In an exciting revelation, it has been confirmed that the new Attack On Titan manga, titled Bad Boy, will focus on Levi’s childhood, thereby confirming the fan speculations.

Although it was not exclusively announced, the first 4 pages of Bad Boy‘s draft, which was revealed on Oct 30, 2023, proved that the manga will indeed revolve around the fan-favourite character Levi. This will provide fans a chance to witness events from Levi’s perspective.

Hajime Isayama had previously said in an interview that he has a backstory in mind for Levi Ackerman. However he wasn’t sure if he would be able to write that spin-off or not.

Checkout the first four pages of the draft below:

Bad Boy is scheduled to release on April 30, 2024.

The new manga will be released alongside the ‘first and the final’ Attack On Titan artbook, “titled Attack on Titan Fly“. It is a 200 page fully coloured artbook consisting of illustrations by Isayama.

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It was serialized in Kodansha’s monthly magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from September 2009 to April 2021, with its chapters collected in 34 tankobon volumes.

As of September 2023, the manga has over 120 million tankōbon copies in print worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. It has won several awards, including the Kodansha Manga Award, the Attilio Micheluzzi Award, and the Harvey Award.In North America, the series was published in English by Kodansha USA.

Season 1-3 of the anime was produced by Wit Studio and season 4 by MAPPA.

The fourth and the Final Season’s Part 1 started airing on Dec 7, 2020, while Part 2 premiered on Jan 9, 2022 in Japan. Crunchyroll and Funimation were streaming the episodes simultaneously as they aired.

Attack On Titan Final Season Part 3 Part 1 aired as a one-hour special, and released on March 3, 2023.

Attack On Titan Final Season Part 3 Part 2 is set to air on Nov 4, 2023.

Source: Twitter