CATDOLL: The screenwriter of the movie "Attack on Titan" reveals the inside story: Please don't blacken us

The live-action movie of "Attack on Titan" will be released on August 1. According to the author Hajime Isayama, he does not want the plot to be the same as the TV animation; of course, there are different opinions among the audience; the screenwriter of this work, Tomohiro Machiyama, recently said: I hope everyone will not criticize us.

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What exactly is going on? Let's take a look at some inside information about this live-action version:

"The original work was created by a rookie writer and a rookie editor, which is quite remarkable for Kodansha, which has not achieved anything."

"The live-action version of the project was already underway before the anime was adapted, and Director Higuchi offered the role to Chihiro Machiyama."

"The author Isayama Hajime had been listening to Machiyama Tomohiro's radio broadcasts for a long time. It was a natural thing for him to get the script job. However, he had no idea how to make the work into a live-action movie at the time."

"There are many reasons why a live-action version cannot be realized, the biggest reason being that the stage is set in Germany and the characters are German."

"Many people on the Internet said that this should be filmed by Hollywood, not the Japanese. But the director wanted to film it on Gunkanjima."

"In order to replace the stage and characters with the Japanese scenes, the production team repeated trial and error until the filming began."

"Regarding Captain Levi, since he is a popular character, we wanted to have him appear at first, but we gave up after a lot of troubles."

"The first thing to do with the script is to compress the original work of about 4 volumes into 90 minutes, so we also held a meeting with the original author to discuss it."

"The author Isayama Hajime suggested, 'Let's change the character of Eren in the live-action version.' In the original work, Eren looks like the protagonist of a shonen manga, which makes it difficult for the audience to get emotionally involved."

"Machiyama hopes that the movie won't portray Eren as a character who is so frightened by the giant that he can't move."

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"And people were concerned that his opinions might cause an uproar on the Internet. In the end, the entire script was rewritten."

"It changed Eren and weakened his bond with Mikasa. I feel like this will make fans of the original very angry."

"At first, I felt that Isayama's requirements were very demanding, but as he reshaped Eren and others, I felt that his suggestions were indeed necessary. In the original work, Eren and Mikasa, in a sense, formed a mutual protection network in the face of fear. Subverting such a protection network makes it feel more like hell. Just such a change really makes the plot very serious."

"The original author deliberately wanted Eren to fall into hell. But after actually trying it, the plot felt heavy. We felt that 'Isayama Hajime is very scary'."

"There are intimate scenes between Eren and Mikasa in the trailer, and some people may get angry because of the misunderstanding, but we are not trying to show love, we are just trying to show hell."

"Isayama and the editor are not the type to oppose modifying the original work. Instead, they adopt the attitude of 'as long as it's interesting, it can be changed'."

"Isayama has been involved since the composition of the work was modified. It was really a movie made by everyone through trial and error."

"Looking at the comments online now, they all say 'Don't make a live-action version!' 'There are no successful cases of live-action versions, right?' 'It's going to fail anyway' 'If it fails, Machiyama shouldn't be a film critic!'"

“But this film is indeed a challenge with no chance of winning, and the same is true for the production team.”

"This plan itself is a powerful weapon for fighting against giants."

“Although some people may laugh at the fact that my work will definitely fail, I hope you won’t laugh. Because if you don’t challenge yourself, there will be no possibility of victory.”

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