Attack On Titan Novel To Be Released On August 1 With Tagline "Can People Really Be This Cruel…" First Volume With Illustrations by Range Murata Coming!

After the confirmation of Attack On Titan Season 2 on July 26, the novel of one of the anticipated animes these days also confirmed its new novel release.

On AnimeNewsNetwork post last July 11, it is reported that the 33rd issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine confirmed the debut of a new Attack on Titan novel which will be on August 1. 

The first volume of Ryō Kawakami's two-volume Kakuzetsu Toshi no Jōō  (English version: The Queen of the Isolated City) novel will board on August 1 with illustrations by Range Murata (Last Exile, Blue Submarine No. 6, Shangri-La). 

The tagline for the novel is, "Can people really be this cruel..."

Japanese manga artist Hijame Isayama has been credited in the novel as he created the original AOT.

The exact description of Kodansha Publishing on the novel is:

The future that was taken for granted was broken by the attack of the Titans. Wall Maria was pierced, and even in the Quinta District where Mathias and his allies live, Titans appear. Due to this, the line of supplies is cut off from the country, and the citizens begin to panic. Rita, a soldier who had joined the brigade of occupation troops, tries to protect the town that has fallen into chaos, but due to the forceful methods the brigade put into action using actual Titans, the entire city becomes afraid. In order to meet up with Rita, Mathias takes the helping hands of a band of thieves... "the future that was taken for granted was broken by the attack of the Titans."

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