The second season of Attack on Titan will premiere on April 1, Funimation has announced.

<em>Attack on Titan: Season 2 key art, via Funimation</em>

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In a post of its official website , Funimation revealed Season 2's simulcast start date, as well as a new piece of promotional art for the series, which you can check out below.A second season for Attack on Titan was initially planned for release last year, but was later pushed to 2017. Back in December, it was revealed that Season 2 would premiere sometime this coming April Shortly after Funimation announced it had secured the license to simulcast the new season, the anime streaming service released the first official footage of Season 2 , which features several familiar faces and a monstrous new one.While you patiently wait for highly anticipated return of the popular manga-based anime series, check out IGN Anime Club

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