Attack on Titan
by James Beckett, Apr 2nd 2017Attack on Titan is currently streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation.
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Attack on Titan Photo Contest! Vote Now!
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The entries are in, and now it's time for ANN's readers to pick the winners. Lots of prizes available just for voting!
― Contest Giveaway Manga Sale 1. Contest Details Vote for your favorite Attack on Titan re-enactment photo! If you have a BookWalker account, you'll also be eligible for some AMAZING PRIZES. To participate, fill out the form below. Contest ends April 30th, 2017 11:59 PM EDT. Winners...
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― How many more “guys taken to a parallel world that functions like an MMORPG” stories can we really take? That's a question that more than one of us may very well be asking at this point; even if the genre is hardly new, it ...