“March to Freedom” Preorder Bonus (1/6th)

The preorder period for Linked Horizon’s single album “March to Freedom” is now open. The CD will contain “Guren no Yumiya,” “Wings of Freedom,” and “If We Make the Inside of These Walls Our One Home,” and the special edition will contain the exclusive “Guren no Yumiya” music video.

That’s standard. The preorder bonus is an interchangeable cover jacket with original anime art. There’s a Mikasa one, and Eren one, an Armin one, a Rivaille one, a REVO and Jean one, and a Sasha one. Amusing on their own, but nothing too special. What’s cool is that if you latch them all together, you get this:

And, yes, Sasha is eating a potato.

Which picture you get depends on which preorder service you use. REVO and Jean come from Animate Online, Mikasa comes from HMV, Rivaille comes from Tower Records, Eren comes from TSUTAYA Records, Armin comes from Pony Canyon, and Sasha the Potato Girl comes from select supporting stores across Japan. It sounds like you may never be able to get that Sasha picture, and if there’s one I know the western fans would want, it’s the Sasha eating a potato one, but they have given a list of online stores. I was able to find the preorder page for the ones on JBOOK, Neo Wing, Chara-Ani, GuruGuru Kingdom, and Melon Books. That last one asked me for confirmation on something when I looked it up, so I would click with care if you decide to use that one.

The cost seems to be pretty stable at ¥1,800 (~$19) for the special edition with the DVD and ¥1,200 (~$13) for the standard edition. If you’re interested in a little original art of your favorite character/vegetable, keep it in mind. The CD launches on  the 10th.

(CD image from Animate Online, full image of bonus pictures made by Yaraon made of images originally from Shingeki.LinkedHorizon. © REVO, Linked Horizon, and Pony Canyon)

We are the Music Brigade that keeps the troops entertained! New Attack on Titan OP Announced

This is the special banner for the Linked Horizon part of the military. It was unveiled earlier today with some news about their single CD, Jiyue no Shingeki or March to Freedom. They made a whole outfit which you can see who I’m pretty sure is REVO wearing on the home page of their Titan section.

So what was the big news that brought this picture out? Well, it turns out that Guren no Yumiya isn’t going to be the only OP for Titan. They’ve announced that there will be a new OP song for the second half of the anime, Jiyu no Tsubasa or Wings of Freedom. Also, if I’m reading it right, on midnight of the 8th, they’re going to start distribution of the short version of the new song ahead of the CD launch July 10th. This is probably because the CD is going to have both OPs and the ED song.

There will be two versions of the CD. The Standard Edition which will have only the three songs, and the Limited Edition which will come with a DVD music video for Guren no Yumiya. You can keep up with news about them through Linked Horizon’s Titan site.

(Image from Shingeki.tv. © Linked Horizon and Cinema Staff)