7 of 13 characters are original to film version

Japanese film news websites Eiga.com and Sanspo unveiled the first character visuals for the upcoming live-action Attack on Titan films.

The cast includes:



Haruma Miura as Eren



Haruma Miura as Eren

Kiko Mizuhara as Mikasa





Kanata Hongo as Armin





Satomi Ishihara as Hans/Hanji





Nanami Sakuraba as Sasha





Takahiro Miura as Jean





Hiroki Hasegawa as Shikishima





Ayame Misaki as Hiana





Pierre Taki as Souda





Jun Kunimura as Kubal





Shu Watanabe as Fukushi





Satoru Matsuo as Sannagi





Rina Takeda as Lil

The cast includes seven characters that are new to the film versions of the story. Sanspo reports that Hasegawa's character Shikishima holds the key to the film's story as "humanity's strongest man."

On the cast selection, producer Yoshihiro Sato said he did not pay as much attention to whether or not the cast members looked like the original characters. Instead, he had many discussions with Attack on Titan manga creator Hajime Isayama and went with actors who could act out the "characters' spirits."

The films' director Shinji Higuchi confirmed that the project will span two films and stated that, with the supervision of Isayama, the story will be based on the world and characters of the manga, while incorporating new characters and new formidable enemies. Yuusuke Watanabe (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, live-action Gantz, Gantz II: Perfect Answer, 20th Century Boys, Gatchaman) is writing the script. Film critic Tomohiro Machiyama, who is also friends with Isayama, is working on the scripts together with Isayama and Watanabe.

Both films are slated to open next summer.

Update: More information added.