Attack on Titan: Junior High

Attack on Titan: Junior High (進撃！巨人中学校) is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Saki Nakagawa and published in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from April 2012 to July 2016. The series is a parody of Hajime Isayama's manga series Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人).

The manga has been adapted into an anime television series which began airing in October 2015. A rebroadcast was aired during January 2016. A sequel, Attack on Titan: High School (進撃！巨人高校), known by its subtitle, Youth! The Marley Academy Next Door (～青春！となりのマーレ学園～ ~Seishun! Tonari no Māre Gakuen~) ran from June 2018 to August 2018 and consisted of six chapters.

Plot
The story is a parody of the Attack on Titan manga, featuring younger, chibi versions of the characters as they attend the "Class 1-04" at the Attack Junior High School (進撃中学校). The story focuses on their adventures during the first year at school.

First-year students
English: "Eren Jaeger"
 * Eren Yeager (エレン・イェーガー)
 * Eren Yeager is a hot-blooded young boy who especially enjoys eating cheeseburgers. He harbors an intense hatred of Titans due to an incident where the Colossal Titan (the principal of the Titan campus) stole his lunch, and is driven to break school rules in order to eliminate all the Titans in the world. While he does not have the uncanny strength of Mikasa or the intelligence of Armin, his ambition to exterminate the Titans drives him to complete and exceed his goals, and astonish his classmates with his passion and drive.
 * Eren Yeager is a hot-blooded young boy who especially enjoys eating cheeseburgers. He harbors an intense hatred of Titans due to an incident where the Colossal Titan (the principal of the Titan campus) stole his lunch, and is driven to break school rules in order to eliminate all the Titans in the world. While he does not have the uncanny strength of Mikasa or the intelligence of Armin, his ambition to exterminate the Titans drives him to complete and exceed his goals, and astonish his classmates with his passion and drive.

English: "Mikasa Ackermann"
 * Mikasa Ackerman (ミカサ・アッカーマン)
 * Mikasa Ackerman is a stoic girl who seemingly has a handle on most situations that often disarrays, scares or incapacitates her peers. She is very close to Eren, to the point that she becomes depressed and all her abilities are greatly reduced when he is not present. She is very protective of both Eren and Armin, seeing them as her precious family she cannot lose.
 * Mikasa Ackerman is a stoic girl who seemingly has a handle on most situations that often disarrays, scares or incapacitates her peers. She is very close to Eren, to the point that she becomes depressed and all her abilities are greatly reduced when he is not present. She is very protective of both Eren and Armin, seeing them as her precious family she cannot lose.

English: "Armin Arlelt"
 * Armin Arlert (アルミン・アルレルト)
 * Armin Arlert is a very intelligent but sickly boy who regularly wears a futon over his head to avoid catching a cold. He is a good friend to Eren and Mikasa, and frequently relies on their protection. Despite his poor self-esteem, his intellect often serves to aid his friends in bad situations.
 * Armin Arlert is a very intelligent but sickly boy who regularly wears a futon over his head to avoid catching a cold. He is a good friend to Eren and Mikasa, and frequently relies on their protection. Despite his poor self-esteem, his intellect often serves to aid his friends in bad situations.


 * Reiner Braun (ライナー・ブラウン)
 * Reiner Braun is a very muscular student, who is always seen together with his friend Bertolt, for whom he tries to help find a girlfriend. He has a crush on Krista and always tries to woo her.
 * Reiner Braun is a very muscular student, who is always seen together with his friend Bertolt, for whom he tries to help find a girlfriend. He has a crush on Krista and always tries to woo her.

English: "Bertholdt Hoover"
 * Bertolt Hoover (ベルトルト・フーバー)
 * Bertolt Hoover is a very tall, quiet student and a close friend to Reiner, and loves die-cutting as a hobby. He secretly crushes on Annie during the summer festival.
 * Bertolt Hoover is a very tall, quiet student and a close friend to Reiner, and loves die-cutting as a hobby. He secretly crushes on Annie during the summer festival.


 * Annie Leonhart (アニ・レオンハート)
 * Annie Leonhart is an introverted girl whose strength rivals that of Mikasa. Like Eren, she also loves cheeseburgers and attends student council.
 * Annie Leonhart is an introverted girl whose strength rivals that of Mikasa. Like Eren, she also loves cheeseburgers and attends student council.

English: "Jean Kirschtein"
 * Jean Kirstein (ジャン・キルシュタイン)
 * Jean Kirstein is an egotistic boy whose primary concern in school is becoming popular amongst girls. He has a crush on Mikasa, and frequently comes into conflict with Eren.
 * Jean Kirstein is an egotistic boy whose primary concern in school is becoming popular amongst girls. He has a crush on Mikasa, and frequently comes into conflict with Eren.

English: "Marco Bodt"
 * Marco Bott (マルコ・ボット)
 * Marco Bott is a friendly student and a good friend to Jean, whom he tries his best to help.
 * Marco Bott is a friendly student and a good friend to Jean, whom he tries his best to help.

English: "Conny Springer"
 * Connie Springer (コニー・スプリンガー)
 * Connie Springer is a sporty, outgoing boy with a buzz cut. Despite his upbeat personality, he is quite slow-witted.
 * Connie Springer is a sporty, outgoing boy with a buzz cut. Despite his upbeat personality, he is quite slow-witted.

English: "Sasha Braus"
 * Sasha Blouse (サシャ・ブラウス)
 * Sasha Blouse is a fun-loving girl with a gluttonous appetite who spends most of her time thinking about food.
 * Sasha Blouse is a fun-loving girl with a gluttonous appetite who spends most of her time thinking about food.


 * Historia Reiss (ヒストリア・レイス)
 * Also known as . She is a petite, friendly and warm-hearted girl who is well loved by her peers, to the point many express their wishes to marry her. Her father is Rod Reiss.
 * Also known as . She is a petite, friendly and warm-hearted girl who is well loved by her peers, to the point many express their wishes to marry her. Her father is Rod Reiss.


 * Ymir (ユミル)
 * Ymir is a close friend of Krista. She is extremely protective of Krista, often thwarting Reiner, is always around her side, and she openly claims to want to marry her.
 * Ymir is a close friend of Krista. She is extremely protective of Krista, often thwarting Reiner, is always around her side, and she openly claims to want to marry her.


 * Thomas Wagner (トーマス・ワグナー)
 * Thomas Wagner is one of Eren's classmates.
 * Thomas Wagner is one of Eren's classmates.


 * Mīna Carolina (ミーナ・カロライナ)
 * Mīna Carolina is one of Eren's classmates.
 * Mīna Carolina is one of Eren's classmates.


 * Hannah Diamant (ハンナ・ディアマント)
 * Hannah Diamant is one of Eren's classmates. She spends almost the entire time affectionately hugging her boyfriend Franz, rather than paying attention to anything else around them.
 * Hannah Diamant is one of Eren's classmates. She spends almost the entire time affectionately hugging her boyfriend Franz, rather than paying attention to anything else around them.


 * Franz Kefka (フランツ・ケフカ)
 * Franz Kefka is one of Eren's classmates. He spends almost the entire time affectionately hugging his girlfriend Hannah, rather than paying attention to anything else around them.
 * Franz Kefka is one of Eren's classmates. He spends almost the entire time affectionately hugging his girlfriend Hannah, rather than paying attention to anything else around them.


 * Hitch Dreyse (ヒッチ・ドリス)
 * Hitch Dreyse is a fellow student and a student council friend of Annie, and likes to poke fun of her other classmate, Marlowe. Though she denies it, Hitch is a fanatic cat lover.
 * Hitch Dreyse is a fellow student and a student council friend of Annie, and likes to poke fun of her other classmate, Marlowe. Though she denies it, Hitch is a fanatic cat lover.

English: "Marlo Freudenberg"
 * Marlowe Freudenberg (マルロ・フロイデンベルク)
 * Marlowe Freudenberg is a fellow student and student council fellow of Annie.
 * Marlowe Freudenberg is a fellow student and student council fellow of Annie.

Second-year students
English: "Petra Rall"
 * Petra Ral (ペトラ・ラル)
 * Petra Ral is a member of the secret unauthorized club, the Scout Regiment. She is very friendly and welcoming to the freshmen, but is cruelly sarcastic to her fellow member Oluo.
 * Petra Ral is a member of the secret unauthorized club, the Scout Regiment. She is very friendly and welcoming to the freshmen, but is cruelly sarcastic to her fellow member Oluo.

English: "Oluo Bozado"
 * Oluo Bozado (オルオ・ボザド)
 * Oluo Bozado is a member of the Scout Regiment club. He is narcissistic and has a nasty tendency to bite his tongue frequently for no reason.
 * Oluo Bozado is a member of the Scout Regiment club. He is narcissistic and has a nasty tendency to bite his tongue frequently for no reason.

English: "Eld Gin"
 * Eld Jinn (エルド・ジン)
 * Eld Jinn is a member of the Scout Regiment club.
 * Eld Jinn is a member of the Scout Regiment club.


 * Günther Schultz (グンタ・シュルツ)
 * Günther Schultz is a member of the Scout Regiment club.
 * Günther Schultz is a member of the Scout Regiment club.


 * Rico Brzenska (リコ・ブレツェンスカ)
 * Rico Brzenska is the leader of the Wall Cleanup Club, which Eren and his friends are forced to join, and is in charge of scrubbing off the graffiti painted on the wall by the Titan pranksters. She teaches the younger students on how to scale the wall using the Vertical Maneuvering Gears.
 * Rico Brzenska is the leader of the Wall Cleanup Club, which Eren and his friends are forced to join, and is in charge of scrubbing off the graffiti painted on the wall by the Titan pranksters. She teaches the younger students on how to scale the wall using the Vertical Maneuvering Gears.


 * Ian Dietrich (イアン・ディートリッヒ)
 * Ian Dietrich is one of Rico's sidekicks and the deputy leader of the Wall Cleanup Club.
 * Ian Dietrich is one of Rico's sidekicks and the deputy leader of the Wall Cleanup Club.


 * Ilse Langnar (イルゼ・ラングナー)
 * Ilse Langnar is a senior student who works as the gossip reporter of the Newspaper Club, and is constantly recording notes in her journal.
 * Ilse Langnar is a senior student who works as the gossip reporter of the Newspaper Club, and is constantly recording notes in her journal.

Third-year students
English: "Levi Ackermann"
 * Levi Ackerman (リヴァイ・アッカーマン)
 * Levi is the leader of Attack Junior High's secret underground club, Scout Regiment, and is reputed to be the strongest man in the world, capable of knocking out a Titan with a single slap from his paper fan. He has a compulsive trait for tidiness.
 * Levi is the leader of Attack Junior High's secret underground club, Scout Regiment, and is reputed to be the strongest man in the world, capable of knocking out a Titan with a single slap from his paper fan. He has a compulsive trait for tidiness.

English: "Zoë Hange"
 * Hange Zoë (ハンジ・ゾエ)
 * Hange Zoë is Levi's classmate and the deputy leader of the Scout Regiment club. Hange is obsessed with anything related to the study of Titans, often to the annoyance of Levi, who calls by the nickname "Abnormal" or "four-eyes".
 * Hange Zoë is Levi's classmate and the deputy leader of the Scout Regiment club. Hange is obsessed with anything related to the study of Titans, often to the annoyance of Levi, who calls by the nickname "Abnormal" or "four-eyes".

English: "Miche Zacharius"
 * Mike Zacharius (ミケ・ザカリアス)
 * Mike Zacharius is a senior student who is a sidekick of Hange, and has a peculiar habit of sniffing younger students.
 * Mike Zacharius is a senior student who is a sidekick of Hange, and has a peculiar habit of sniffing younger students.


 * Moblit Berner (モブリット・バーナー)
 * Moblit Berner is a senior student who is a sidekick of Hange. He is regularly frightened and frustrated by Hange's eccentric and reckless behaviours involving Titans.
 * Moblit Berner is a senior student who is a sidekick of Hange. He is regularly frightened and frustrated by Hange's eccentric and reckless behaviours involving Titans.

Staff
English: "Keith Sadies"
 * Keith Shadis (キース・シャーディス)
 * Keith Shadis is the strict and intimidating class teacher of Eren and his friends. He is also a good friend of Eren's father.
 * Keith Shadis is the strict and intimidating class teacher of Eren and his friends. He is also a good friend of Eren's father.


 * Erwin Smith (エルヴィン・スミス)
 * Erwin Smith is a school teacher, a senior member of the teachers' board, and the club adviser of the secret Scout Regiment.
 * Erwin Smith is a school teacher, a senior member of the teachers' board, and the club adviser of the secret Scout Regiment.


 * Hannes (ハンネス)
 * Hannes is the frequently drunk janitor who works at the Titan side of the school campus, and also the adviser of the Wall Cleanup Club. He is a good friend of Eren's mother.
 * Hannes is the frequently drunk janitor who works at the Titan side of the school campus, and also the adviser of the Wall Cleanup Club. He is a good friend of Eren's mother.

English: "Darius Zachary"
 * Darius Zackly (ダリス・ザックレー)
 * Darius Zackly is the head of the teachers' board, and the principal of the human campus of Attack Junior High.
 * Darius Zackly is the head of the teachers' board, and the principal of the human campus of Attack Junior High.

English: "Dot Pyxis"
 * Dot Pixis (ドット・ピクシス)
 * Dot Pixis is a senior member of the teachers' board.
 * Dot Pixis is a senior member of the teachers' board.

English: "Nile Dawk"
 * Nile Dok (ナイル・ドーク)
 * Nile Dok is a senior member of the teachers' board.
 * Nile Dok is a senior member of the teachers' board.


 * Kitz Weilman (キッツ・ヴェールマン)
 * Kitz Weilman is a member of the teachers' board.
 * Kitz Weilman is a member of the teachers' board.

Other characters
English: "Carla Jaeger"
 * Carla Yeager (カルラ・イェーガー)
 * Carla Jaeger is Eren's mother, who prepares his beloved cheeseburger steak lunch everyday.
 * Carla Jaeger is Eren's mother, who prepares his beloved cheeseburger steak lunch everyday.

English: "Dieter Neiss"
 * Dita Ness (ディータ・ネス)
 * Dita Ness is the owner of a shooting gallery at the Summer Festival.
 * Dita Ness is the owner of a shooting gallery at the Summer Festival.


 * Frieda (フリーダ)
 * Frieda is a former student of Attack Junior High, who got lost in the school building during the Test of Courage. She is since condemned to haunt the campus as a ghost, namely "the Seven Wonders of Attack Junior High, No. 7".
 * Frieda is a former student of Attack Junior High, who got lost in the school building during the Test of Courage. She is since condemned to haunt the campus as a ghost, namely "the Seven Wonders of Attack Junior High, No. 7".

Manga
Saki Nakagawa began publishing Attack on Titan: Junior High in the May issue of Kodansha's monthly manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on April 9, 2012. A special chapter was published in the May issue of the Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine on March 25, 2014. In the June 2016 issue, published on May 9, Nakagawa commented that the manga would be ending soon; the final chapter was published in the magazine's August issue, on July 9, 2016.

The series was published in tankōbon form by Kodansha. It has been licensed for publication in North America by Kodansha USA. The series has been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes, published as five volumes in English. The additional chapters were published in a single volume in August 2018.

Sequel
A sequel, Attack on Titan: High School (進撃！巨人高校), known by its subtitle, Youth! The Marley Academy Next Door (～青春！となりのマーレ学園～ ~Seishun! Tonari no Māre Gakuen~) was published in six chapters between June and August 2018 and collected into one volume.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in July 2015. The series is directed by Yoshihide Ibata and written by Midori Gotou, with animation by animation studio Production I.G. Yuuko Yahiro provides character designs for the series, and Asami Tachibana composes the show's music although most of the music comes from the first season of the main anime. Kazuhiro Arai from Studio Homare is the series' art director, and Tetsuya Takahashi serves as director of photography. Taeko Hamauzu is the anime's editor and Masafumi Mima serves as sound director. Linked Horizon performs the series' opening theme, "Die Jugend ist ein Feuerwerk" (青春は花火のように). The ending theme, "Ground of Counterattack" (反撃の大地), is performed by the voice actors for Eren, Mikasa, and Jean. All cast members from the main anime reprise their roles for Attack on Titan: Junior High. The series premiered on October 4, 2015, and aired on MBS, Tokyo MX, BS11, RKK, and SBS. The anime portion is followed by a live-action segment composed of two parts, "Shingeki! Treasure Hunt" and "Sasha Tries ?? By Herself!!"; the former features the voice actors for Eren, Mikasa, Armin, and Bertholdt, and the latter features the voice actress for Sasha alongside a mascot called Titan-kun. The series was licensed in North America by Funimation, and was simulcast on their website. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. The anime was distributed in the United Kingdom by Anime Limited.

Reception
Volume one made it onto The New York Times Manga Best Sellers list for three weeks, debuting at eighth place before rising to fifth.