The production staff of attack on Titan revealed his thoughts on season 4, especially the first few episodes. The comments came during a special event for the series in November last year. Thanks to the Attack On Fans website, we have now been able to translate the statements from English.
- Attack on Titan 4x01: "The Far Side of the Ocean"
director Yichiro Hayashi: βI think that was the most exciting episode because it was like that the first episode for Studio MAPPA, and I was pretty baffled if it really was Attack On Titan since it was all about the military aspect. I personally am focused on the dusty atmosphere of the battlefield".
- Assault on Titan 4x02: "Midnight Train"
director Daisuke Tokudo: βThe most interesting thing was the daily life of the warrior cadets (trained but still kids). For example, how do they behave and how do they express their feelings? I had very small details to report, so I used a rotoscope to capture their movements as accurately as possible. I'm sure it was exhausting for the people who worked on this scene, but I'm glad I was able to get a feel for each of them. Young Reiner's long shots were very difficult, but we had to do it that way express a world that only he could see".
- Attack on Titan 4x03: "The Door of Hope"
director Daisuke Niinuma: "...all the staff took great care of the scene where Reiner gets hit by Annie and the scene where Reiner gets hit by Annie puts the gun to his mouth. It's a shame that we couldn't finish some scenes due to the length of the episode, but I think it turned out to be an episode with a lot of highlights, such as: the scene between Kenny and Annie in disguise or the time they were training the soldiers.β
- Assault on Titan 4x04: "Hand to Hand"
The chief animation director Manabu Akita: "Was a quiet episode with no Giants in the story. we could see Falco, Gabi and the others live their everyday life, which made us feel connected to the characters, but also made us a little sad to think about what was going to happen next. I love how Gabi and the others are surprised by the party and how the four of them turn to Reiner and the others with indescribable facial expressions. In this episode I started working as an animation director and I had to draw Willy [Tybur] for the first time, when I was not yet used to drawing, it was difficult".
In the next few days you can find the comments of the remaining episodes of Attack On Titan 4, in the meantime we remind you that you can see the Attack On Titan 4 episodes on Crunchyroll.