#kawakubo shintaro

[cosmicjoke]

Hi! If you have already answered something similar I apologise in advance for repeating the question.

why are some people so adamant to use those q&a (Isayama said in an interview..) that happen on fan events as “proofs” when nothing has never been confirmed in any source material or canon manga? Kawakubo Shintaro (AoT editor) has asked and advised not to take everything mentioned at some fan events as strictly canon, as some things mentioned may be subject to change. Since most of the time these questions are asked in an informal manner, fans are asked to take this information as not strictly canon.

Most of those so called “proofs” don’t come from any official places anyway, the source is usually either twitter or tumblr aka fan blogs where those questions and answers can be easily fabricated, taken out of context, edited to one’s liking. I don’t really see any of this as a proof of anything.

Also, some of these people love to state that OVA’s aren’t canon. And some questions asked in an informal manner are!? Like?????

Yeah, this is (mostly) about shipping. And yes it’s about Levi. I am not a shipping™️ person myself, I don’t support any ships, Im not interested in any. And I don’t mind other people shipping things as long as they aren’t pushing their ships onto me… but unfortunately some people are… well pushy.

Hi there,

Well, I can't really speak for others, why they do and don't do certain things. But my guess would be that people who want to see their ships as canon will latch on to anything they can use as "proof" of said ship. So any sort of quote or piece of information which they can twist to fit their preferred ship, they'll jump on immediately and try to push it as proof of the ship's canonical existence. Of course it's ridiculous. All romantic relationships in "Attack on Titan" are very obvious. Eren and Mikasa, Historia and Ymir, etc... So this notion that Isayama is hiding some secret relationship between Levi and... whoever, between the lines, or in the subtext or whatever, is absurd. He's not. Levi isn't with anyone romantically in either the manga or the anime, and I don't know why it's such an issue at all. Levi loves his friends. But they're friends, you know? And just because they're friends doesn't make his relationship with, say, Hange or Erwin, or anyone else, any less meaningful. I think people want Levi to only care about one, specific person, above all others, and so they try to float this idea that he's romantically involved with said person. But Levi cares about everyone equally, I think. He values everyone's lives, and tries his best to protect everyone. It's part of what makes him such a heroic character.

#Levi Ackerman

[warm-starlight]

I don't understand jean mikasa appeal. I think Mikasa's husband should have been a random man to start a new life, she hanging out with a guy who is making money benefitting from a genocide and reminding the world how awful Eren was, feels......wrong. I can't imagine Carla being happy with her adoptive daughter being with a man that is having the rich life at the cost of Eren. The fact that they clapped at Eren genocide when they find out he did it for them just feels.....extremely wrong XDDDDDD so they were angry erens genocide but doing a genocide for them is good? Like what.....

What Eren did was awful do not get me wrong, but being an opportunist and get a job out of it doesn't make you better, it's like those programs where some lowly people make money by gossipping other people's lives

Reading Shintaro Kawakubo liking that ship makes sense now. This sounds like another case of editor abusing their power, I think Tito Kubo complained about this matter once and yes like that anon said you can see in events at Kawakubo pressuring Isayama and being a little possesive

Ehh. They both deserve each other lmao 😂

Mikasa being an Eren simp until the day she dies and Jean being a Mikasa simp until the day he dies. Sounds like a match made in heaven.

She could only ever be with someone who understood and respected her obsession with Eren. I doubt anyone else would.

#snk #aot #jeankasa #anonymous

[tamhrayis]

Does anyone know the origin of “Kodansha/editor forced Isayama to change the ending”? Cause some people really be trying too hard.

Uhhhh if I recall it correctly (I vaguely remember it), his editor Shintaro Kawakubo posted a tweet, saying that he helped Isayama with some moments (as any normal editor would), so people jumped into a conclusion that Isayama couldn’t write the ending “he wanted”💀

#man ended up limiting his replies💀💀💀 #attack on titan #shingeki no kyoujin #t-talks #ask

[wotakugofrance]

Artbook, manga bonus, produits dérivés exclusifs : le projet Shingeki no Kyojin FLY dévoile ses détails. Annoncé le 8 septembre dernier par Shintaro Kawakubo, responsable éditorial de Hajime Isayama pour Kodansha, le projet secret Shingeki no Kyojin FLY a finalement présenté ses détails ce mardi à travers son compte X (Twitter) officiel, levant le voile sur sa nature et son contenu. Shingeki no Kyojin FLY : un artbook et de nombreux bonus exclusifs Si bien des fans ont spéculé à propos du projet, Shingeki no Kyojin FLY s’est révélé être le nom attribué à un artbook qui comprendra toutes les pages couleur dessinées par Hajime Isayama, dont les précommandes ont débuté ce jour au Japon et s’achèveront le jeudi 30 novembre prochain. Un artbook oui, mais pas que, puisqu’en plus des pages en couleur, de nombreux bonus sont prévus, dont notamment :Le manga bonus Shingeki No Kyojin Vol.35, qui présentera un tout nouveau chapitre exclusif de 18 pages intitulé « Bad Boy », ainsi qu’une « histoire secrète » spécialement conçue pour l’artbook.Une reproduction ultra-précise du manuscrit original du chapitre final du manga (57 pages), rempli d’éléments normalement jamais présentés, comme les lignes d’ébauche crayonnées.Une reproduction brodée de l’écharpe qu’Eren a offerte à Mikasa.Une reproduction de la clé de la cave d’Eren, livrée avec un cadenas qui peut être verrouillé et déverrouillé par la clé.À noter que le prix de l’artbook est annoncé à 20 000 yens, soit environ 130 €, et qu’il semble pour le moment réservé au Japon. Reproduction de l'écharpe de Mikasa Reproduction de la clé d'Eren Lire aussi : la saison finale de l’anime Shingeki no Kyojin précise sa Date de Sortie Finalement, un commentaire d’Hajime Isayama a également été publié, dont voici une traduction :Je m’appelle Hajime Isayama et cela fait environ deux ans et demi que j’ai terminé la publication de Shingeki no Kyojin. J’ai décidé de publier un artbook en couleur et je suis très honoré d’avoir la compilation de mon travail passé dans un livre comme celui-ci.J’aimerais pouvoir dire fièrement « je suis très heureux d’avoir compilé tout mon travail dans un artbook », mais en réalité, je n’ai fait que des dessins au trait pour les illustrations en couleur, et j’ai demandé à une certaine personne de faire le travail de coloriage pour moi.Je ne suis pas connu pour exceller en dessin, donc il n’y avait aucune chance que je puisse réaliser un si bon travail de coloriage moi-même. Je pense que ce travail n’aurait pas été possible sans la présence du spécialiste qui a été en charge de la mise en couleur de Shingeki no Kyojin depuis le début de la série et qui a toujours soutenu la série.Je serais heureux que cet artbook en couleur plaise aux personnes qui ont toujours soutenu la série dans les coulisses. Maintenant, j’écris un nouveau manga pour ce livre. Il sera inclus dans l’édition spéciale Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.35 en tant que manga bonus. J’espère que vous l’attendrez avec impatience ! Pour rappel, le manga Shingeki no Kyojin est écrit et dessiné par Hajime Isayama, prépublié par l’éditeur japonais Kodansha de septembre 2009 à avril 2021 dans le Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. La version française du manga est éditée par Pika tandis que la série animée éponyme est à retrouver intégralité sur Crunchyroll.Source : shonenmagazine.com Reproduction de l'écharpe de Mikasa Reproduction de la clé d'Eren Source: Animotaku

[gonagaiworld]

Un nuovo progetto de L'attacco dei giganti (Shingeki no Kyojin) sarà rivelato il 4 ottobre Lo ha annunciato l'editor Shintaro Kawakubo in occasione del 14º anniversario del manga di Hajime Isayama. Info:--> https://www.gonagaiworld.com/un-nuovo-progetto-de-lattacco-dei-giganti-shingeki-no-kyojin-sara-svelato-il-4-ottobre/?feed_id=398860&_unique_id=64fc91f899747 #AttackOnTitan #Lattaccodeigiganti #Shingekinokyojin #WitStudio

#News #AttackOnTitan #Lattaccodeigiganti #Shingekinokyojin #WitStudio

[lenok993]

Yams drew ackerdrafts for chapter 108

Kawakubo: Too early

Yams: ok 🚮

Yams drew ackerdrafts for chapter 123

Kawakubo: Eremika should shine in this chapter

Yams: ok 🚮

Yams drew ackerdrafts for chapter 134

Kawakubo: You know their touching ackertalk can damage other more popular ships.

Yams: ok 🚮

Yams drew ackerdrafts for chapter 139

Kawakubo: I think it's too late to develop relationship between Levi and Mikasa. Sorry

Yams drew ✋💩 and 🧣🕊

Kawakubo: Nani

Yams: K. O.

#snk 139 #snk #rivamika #ackertalk #levi ackerman #mikasa ackerman #aot #attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #snk shitpost #snk crack #isayama hajime #shintaro kawakubo #kawakubo shintaro #aot 139 #levimika #hajime isayama

[snknews]

Isayama Hajime, Kawakubo Shintaro, & SnK Profiled in Bloomberg Businessweek’s “The Hunt for the Next Blockbuster Manga”

Writer Joshua Hunt has published an article in Bloomgberg Businessweek focusing on the Japanese manga industry, which profiles Isayama Hajime, his editor Kawakubo Shintaro, Kodansha, and the SnK series. In discussing the series’ imminent ending, Hunt also explores what the next SnK-like series in global popularity will be.

The interviews, conducted back in July 2019 at the FINAL Manga Exhibition and in January 2020 at the Kodansha offices, includes quotes such as the below:

“I was a big fan of Game of Thrones, so I can relate to the feelings of those fans who were disappointed with how the series ended...But when I’m drawing, I’m expressing my own feelings, and I think as long as I’m doing that, my fans will be able to accept whatever ending I come up with for them.” (Isayama)

“He thought deeply about what readers wanted from him, because failing to deliver would mean returning to work a day job until his next series came along...Because of that mindset, he’s become an author who is capable of thinking like a manga editor or an anime producer.” (Kawakubo)

Click on the link in the title to read the full story!

Related News: Interviews || Isayama Hajime || Kawakubo Shintaro

#snk news #isayama hajime #kawakubo shintaro #snk interviews

[jaegerbroshoe]

Are people stupid? Why would you send Kawakubo a whole essay about how you’re disappointed in the chapter when it hasn’t even come out yet (and on an unrelated tweet no less)? 🤦🏻‍♀️

#it’s like you WANT legal action to be taken against you #like jfc #also you can rant without involving people personally #rant #snk fandom #snk 137 #kawakubo shintaro #my opinion

[yaboylevi]

Interview with Isayama's Editor

Disclaimer for mistakes and misinterpretations. Don't repost without crediting me! Thanks!

Can you tell us about your first meeting with Isayama?

He was 19 and I was 23, I was in the industry for less than a year at the time. Mangakas had to bring their own works at magazine companies by calling them, requesting for a meeting with an editor. I was the one who answered Isayama’s call and I thought his work was interesting, so we started from there with the usual steps, like aiming for a prize.

He got an honorable mention for the work he brought to me that day, so then for a year we talked about the plot and I made him practice about his drawings, and he got 4th in the Newcomers Competition.

Were those two works merged together in the Shingeki no Kyojin that we know of now?

The first one he brought to me on our first encounter was the prototype of SnK, right down to the title, “Shingeki no Kyojin”. The characters were different but the setup was the same.

What types of advice did you give him?

In order to get better at action scenes, I had him study Hajime no Ippo,  especially when it comes to fighting scenes. And because he wasn’t that good at drawing clean lines, I made him study love mangas with cute girls.

What about the story?

When it comes to that, we had this kind of meetings: I asked him a lot of questions. During a meeting, I had even 50, 100 questions for him. These questions were about, for example: “What is this character thinking?”, “If they were told such and such, what would be their reaction?” “Why did they say this, right now?”, “How is their world?” And then following these questions, “What do the people in this world think about it?”. If he could answer them immediately, he did and I would give him my impressions, if he couldn’t answer, he would answer in the next meeting.

I heard the meetings you have with him now have changed a bit, the ones where you discuss the plot.

Yes, stuff like “How will it end?” “Are there mysteries still unresolved?” “And things that need an ending?”, etc, we talk about this as much as we can during our meetings. Every month we talk about the “long plot” from the point we currently are at until the final moment of the story. The way I go about SnK has become kind of a standard for me, even if it might be rare, but anyway we, of course, talk about the next issue as well as “What’s gonna happen in the end?”. And Isayama will give his input every time, though his feelings on the matter also change, and there are also instances where he changes his mind about things he wrote the month before.

Why did Isayams write Shingeki no Kyojin?

He came from Oita all the way to the capital, and he was thinking that once his serialization was done, he wouldn't have the means to support himself, so he’d be back to working part-time jobs, and he’d have to work hard until he’s serialized. It was this terror, this struggle to the death.

He asked himself things such as “How can I make people react?” “Can I become popular?”, he made these calculations while he still drawing what he wants to draw. He’s a creator with a high awareness of how to promote his work. He has a good eye, or well, he has a nice feel for what leaves an impression. As a reader himself, and a game player, and as someone who watches movies, he remembers the parts that left an impression on him and moved him, and he understands them to the point that he made them his own. He thinks stuff like “If I was the reader, I would like this development”. So, since he managed to grasp these things properly inside himself, he also believes that if he can express the things he wants properly, the readers will be happy. He is someone who has understood all of this.

How did he polish his “good eye”?

I think he’s someone who doesn’t want to be embarrassed about his life. He doesn’t want to be uncool. For example, some people might think “I want to be popular”, “I want to be rich”, there are various motivations in the world, but Isayama simply doesn’t want to be uncool. This is just what I think. When I talk about “good eye” I mean he has a standard of life, a clear way of living he’s chosen and he can clearly see things based on that standard. And he has applied this even to his way of writing manga.

How far did you decide when you started publication?

As for the characters that appeared in the first volume, we had decided everything about their backstories, for example, about Eren and his comrades. But we hadn’t decided everything about, for example, how and who would die and such. We did decide about who would betray who...well, which side they were affiliated to, and so even about the outside world. 

Did you decide everything about the outside world since the beginning, too?!

We didn’t decide everything in details, but the setting for the characters, and the history behind it, the people who live there, etc, yes, we decided it since the beginning.

Are there parts that were canceled and that you thought were interesting?

I don’t know if it can be considered interesting or not, but in volume 8 Sasha was supposed to die in the first draft of the chapter. We even drew the full scene, so then we wondered if it was the right moment for her to die, if it even had meaning, and it was a part I personally wasn’t so sure about, so I had him think about it once again and when we fixed it, we realized that yes, there was still a role she could have in the story. So we let her live. I can’t say if the first version of that chapter was interesting, but it surely left an impression.

Volume 29 just came out, how will it go on from here on out?

Of course, I can’t say anything about future events, but some developments (in volume 28) were a bit of a gamble for Isayama. The plot, or like, the steps of the story were a bit different - just a little - and he changed them at the last moment. He thought that progression wasn’t good, that it wouldn't work well, that it was a bit too naive/half-hearted, so he changed it right at the last second.

He has this opinion that if he himself isn’t sure about something or thinks it's too complicated, then there is no way it can be interesting to read, so it feels a bit like he runs from the problems.

#isayama hajime #shingeki no kyojin #snk interviews #vivitranslates #snk spoilers #kawakubo shintaro

[aot-squad]

Kawakubo Shintaro (Isayama editor) has answered an user that asked him: "Mikasa's scarf is black?" from the alternative cover of Snk volume 27 which is also the cover of Bessatsu Shonen January 2019 Issue.

Kawakubo replied that "the scarf always been black in the manga."

That's true but in the Anime the studio changed the scarf color...

Just if you wondering :)

#attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #snk #aot #mikasa ackerman #eren jaeger #eren yeager #snk 112 #kawakubo shintaro #snk news #snk manga

[snkmerchandise]

News: Shingeki no Kyojin Tankobon Volume 25 + Lost Girls OAD/OVA Vol. 2 (Annie Part 2) for Japanese Edition

Original Release Date: April 9th, 2018 (Japanese); July 3rd, 2018 (English) Retail Prices: 462 Yen (Japanese Regular Edition) 2,840 Yen (Japanese Limited Edition with OVA) $10.99 (English Edition)

During today (February 19th, 2018)’s Bessatsu Shonen livestream, the staff revealed a black/white preview of the cover of tankobon volume 25, featuring Eren’s Attack/Rogue Titan!

The limited edition volume will come bundled with the 2nd DVD volume of the Lost Girls OVA (More details here), which concludes Annie’s portion.

Update: Added close-up of the cover preview!

Update (March 9th, 2018): The colored version of the cover has been unveiled!

Update (March 22nd, 2018): HQ of the cover has been released!

Update (March 25th, 2018): PV for the new OVA has been released!

Update (March 27th, 2018): Kawakubo Shintaro has shared a special cover for Volume 25 featuring Eren, Mikasa, Levi, Jean, and Sasha! This clear cover will be a bonus item that comes with the May issue of Bessatsu Shonen, to be released on April 9th, 2018 (Same date as the tankobon release).

Update (April 3rd, 2018): Kodansha Japan has released an official PV for the overall volume!

Update (May 1st, 2018): Added the cover, release date, and price for the English edition!

#snk news #eren yeager #rogue titan #manga #lost girls #ova #dvds #kodansha #isayama hajime #kawakubo shintaro #annie leonhardt #mikasa ackerman #news #2018 #april 2018 #videos #levi ackerman #Jean Kirschtein #sasha braus

[otakutale]

Attack on Titan Manga to End on April 9

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During an interview with Hajime Isayama in the latest issue of Bessatsu Shounen Magazine, the mangaka has revealed that the…

#2021 #attack on titan #Hajime Isayama #Kawakubo Shintaro #manga #shingeki #Shingeki no Kyojin #進撃の巨人

[warm-starlight]

Who is Kawakubo Shintaro and his connection to Levihan?

Isayama's editor. Idk. I guess he just doesn't like it?

#snk #aot #levihan #anonymous

[lostcauses-noregrets]

Hey Lost have you seen that new article about how Yams originally wanted Levi to die in the finale but his editor talked him out of it because apparently it wouldn't have been "meaningful"?

Hi Anon, sorry, it's taken me so long to reply that this new article isn't new any more! This info comes from an interview with Shintaro Kawakubo, Isayama's editor, which came out round about the same time as chapter 139. Many thanks to @momtaku for pointing me to the source from @kasumi_kasa on twitter. The gist of it is that Isayama appears to have been undecided whether Levi would live or die at the end of the series. Kawakubo argued that if a character was to die, their death should be meaningful to the plot. As a result, Isayama decided that Levi's death would not have much meaning, so he let Levi live.

My interpretation of this is that I can kinda see where Kawakubo is coming from. In terms of plot, the one thing that Levi could do that would affect the outcome of the story was to kill Zeke and stop the rumbling. After he had accomplished that, whether he lived or died would have no real bearing on the story. Although part of me will always wish that Levi had died and joined Erwin and his fallen comrade in the Pathsterlife (© @momtaku), I have to agree that his death would not have served any real purpose in terms of the plot.

I also argued in the past that there was no real plotworthy reason for Erwin's death, other than to remove his formidable experience and strategic intelligence from the story. Turns out that was only partially true. With the benefit of hindsight, I think the most significant reason for Erwin's death was that it set in motion Levi's pursuit of his vow, which ultimately led to him killing Zeke, and thus playing a critical role in stopping the rumbling.

Sasha is another example of a death that was meaningful to the plot. I was quite fond of Sasha, more so than other members of the 104th, but I initially couldn't understand why Isayama was making such a big deal of her death. Of course it was Sasha's death that ultimately brought about Gabi's epiphany that she had been wrong about the devils of Paradis island, and which ultimately led to her joining the Alliance.

One character it's a bit harder to apply this principle to is Hanji. I know there's been a lot of discussion about whether it was necessary for Hanji to die when they did, with many readers arguing that their death served no real purpose. Although I thought Hanji had a good death; they went out heroically, and were welcomed into the afterlife by their comrades, I still wasn't really sure what impact their death had on the plot at the time. There was a lot of discussion about the nature of the "afterlife" when chapter 132 came out, whether it was real, or just a way to give Hanji a nice send off, and I can't help wondering now if this was one of the ways that Hanji's death was meaningful to the plot. Their death provided a way to introduce the existence of the afterlife and show that their fallen comrades were watching events in the "real" world unfold, thus setting up Levi's moving vision in the final chapter.

Anyway....sorry Anon, I've gone way off piste here, but I hope that somewhere in this ramble you'll find an answer to your question!

#asks #levi ackerman #erwin smith #hanji zoe #sasha braus #levi meta #snk #hajime isayama #shintaro kawakubo

[anabel--lee]

It's been more than a week since the release of the last chapter of SNK, but I'm still disappointed in it and I think that the ending of the manga is just a fucking shame. Mr. Isayama seems to hate his characters. Sorry not sorry

#snk #snk chapter 139 #snk final chapter #shame #facepalm #wtf isayama #isayama #isayama why #levi #levi ackerman #mikasa #mikasa ackerman #Kawakubo Shintaro says that Isayama reads readers ' reviews of the manga on social media

[rivamika-trash]

『進撃の巨人』 特集 : 2010年代を代表する大作が堂々完結その結末と闘争を胸に宿すために 『進撃の巨人』 を読む

Part 3 : 専門家が読み解く『進撃の巨人』

［インタビュー］目代邦康／柳田理科雄

Part 4 :アンケート企画 『進撃の巨人』の完読者はどう読んだのか

Part 5 : 関係者インタビュー

梶裕貴／石川由依／林祐一郎／川窪慎太郎／菊地優斗

#進撃の巨人 #ダ・ヴィンチ #インタビュー #梶裕貴 #石川由依 #attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #kaji yuki #yui ishikawa #yuichiro hayashi #shintaro kawakubo #yuto kikuchi #hajime isayama #ryo kikuchi