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Linked Horizon Performs Ending Theme for Attack on Titan Season 3 Anime

The second episode of the third season of the Attack on Titan anime revealed the ending theme song on Sunday for the anime, performed by Linked Horizon. The ending theme song is titled "Akatsuki no Chinkonka" (Daybreak Requiem). The song's CD single will ship on September 19.

Linked Horizon previously performed the two opening theme songs for the anime's first season, as well as the opening song for the second season.

The third season of Attack on Titan premiered in Japan on July 22. The season already had its world premiere at Anime Expo on July 8, and Funimation screened the first episode with both English subtitles and the English dub in the United States and Canada earlier this month.

Funimation has acquired the home entertainment, video on demand, and broadcast rights of the series in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Hulu are streaming the series as it airs, and Funimation will stream an English dub. Adult Swim's Toonami block will air the series starting on August 18.

YOSHIKI from X Japan, featuring HYDE from L'Arc-en-Ciel are performing the anime's opening theme song "Red Swan."

Returning staff members at Wit Studio include: chief director Tetsuro Araki, director Masashi Koizuka, script supervisor Yasuko Kobayashi, character designer Kyoji Asano, assistant director Hiroyuki Tanaka, chief animation directors Kyoji Asano and Satoshi Kadowaki, and composer Hiroyuki Sawano, among others.

Source: Attack on Titan season 3's official Twitter account via Nijimen