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Aniplus Asia to Simulcast Attack on Titan Anime's 3rd Season
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplus-Asia announced on Monday that it will air a simulcast of the the third season of the Attack on Titan anime based on Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga. The anime will premiere on July 23 at 6:00 p.m. GMT +8.
The third season of Attack on Titan will premiere in Japan on July 22 at 24:35 (effectively July 23 at 12:45 a.m.) on NHK (the show will air at 25:15 in the Kansai region).
Returning staff members at Wit Studio include: chief director Tetsuro Araki, director Masashi Koizuka, script supervisor Yasuko Kobayashi, character designer Kyoji Asano, assistant director Hiroyuki Tanaka, chief animation directors Kyoji Asano and Satoshi Kadowaki, and composer Hiroyuki Sawano, among others.
X Japan featuring HYDE of L'Arc-en-Ciel will perform the new opening theme song is "Red Swan."
The first 25-episode season aired from April-September 2013. Aniplus-Asia premiered the series in December of that same year.
The second season aired from April to July last year. Aniplus-Asia also aired the season as it aired in Japan.
The first season also inspired two compilation anime films in 2014 and 2015, as well as the Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening recap film for the second season that opened in Japan on January 13.
Source: Aniplus-Asia's official website
