Attack on Titan: No Regrets
Prequel spin-off following Levi before joining the Survey Corps.
Attack on Titan: No Regrets is a Japanese manga series written by Gun Snark and illustrated by Hikaru Suruga, based on a visual novel of the same name. It serves as a prequel spin-off of Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga, following the character Levi Ackerman before he joins the Survey Corps. The series was published by Kodansha in Japan and by Kodansha USA in North America, and a two-part original animation DVD was released in 2014 and 2015.
- field
- Manga, anime
- known_for
- Prequel spin-off of Attack on Titan focusing on Levi Ackerman's early life
- published_by
- Kodansha (Japan), Kodansha USA (North America)
- manga_author
- Gun Snark (writer), Hikaru Suruga (illustrator)
- visual_novel_release
- September 18, 2013 and December 18, 2013
- OAD_release
- 2014 and 2015
Quick Facts
- Ja Romaji
- Shingeki no Kyojin Kui Naki Sentaku
- Genre
- Dark fantasy · Post-apocalyptic
Facts from the source article.
Lore & Background
The story is a prequel to Attack on Titan that follows Levi during his days as a criminal in the underground city, with his two best friends Isabel Magnolia and Farlan Church, before Erwin Smith recruits him into the Survey Corps. Before illustrating the manga, Hikaru Suruga visited the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel to better visualize the Underground setting, and there she first pictured how large an 18-meter tall Titan would be. While drawing Levi, Suruga attempted to make him appear younger than in Attack on Titan, and noted that his lack of emotiveness made choosing expressions difficult. For Isabel, she aimed to convey a lively, energetic character who was also capable at fighting Titans, and she had difficulty drawing Farlan's face to distinguish him from the other two main characters.
Reader's Guide
Attack on Titan: No Regrets holds significance as a key expansion of the Attack on Titan universe, providing backstory for the immensely popular character Levi Ackerman. The manga achieved notable commercial success, with over 1.5 million copies in print in Japan and the first volume appearing on the New York Times Manga Best Sellers list for 18 nonconsecutive weeks. Its popularity led Kodansha to increase Aria magazine's print run fivefold, and later tenfold. The series also spawned a two-episode original animation DVD produced by the same staff as the Attack on Titan television series, directed by Tetsurō Araki and written by Yasuko Kobayashi. The OADs were later released subtitled by Funimation and Crunchyroll in December 2021, with a dubbed release following in 2022. The manga's art, handled by Hikaru Suruga, was noted by a reviewer for having well-proportioned characters and solid perspective, contrasting with the original series' art.
Did You Know?
- The manga is based on a visual novel of the same name, with two visual novels released with Attack on Titan Blu-ray sets in 2013.
- The illustrator Hikaru Suruga visited the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel to help visualize the Underground setting.
- The first volume of the manga had 500,000 copies in print by April 2014 and sold 140,186 copies within its first five days.
- The OADs were directed by Tetsurō Araki and written by Yasuko Kobayashi, the same staff as the Attack on Titan television series.
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