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'Attack on Titan' manga series concludes nearly 12-year run

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/04/09/attack-on-titan.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Courtesy of Attack on Titan Official Facebook Page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>TOKYO -- The final chapter of the &quot;Attack on Titan&quot; manga series, popular in Japan and abroad and set to be made into a Hollywood film, was released Friday, closing the curtain on a story that has been running since 2009.</p><p>The 139th chapter of the saga depicting a battle against giant man-eating creatures was published in the May issue of Kodansha Inc.&#x27;s monthly Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. Known as &quot;Shingeki no Kyojin&quot; in Japanese, the final 34th volume of the series in book form will go on sale on June 9.</p><p>Creator Hajime Isayama and the magazine&#x27;s editors released a comment thanking readers and fans.</p><p>&quot;Attack on Titan&quot; revolves around protagonist Eren and his fight against creatures known as Titans that have overrun the world.</p><p>Publisher Kodansha said in October 2018 that the manga will get a Hollywood live-action film adaptation by Andy Muschietti, who directed the horror movie &quot;It.&quot;</p><p>The series has also been adapted into a TV anime series in Japan running since 2013.</p><p>Its total circulation in print and e-books tops 100 million copies worldwide, according to Kodansha. The series has been published in 21 countries and regions as well as distributed to some 180 countries and regions.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1636000" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The final chapter of the "Attack on Titan" manga series, popular in Japan and abroad and set to be made into a Hollywood film, was released Friday, closing the curtain on a story that has been running since 2009.</p>

The final chapter of the "Attack on Titan" manga series, popular in Japan and abroad and set to be made into a Hollywood film, was released Friday, closing the curtain on a story that has been running since 2009.