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NEWS: Attack on Titan Anime Gets 2 Compilation Films in 2014-2015

If the audience wants more Attack on Titan then so be it. I'll be patiently waiting for season 2 or any actual new content.

I don't understand why people immediately think this is simply just a cash grab and nothing more, like, say, something to keep the hype train going. (Blue Exorcist was pretty big as well, albeit nowhere near where AoT is, and it's popularity cratered before the movie came out 1 1/2 years after the TV season ended; just because AoT is even bigger doesn't mean it can't suffer the same fate)

But yeah, as for the compilation films themselves... I actually want to check them out, which is more than I can say for most compilation films since there's no way the pace would be as ungodly slow as the TV series.

That is kind of what a cash-grab is. Utilizing the popularity of the show to put out a couple of movies that don't require much new animation is cheap, keeps the show on peoples' minds and serves to make them additional money while they prepare for season 2. It is pretty much the essence of low-risk, high-reward. To be clear, I am entirely in favor of these movies to fix very minor issues in the show and because I love Attack On Titan, but it really isn't much more than a cash-grab.

relyat08 wrote:

That is kind of what a cash-grab is. Utilizing the popularity of the show to put out a couple of movies that don't require much new animation is cheap, keeps the show on peoples' minds and serves to make them additional money while they prepare for season 2. It is pretty much the essence of low-risk, high-reward. To be clear, I am entirely in favor of these movies to fix very minor issues in the show and because I love Attack On Titan, but it really isn't much more than a cash-grab.

If you start thinking of AoT in terms of how much of it is a 'cash grab' you'll probably have to deal with more than just compilation movies heh.

I'm not thinking of these compilation movies much because I'm not its audience, but if I were in Japan I'd watch it, sure. Personally, I enjoy AoT and I'd love to see the scenes in theatrical quality animation. You only feel that it's a cash grab if you feel that it's not going to be worth your money.

Naa, it's definitely a cash grab, as are all the spin-off manga and the light novel. It's normal for a popular manga to get anime and/or live action adaptations and have some merchandise and toys. Maybe a video game. Anything beyond that--spin-off manga, compilation movies, filler movies--all feel like cash grabs to me. When your reworking old material or making up new material for a property that should be written and drawn by one guy, it feels cash grabby.

has 36 million copies in circulation

They are avoiding making more of the series. This is the problem with their structure. People want more. Now, while its popular. Everyone that liked it, demands it.

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