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The Best Episodes of Attack on Titan Season 1

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100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 1 - To You, in 2000 Years: The Fall of Shiganshina (1)
    9.2/10(48298 votes)

    #1 - To You, in 2000 Years: The Fall of Shiganshina (1)

    S1:E1

    After one hundred years of peace, humanity is suddenly reminded of the terror of being at the Titans' mercy.

    Directors:Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tetsuro Araki
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  2. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 2 - That Day: The Fall of Shiganshina (2)
    8.5/10(35332 votes)

    #2 - That Day: The Fall of Shiganshina (2)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Masashi Koizuka
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  3. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 3 - A Dim Light Amid Despair: Humanity's Comeback (1)
    8.1/10(33764 votes)

    #3 - A Dim Light Amid Despair: Humanity's Comeback (1)

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Kiyoshi Fukumoto
    Writer:Hiroshi Seko

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  4. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 4 - The Night of the Closing Ceremony: Humanity's Comeback (2)
    8.6/10(32068 votes)

    #4 - The Night of the Closing Ceremony: Humanity's Comeback (2)

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Makoto Bessho
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  5. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 5 - First Battle: The Struggle for Trost (1)
    9.2/10(34160 votes)

    #5 - First Battle: The Struggle for Trost (1)

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Shinpei Ezaki
    Writer:Hiroshi Seko

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  6. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 6 - The World the Girl Saw: The Struggle for Trost (2)
    8.9/10(32144 votes)

    #6 - The World the Girl Saw: The Struggle for Trost (2)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Tomomi Ikeda
    Writer:Hiroshi Seko

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  7. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 7 - Small Blade: The Struggle for Trost (3)
    8.9/10(31360 votes)

    #7 - Small Blade: The Struggle for Trost (3)

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Yuzuru Tachikawa
    Writer:Hiroshi Seko

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  8. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 8 - I Can Hear His Heartbeat: The Struggle for Trost (4)
    9.2/10(31417 votes)

    #8 - I Can Hear His Heartbeat: The Struggle for Trost (4)

    S1:E8

    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.

    Directors:Shinpei Ezaki, Tatsuma Minamikawa, Toshihiro Kikuchi
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  9. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 9 - Whereabouts of His Left Arm: The Struggle for Trost (5)
    8.8/10(29489 votes)

    #9 - Whereabouts of His Left Arm: The Struggle for Trost (5)

    S1:E9

    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?

    Director:Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  10. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 10 - Response: The Struggle for Trost (6)
    8.3/10(28883 votes)

    #10 - Response: The Struggle for Trost (6)

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Hiroyuki Tanaka
    Writer:Hiroshi Seko

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  11. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 11 - Idol: The Struggle for Trost (7)
    8.3/10(28393 votes)

    #11 - Idol: The Struggle for Trost (7)

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Kiyoshi Fukumoto
    Writer:Hiroshi Seko

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  12. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 12 - Wound: The Struggle for Trost (8)
    8.3/10(28086 votes)

    #12 - Wound: The Struggle for Trost (8)

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Shintaro Itoga
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  13. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 13 - Primal Desire: The Struggle for Trost (9)
    8.9/10(29349 votes)

    #13 - Primal Desire: The Struggle for Trost (9)

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Masashi Koizuka
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  14. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 14 - Can't Look Into His Eyes Yet: Eve of the Counterattack (1)
    8.5/10(27918 votes)

    #14 - Can't Look Into His Eyes Yet: Eve of the Counterattack (1)

    S1:E14

    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.

    Directors:Shinpei Ezaki, Keisuke Onishi
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  15. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 15 - Special Operations Squad: Eve of the Counterattack (2)
    8.1/10(28481 votes)

    #15 - Special Operations Squad: Eve of the Counterattack (2)

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Kiyoshi Fukumoto
    Writer:Hiroshi Seko

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  16. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 16 - What Needs to be Done Now: Eve of the Counterattack (3)
    8.2/10(27637 votes)

    #16 - What Needs to be Done Now: Eve of the Counterattack (3)

    S1:E16

    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.

    Directors:Keisuke Onishi, Yasushi Muroya
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  17. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 17 - Female Titan: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (1)
    9.1/10(29592 votes)

    #17 - Female Titan: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (1)

    S1:E17

    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.

    Directors:Daisuke Tokudo, Masashi Koizuka
    Writer:Hiroshi Seko

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  18. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 18 - Forest of Giant Trees: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (2)
    8.8/10(27869 votes)

    #18 - Forest of Giant Trees: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (2)

    S1:E18

    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?

    Directors:Hiroyuki Tanaka, Shin Wakabayashi
    Writer:Hiroshi Seko

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  19. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 19 - Bite: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (3)
    8.9/10(28274 votes)

    #19 - Bite: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (3)

    S1:E19

    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.

    Directors:Kiyoshi Fukumoto, Tomomi Ikeda
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  20. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 20 - Erwin Smith: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (4)
    9.1/10(28806 votes)

    #20 - Erwin Smith: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (4)

    S1:E20

    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?

    Director:Shintaro Itoga
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  21. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 21 - Crushing Blow: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (5)
    9.6/10(36184 votes)

    #21 - Crushing Blow: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (5)

    S1:E21

    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.

    Directors:Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yasushi Muroya
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  22. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 22 - The Defeated: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (6)
    9.1/10(29140 votes)

    #22 - The Defeated: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (6)

    S1:E22

    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.

    Directors:Shinpei Ezaki, Makoto Bessho
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  23. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 23 - Smile: Assault on Stohess (1)
    9.0/10(28767 votes)

    #23 - Smile: Assault on Stohess (1)

    S1:E23

    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.

    Director:Hirokazu Yamada
    Writer:Hiroshi Seko

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  24. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 24 - Mercy: Assault on Stohess (2)
    9.2/10(29008 votes)

    #24 - Mercy: Assault on Stohess (2)

    S1:E24

    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.

    Directors:Hiroyuki Tanaka, Akitoshi Yokoyama
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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  25. Attack on Titan Season 1 Episode 25 - Wall: Assault on Stohess (3)
    9.4/10(32980 votes)

    #25 - Wall: Assault on Stohess (3)

    S1:E25

    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?

    Directors:Daisuke Tokudo, Shintaro Itoga, Tetsuro Araki, Masashi Koizuka
    Writer:Yasuko Kobayashi

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"To You, in 2000 Years: The Fall of Shiganshina (1)" is the best rated episode of "Attack on Titan" season 1. It scored 9.2/10 based on 48298 votes. Directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tetsuro Araki and written by Yasuko Kobayashi, it aired on 4/7/2013. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "That Day: The Fall of Shiganshina (2)".