Included in the July issue of Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine’s were a batch of new
stills from director Shinji
Higuchi's upcoming live-action adaptation of Hajime Isayama's popular manga
series, Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack On Titan). The stills featured well known
characters like Eren played by
Haruma Miura, seen giving the "offering my heart" salute, Sasha
played Nanami Sakuraba, in action with her bow and arrows, and Shikishima
played by Hiroki Hasegama.
Like last year's Rurôni
Kenshin films, Attack On Titan
will be split into two films, both coming out this year. The first will hit Japanese theaters on August 1st, while the
second one is scheduled to open on September 19th.
Incidentally, Attack on Titan is one of 37 (for now) mangas
and animes that the Chinese Ministry of "Culture" has banned under
their promise to crack down on foreign content that includes scenes of
violence, pornography, terrorism, and crimes against public morality. This
essentially means that virtually all mangas will become persona non grata in
China.
Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and
illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The series began in September 2009. The story of
Attack on Titan takes place in a world where the remnants of humanity live
inside a series of connected cities, isolated by enormous walls. These walls
exists to keep the Titans out, gigantic humanoid creatures who devour humans
seemingly without reason. These Titans have reduced the world's population to
staggeringly low numbers. The 3 main protagonists of Isayama's manga are Eren
Jaeger, his adoptive sister Mikasa Ackerman, and their friend Armin Arlert.
Their lives are changed forever when a "Colossal Titan" breaches the
wall protecting their town, leading to the death of Eren's mother. Vowing
revenge and to reclaim the world from the Titans, Eren, Mikasa and Armin join
the Survey Corps, an elite group of soldiers who fight Titans outside the
walls. Haruma Miura plays Eren. Kiko Mizuhara is Mikasa. Kanata
Hongo will play Armin. Satomi Ishihara portrays Hanji. Nanami Sakuraba is
Sasha. Takahiro Miura is Jean.
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