Attack on Titan Episode 11 “Idol” Teaser Images and Synopsis

Since the preview and synopsis from Shingeki.tv came out so late, I’m just going to roll these two together.

The plan to reclaim Trost has been laid out under the command of Pixis. We’re going to have Eren go Titan and plug the hole leaking wild titans into Trost with a big boulder. Titans come into the district by the second, so this plan has to start immediately. Eren is under confident about his newfound powers, but his determination, and hatred of titans, is high. He will go and fight while shouldering everyone’s hopes.

The holder of our hopes and dreams or the future!

Some dumb faces are natural, but when they aren’t, Pixis makes sure to help them along

“What? Were you going to eat this?”

“Really hope no one I liked was on that roof”

Seeing a lot of polarized opinions on this episode, especially in conjunction with the last two. I haven’t seen it yet, but my understanding is there’s a lot of non-manga filler, which may be troubling in the future when it comes time for anime only endings. Regardless, if you’re on the negative side this time, now you’ll know who to stay clear of in the future. Screenplay is once again Hiroshi Seko. Storyboards are Minoru Ohara back from episodes 3 and 6. Directed this time by Kiyoshi Fukumoto back from episode 3 and with a long list of director credits. Tons of animation directors this time, six in total. I had heard a rumor that the recent episodes have been low key due to staff exhaustion, so I’m not sure if this is pulling out the stops or patching together the crew. #1: Teruhiko Yamazaki with a good mix of AD, such as Bleach and one of the AT Votoms movies, and key animation, such as Majestic Prince and Bakemonogatari. #2: Miyazaki Satomi, AD and key animation for several episodes so far. #3: Koizumi Hatsue back from episode 9. #4: Daisuke Saito from episodes 4 and 9. #5: Satoshi Sakai, largely key animation, such as Death Note and Code Geass S1, but has some AD, like Guilty Crown. Lastly, #6: Hiroshi Tatezaki back from episode 4.

You can see even more images at Yaraon. Tons of crew this time. How did that end up working out for your take on the episode?

 

Attack on Titan Episode 8 “I Hear a Heartbeat” Teaser Images and Character Skill Chart

I know you’re going to be excited for this episode. Because guess what?

Moe Titan is BACK!

There’s also a little Sasha time.

And Titan Face time

Eren tries to compete, but I know he’s not going to eat me after I see this, so it’s not as effective

You go your entire life thinking you’ll never cheer at what looks like a baby getting punted, and, yet, here we are.

You can check out more images at Yaraon. They contain some more of the serious pictures.

Also, an interesting chart came from a different Yaraon post.

Bertholt got a job as a sticker guard after being a soldier proved too strenuous.

Yes, but what I was actually talking about was the skill chart.

Someone in the Titan thread who found this before I did was nice enough to translate the skill heptagon. Clockwise from the top:

Evaluation
Intelligence
Cooperation
Weight
Height
Initiative
Combat

The images of the characters are the ones used for their profiles on Shingeki.tv. The Yaraon post mentioned is as having come from an “Official Guide Book,” though I don’t know anything about the guidebook, so I can’t tell you where the figures come from, but it’s interesting all the same. I didn’t think of Ymir having such high initiative. Sasha’s chart probably would have come off better if there’d been one for appetite. I like how Armin and Eren have almost inverted Combat and Intelligence. Connie got the short stick with his shape looking like a smaller version of Eren’s with him only having the edge in Cooperation. Don’t worry, dude. I’m still pulling for you.