Attack on Titan: Season 1
2013 · 25 episodes · ★ 8.4
What Season 1 of Attack on Titan
Humanity lives behind giant walls that protect them from the Titans, humanoid beings that devour people. Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert grow up in one of these walled cities until a Colossal Titan breaks a gap in the wall of their home district. The Titans enter and devour Eren's mother, and he vows revenge. In the chaos, the three young people join the military to fight these creatures on their own. The season covers their training, the defense of Trost, and the first expeditions beyond the walls, where the group encounters a mysterious female Titan.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 To You, in 2000 Years: The Fall of Shiganshina (1)
After one hundred years of peace, humanity is suddenly reminded of the terror of being at the Titans' mercy.
Directing: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tetsuro Araki · Writing: Yasuko Kobayashi · Starring: Akio Suyama, Kyoko Terase, Takuya Masumoto, Kenta Ohkuma
1x02 That Day: The Fall of Shiganshina (2)
After the Titans break through the wall, the citizens of Shiganshina must run for their lives. However, those that do make it to safety find a harsh life waiting for them.
Directing: Masashi Koizuka · Writing: Yasuko Kobayashi · Starring: Akio Suyama, Kenta Ohkuma, Keiji Fujiwara, Yuya Murakami
1x03 A Dim Light Amid Despair: Humanity's Comeback (1)
Eren begins his training with the Cadet Corps, but questions about his painful past overwhelm him. When he struggles with a maneuvering exercise, Bertolt and Reiner offer kindly advice.
Directing: Kiyoshi Fukumoto · Writing: Hiroshi Seko · Starring: Tomohisa Hashizume, Shiori Mikami, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Shigeyuki Susaki
1x04 The Night of the Closing Ceremony: Humanity's Comeback (2)
Two years pass and the time for the recruits' graduation approaches. Annie proves her skill in a sparring session, Jean dreams of serving alongside the King, and graduation day brings shocking revelations — along with the sudden appearance of an old foe.
Directing: Makoto Bessho · Writing: Yasuko Kobayashi · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Shigeyuki Susaki, Kenta Ohkuma
1x05 First Battle: The Struggle for Trost (1)
Five years have passed since the fall of Wall Maria and Eren faces off against the Colossal Titan after it appears out of nowhere once again, and knocks a strategic hole in the gate of Wall Rose. As Titans swarm the city, the newly graduated Cadets are called in to fight a brutal battle that won't be without casualties.
Directing: Shinpei Ezaki · Writing: Hiroshi Seko · Starring: Shiori Mikami, Shigeyuki Susaki, Tomoyuki Shimura, Kenta Ohkuma
1x06 The World the Girl Saw: The Struggle for Trost (2)
Armin tries to cope with the loss of his friends and allies after Titans massacre his squad. Elsewhere in the city, Mikasa manages to take out several of the monsters, which brings back tragic memories of her past and the first time she met Eren.
Directing: Tomomi Ikeda · Writing: Hiroshi Seko · Starring: Shiori Mikami, Shigeyuki Susaki, Yuya Murakami, Megumi Satou
1x07 Small Blade: The Struggle for Trost (3)
After the retreat bell sounds, many cadets find themselves without enough fuel to scale the wall back to safety. Mikasa begins to lose hope once she hears of the deaths in Armin's squad, but the appearance of a new type of Titan stokes her will to fight.
Directing: Yuzuru Tachikawa · Writing: Hiroshi Seko · Starring: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Tomoyuki Shimura, Kazuhiro Fusegawa, Shigeyuki Susaki
1x08 I Can Hear His Heartbeat: The Struggle for Trost (4)
Armin comes up with a risky plan that pits Titan against Titan as the abandoned cadets attempt to take back their headquarters. Getting into the building might be possible, but getting out alive and refueled will mean facing more of the giants.
Directing: Toshihiro Kikuchi, Shinpei Ezaki · Writing: Noboru Takagi · Starring: Tomohisa Hashizume, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yoshihito Sasaki, Kazuhiro Fusegawa
1x09 Whereabouts of His Left Arm: The Struggle for Trost (5)
A miraculous return is met with anger and fear. Cannons are fixed on Eren as he struggles to remember what happened to him inside the belly of a Titan and how he ended up as humankind's enemy. One question is all that matters: is Eren human or Titan?
Directing: Yoshiyuki Fujiwara · Writing: Yasuko Kobayashi · Starring: Romi Park, Hiroshi Kamiya, Shiori Mikami, Michiko Kaiden
1x10 Response: The Struggle for Trost (6)
Cadets respond to Eren's terrifying transformation with doubt and fear as he struggles to understand it himself. If Armin can’t talk the commander into using Eren’s newfound powers for the good of humankind, all hope of stopping the Titans might be lost.
Directing: Hiroyuki Tanaka · Writing: Hiroshi Seko · Starring: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Michiko Kaiden, Tomoyuki Shimura, Syuuhei Takubo
1x11 Idol: The Struggle for Trost (7)
Plans are made to use Eren's Titan powers to seal the hole in the wall in an attempt reclaim Trost. But with the government's bloodstained history and vocal dissenters in the military ranks, the biggest threat to humankind may not be the Titans.
Directing: Kiyoshi Fukumoto · Writing: Hiroshi Seko · Starring: Takanori Hoshino, Michiko Kaiden, Tomoyuki Shimura, Syuuhei Takubo
1x12 Wound: The Struggle for Trost (8)
The plan to reclaim Trost falls apart when Eren's newfound powers turn him into a mindless giant. As Titans continue to swarm the city, it's up to Armin and Mikasa to make sure the cadets massacred during the mission haven't died in vain.
Directing: Shintaro Itoga · Writing: Noboru Takagi · Starring: Takanori Hoshino, Michiko Kaiden, Yuya Murakami, Go Shinomiya
1x13 Primal Desire: The Struggle for Trost (9)
Jean takes desperate measures to replace his broken Maneuver Gear. Meanwhile, Eren is able to seal the hole in the wall thanks to the help of his fellow cadets, but the cost of humanity's first victory against the Titans will be enormous.
Directing: Masashi Koizuka · Writing: Noboru Takagi · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Takanori Hoshino, Michiko Kaiden
1x14 Can't Look into His Eyes Yet: Eve of the Counterattack (1)
A special military tribunal will decide Eren's fate. The Military Police calls for his execution while the Recon Corps argues that he is a powerful resource for humankind, and Mikasa is put on the spot when asked about the events of the Trost mission.
Directing: Shinpei Ezaki, Keisuke Onishi · Writing: Yasuko Kobayashi · Starring: Romi Park, Hiroshi Kamiya, Michiko Kaiden, Kenta Miyake
1x15 Special Operations Squad: Eve of the Counterattack (2)
The Recon Corps moves Eren to an old abandoned castle where he will continue his training. Hange visits and reveals that she's been putting two captured Titans through a series of tests and trials — experiments that she wants Eren's help with.
Directing: Kiyoshi Fukumoto · Writing: Hiroshi Seko · Starring: Romi Park, Hiroshi Kamiya, Kozo Mito, Kenta Ohkuma
1x16 What Needs to Be Done Now: Eve of the Counterattack (3)
Everyone is a suspect in the investigation to find out who killed the two test-subject Titans. Meanwhile, the cadets pick which military branch they'll be joining, but after the harrowing events in the Trost attack, many are uncertain which branch to choose.
Directing: Keisuke Onishi, Yasushi Muroya · Writing: Yasuko Kobayashi · Starring: Tomohisa Hashizume, Hiroshi Kamiya, Shiori Mikami, Yoshimasa Hosoya
1x17 Female Titan: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (1)
As the Recon Corps begins its push toward Shiganshina, they encounter an intelligent Female Titan unlike any they've seen before. When Armin hypothesizes that it's really a human that's been turned into a Titan, he, Jean, and Reiner attempt to stop it.
Directing: Daisuke Tokudo, Masashi Koizuka · Writing: Hiroshi Seko · Starring: Romi Park, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Kozo Mito, Kouichi Sakaguchi
1x18 Forest of Giant Trees: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (2)
As the Female Titan continues to tear its way through the Recon Corps, Levi makes a bold decision to split the ranks and send Eren and the supply wagons through a huge forest. Is his strategy genius, or does it spell certain death for the scouts?
Directing: Shin Wakabayashi, Hiroyuki Tanaka · Writing: Hiroshi Seko · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Shiori Mikami, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Kozo Mito
1x19 Bite: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (3)
With the Female Titan still chasing after Levi's squad, Eren considers turning himself into his Titan form, but Levi tells him to choose to be either a monster or a member of the Recon Corps. As Eren remembers what he has learned from the squad, he realizes that the danger and sacrifice they all share is not what binds them — it is trust. Now it is up to Eren to make the decision of who he will trust.
Directing: Kiyoshi Fukumoto, Tomomi Ikeda · Writing: Noboru Takagi · Starring: Romi Park, Hiroshi Kamiya, Kozo Mito, Kenta Ohkuma
1x20 Erwin Smith: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (4)
With the help of Levi's squad, the Recon Corps has successfully captured the Female Titan. As Commander Erwin and Captain Levi begin preparations to extract whoever is inside the Titan, will the Recon Corps discover its true identity, or does the Female Titan have one last trick up its sleeve?
Directing: Shintaro Itoga · Writing: Yasuko Kobayashi · Starring: Tomohisa Hashizume, Romi Park, Hiroshi Kamiya, Shiori Mikami
1x21 Crushing Blow: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (5)
After a last act of desperation, the person inside the Female Titan has escaped from the Recon Corps and reverted to their human form. Now, disguised as a member of the Recon Corps and equipped with Maneuver Gear, they finally catch up to their prey — Levi's squad.
Directing: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yasushi Muroya · Writing: Noboru Takagi · Starring: Romi Park, Hiroshi Kamiya, Susumu Chiba, Daisuke Ono
1x22 The Defeated: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (6)
The Female Titan has captured Eren after ripping him out of his Titan body, but Mikasa and Captain Levi give chase. Elsewhere, the Recon Corps begins preparations for the journey back home to the Wall with their numerous dead in tow.
Directing: Shinpei Ezaki, Makoto Bessho · Writing: Noboru Takagi · Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Yu Shimamura, Syuuhei Takubo, Daisuke Ono
1x23 Smile: Assault on Stohess (1)
Following the disastrous results of the 57th Expedition, Eren is to be brought to the King’s palace for a court martial. Armin, desperate to save Eren from certain execution, enlists the help of an old friend to assist with an escape plan.
Directing: Hirokazu Yamada · Writing: Hiroshi Seko · Starring: Tomokazu Sugita, Unsho Ishizuka, Yuichi Karasuma, Yoshihito Sasaki
1x24 Mercy: Assault on Stohess (2)
With the identity of the Female Titan now revealed, Eren has reservations about fighting her. Mikasa, Armin, and the rest of the Recon Corps try to fight the Female Titan, hoping to distract her long enough to buy Eren time to come to terms with his feelings.
Directing: Akitoshi Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Tanaka · Writing: Yasuko Kobayashi · Starring: Romi Park, Hiroshi Kamiya, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono
1x25 Wall: Assault on Stohess (3) Season Finale
Eren, spurred on by his promise to kill every single Titan, unleashes the full power of his Titan form in the fight with the Female Titan. As their bloody battle draws to a close, it seems humanity may finally have a chance at survival. However, with many mysteries still left unsolved, what will await Eren, Mikasa, and Armin?
Directing: Shintaro Itoga, Daisuke Tokudo · Writing: Yasuko Kobayashi · Starring: Romi Park, Hiroshi Kamiya, Tomokazu Sugita, Unsho Ishizuka
Season 1 Cast
Yu KobayashiSasha Blouse (voice)25 episodes
Kazuhiro FusegawaGuard (voice)14 episodes
Hiroshi KamiyaLevi (voice)13 episodes
Yuya MurakamiSoldier (voice)11 episodes
Daichi EndoSoldier (voice)8 episodes
Kenta OhkumaSoldier (voice)7 episodes
Syuuhei TakuboResident (voice)7 episodes
Shinji KawadaOluo Bozado (voice)7 episodes
Michiko KaidenRico Brzenska (voice)7 episodes
Natsuki AikawaFemale Training Soldier (voice)7 episodes
Kozo MitoGunther Schultz (voice)6 episodes
Susumu ChibaEld Jinn (voice)6 episodesAll Seasons
Season 22017 · 12 ep. · 
Season 32018 · 22 ep. · 
Season 42020 · 28 ep. · Where to Watch Season 1 of Attack on Titan
Frequently Asked Questions
How Many Episodes Does Season 1 of Attack on Titan Have?
Season 1 of Attack on Titan has 25 episodes.
When Did Season 1 of Attack on Titan Premiere?
It premiered on April 7, 2013.
Where to Watch Season 1 of Attack on Titan?
In Spain, on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix Standard with Ads, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and Animebox Channel Amazon Channel.
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the audience rating on TMDB, episode 1x21, «Crushing Blow: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (5)», with a 9.0.