The close-up program “100 Kames” was broadcast on NHK on the 7th. The content was a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the anime “Attack on Titan: The Final Season (Part 2)”, which aired late at night on the 4th, and the voice actors’ dubbing was shown. It was used in the scene where the baby cries in the story. Kaji recorded the baby’s voice and passed the audio data over and over to sound director Masafumi Mima, who gave the instructions.
The reason for using the baby’s voice was, “Because the story has an element of ‘inheritance,’ Kaji’s “A production featuring children was adopted,” the caption said. Kaji married voice actress Ayana Taketatsu in June 2019. After that, they announced that their first child was born in November 2022. Since the recording occurred before November, Kaji and Taketatsu’s baby debuted as a voice actor at 0.
“Attack on Titan” is based on the manga of the same name that was serialized in “Bessatsu Shonen Magazine” (Kodansha) from September 2009 to April 2021. Humans live inside “walls” and prey on humans. It is a story about being forced into a hopeless battle against a “giant.”
It is a dark fantasy story that revolves around the main character, Eren, a member of the Survey Corps who fights against giants and yearns for the outside world; Mikasa, a cool fighting girl. And Armin, an intelligent man. It is a work that is loved worldwide, with a cumulative circulation of comics (paper and e-books) exceeding 100 million copies worldwide in December 2019, and it has won numerous manga awards.
In 2015, it was made into a live-action film (parts 1 and 2) starring Haruma Miura, and it has also been announced that a live-action film will be produced in Hollywood. As for the TV anime, season 1 was aired from April to September 2013, season 2 was aired from April to June 2017, season 3 part 1 (July to October 2018) and part 2 (April to June 2019), and the final season. Part 1 of Season 4, “The Final Season,” will be aired from December 2020 to March 2021, and Part 2 will be aired from January to April 2022.
The series will conclude in 2023, marking the 10th anniversary of its broadcast, and “Attack on Titan: The Final Season Final Part (Part 1)” was aired in March. In the final season (part 2) of the TV anime “Attack on Titan,” which concludes the series, Eren activates “earth rumbling” to destroy the world, and the remaining Mikasa, Armin, and others work to stop Eren. The final battle to be fought is depicted.