SnK Season 3 OP Director Nakamura Ryosuke tweeted earlier today about “brushing up” the opening sequence’s animation, and that the changes would be seen in today’s new episode (August 12th’s S3E4, or episode 41). He noted, however, that he isn’t sure if the audience “would even notice the updates” (Hint: We did!).

The gifset above as well as additional gifs below compare the original OP from the first three episodes with the new OP from the Japanese broadcast today (August 12th, 2018). The included changes are:

1. Darkened ambiance for Kenny’s moment, as well as removal of firefly-like effects 2. Even more “fairy dust” emerging from Historia’s hands



3. Glittering “trails” voyaging throughout the frame, starting from Eren’s fade-in (Which also had a slight timing change). In addition to the trails, the entire sequence had an additional filter placed on it. The gifset above contains the beginning, and the below four gifs continue the comparison:

4. Further detail to the clouds during childhood Eren + older Eren sequence (Beginning of sequence compared above; additional gifs below):

5. General coloring and lighting changes, most apparent during the young Erwin & young Levi moment

(Note: Additional changes might still exist!)

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