Attack on Titan: Chronicle (『進撃の巨人』〜クロニクル〜) — 2020
A two-hour compilation film that recaps the first 59 episodes of Attack on Titan, covering seasons 1 through 3. It follows Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert as humanity struggles against the Titans. The film condenses the series’ major events, from the fall of Wall Maria to the revelations uncovered by the Survey Corps.
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Intro
Attack on Titan: Chronicle is a recap film that compresses the first three seasons of the anime, so it opens with humanity living behind massive walls and quickly establishes Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert as children growing up under the constant threat of Titans. The film frames Eren’s hatred of Titans through the destruction of Shiganshina District, where the Colossal Titan breaches Wall Maria, the Armored Titan smashes through the gate, and Eren’s mother Carla is killed during the chaos.
Turning Point 1
After the fall of Shiganshina, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin join military training and later enter the Survey Corps, with Eren driven by the promise that he will exterminate every Titan. During the battle of Trost, Eren is swallowed by a Titan, then unexpectedly reappears as the Attack Titan, proving that he can transform into a Titan himself and turning him into humanity’s most important weapon.
Turning Point 2
As the Survey Corps investigate the Titans, Eren is repeatedly caught between military suspicion and battlefield necessity, especially when he is targeted by higher authorities who want him controlled or handed over. The Female Titan arc escalates that conflict when Annie Leonhart is revealed as a Titan shifter, pursues Eren through the city and forest, and ultimately fails to abduct him after Levi and Mikasa intervene, exposing how deeply the Titan threat has infiltrated human ranks.
Turning Point 3
The story then widens from survival battles to political and historical truth, as the Survey Corps learn that many of the Titans within the walls are actually transformed humans, including the people of Ragako. Eren also learns that his father Grisha left him Titan power and memories tied to a hidden truth in the family basement, which transforms the struggle from a simple war against monsters into a confrontation with the origin of the world itself.
Turning Point 4
When the Scouts push deeper into the conflict, betrayal and identity become central: Reiner Braun and Bertholdt Hoover are exposed as the Armored Titan and Colossal Titan, and they attempt to seize Eren and Ymir. Their attack triggers another brutal clash in which Eren is taken, the Scouts suffer major losses, and the truth that the Titans and the walls are connected to a much larger secret becomes impossible to ignore.
Turning Point 5
The final stretch covers the uprising within the walls and the campaign to reclaim Shiganshina, where the Survey Corps fight the Beast Titan, the Armored Titan, the Colossal Titan, and the Cart Titan in a desperate attempt to restore humanity’s future. Erwin Smith leads a suicide charge against the Beast Titan and dies, Levi’s actions allow the battle to continue, and Armin gains the Colossal Titan power after sacrificing himself to defeat Bertholdt.
Ending
In the end, the recapped journey closes on the Survey Corps’ hard-won victory at Shiganshina and the devastating cost of learning the truth: Titans are transformed humans, the royal and military secrets behind the walls are exposed, and Eren, Mikasa, and Armin move forward into a world that is no longer just about surviving Titans but about uncovering the larger history of humanity and the enemy beyond the sea.
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