21 Interesting Facts About Attack On Titan

#1 The Attack on Titan manga actually started 7 years before the anime first aired.

#2 Levi is older than he looks. He's actually 30.

#3 Jean is Hajime Isayama’s favorite character.

#4 Spider-man and Captain America once fought the Titans.

#5 The ‘Rogue Titan’ character reference

Eren's titan form ‘Rogue Titan' was modeled after middleweight mixed martial artist Yushin Okami.

#6 A lot of the live action Attack on Titan characters aren't in the anime or manga.

#7 There's an Attack on Titan Theme Park.

#8 Sasha Blouse was originally supposed to die.

#9 Levi’s character reference

Levi's design and personality was modeled after Rorschach from the Watchmen series.

#10 Zoe Hange’s gender is ambiguous.

#11 Eren’s surname

The word Yeager originates from the German word ‘Jaeger' which means ‘hunter.'

#12 Mikasa’s nickname

Mikasa was also referred to as ‘worth one thousand soldiers' due to her skills and intelligence. The line was actually from Tales of the Heike, where it was also used to describe a legendary female Japanese warrior Tomoe Gozen.

#13 Armin’s voice actor

Armin is voiced by Marina Inoue, who is also the narrator of the series.

#14 The two titans

The titans which Hange named Sawney and Bean refers to the name of the infamous cannibal Sawney Bean.

#15 Mikasa’s name reference

Mikasa's name is taken from a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy called Mikasa since Hajime Isaya believed that series with female characters named after warships had a possibility of succeeding... boy, was he right!

#16 Pixis’s character reference

Dot Pixis was modeled after Akiyama Yoshifuru, an Imperial Japanese Army General.

#17 Eren’s dream

Eren's dream of going outside the walls resembles Hajime Isayama's childhood desire since he grew up in a village surrounded by mountains. Moreover, in the series, the areas around the walls is inspired by Isayama's village.

#18 Attack on Titan blacklisted?

Attack on Titan is one of the anime series which is blacklisted in China as they want to ‘protect the healthy development of youth.

#19 Attack on Titan city

The city in Attack on Titan is actually based was on a real city in Germany named Nördlingen.

#20 Armored Titan reference

The Armored Titan is based on the professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Brock Lesnar.

#21 Age of Gunslingers’ Eln and Elsa

The game Age of Gunslingers Online features a special Titan mode and two NPCs, Eln and Elsa, who were modeled after Eren and Mikasa. Moreover, they share the same voice actors!