8.1/1025,709 votesLoading...#1 - A Dim Light Amid Despair: Humanity's Comeback (1)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2013
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
8.1/1021,269 votesLoading...#2 - Special Operations Squad: Eve of the Counterattack (2)
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/21/2013
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
8.2/1021,212 votesLoading...#3 - What Needs to be Done Now: Eve of the Counterattack (3)
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/28/2013
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.
Director: Keisuke Onishi, Yasushi Muroya
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
8.3/1022,125 votesLoading...#4 - Response: The Struggle for Trost (6)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/2013
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
8.3/1021,798 votesLoading...#5 - Idol: The Struggle for Trost (7)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2013
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
8.3/1021,550 votesLoading...#6 - Wound: The Struggle for Trost (8)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/2013
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
8.4/1021,435 votesLoading...#7 - Can't Look Into His Eyes Yet: Eve of the Counterattack (1)
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/14/2013
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.
Director: Keisuke Onishi, Shinpei Ezaki
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
8.4/1020,094 votesLoading...#8 - The Hunters
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/2017
Without a way to pursue the Titans, the Scouts have no choice but to recuperate as they wait for reinforcements. But do they still have faith in Eren?
Director: Yuumi Kawai
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
8.4/1023,861 votesLoading...#9 - Pride
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/2022
Upon reaching Ragako, Conny hatches a plan to trick Falco into being eaten by his mother. Elsewhere, hero of the Eldian Empire, Jean, is to execute Yelena and Onyankopon for their crimes against humanity.
Director: Kazuo Miyake
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.5/1027,041 votesLoading...#10 - That Day: The Fall of Shiganshina (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2013
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
8.5/1024,551 votesLoading...#11 - The Night of the Closing Ceremony: Humanity's Comeback (2)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/2013
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
8.5/1020,496 votesLoading...#12 - I'm Home
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2017
With the appearance of Titans within Wall Rose, Sasha and Connie ride as messengers to warn their villages of the impending threat.
Director: Yoshihide Ibata
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
8.5/1020,128 votesLoading...#13 - Opening
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/27/2017
The Scouts rally and charge in pursuit, but Reiner is not quite himself while the group is trapped in the giant forest until nightfall.
Director: Yoshihide Ibata
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
8.5/1021,288 votesLoading...#14 - Trust
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 8/13/2018
On the run and running out of time, the Scouts must entrust their lives to others if they plan on surviving.
Director: Aiko Sakuraba
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.5/1032,272 votesLoading...#15 - A Sound Argument
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2/15/2021
Two years ago, Paradis welcomed their first visitor who was surprised to see one of their own. Obtaining their help will be critical in a three-part plan to protect Paradis.
Director: Kaori Makita
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.5/1023,510 votesLoading...#16 - Sunset
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/21/2022
The rumbling is set in motion once all hardening is undone, but this also sets Annie free. As the Jaegerists take control of the island, Conny races towards Ragako to feed Falco to his Titan mother.
Director: Mitsue Yamasaki
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.6/1020,199 votesLoading...#17 - Southwestward
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2017
The Scouts search for a hole in the wall while Eren and the others learn that someone close may be hiding all the answers.
Director: Kenji Imura
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.6/1038,847 votesLoading...#18 - Midnight Train
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 12/14/2020
Though glad the war is over, both the Eldian Warriors and Marley brass realize that neither have a future unless they finish the job of retaking the Founding Titan.
Director: Daisuke Tokudo
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.6/1023,571 votesLoading...#19 - Night of the End
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/7/2022
Deep in the forest, an unlikely rabble of Marley stragglers and island fugitives attempt to set their hatred aside and talk around a campfire without killing each other.
Director: Mitsue Yamasaki
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.7/1021,222 votesLoading...#20 - Old Story
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 8/6/2018
Historia and Erwin look back on their past, revealing a shady government with a hidden agenda and inspiration for an uprising.
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.8/1022,647 votesLoading...#21 - Whereabouts of His Left Arm: The Struggle for Trost (5)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/2013
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
8.8/1021,377 votesLoading...#22 - Forest of Giant Trees: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission (2)
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/11/2013
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?
Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Shin Wakabayashi
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.8/1023,211 votesLoading...#23 - Smoke Signal
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/23/2018
After barely surviving Eren's recovery, a rising threat from the shadows puts everyone's lives in danger again.
Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
8.8/1030,587 votesLoading...#24 - Deceiver
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/22/2021
Trapped on the world's most dangerous island, Falco and Gabi will do anything to survive. Elsewhere, the public demands answers when they learn the savior of Paradis has been detained.
Director: Teruyuki Omine
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.9/1024,311 votesLoading...#25 - The World the Girl Saw: The Struggle for Trost (2)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2013
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
The Worst Episodes of Attack on Titan
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"A Dim Light Amid Despair: Humanity's Comeback (1)" is the worst rated episode of "Attack on Titan". It scored 8.1/10 based on 25709 votes. Directed by Kiyoshi Fukumoto and written by Hiroshi Seko, it aired on 4/21/2013. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Special Operations Squad: Eve of the Counterattack (2)".