Special edition volume 17 to contain "Ilse's Notebook"

Kodansha Comics revealed at its panel at San Diego Comic Con on Saturday that it will release a limited edition version of the Attack on Titan manga volume 17, bundling the half-hour original anime DVD episode "Ilse's Notebook." The limited edition volume will ship on December 1.

The episode will have English subtitles.

"Ilse's Notebook" ("Ilse no Techō") is a prologue side-story about a member of the survey corps. It was released in Japan in 2013 with the 11th volume of the manga.

Director Tetsuro Araki , series script supervisor Yasuko Kobayashi , character designer Kyoji Asano , and the animators at Wit Studio reprised their respective duties from the television series. The episode also featured the same cast.

Kodansha Comics ' associate director of publishing services Ben Applegate also revealed the variant cover for the special edition of Hajime Isayama 's Attack on Titan volume 16 at the panel. Tony Moore ( The Walking Dead co-creator, artist for Fear Agent ) is drawing the variant cover. The special edition of the 16th volume will also include a deck of playing cards.