Attack on Titan Episode 13 “Primitive Desire” Preview Images and Synopsis

Armin is able to yell the transformed Eren back to his senses, and Eren is finally able to start the operation proper and start carrying the boulder for plugging the hole leaking titans into Trost. But the district is filled with titans, and titans are naturally flocking to Eren. The soldiers have devised plans to keep the titans away from Eren, prepared to die in the line of duty. Many are lost, but Eren is carrying the hope of humanity in that boulder.

Noboru Takagi is carrying the screenplay to the end of the Trost battle out of last episode. Storyboarder and director is Masashi Koizuka back from his huge amount of jobs in Episode 2 where he was storyboarder, episode director, prop designer, assistant director, and  sub-character designer. It’s weird to say that it might be a relief to only have two jobs. We’ve got another triad of animation directors. Ayumi Yamada from back in episode 8, Haruka Tanaka being promoted from assistant AD back during episode 10, and the totally new Megumi Tomita. Typically an animator with a good mix of between, 2nd key, and key, her only direction credits are on some Naruto gag things.

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Once again, there’s a new “Training Corps” on the previous episode page. As it involves Connie, I love it immediately.

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Panel 2

(Bottle reads “Oil”)
Connie: Armin came up with the idea to paint me in this. As long as you’re covered in it,
you can get away from titans! I’m a genius!
(Sound effect around Connie says “Painted!”

Panel 3

(Sound effect: Not painted!”)

Panel 4

Connie: Ah!? It didn’t pierce!?
Annie and Jean: Stupid…

Attack on Titan Episode 12 “Scar” Preview Images and Synopsis

Just after going titan, the first person to feel Eren’s wrath is Mikasa. Though she is able to dodge, his uncontrollable state puts a halt to whatever plans there were for using his power to reclaim Trost District. After his lashing out, Eren suddenly stops moving, but a group of 3 titans is approaching. The field commander is at a loss. What will everyone do? Protect Eren and hope he comes around, or deal with the threat he poses before it gets any worse?

Script is being passed back to Noboru Takagi from episode 8. Storyboards are by a very interesting person. The credit is Sakomi Yajima, but from what I can find on ja.wiki, that’s a pseudonym used by Masayuki Miyaji, a storyboarder for things like King Gainer but probably more notable as an assistant director on Spirited Away. Direction is handled by Shintaro Itoga, episode director for a handful of things including ROBOTICS;NOTES, s-CRY-ed and what I think was one of the bad AD Police shows. We’ve got another team working on the animation direction. First up is Satonobu Kikuchi, moving up from his Assistant Animation Director job in the last episode. Second is Kyohei Tezuka who you’ll remember as an AD on episodes 2 and 7. Finally, Takaai Chiba, also back from episode 7, but more notably is the Titan animation director. Pulling in the person whose job it is to make the titans themselves move well bodes well for the action portion of this episode.

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There’s a new “Training Corps” on the previous week’s episode page. It’s about Sasha and food.

Panel 1
Off-screen Drill Sergeant: I will forgive anyone who decides to leave now.
Sasha (Thought): That means…

Panel 2
Sasha Fantasy: That means the crime of stealing that meat doesn’t count!

Panel 3
Sasha Fantasy: But if the Trost Recovery is successful, there might be even more meat to recover!

Panel 4
Sasha: A- but… Uuuuu
Jean: It’s not like Sasha to be so troubled…

The person I asked for help with the translation is super busy right now, so I’m still waiting a bit before we grab these and put them on a reader site. Shouldn’t be too much longer now, though.

Attack on Titan Episode 8 “I Hear a Heartbeat” Preview Images and Synopsis

Despite the pictures, I’m pretty sure this episode isn’t about Marco.

Mikasa is saved by the strange, rouge titan. Armin, Connie, and she meet up. Because Mikasa doesn’t want to abandon Armin, he comes up with the plan to raid the building where the resupply team is under siege by titans. Connie carries him while Mikasa provides cover. Meanwhile, Jean and his unit also make their way to the same building. All together, form a plan to gather the supplies necessary to get out of this battleground and survive.

Crew has a few new kids this time. Screenplay this time is by Noboru Takagi, the Series Composer and Storyboarder for most of the episodes of Baccano! Storyboard is by Tomohiro Hirata. We’ve got a whole host of Directors and Animation Directors this time. The Directors are Tatsuya Minamikawa, Satoshi Kikuchi, a guy I had trouble finding any info on because he’s doesn’t have a ton of credits but who does have a direction credit on an episode of Hachiken: Eight Dogs of the East, and Ezaki Shinpei back from episode 5. Animation directors are Satoshi Kikuchi again, he actually has more experience in this field having done a few shows including Blood+, Ayumu Yamada from back in episode 2, and Hitomi Hasegawa, a key animator from last episode and on the OP.

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