Another month has passed without much Attack on Titan Final Season news to speak of.
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Yes, Part 3 is coming, but the fourth season has been stretched out so long you can be forgiven for thinking things are moving glacially slow as the anime creeps towards its endgame.
Thankfully, a fair amount has already been revealed about Attack on Titan's Final Season, including the fact it won't be a movie, the first teaser trailer, and a colossal poster to sink your teeth into.
When is Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3 returning
Officially, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3 is back in 2023. That was revealed on the show’s official Twitter account alongside a teaser trailer for the third part of season 4 (which you can watch below). Beyond that, we know very little.
A definitive release window, especially given the increasingly busy schedule of animation studio MAPPA, means it likely isn’t going to be delayed.
Expected Attack on Titan episode 88 release date
Attack on Titan has run the gauntlet of release windows across its near-decade on the screens. Since 2013, new seasons have debuted as part of anime’s traditional Spring, Fall, and Winter windows.
But we have every reason to believe that the Attack on Titan episode 88 release date could be in the late Winter 2022/23 window, around January-February 2023.
Why? The show has released the Final Season’s first two parts in December 2020 and January 2022 respectively. The pattern has been set and, barring any production delays, there should be enough time to deliver again at the same time next year. As we’ll soon discover, Part 3 should also be shorter than the first two Parts which should speed up production.
Is Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3 a movie?
There was some speculation that Attack on Titan’s Final Season would be adapted into a movie. That’s likely due to the continued success of ‘canon’ anime movies on the big screen, including Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and Demon Slayer Mugen Train.
That’s not the case here. Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3 will not be a movie, instead consisting of multiple TV episodes adapting the final chapters of the manga source material.
How many episodes of Attack on Titan are left?
While we don’t know for sure, Part 3 is likely to be fairly short. That’s because it’s rapidly running out of source material.
For context, the first part of Attack on Titan Final Season/season four adapted the manga’s 91st chapter to chapter 116, taking 16 episodes. Final Season Part 2 lasted 12 episodes and ran through chapters 117-130.
There are only nine manga chapters left to adapt, which means Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3 could last around 10 episodes at the current ratio of manga chapters-to-episodes. That could be stretched out to around 12 or 13, depending on how MAPPA approaches the (likely) action-heavy scenes on the horizon.