Forum - View topicNEWS: Attack on Titan Anime's 2nd Season Premieres in Spring 2017
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Kb24lol
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Took long enough but yay
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Kb24lol
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Duh lol. This one of their biggest shows. Probably the biggest anime around the world sans DBZ. |
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Responder
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In Japan, Attack on Titan is still very much popular, and the series is so ingrained in pop culture by this point. The manga (I think) has been selling pretty consistently, and whenever anyone hears the first few seconds of the OP, or sees the colossal titan, they immediately know what it's in reference to. The various OVAs have had some traction, and one could even make the argument that Owari no Seraph and Kabaneri helped keep Titan fresh in everyone's minds. With a strong ad campaign, it could pull everyone back in, but even without one I do think this will have pretty good audience retention. I do agree that they waited too long, but I think an audience is still very much there. I bet Jacob Hope Chapman will be doing the episodic reviews. Oh, the thousands of words every week... I can't wait. I always felt that he understood the series more than anyone else I've heard from. |
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Pipoko
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The current arc is already probably in it's final stages, so I wonder if maybe they'll cover three arcs instead of two and make the season a little longer.
But yay! Finally a definite date! I'm excited for the first arc season 2 will cover and I think the second one is pretty underrated by many manga readers - some great character writing and elements of moral ambiguity in there. It's biggest flaw is the pacing in my eyes, and if they can fix that, it's all smooth sailing. I don't really care much about how much it will catch on again. It would be great for the industry again and a lot of people discussing it is a lot of fun, but what matters to me is that they make it as good as they possibly can and this delay could definitely be of great assistance in terms of that. I'm also for Jacob Chapman doing the weekly reviews, I love his opinions on the series. |
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blackice85
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In addition, we also have the AoT PS4 game as well, which released recently in Japan and soon will be in NA and EU. It might not be *as* hyped as back in 2013-2014, but I think it'll still be pretty popular worldwide. |
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Beansprout Midget
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Is it wrong that I'm not that excited for this?
I feel like a year or two ago, maybe I would have a bit, when I actually watched it. Seeing it now, I'm just not that hyped. It's as if Wit had been holding their breath, and finally let go and took a deep breath out. Glad the rumors can be put to rest and the fans can be happy, but I'm just going to shrug my shoulders and move on. 
I will say though, that visual does look quite good. |
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ETX
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Nice to see it finally get a scheduled release date but I honestly don't care at all. I read up to the early 50's in the manga before Season 1 came out and I just didn't like it anymore.
Would much prefer for Kabaeri to get a 2nd season but that seems near-impossible. |
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invalidname
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That's assuming Funimation is even able to get it. Attack on Titan is a Pony Canyon property -- they might hold onto S2 for PonyCan US. |
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Hameyadea
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9 months from now isn't all that far off, all things considered.
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AroNoah
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I have no doubt it will be big within the anime community again. But when Attack On Titan first aired I vividly remember having friends that that never cared for anime getting in to Attack On Titan. So I wonder if it can still reach that transcendent status.
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Stark700
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Finally, the wait will be over..
Spring 2017. Only 9 more months to go. I look forward to this. |
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SquadmemberRitsu
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That being said manga in general isn't anywhere near as popular as anime over here in the west. So while a small portion of the fanbase in the west has been keeping up with the manga, the vast majority has got a big fat load of boring nothing these past few years. If they made this announcement 2 years ago, this thread would have 100 comments by now. |
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Kb24lol
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While they can own it, other licensors like funimation, sentai, etc... can have streaming rights and physical releases also. Like ponycanon has anime like clannad, devil survivor 2, wizard barristers, and so forth, but sentai still sells the physical copies and has streaming rights on theanimenetwork. Same goes with funimation for attack on titan and free. Japan likes it when big anime like this get the dub exposure so Im 99% sure funimation will get it again especially after Japan knows they gave them the first season for streaming rights and physical releases. |
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Sahmbahdeh
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As someone who has been keeping up with the manga, I am really excited for this. We'll see what 4 years does to a franchise's popularity, though. My only concern is that, if this doesn't finish out the manga (which it almost certainly won't), will it be popular enough to warrant a third season, and if so, how long that would take. Time will tell.
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Ulinox
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Not until next year? Damn. Oh well, at least we've got a proper timeframe. Can't wait!
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