his face (Part 2 of track)

Episode 18 - Jean tries to call his horse (Part 1 of track)

Episode 19 - Eren can’t transform/Levi gets upset/Eren accidentally transforms (Full track)

Episode 20 - Squad Levi and Eren talk/Armin and Jean talk (Full track)

Episode 22 - Eren dreams about the SC returning when he’s a kid (Part 1 of track)

Episode 23 - Marlowe catches superior MP’s selling gear for money (Part 1 of track)

Episde 27 - Armin talks to Eren and Mikasa/Hange studies crystal piece (Part 1 of track)

Episode 28 - Nanaba and Gelgar discover Castle Utgard (Part 1 of track)

Episode 29 - 104th and Squad Mike discuss Connie’s village (Part 1 of track)

Episode 29 - Reiner’s arm gets bit/Connie, Ymir and Bertolt help Reiner (Part 2 of track)

Episode 31 - Hannes informs the SC there is no breach (Part 1 of track)

Episode 34 - Eren contemplates what his next move should be (Part 2 of track)

Episode 40 - Hange reveals that Rod wants to have Eren eaten (Part 1 of track)

Episode 41 - Nile worries about the new gear/Flegel runs from the MPs (Part 2 of track)

Episode 43 - Rod tells Historia about Grisha’s attack (Part 2 of track)

Episode 50 - Armin theorizes with Erwin/Erwin gives Armin command (Part 2 of track)

Episode 51 - Reiner considers the Survey Corps’ next move (Part 1 of track)

Episode 52 - Reiner, Bertolt and Annie kill Marco (Part 1 of track)

OVA 1 - Hange pleads with Erwin to capture a titan/Hange chokes Oluo (Part 1 of track)

OVA 2 - Armin breaks his leg (Part 1 of track)

OVA 2 - Jean sneaking through the hallway (Part 2 of track)

OVA 3 - Intro scene (Part 1 of track)

OVA 5 - Erwin and Shadis have a conversation (Part 2 of track)

OVA 7 - Annie goes over her clues/Annie gets captured (Full track)

OVA 8 - Survey Corps arrive in Shiganshina/Eren is beat up (Part 1 of track)

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Episode 2 - Civilians are sent to die/EMA resolve to join the military

Episode 43 - Frieda visiting Historia on the farm

進撃st-hrn-gt-pf20130629巨人 (2-part track)

Episode 17 - Sis and Ness take down the abnormal/Female Titan appears (Full track) 

Episode 18 - The Female Titan appears in behind Squad Levi the forest (Part 2 of track)

Episode 19 - Recap segment (Part 2 of track)

Episode 21 - The Female Titan reappears (Part 2 of track)

Episode 24 - Annie begins attacking (Part 2 of track)

Episode 30 - Ymir fights off the titans (Part 2 of track)

OVA 4 - Levi, Farlan and Isabel are chased by the Survey Corps (Full track)

OVA 7 - Annie transforms and attacks (Part 2 of track)

進撃vc-pf20130218巨人 (2-part track)

Episodes 1-13 - PV segment (Part 1 of track)

Episode 2 - Shiganshina being devoured/Eren & Hannes argue/EM board the boat (Full track)

Episode 3 - EM & RB go to the lake (Part 1 of track)

Episode 6 - Ymir belittles Armin/Armin reflects/Armin finds Hannah and Franz (Part 1 of track)

Episode 7 - Mikasa learns of Eren’s death/Mikasa’s speech (Full track)

Episode 8 - Eren emerges from the Rogue Titan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 13 - Jean finds Marco/104th help with cleanup/Annie apologizes (Part 1 of track)

Episode 15 - Erwin and Mike talk (Part 1 of track)

Episode 16 - Jean mourns and decides Survey Corps/Armin, Connie & Annie talk (Part 2 of track)

Episode 22 - Levi gives Deiter one of his patches (Part 2 of track)

Episode 25 - Eren is removed from his titan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 25 - Mikasa and Eren talk/Armin and Jean talk (Part 2 of track)

Episode 26 - Wall Titan appears (Part 1 of track)

Episode 32 - Eren remembers the walk through the forest with RB (Part 1 of track)

Episode 38 - Levi tells Nifa about Kenny the Ripper (Part 1 of track)

Episode 48 - Keith and Carla/Keith gives Erwin command/Grisha takes Eren away (Part 1 of track)

Episode 49 - Eren, Mikasa and Armin talk on the stairs (Part 2 of track)

OVA 1 - Hange writes her findings from Ilse’s journal (Part 1 of track)

OVA 7 - Annie writes her report (Part 2 of track)

OVA 8 - Eren talks about wanting to leave the walls (Part 1 of track)

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Episode 14 - Eren enters the courtroom 

Episode 16 - Eren learns about Marco’s death/The 104th get their capes

Episode 21 - The Female Titan takes Eren

Episode 22 - Levi and Erwin argue with Deiter

Episode 24 - Mikasa tries to get Eren to fight/Armin comes up with a plan to protect Eren

Episode 28 - Hange explains her findings on Annie’s crystal & hardening

Episode 29 - Ymir tells Krista to live with pride and transforms into the Dancing Titan

Episode 31 - EMA, Hange and Sasha talk about RB being with Annie

Episode 32 - Mikasa challenges Annie in the flashback scene

Episode 34 - Reiner flashes back to Marco’s death and has a mental breakdown

Episode 35 - Ymir reflects on her past

Episode 39 - Armin grieves about killing someone/Flashback to the MP’s escaping

Episode 39 - Levi’s squad talks/Levi makes a deal with Dimo Reeves

Episode 41 - Levi, Mikasa and Armin ambush Marlowe and Hitch

Episode 44 - Historia tries to defend Rod/Kenny slices Eren’s forehead

Episode 47 - Uri bows down to Kenny/Kenny joins Uri

OVA 2 - Jean wishes to leave home

OVA 3 - The kidnappers take Historia and threaten Eren’s group

OVA 4 - Levi makes a deal with Lobov

OVA 6 - Annie thinks about her father

OVA 8 - Mikasa learns about Eren’s death

OVA 8 - Mikasa “stabs” the Mirror Man

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Episode 26 - Hange dangles Nick over the wall

OVA 1 - Hange and Squad Levi find Ilse’s body

OVA 4 - Levi, Farlan and Isabel prepare to face the Survey Corps

OVA 8 - Eren and Mikasa are surrounded by wolves

進撃st20130629巨人 (2-part track)

Episode 15 - Hange tells Eren her backstory (Part 1 of track)

Episode 15 - Sawney and Bean are killed/Erwin asks Eren who the real enemy is (Part 2 of track)

Episode 16 - The 104th have their gear inspected/Armin and Connie talk (Part 1 of track)

Episode 16 - Erwin tells the cadets about the plan to go to Shiganshina (Part 2 of track)

Episode 18 - The Female Titan kills the soldiers fighting her in the old village (Part 2 of track)

Episode 18 - The Survey Corps approach the Forest of Giant Trees (Part 1 of track)

Episode 19 - Levi tells his squad to calm down/Eren wants to turn into a titan (Part 2 of track)

Episode 19 - Squad Levi threatens Eren after he accidentally transformed (Part 1 of track)

Episode 20 - The Female Titan is captured/104th wait outside of the forest (Part 1 of track)

Episode 20 - Annie chases Squad Levi/Hange & Erwin talk/Gunther’s death (Part 2 of track)

Episode 23 - Marlowe thinks about shooting the superior MPs (Part 1 of track)

Episode 24 - EMA, Jean, Erwin & Levi discuss about Annie being the Female Titan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 25 - Nile confronts Erwin/Eren and Annie’s fight continues (Part 1 of track)

Episode 27 - Sasha takes the little girl away from the titan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 28 - Levi shows Nick the refugees (Part 1 of track)

Episode 32 - Hange gives orders after Colossal blows them away (Part 1 of track)

Episode 47 - Kenny finds Levi in the underground (Part 1 of track)

Episode 53 - The 104th look to Armin/Armin asks Jean to take command (Part 2 of track)

OVA 1 - Ilse writing in her journal/Ilse meeting the titan (Full track)

OVA 3 - The 104th and kidnappers stand off (Part 1 of track)

OVA 4 - Levi agrees to join the Survey Corps (Part 1 of track)

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Episode 3 - EMA discuss Eren failing the 3DMG aptitude test

Episode 4 - Eren’s speech to the 104th

Episode 12 - Armin tries to get through Eren in his dreamstate

Episode 19 - Eren and Levi talk in the basement

Episode 23 - Armin and Annie discuss helping Eren

Episode 28 - Ymir and Historia talk

Episode 35 - Ymir and Bertolt talk about when they ate someone

OVA 2 - Jean is embarrassed by his mom

OVA 3 - Mikasa’s group realize something is amiss

OVA 4 - Farlan laments living in the underground

OVA 5 - Levi tries to convince Farlan and Isabel to stay behind

OVA 7 - Annie speaks with Carly Stratman

進撃st-hrn-gt20130629巨人 (2-part track)

Episode 16 - Jean talks to Eren/The Survey Corps begin the expedition (Part 1 of track)

Episode 17 - Reiner saves Armin and Jean from the Female Titan (Part 2 of track)

Episode 42 - Hange reflects on how the uprising became a success (Part 1 of track)

Episode 48 - The titan guillotine is used for the first time (Part 1 of track)

Episode 49 - The Survey Corps head out to retake Wall Maria (Part 1 of track)

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Episode 22 - Squad Levi’s families wait for them to come home/SC bodies are gathered

Episode 50 - Eren remembers Armin showing him the book

OVA 4 - Isabel joins Levi and Farlan

SnK S2 OST

(note: these are the tracks not found on OST II only)

Barricades

Episode 28 - Reiner tells Connie to focus on the mission

Episode 37 - Historia confronts Ymir/104th fights/Hannes fights Smiling Titan

APETITAN (2-part track)

Episode 26 - Titans appear inside of Wall Rose/Survey Corps heads out (Full track)

Episode 26 - The Beast Titan commands the titans to kill Mike (Part 2 of track)

Episode 27 - Recap segment (Part 2 of track)

Episode 28 - The Garrison fight the titans/Hannes scouts the wall (Full track)

Episode 29 - Squad Mike fights the titans (Part 1 of track)

Episode 29 - Reiner’s flashback of Marcel/The 104th save Reiner (Part 2 of track)

Episode 33 - Colossal interferes with Eren/Reiner fight (Part 1 of track)

Episode 34 - Hange tries to move to go see Connie’s village (Part 1 of track)

Episode 35 - Moblit and the others take a look at Connie’s mom (Part 2 of track)

Episode 35 - Ymir captures Historia and runs away/RBY take off with Eren (Part 1 of track)

Episode 36 - Erwin lures the titans in/Erwin loses his arm/Jean saves Mikasa (Full track)

Episode 42 - Zackley and Pixis overthrow the nobles (Part 2 of track)

Episode 47 - Zeke defeats Reiner and emerges from his titan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 51 - Reiner scales the wall/Zeke sends off his titans (Part 1 of track)

Episode 53 - The Survey Corps begins their suicide charge (Part 1 of track)

Episode 53 - Erwin’s speech/Erwin is hit by Zeke’s boulder (Part 2 of track)

OVA 6 - Annie resolves herself as she’s getting ready (Part 2 of track)

YouSeeBIGGIRL/T:T (2-part track)

Episode 29 - Reiner discovers Ymir can read another language (Part 1 of track)

Episode 30 - End of snowstorm flashback/Ymir transforms (Part 2 of track)

Episode 31 - Reiner and Bertolt Titan reveal (Full track)

Episode 37 - Eren activates The Coordinate (Part 1 of track)

son2seaVer (2-part track)

Episode 27 - Levi, Hange and Nick join EMA/The Survey Corps heads out (Part 1 of track)

Episode 27 - Sasha sneaks up on the titan eating the little girl’s mom (Part 1 of track)

Episode 30 - Krista tells Ymir to let the castle fall/Ymir saves the 104th (Part 1 of track)

Episode 30 - Mikasa and the SC show up to save the 104th (Part 1 of track)

Episode 31 - Recap segment (Part 1 of track)

Episode 36 - Armin tells Bertolt Annie is being tortured/Erwin frees Eren (Part 1 of track)

Episode 41 - Squad Levi ambushes the military police outpost (Part 1 of track)

Call of Silence

Episode 35 - Ymir’s turned into a titan, eats Marcel, wakes up and meets Historia

Episode 49 - Eren reflects on everything that’s happened since Trost

ERENthe標 (2-part track)

Episodes 26-37 - PV sequence (Part 1 of track)

Episode 27 - Sasha’s flashback with Ymir& Historia/Sasha fights off the titan (Part 2 of track)

Episode 30 - Krista runs to Ymir to tell her her real name (Part 2 of track)

Episode 32 - Eren remembers how much he admired Reiner and fights back (Part 2 of track)

Episode 33 - Hange tells Erwin to go to the forest/Eren wakes up/SC heads out  (Part 1 of track)

Episode 34 - Hannes tries to cheer Mikasa up (Part 2 of track)

Episode 36 - Eren wakes up/Mikasa moves in/104th confront RB (Full track)

Episode 37 - Titans are humans/Erwin’s resolve for answers/Closing sequence  (Part 2 of track)

Episode 45 - Historia agrees to be queen/The Survey Corps plans their attack (Part 2 of track)

Episode 49 - Erwin discusses plans with Survey Corps leaders (Part 2 of track)

Episode 54 - Armin comes up with a plan to defeat Bertolt (Part 2 of track)

OVA 7 - Annie speaks with Mr. Stratman (Part 2 of track)

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Episode 27 - Sasha’s dad tells her he’s proud of her (Part 2 of track)

Episode 33 - Erwin meets up with Pixis (Part 1 of track)

Episode 37 - Mikasa thanks Eren/Eren punches Smiling Titan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 37 - Eren sends titans after RB/Ymir says goodbye to Historia (Part 2 of track)

Episode 40 - Erwin talks about his childhood (Part 1 of track)

Episode 52 - Armin and Bertolt talk on the roof (Part 1 of track)

YAMANAIAME

-recap film only-

2Volt

Episode 36 - Recap segment

Episode 37 - Jean’s hit/Eren can’t transform/Hannes is killed

Episode 40 - Historia talks about her childhood

Episode 43 - Eren wonders what happened/Grisha’s memories are triggered

Episode 54 - Suicide charge/Levi sneak attacks Zeke/Zeke escapes

OVA 8 - Mikasa misses Eren/Mikasa apologizes to her mom

So ist es Immer

OVA 4 - Farlan gives out money

OVA 4 - Montage sequence

OVA 5 - Levi, Farlan and Isabel agree to go together

OVA 5 - Levi vows to follow Erwin

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Episode 45 - Rod transforms/Squad Levi saves Eren and Historia/Eren bites the serum

OVA 8 - Mikasa and Eren bonding montage

The Reluctant Heroes ＜MODv＞

-recap film only-

theDOGS

-recap film only-

EMAymniam (2-part track)

Episode 41 - Flegel questions the MPs/Hange and Moblit surprise attack (Full track)

OVA 8 - Mikasa and Eren walk through the woods (Part 2 of track)

TWO-lives

Episode 32 - Mikasa reflects/Colossal noms Ymir/Hange & Co. attack Colossal Titan

Episode 32 - Eren starts to get the upper hand on Reiner

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Episode 32 - The climax of the Eren/Reiner fight

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Episode 27 - Connie returns to his village (Part 1 of track)

Episode 33 - Bertolt emerges from his titan with Ymir/Reiner runs off with them (Part 1 of track)

Episode 35 - Ymir threatens Reiner and Bertolt/SC closes in on the forest (Part 2 of track)

Episode 36 - Reiner throws titans/Smiling Titan appears (Part 1 of track)

Episode 37 - Eren’s flashback/Smiling Titan appears (Part 1 of track)

Episode 38 - Hange confronts Sannes about Pastor Nick (Part 1 of track)

Episode 48 - Eren talks about titans being human (Part 1 of track)

Episode 53 - JSC distract Bertolt while Mikasa launches the spears (Part 1 of track)

OVA 6 - Annie finds the dead body under the bed (Part 1 of track)

OVA 7 - Annie speaks with the dying man (Part 1 of track)

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Episode 28 - Connie cries for his family

Episode 30 - The 104th worry about Krista and Ymir in the snowstorm

Episode 31 - The SC scale the wall

Episode 31 - Bertolt tells Reiner they should go home

Episode 31 - Reiner tells Eren that he and Bertolt are the Amored and Colossal Titans

Episode 33 - Mikasa wakes up and tries to find out what happened to Eren

Episode 34 - Ymir talks about the Beast Titan/Reiner brings up Historia

Episode 36 - Ymir tells Historia why she needs to go with her and RB

Episode 40 - Erwin visits the site of Dimo Reeves’ murder

Episode 43 - PIxis and Erwin talk about where they go from here

Episode 46 - Kenny remembers his pas/Levi finds Kenny sitting by the tree

Episode 47 - Kenny tells the MPs about his dream/Levi finds Kenny by the tree

Episode 52 - Zeke and Bertolt agree to “end it all”/Reiner and Bertolt’s parting words

OVA 7 - Annie investigates the dead body

OVA 8 - The mirror man tells Mikasa she can’t save Eren

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Episode 30 - Historia reveals her real name to Ymir

Episode 48 - Keith finds Grisha/Grisha asks about the walls

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Episode 37 - Reiner, Bertolt and Ymir talk atop the wall in Shiganshina

Episode 38 - Eren and Historia talk about Ymir and Historia’s true self

Episode 42 - Erwin and Zackley’s carriage conversation

Episode 46 - Eren feels useless and punches himself

Episode 48 - Eren and Historia talk at the orphanage

OVA 8 - Intro scene

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Episode 38 - Squad Levi and Squad Hange escape the cabin (Part 2 of track)

Episode 38 - A wild Kenny appears! (Part 1 of track)

Episode 39 - Intro scene/Levi flees (Part 2 of track)

Episode 39 - Eren and Historia are kidnapped/Levi is ambushed (Part 1 of track)

Episode 43 - Traute’s speech/Kenny walks through the cave/Squad Levi prepares (Part 2 of track)

Episode 45 - Recap segment (Part 2 of track)

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Episode 44 - Historia rejects the serum and unchains Eren

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Episode 39 - Kenny kills Dimo Reeves/Hange reveals Historia’s royalty/Historia faces her father (Part 2 of track)

Episode 40 - Hange informs Erwin/Pixis contemplates going through with Erwin’s plan

Episode 42 - Hange talks about the Reiss chapel’s destruction (Part 2 of track)

Episode 43 - Grandpa Ackerman and Kenny talk about bloodlines and Kuchel (Part 2 of track)

Episode 44 - Rod gets the serum out for Historia (Part 2 of track)

Episode 45 - The Survey Corps agrees to kill Rod instead of feed Eren to him (Part 2 of track)

SymphonicSuite[AoT]Part1-2nd:一s十りA (2-part track)

Episode 43 - Historia remembers Frieda (Part 2 of track)

Episode 47 - Historia’s coronation/Historia punches Levi (Part 1 of track)

SymphonicSuite[AoT]Part1-3rd:BARRIchestra (2-part track)

Episode 41 - Erwin goes to his trial (Part 2 of track)

Episode 46 - The Survey Corps defeats Rod’s titan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 46 - Historia declares herself ruler of the walls (Part 2 of track)

Episode 47 - Uri passes his titan down to Frieda (Part 2 of track)

Episode 49 - Recap segment (Part 2 of track)

SymphonicSuite[AoT]Part1-4th:7-b@$ (2-part track)

Episode 39 - Sannes’ torture/Sannes talks about his commitment to the King’s peace (Part 1 of track)

Episode 41 - Levi interrogates the MP (Part 2 of track)

Episode 42 - Erwin explains the importance of taking back Wall Maria (Part 2 of track)

Episode 44 - Rod tells Historia about the Founding Titan (Part 1 of track)

Episode 45 - Erwin meets up with Squad Levi (Part 2 of track)

Episode 47 - Kenny meets Uri (Part 2 of track)

Episode 48 - Marlowe talks about Hitch (Part 2 of track)

Episode 48 - Grisha saves Shiganshina and marries Carla/Keith leading the Survey Corps

Episode 50 - Armin stresses about the enemy’s location (Part 2 of track)

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Episode 44 - Levi vs. Kenny

AoTs3-3spens/21石 (2-part track)

Episode 39 - Kenny talks to Levi in the saloon/Squad Levi tries to get Eren and Historia back (full track)

Episode 40 - Pixis and Erwin talk about Erwin’s plan to stage a coup (Part 2 of track)

Episode 42 - Recap segment (Part 1 of track)

Episode 42 - Eren wakes up/Survey Corps makes preparations/Historia appears (Part 1 of track)

Episode 44 - Squad Levi vs. interior military police (Part 2 of track)

Episode 46 - The Garrison attempts to kill Rod’s titan (Part 1 of track)

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Episode 41 - Marlowe and Hitch discuss the raid on Stohess

Ending credits to Annie’s Lost Girls OVA episodes

SymphonicSuite[AoT]Part2-1st:ətˈæk 0N tάɪtn <WMId>

Episode 50 - Reiner appears/Levi attacks Reiner/Zeke transforms his titan army

Episode 52 - Bertolt starts setting Shiganshina on fire/The 104th turn to Armin

Episode 53 - The 104th make plans to attack Bertolt/Eren’s kicked on the wall

Episode 54 - Eren and Armin begin enacting Armin’s plan/The 104th attack Reiner

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Episode 54 - Armin sacrifices himself/Hange appears/Mikasa defeats Reiner

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Episode 52 - Zeke launches Bertolt into Shiganshina/Bertolt finds Reiner

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Episode 50 - Beginning episode narration

Episode 50 - Armin tells the Survey Corps to look for the enemy inside the walls

Episode 51 - Erwin reflects on himself/Eren and Reiner resume battle

Episode 53 - Floch despairs/Levi tells Erwin to get on Eren and leave

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Episode 52 - Mikasa attacks Bertolt/Bertolt bombs Shiganshina

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Episode 43 - Mikasa and Levi talk about their shared lineage

Episode 47 - Kenny abandons Levi

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Episode 40 - Squad Levi talks about devising a plan to get to Eren and Historia

Episode 42 - The nobles sentence Erwin to death

Episode 45 - Eren uses the hardening/Rod’s titan leaves the cave

Episode 46 - Recap segment

Episode 46 - Rod Reiss’ titan ascends the wall

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Composer Kevin Penkin on Symphonic Metal and Flamenco Music Influences in The Rising of the Shield Hero, and More!

At Crunchyroll Expo, we were excited to premiere the first episode of The Rising of the Shield Hero, and what a premiere it was! If you didn’t get a chance to see the first episode, fear not, because the show will be coming out soon in January 2019, so there’s plenty of time to get ready for this unique take on isekai fantasy action!

The Rising of the Shield Hero follows Naofumi Iwatani as he gets summoned into a parallel world, but things don’t go quite as planned for this “hero:” he’s not very easy to get along with, a bit uncharismatic, and to top it off, his only piece of “legendary” equipment is a shield. Stuck in a new world filled with danger and intrigue, is there anyone that Naofumi can trust, and just what can he do without any means of attacking his enemies?

Following the premiere, we were honored to get a chance to sit down and talk to Junichiro Tamura, the head of production for the 1st anime division at Kadokawa, who has overseen series like Bungo Stray Dogs, Chio’s School Road, and Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion, and Kevin Penkin, a composer whose works include anime like Under the Dog and Norn9, video games like Defenders Quest and the upcoming Necrobarista, and last year won the Crunchyroll Anime Award for his work on Made in Abyss. Let’s see what they had to say!

Hello! Thank you for speaking with us today. Could you tell us a bit about yourselves first?Junichiro Tamura: I’m the head of the 1st anime division, and I work mostly on KADOKAWA IP titles, like novels and manga.Kevin Penkin: I just walked in off the street. I don’t go here! (everyone laughs) I am an Australian living in London, and I do music for anime and games. I did some titles like Made in Abyss and Under the Dog, and now The Rising of the Shield Hero. Also did work on a game called Florence, which came out earlier this year, and I’m also doing other games like Necrobarista, which is coming out next year. So yeah, I do music for things, and occasionally get paid for it.JT: Occasionally?KP: Occasionally. Well, actually, no, no, more than occasionally, you know, FINALLY! (laughs)

We're looking forward to The Rising of the Shield Hero! What has it been like to work on this series?JT: This project mostly came out of trying to get more fans from overseas. Crunchyroll producer, Sae Ho Song, was the one to tip us off about Shield Hero, so that’s what prompted us to make it; he told us it was popular overseas. That’s also another reason why Kevin is part of this project, so we can get more overseas fans.KP: For me, this is my first Crunchyroll title, and it’s also the first big title I’ve been doing since Made in Abyss finished airing. Originally, there was a bit of pressure, cause trying to find a way to do another project and not in the same way, but try and find a new and unique voice for Shield Hero. At the start, it was a bit of a challenge, but as the project started to pick up steam, we started writing more music, I found that it was actually quite natural to switch gears from one style, from one approach to another, because it was a completely different anime to what I’ve been used to writing before. And especially when it came to writing for battle music, trying to think of interesting ways to create tension in a battle track, for example, that would not be a typical approach was quite fun! So yeah, it’s been an interesting experience getting into Shield Hero, and it’s been really fun, and very very challenging, but very very enjoyable as well!

Yeah, you mentioned something back at the Shield Hero premiere: symphonic metal and flamenco music? I bet that was part of the challenge!KP: Yeah, that was interesting meeting to have when they gave me that idea! (laughs) It’s not necessarily about how do you blend one instrument with another; you can always find a way, but it’s about how to convince them that you know what you’re doing. Trying to figure out a way where every instrument would be pretty well balanced with one another was sort of the challenge for when it comes to that type of writing. For example, there was the main theme that was shown in the first episode and also in the PV, which is a classic example of what the soundtrack will be in terms of variation. It’s gonna jump sometimes between in-your-face symphonic rock and then it’ll have a sort of more sensitive guitar sounds at times. I’m trying to create almost a bit of an emotional whiplash between these two set of contrasting styles that will yield interesting emotional results with the audience. It’s still too early to tell exactly how it’ll play out, but I’m very much looking forward to seeing how people react to the full soundtrack in due course.

You two have worked together before. Can you explain a bit about how your relationship developed?JT: We haven’t met face-to-face until just a few days ago for Crunchyroll Expo! (laughs) We’ve done quite a few Skype calls to just talk about music, though! KP: I’ve got my story all wrong…! (everyone laughs) But I thought in January we had met, but I was too jet lagged at the time to remember who exactly was there and wasn’t there! (everyone laughs) Because I’ve been talking with Tamura-san multiple times on Skype, I’m already quite familiar, even though we haven’t apparently met in person before just now. (laughs) We’ve had some pretty cool detailed discussions involving the direction of the music and where to go, and how we should develop whatever themes we may have composed for Shield Hero so far. We do have a really cool working relationship. So cool that I thought we had already met! (laughs) But nevertheless, Tamura-san’s really good to work with, because Tamura-san has a very clear vision for Shield Hero, so he knows what he wants and when he wants it. However, he’s also very respectful if he thinks that we just want to try writing music away from thinking about too many specific things, and just sort of trying to get almost like an imageboard of the music and then try to focus it down from there. We have a very good back and forth!JT: The meeting he thought that we were having in January, I wanted to come, but I couldn’t because I had another obligation at the time.KP: I just forgot! Your presence was just so strong! (everyone laughs)

Kevin, how did you get interested in working in music?KP: It helps that I have literally no skill in any other set of field. (laughs) If you’re only good at one thing, you might as well make it a good one! I decided very early on that I wanted to get into music, and by the age of 10, I knew that I wanted to do soundtracks. It started with games like Metroid Prime; I really wanted to work at Nintendo when I was a kid, so that led me to studying Japanese and immersing myself in the culture, going there multiple times, which sort of broke open the door to start working in companies in Japan. It’s always been a passion of mine to do music for games and anime, because I definitely feel like I’m able to create the music that I want to create the best when I’m working with a team on a project for multimedia. Let it be interactive or linear, it doesn’t matter, what matters is working with a team on a creative vision that can inspire me and allow me to do a good job.

You've worked on other anime, such as Made in Abyss, which won a Crunchyroll Anime Award last year. You've also worked on video games like Norn9 and with Nobuo Uematsu. Are you a big anime and game fan yourself?KP: For sure! Since I was a kid, I’ve been playing games, and even though I might not have enough time now, for good reasons, I still do play. I started out playing games like Metroid Prime and Smash Bros. I was really into the GameCube; that was my console! That solidified my passion for wanting to do this. Anime was a slightly different beast, in the sense that when I started watching anime, I didn’t realize what it was, and then slowly started getting into not just the production of anime, but the culture around it. I find the anime consumer culture really interesting and really fun and incredibly passionate as well. I think Crunchyroll Expo is a perfect example of that! You see everyone dressing up as whoever they want to dress up as and cosplaying, and it’s really gratifying, almost give you a bit more extra energy to do your job, and even better, if you can! I know that I came into anime, not just because I really like the production aspect of it, but I really like everything that comes with the culture of anime.

Tamura-san, your show Chio's School Road recently finished airing. That show has a lot of references to video games and a unique sense of humor. Were there any challenges adapting that series to an anime?JT: It really wasn’t too much trouble. What I was worried about was that first person shooters and shooters in general aren’t really popular in Japan. My concern with that when we adapted those scenes, that we would get it corrected. That way, people who are actually into FPS games, when they would watch it didn’t feel like “Oh, they don’t know about FPS at all”.

Your other show, Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion has also finished airing this past season. What challenges did that series present between adapting the manga and real historical events behind it?JT: We tried really hard to make it as historic as possible. Even though they’re all samurai, their armor and weapons change throughout the era, so we tried to keep it as historically accurate as possible.

Kevin, as a composer for anime, when creating music for these series what do you draw on for inspiration? Do you learn the source material first?KP: What I have discovered now doing a few more projects, is that it can vary from project to project how I try and achieve what I need to for the music. Sometimes reading the source material is the best way, and then sometimes taking the reference from other things, such as background art, or from other characteristics of the show, those might sometimes be a fresh wave of inspiration in terms of how you approach writing music. For example, sometimes I get very stuck on the color palette of background art and try to derive some textures or musical ideas from that. A lot of times, the source material comes into play; it’s important that you are accurately representing what happens on the screen. But then also, looking at other things to do with anime, like anime has a lot of interesting movement and style, with the way that characters move and how they’re animated, which is quite unique! So, sometimes looking at how characters move on-screen can actually be quite interesting to derive tempo from, for example. Looking at how characters are moving on-screen, and especially with such a unique approach to animation that I believe a lot of Japanese animation tends to have, that can be really fun and an interesting challenge in terms of trying to find something interesting to say with the music that is still very much connected with whatever show I might be working on.

Kevin, you work on both anime and games. What do you find is different between them? Or perhaps, similarities?KP: From a practical standpoint, one is linear and one is non-linear, so how the music is written, at some point, is gonna have to factor that in. For example, when we were doing a game called Florence last year, we recorded the music in very short sections at a time, so it could be stitched together and sometimes in any other order it could be triggered in different ways depending on the player’s movement. When it comes to anime, or by extension, any other sort of linear content, you can pick your spots as to where you want have these emotional apexes. Anime is slightly different, because you employ what is called the “menu approach”, which is where you’re writing a lot of music that isn’t synchronized to picture first off, but then you’re synchronizing it to multiple spots in the series at a later date. Anime is almost like an interesting hybrid of non-linear and linear approaches to writing music, and it’s very cool to see how it comes together, because it actually becomes almost like a team effort. And I think it’s actually to the credit of anime, because I do feel that sometimes, especially if you’re starting out or a young composer, having the objectivity that you need to know where exactly music should start and stop, even though it’s an essential skill, does take awhile to develop, so working with a fantastic team like Shield Hero, or any other project, has been not only inspiration, but a wonderful learning moment as well!

Tamura-san, what is your process when producing a show based on a novel series, like Shield Hero?JT: When I’m specifically working with novels, since most of it is not illustrated, we have to make and design everything from scratch, from all the small things like props to background characters. That’s probably the most difficult thing for me when working from novels.

Thank you so much again to Tamura-san and Kevin for taking the time to speak with us and talk a bit about their processes in producing anime and music, as well as how they’ve worked together. We can’t wait to see how the rest of The Rising of the Shield Hero pans out for our unfortunate hero Naofumi, and hope you’re excited to watch it next year right here on Crunchyroll!

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Nicole is a features and a social video script writer for Crunchyroll. Known to profess her love of otome games over at her blog, Figuratively Speaking. When she has the time, she also streams some games. Follow her on Twitter: @ellyberries 

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Kalafina 10th Anniversary Film Interviews ~ Highlights/Summary/Translation

Source 1: https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1520904726 Source 2: https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/178230 Source 3: https://news.walkerplus.com/article/139920/

Note: These interviews contain quite a lot of interesting info so I thought I’d provide a summary/translation of all the juicy bits (details regarding the movie’s content, some background info on their 10th Anniversary Live, a glimpse at ‘their future’!)

~ Regarding their 10th Anniversary Film ~

The film will have a runtime of 1h 40 minutes

According to Keiko it apparently contains a lot more live footage than anyone expected

Wakana says the film is packed with live performances from their 10th Anniversary Live (which has me quite worried because maybe all these cameras were only there to film footage for the movie after all o.O I definitely didn’t expect them to show THAT much of the live in their documentary. I am assuming this will be similar to their 5th Anniversary WOWOW release which showed a total of 11 songs...)

One of the songs is most likely “sprinter”

This film will include solo interviews. Aside from that there will also be an interview with the director 河東茂 (I have no idea how to read his name, my best guess would be Kato/Kawahigashi Shige.) Seems like the girls have become pretty close to the director, they were a bit intimidated by the prospect of having a director around them all the time but he immediately let them know that formalities were not necessary. They are even on a first name basis! The girls have only good things to say about him, apparently he always made sure they were comfortable.

Big sections of the movie will be dedicated to following each member to important places of their past. Hikaru considers those parts the most interesting aspects of the film. Seems like they learned a lot about each other while watching these solo scenes. This also applies to the footage we get of their solo rehearsal sessions.

On the day of their Fukuoka Acoustic Tour performance they filmed Wakana’s section. Wakana is taking us along to visit Tenjin, a popular downtown area in Fukuoka. Apparently we will get a glimpse at a place where she used to work part-time and a club where she used to perform on a regular basis.

Keiko is taking us along to Shibuya. However, it seems like it wasn’t a particularly nostalgic experience for her. She says everything in Tokyo changes so rapidly, none of the places she used to frequent exist anymore. She actually felt quite lost when she walked around the area. However it did feel nice to walk down the streets where she used to go home from vocal training school back in the day.

Hikaru says that contrary to Tokyo, nothing ever really changes in her hometown in Toyama. She takes us along to a YAMAHA place where she used to take vocal lessons. She says everything still looks the same. Keiko comments that after watching the movie, everyone will want to go there and take lessons. Alas, the music classes are no longer offered but you can still check out the place. As we have already seen in the trailer, Hikaru’s section also includes footage from their acoustic live. It’s very special because we get to see Hikaru cry which is a rare thing to happen. Both Keiko and Wakana think it’s great that this special moment will forever be captured on film. Even staff and band members were surprised to see her cry this much. Hikaru suspects it’s because she was visiting all these nostalgic locations earlier in the day. There’s also mention of a funny moment during one of the MCs when Hikaru was talking. Keiko is seen turning away and seemingly ignoring Hikaru. Keiko was quite shocked to find out that scene had made it into the final cut. She was like, “why are you showing this moment where you can only see my back? Why couldn’t I just stand there and support Hikaru the same way as Wakana? Why was I talking to the freaking wall???” (LOL at Keiko worrying about such things) At the end of the day Keiko is happy though because they managed to include so much lovely footage from Hikaru’s “triumphal return performance”.

Hikaru’s favourite scene in the movie is the opening scene when we get to see them walk up the stairs onto the stage of Budokan. She thinks it’s so perfect because it somehow symbolises the progress they have made. Just looking at the backs of the other two members conveys their will to move forward. She doesn’t even have to see their faces to be motivated, she will pretty much follow them everywhere. It’s so funny because the interviewer gets all cheeky and says, "but it’s not really your backs we are seeing, it’s your legs!” Keiko thinks that’s hilarious and explains that Hikaru is just too innocent to talk about legs so she would rather use the word ‘back’. Anyways, Keiko agrees that it’s very fitting that a movie about all the progress they have made would start with a ‘leg scene’.

Another scene that’s precious to all of them contains footage of one of their Janken sessions for the recording of their regular radio show Kalafina Club. Apparently something super funny happened, something that has NEVER happened before, Everyone should be looking forward to that scene because it's absolutely hilarious. And Keiko wants us all to know that it definitely wasn’t staged or anything. (I wonder which episode it was and if that incident made it into the final cut of the episode. In the trailer when you see them playing Janken, it says it’s the 25th on that ‘face training’ calendar but I am not sure which month.)

Something else to look forward to: A detailed scene of them changing outfits during their 10th Anniversary Live (including all the mistakes that can happen in such situations). Wakana explains that everything always seems so peaceful to the audience while the band is playing but their outfit changes are actually crazy stressful (I guess we already got a glimpse of that during the Best Documentary but this time we’ll get to see even more). Apparently Wakana had quite some trouble with her outfit, first she forgot something (I am assuming it was her big tulle skirt attached to the corsage thingy) and then the zipper wouldn’t work. *poor Wa-chan*

~ Regarding their 10th Anniversary LIVE ~

I am guessing these are things that will be mentioned in the film in some way, shape or form but for all of us who won’t be seeing the movie any time soon, here are some background infos regarding their anniversary concert.

Hikaru was the one who chose the BGM for the intermission. (I wonder if that means that she always gets to pick it)

Wakana says that even though they sang 27 songs (without really getting any proper breaks) she never felt tired or exhausted. Her throat and singing voice may have gotten a little tired throughout the live (she is only human after all) but her body seemed to have endless energy. She says it’s thanks to the past year where they kept creating amazing lives together with their audiences.

The setlist was changed quite extensively shortly before the live. There’s a scene in the movie where they talk about their setlist and apparently that is quite different from what they actually ended up performing (I think that mostly refers to the order of the songs).

Originally they had planned to start their live with “oblivious” but in the end they thought “ring your bell” would be more fitting because it pretty much represents the theme of putting their flag in a new place. The whole “flag” theme first came up when Yuki Kajiura mentioned it a few years ago while they prepared for their first Budokan Live. Yuki Kajiura told them that they should be proud that they finally get to plant their flag in such a special venue. Seems like this talk also inspired the PV for “ring your bell” (and possibly even the lyrics for “Koibito no Mukashigatari no Yuugure no”??). Following their first Budokan Live, the flag theme became a pretty big deal for them. From then onwards the act of putting their flag in new places became a manifestion of their intentions. That’s how they came up for the theme of their “far on the water” tour. So yes, it seemed very appropriate to them to continue with this flag theme for their 10th Anniversary. And that’s the story of how “ring your bell” ended up being the opening song (because it’s their trademark “flag” song :P). [I was right all along about the whole flag theme]. They decided to pick “Mirai” as their second song because they thought it was perfect to go out and greet the audience with smiles on their faces. It was also a nice way to reflect upon their past.

~ Regarding Kalafina’s future ~

There’s one section in the SPICE interview where they talk about their future. In light of recent events there are many ways to interpret this part. I am not sure what to make of it but I thought I’d provide a translation so you can all decide for yourself what their answers could possibly mean. As always, please be aware that my Japanese is not perfect (this was a pretty quick translation and I might go back later to edit it).

―― Now that you have celebrated your 10th Anniversary, how will Kalafina spend the rest of 2018, how would the three of you like to spend 2018?

Wakana: The ten years we have exprienced together are precious to us, right now we are living a future we couldn’t have ever imagined when we first debuted. I never thought we would celebrate our 10th Anniversary together with everyone at Nippon Budokan. Originally we didn’t even expect to ever perform live with band members. To think that we have come this far and that we got the chance to introduce Kalafina’s music to so many people makes me incredibly happy. It feels like what the three of us have always dreamed about, our shared dream, has come true. We wanted to do lives, we wanted to do tours, these were aspirations born out of our burning passion, that was our wish so that’s why we were able to get this far and why we were willing to continue onwards through all the hardships.

―― I see. 

Wakana: So far the three of us have lived with the same dream in front of our eyes. But the three of us also have a lot of curiousity when it comes to our individual dreams. As Kalafina we have had so many dreams and together we have seen them all come true so now I would like to get a glimpse of different dreams, of all the dreams the other two have. Very reminiscent of the lyrics of “I have a dream”. I wonder what those dreams will be.

―― So even if you weren’t 100% on the same page all the time, you have always been active working in unison?

Wakana: Yes, we have always pretty much worked towards the same vision. That’s why I am interested in more personal perspectives.

Hikaru: That’s right. Even after ten years I still have a long way to go so I would like to use this year for self-improvement. What else...? Personally, I still want to learn and absorb so many things, my thirst is insatiable. I am able to say that doing this job has made my dream come true but it is only one dream that has come true, beyond that I think many more things are necessary so I can continue to make my other dreams come true.That’s why I want to improve myself so that one by one I will become able to do all the things I want to do. I’d also like to improve my personal live.

Keiko: You can definitely do that!

―― What about Keiko-san?

Keiko: I have changed so much during our 10-year activity as Kalafina so now I am asking myself whether I can change even further. I am my current self because of these past ten years but to make progress even beyond those ten years, I would like to encounter more genuine works, I would like to create music that I find real, that I am enchanted with. Our activities as Kalafina singing Yuki Kajiura’s music, it was a time spent delving into something genuine together with everyone. It’s amazing to lead a life where you can pursue something that feels worthy of being pursued.

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Energy Networks Conference

This is a conference for Energy Networks Australia, whose members make up the industry responsible for building and maintaining the poles, wires, pipes, substations, and other media for distribution of electricity and gas services.

“Oh you mean those guys who send me the damn bills every month?!!”

Well, no. That is your retailer and its important to understand the difference. The AER (Australian Energy Regulator) website describes the distribution networks clearly:

Electricity and natural gas distributors own and maintain the distribution networks, including electricity powerlines and power poles, and natural gas pipelines that carry electricity and natural gas to houses and businesses.

Your retailer is the company with the relationship to you. The Distributor – usually referred to as the Network – is the company building and maintaining the hardware.

My electricity retailer is Diamond Energy. I have an agreement with them whereby I pay for electricity usage in my house, including an agreed price per kWh and daily connection, as well as my feed in tariff (FiT) for exporting solar power. If I have any questions over my billing or service, I go to Diamond.

Diamond Energy sell their product to me via a network owned and maintained by Endeavour Energy (the Network or Distributor), who are responsible to ensure the network is up and running. If there is an outage, Diamond talk to Endeavour about resolution, and feed information to me.

The Network is focused on a working system, and the Retailer is focused on a happy customer. Classic, two-layered B2B (Business To Business) situation, operating in parallel with a B2C (Business To Customer) relationship.

On to Energy Networks 2019

I decided it would be pretty cool to take a few days off work, and go see how the big end of town do things. Trains, planes, and automobiles later, I was in Adelaide.

OK,  its DISCLAIMER time: Yes, I was there as a guest of Reposit. No, I was not under any instructions to say certain things or do certain things. You can believe what you wish in that regard, and you probably will!

All I know is I’ve seen the technology at work, and it is good.

While wandering around the displays, I saw a lot of people who are high up in the industry domestically, such as CEOs and COOs and other positions with abbreviations starting in “C”.

There were also overseas players like Enphase CEO Paul Nahi, who was in town to get a look at the scene, and back up their announcements about working in Australia.

Our nation is gunning for a leading role in battery implementation, to go with its solar PV penetration rate. If only our governments would see this and pull their finger out …

Of course, a few ruffians were about the joint like Giles Parkinson and Finn Peacock, to report on proceedings and relay the vibe.

It was slightly unusual that Reposit were bringing a customer to see the Networks, without a Retailer necessarily being in the way. The reasons why are down to what Reposit is offering to all layers of the market.

An Important Step

Things just got real in light of an announcement made last week by SA Power Networks (SAPN), the Network Distributor for South Australia.

They will be engaging 100 households in a Residential Battery Storage Trial in the Salisbury area, in the northern suburbs of Adelaide.

This is huge for customers, as they will benefit from installation of a subsidised system with either a Tesla Powerwall or Samsung ESS battery. Lower bills are practically guaranteed.

It gives the Network an unparalleled look at how battery technology can smooth peaks and troughs, and give them on-call resources in addition to existing generation. It may also help reduce network implementation and maintenance costs.

The smarts at the centre of systems installed? Reposit.

Bringing The Tech

That’s Dean Spaccavento, one of the founders of Reposit, being interviewed at the stand on Thursday. Good hustle!

In that shot, you can see a Macbook, which is running a live demonstration of the Reposit Marketplace application. This allowed networks to understand the capabilities Reposit from the back end, including the virtual power station concept.

The consumer end was demonstrated with a new iOS app, and as this involved dispatching power from my Powerwall, I made a couple of dollarydoos over the course of two days, which was a nice little bonus.

Together, the applications aptly demonstrated solving the problem for the network, and bringing the user into the circle of trust.

Along with a detailed rundown on how the Reposit Box makes decisions on behalf of the consumer, it provided a really good look at not only how the products work in theory, but how they were going to be applied for the SAPN trial. It is a very tasty thing to get a feel for it, while knowing a real-world scenario available for analysis over the coming months.

In addition to the Reposit team talking about technical aspects of the system, I personally fielded questions about where I sat as a consumer.

Understanding The Customer

For networks, the experience of battery users to date has tended toward those who want to get off the grid altogether, for two primary reasons:

The lifestyle consumer wishes to live in a location the grid can’t service today, typically in a rural area where land is cheaper. The capital cost of extending poles and wires can be prohibitive, so a battery system is often a better option, financially. At the same time, these people seek to build an efficient house, investing up front to ensure ongoing costs are minimal.

The combative consumer no longer wishes to pay for what they see as extortion from either the network, retailer, regulator, or government. Sometimes a combination of two or more. They tend to be older, cashed up, and technically minded. They’re ready to leave the grid at the drop of a hat, regardless of where they’re located.

In both cases, it is a very small percentage of households who can afford to take the option of off-grid living. Most of us don’t have money for enough batteries and solar panels to get us through a week of wet weather, and can’t even fathom being away from the safety of the grid.

Now, with the advent of smaller lithium storage tech, the networks and retailers are going to need to deal with a third type of consumer: the grid-connected battery user.

How to address this?

I suppose, after talking to a few people from the industry, some of whom alluded to specific service issues they were having in their backyard, the message I want to broadcast as a user is: don’t panic!

We Don’t Have Horns

A lot of us like having electricity that is reliable, safe, and affordable. While some might complain about their electricity bill, the fact is electricity still isn’t the biggest cost factor in a lot of households.

We’re not all about to up and leave the grid because Elon Musk mentioned it was a possibility. In a lot of cases, it still isn’t financially practical.

I spent a fair bit of money and solar + storage, and still have days where I run out of battery, or don’t fill it up. So I need the grid, because I don’t want to leave my family stranded. I also need fresh water connection and gas to cook with. This is all part of modern living.

What we want, as consumers, is to be treated fairly when it comes to giving you access to resources that we paid for. After all, it is what you expect in return for your resourcing of the grid.

Mistakes were made when it came to some of the early gross tariffs. Uptake of systems with a FiT of 40 cents / kWh or higher were higher than expected, probably due to poor planning.

That doesn’t mean the users contributing their exports outside those schemes should be given a rate approaching 50% of off-peak, either. It wasn’t our fault the government got a bit trigger-happy and / or gun shy about solar systems back in the 2000s.

Potential Solution

I don’t really have a problem with solar export being paid at rate smaller than the single-rate import tariff. And I realise a lynch mob will be after me for saying that.

It comes down to simple economics: as you can’t guarantee supply of solar from rooftop panels, you can’t expect to charge the same as a guaranteed supply from the grid. That said, 5c / kWh is bloody ordinary.

It might not matter for much longer, because batteries change this dynamic – I absolutely can guarantee the delivery of power from my battery.

It is stored, often idle, and usually ready to go during the day by 1PM, with about 6kWh to deliver outbound. Get hold of another 100-200 users with varying battery types, and that might be a Megawatt or more, to help you fill a hole.

Particularly with Reposit managing my usage, I’m confident that most days I’ll be available for you, provided I’m going to get fair recompense for use of my resources. After all, if you come to me, chances are its cheaper than going somewhere else.

I can see a point in the future where solar feed-in-tariffs are no longer used, because it will so be advantageous to own a battery and keep a steady stream of electrons moving through it, rather than from the panels. Retailers will run to this solution, and networks will benefit.

Its just a question of how the reward will be calculated.

Getting To Know You

The first step for any Network stepping into this brave new world might be a tighter relationship with Retailers, and disseminating information you have on where the industry is headed with batteries. In turn, they can share with you their experiences, and what they’re seeing out in customer land.

Together, you can get schemes like GridCredits moving, with early intervention to prevent another financial blowout like Gross Tariffs. Can’t leave these things to the government, based on experience so far.

Will you look to have a flat rate like Diamond Energy’s GridCredits 100 scheme? Can you leverage your existing market spot rate calculations to flow through to users or chip a little bit of profit off that? Those are big money questions that this IT guy doesn’t have answers to. Its a work-on for you and the rest of the industry.

It might even be that you need to provide information on the practical costs of peak demand to the consumer base, in order to give users a view that goes beyond a perception of simple greed.

Of course, there are some people you’ll never convince otherwise

You’re still unlikely to see mass defections from the grid, but as the price of batteries drops, certainly more people are going to investigate the outlay to do so.

Increase in batteries and PV is going to see a decrease in grid usage against projected growth, which is already softening on a per-capita basis. This might affect profitability, particularly where a network needs to be extended to reach a growing population.

Power Consumption Per Capita in Australia Credit: Trading Economics 

One of the facets of SAPN’s trial is to look at mitigating network capital costs by using the network resource that is user batteries. I’d be paying close attention to that, particularly where you are responsible for remote networks that require backup diesel generators etc.

How To Engage Consumers?

This is the multi-billion dollar question. As you may have surmised, I’m quite engaged.

Since this whole Powerwall thing landed in my lap, I’ve made it almost my second job to know everything I can know about how to most efficiently use the resources I have.

The rest of your customer base are probably going to tail away from that in terms of knowledge, right down to those who don’t understand the difference between Network and Retailer. They need help.

There is a wealth of data there, in terms of human feedback, that you – and the Retailers – need a relationship with. It will serve you well in the long term.

I shall sign off by imagining myself back in a trendy bar in an Adelaide laneway, hoping everyone looks forward to this bright new battery future as much as I do.

from https://www.sustainablefuturegroup.com.au/31/energy-networks-conference/ from https://sustainablfutg.tumblr.com/post/625137910434430976 from https://gracebolton.blogspot.com/2020/07/energy-networks-conference.html