Shingeki

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Eren’s name

Attack on Titan Facts - Eren Yeager
The name Eren means ‘saint’ or ‘holy person’ in Turkish.

Eren’s surname

Attack on Titan Facts - Eren Yeager 2
The word Yeager originates from the German word ‘Jaeger’ which means ‘hunter.’

Mikasa’s nickname

Attack on Titan Facts - Mikasa Ackerman
Mikasa was also referred to as ‘worth one thousand soldiers’ due to her skills and intelligence. The line was actually from Tales of the Heike, where it was also used to describe a legendary female Japanese warrior Tomoe Gozen.

Armin’s voice actor

Attack on Titan Facts - Armin Arlert
Armin is voiced by Marina Inoue, who is also the narrator of the series.

The two titans

Attack on Titan Facts - Sawney Bean
The titans which Hange named Sawney and Bean refers to the name of the infamous cannibal Sawney Bean.

Ymir’s voice actress is Hatsune Miku’s?

Attack on Titan Facts - Ymir
Saki Fujita, voice provider of popular vocaloid Hatsune Miku, is also the voice actress of Ymir.

The ‘Rogue Titan’

Attack on Titan Facts - Rogue Titan 2
Eren’s titan form did not have an official name, but the fans have called it ‘Rogue Titan’ due to its unusual behavior.

The ‘Rogue Titan’ character reference

Attack on Titan Facts - Rogue TitanAttack on Titan Facts - Yushin Okami
Eren’s titan form ‘Rogue Titan’ was modeled after middleweight mixed martial artist Yushin Okami.

Mikasa’s name reference

Attack on Titan Facts - Mikasa Ackerman 2
Mikasa’s name is taken from a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy called Mikasa since Hajime Isaya believed that series with female characters named after warships had a possibility of succeeding... boy, was he right!

Levi’s name reference

Attack on Titan Facts - Levi Ackerman 1
Levi is named after a character in the American documentary Jesus Camp since Isayama thought that it was a good name.

Attack on Titan city

Attack on Titan Facts - CityAttack on Titan Facts - Nördlingen
The city in Attack on Titan is actually based was on a real city in Germany named Nördlingen.

Armored Titan reference

Attack on Titan Facts - Armored TitanAttack on Titan Facts - Brock Lesnar
The Armored Titan is based on the professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Brock Lesnar.

Pixis’s character reference

Attack on Titan Facts - Dot Pixis
Dot Pixis was modeled after Akiyama Yoshifuru, an Imperial Japanese Army General.

Levi’s character reference

Attack on Titan Facts - Levi AckermanAttack on Titan Facts - Rorschach
Levi’s design and personality was modeled after Rorschach from the Watchmen series.

Eren’s dream

Attack on Titan Facts - Outside the walls
Eren’s dream of going outside the walls resembles Hajime Isayama’s childhood desire since he grew up in a village surrounded by mountains. Moreover, in the series, the areas around the walls is inspired by Isayama’s village.

Attack on Avengers

Attack on Titan Facts - Marvel Crossover
Attack on Titan actually had a crossover with Marvel Universe through a comic “Attack on Avengers” written by Hajime Isayama himself and published in the Japanese magazine Brutus.

Attack on Titan theme park

Attack on Titan Facts - Theme park
Universal Studios Japan has actually built a special theme park for a limited time featuring the iconic Titans of the series.

Attack on Titan blacklisted?

Attack on Titan Facts
Attack on Titan is one of the anime series which is blacklisted in China as they want to ‘protect the healthy development of youth.’

Lisa Simpson as Mikasa

Attack on Titan Facts - Lisa Simpson
In the ‘Treehouse of Horror XXV’ episode of The Simpsons, Lisa Simpson was dressed as Mikasa and had 3D Maneuver Gear on!

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