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Attack on Titan – Controversy over armbands leads to product cancellation

Rafael Shinzo
Shinzo
My name is Rafael Alves, known as Shinzo. I created the AnimeNew website in 2009 to offer news about anime, manga, and games directly from Japan.

Attack on Titan ( Shingeki no Kyojin ) anime account Twitter announced the official production of Marley armbands for sale to the public in Japan. According to information, 3 colors for fans to choose from for ordering would be available.

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3 colors – Attack on Titan armbands

After the announcement, several criticisms began to emerge on the internet regarding the product, including criticisms such as "this was not a good idea ," since in the story, the armbands are used to discriminate against the descendants of families from Paradis, and the sale of these products was " insensitive to the Jewish communities that were violated during the Nazi regime ," reaffirming that it was " a terrible idea . " Text via ANMTV .

On Monday (15) the official Twitter account spoke out against the criticism, informing about the cancellation of the product :

"It was not their intention to sell products that alluded to racial discrimination" and that "they only wanted to market clothing based on the story of Attack on Titan.".

Note: Attack on Titan armbands
@Note: Attack on Titan armbands

Therefore, the anime production is in its 4th and final season, directed by Yuichiro Hayashi at MAPPA ( Jujutsu Kaisen ).

The voice actors who were part of the first part of the season will return for the second part in 2022. Episode 75 ended in March with the announcement that episode 76 would premiere next winter in Japan.

Finally, Attack on Titan: The Final Season premiered on NHK on December 7, 2020 .