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Attack on Titan S1E8 — I Can Hear His Heartbeat: The Struggle for Trost (4)

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Attack on Titan•Season 1•Episode 8

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

9.2/10 · 38,308 votesMay 26, 201324 min

Ranked #5 of 25 in Season 1•+0.4 vs season avg

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.

Directed byToshihiro Kikuchi, Shinpei Ezaki, Tatsuma Minamikawa

Written byNoboru Takagi

Previous episodeE7 · Small Blade: The Struggle for Trost (3)Next episodeE9 · Whereabouts of His Left Arm: The Struggle for Trost (5)

Seasons4

Season 1 Episodes25

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

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Cast7

Marina Inoue

Marina Inoue

Armin Arlert (voice)

Hiro Shimono

Hiro Shimono

Connie Springer (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Yuki Kaji

Eren Yeager (voice)

Kisho Taniyama

Kisho Taniyama

Jean Kirstein (voice)

Yui Ishikawa

Yui Ishikawa

Mikasa Ackerman (voice)

Yu Kobayashi

Yu Kobayashi

Sasha Blouse (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Zeke (voice)

Crew12

Y

Yasuyuki Ebara

Animation Director

T

Toshihiro Kikuchi

Director

Shinpei Ezaki

Shinpei Ezaki

Director

T

Tatsuma Minamikawa

Director

T

Toshihiro Kikuchi

Animation Director

A

Ayumi Yamada

Animation Director

T

Takaaki Chiba

Animation Director

H

Hitomi Hasegawa

Animation Director

N

Noboru Takagi

Writer

N

Nobuyoshi Souzaki

Key Animation

Satoshi Nakano

Satoshi Nakano

Key Animation

Y

Yasuyuki Ebara

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"I Can Hear His Heartbeat: The Struggle for Trost (4)" is episode 8 of Attack on Titan season 1. It scored 9.2/10 from 38,308 votes, ranking #5 of 25 episodes this season (season average 8.8). Directed by Toshihiro Kikuchi, Shinpei Ezaki, Tatsuma Minamikawa and written by Noboru Takagi, it aired on May 26, 2013.

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