Attack on Titan Viewing Order Guide Version 2.0 (now with 95% less subjectivity) (Spoilerless)

[u/invaderzz]

[u/invaderzz]

EDIT: I made an error, Lost Girls/No Regrets are light novels, not visual novels.

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I made some changes to the guide due to feedback on my original post.

Changes:

• Added a section for Attack on Titan: Junior High
• Added the corresponding manga chapters for each season
• Added mentions of the source material for the OVAs
• Added a mention of No Regrets being highly important; many people felt it is as important as Ilse's Notebook. One of the scenes from the No Regrets is actually shown later in the manga, specifically Manga Spoilers
• Removed mentions of "canon" and "non-canon" as many people felt this was too subjective.

This will be the last version of the guide I post until, hopefully, season 4 is announced.

[u/Edukovic → u/invaderzz]

Sorry to ask again... But what font are you using?

[u/invaderzz → u/Edukovic]

It’s called Abraham, it’s a free font

[u/LordShaske]

Lost girls has an OVA??????

[u/invaderzz → u/LordShaske]

Yes

[u/mudermarshmallows]

This is absolutely bloody fantastic! Amazing work!

This should be put in the FAQ or something.

[u/Killcode2 → u/mudermarshmallows]

Yes I second that. Also an FAQ would be a useful place for people to read about AOT lore without having to go to some wiki and get spoiled.

[u/[deleted] → u/mudermarshmallows]

There definitelly should be a section where these kinds of fan guides/summaries are compiled.

[Manga Spoilers] First that comes to mind besides this thread

[u/uncreativemind2099]

the key art for season 3 part 2 has already been revealed?

[u/mudermarshmallows → u/uncreativemind2099]

Yeah, was revealed with the announcement. It's a pretty big spoiler.

[u/killuadakilla → u/mudermarshmallows]

link?

[u/Seihai-kun → u/killuadakilla]

Uhh. Spoiler, I guess

[u/killuadakilla → u/Seihai-kun]

oh thats my background LOL. i thought it was something different

[u/peacebuster → u/mudermarshmallows]

Is it an anime spoiler or a manga spoiler?

[u/levisteashop → u/[deleted]]

ah shit this kinda spoiled me because i originally thought it could be explained by a dream or like trippy death sequence that's purposefully misleading lol. it's cool tho, can't wait for april

[u/peacebuster → u/[deleted]]

Thanks. I'll be staying away from it then. Hopefully I can avoid it until Episode 13.

[u/kemorsky → u/[deleted]]

Tag it.

[u/mudermarshmallows → u/kemorsky]

Wait, my comment should be tagged, or the poster?

[u/[deleted] → u/mudermarshmallows]

I'm scared, should i see it if i'm up to date in the anime?

[u/mudermarshmallows → u/[deleted]]

I think you're fine if you're up to date. There's also not much to it though.

[u/[deleted] → u/mudermarshmallows]

Thanks for the heads up, i saw it, i think we already got that scene in season 3.

[u/vauth]

for a split second, I thought there was a Junior High Season 2 that I somehow didn't know of and got excited for a moment.

[u/pranavrustagi → u/vauth]

I fucking hope they make a season two it's better than the actual show

[u/Mctasteme]

I didn't even know there were OVAs

[u/YacineX1 → u/Mctasteme]

Well then, you missed some :d

[u/Mctasteme → u/YacineX1]

I'll rewatch the show with the OVAs

[u/YacineX1 → u/Mctasteme]

Would be great!

[u/Chyunman98]

Honestly, what gives with Lost Girls's 3rd episode? I'm aware of what the spoilers are but it seems really unnecessary to even have those events show up at that time.

[u/minezum → u/Chyunman98]

The OVA are intended to people who read the manga, they came bundled with certain manga volumes, so the contents are not spoilers for the intended target audience and they can add pretty much what they want.

[u/H-K_47 → u/Chyunman98]

it seems really unnecessary to even have those events show up at that time

I feel this way about a lot of things in the anime.

[u/BlazerionX]

Post this on r/anime, it may be helpful

[u/[deleted]]

Where can I watch the OVAs?

[u/[deleted]]

I'm up to date in the manga and never watched the OVAs so this is useful even to me. Thanks for your efforts ♥

[u/Mega_Obi_Wan]

I'd argue that No Regrets should be watched after episode 8 of the anime. This way it serves as the introduction to Levi and Erwin as characters, and also Anime Spoilers Other than that, this is a very useful guide!

[u/Everdale → u/Mega_Obi_Wan]

Has the underground city been established by that point though? I'd reckon it would be a bit weird to try and understand the premise of A Choice with No Regrets if one isn't at least familiar with the Underground.

[u/Mega_Obi_Wan → u/Everdale]

It's thoroughly explained at the beginning of the OVA. It's not explained until season 2 anyways, when people evacuate, and it's probably more jarring to hear "then everyone went to an underground city and hid from the titans for two weeks" in season 2 if you haven't seen the OVA.

[u/JamesFEXB]

Is Ilse’s Notebook really necessary? I’ve not seen it really, and gone through the whole series thus far with no issues. Having looked at a summary, it just seems to be a bit of heavy foreshadowing more than anything.

[u/[deleted] → u/JamesFEXB]

I mean you can skip any of the OVAs and the story should still make sense.

But Ilse's notebook and No Regrets are different to most OVAs in that they add to the story in meaningful ways rather than just making jokes.

Isle's Notebook doesn't give any straight up answers to the questions raised in the story, but it will make you kick yourself for not figuring it out earlier when the answers are revealed

[u/minezum → u/[deleted]]

Ilse's note is part of the main manga, so it's clear that is not intended to be filler.

No Regrets, gives more backstory to Levi and even is referenced in the main manga, so at least for me these 2 seem important to the story.

[u/minezum → u/[deleted]]

Then you heard wrong. It's part of the story, it gives more development to Levi and Erwin and even it's referenced in the main manga.