Attack on Titan: Lost Girls

Attack on Titan: Lost Girls

The cover of the novel as published in Japan.
進撃の巨人　ＬＯＳＴ　ＧＩＲＬＳ
(Shingeki no Kyojin: Lost Girls)
Game
Lost in the Cruel World
Developer Nitroplus
Designed by Seko
Genre Visual novel
Released September 18, 2013
Game
Wall Sina, Goodbye
Developer Nitroplus
Designed by Seko
Genre Visual novel
Released December 18, 2013
Novel
Written by Hiroshi Seko
Published by Kodansha
English publisher

‹See Tfd›

Imprint Kodansha Comics Deluxe
Published December 9, 2014
Manga
Written by Ryōsuke Fuji
Published by Kodansha
English publisher

‹See Tfd›

Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
Original run August 9, 2015 – May 9, 2016
Volumes 2

Attack on Titan: Lost Girls (進撃の巨人　ＬＯＳＴ　ＧＩＲＬＳ Shingeki no Kyojin: Lost Girls) is a Japanese novel written by Hiroshi Seko. The book is a spinoff of the manga series Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama. A manga adaptation began serialization in August 2015 and ran until May 2016.

Publication

The novel is based off two mini-visual novels from Nitroplus which were included with the third and sixth volumes of the Attack on Titan anime Blu-ray release.[1][2] The first, Lost in the Cruel World, was written by Seko and was released on September 18, 2013. The second, titled Wall Sina, Goodbye, also by Seko, was released on December 18, 2013.[2]

The novel is written by Hiroshi Seko, who worked as a scriptwriter for the anime. Kodansha published it in December 2014 under their Kodansha Comics Deluxe imprint.[3] It consists of three short stories, titled "Lost in the cruel world", "Wall Sina, Goodbye", and "Lost Girls".[4]

North American publisher Vertical announced their license to the novel at Anime Expo 2015.[4][5]

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 December 9, 2014[6]ISBN 978-4-06-377096-4June 28, 2016[7]ISBN 9781942993353
  1. "Lost in the cruel world"
  2. "Wall Sina, Goodbye"
  3. "Lost Girls"

Manga

A manga adaptation by Ryōsuke Fuji began serialization in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine on August 9, 2015.[8] The series ended in the June 2016 issue of the magazine on May 9, 2016.[9]

In March 2016, Kodansha Comics USA announced that they had licensed the series.[10][11]

Volumes

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 April 8, 2016[12]ISBN 978-4-06-395638-2August 30, 2016[13]ISBN 9781632363855

Chapter 1: Wall Sheena, Goodbye.

  1. "Carly Stratmann" (カーリー・ストラットマン Kārī Sutorattoman)
  2. "Wayne Eisner" (ウェイン・アイズナー Wein Aizunā)
  3. "Wald & Lou" (ウオルド&ルー Uorudo & Rū)
  4. "Coderoin" (コデロイン Koderoin)
  5. "Annie Leonhart" (アニ・レオンハート Ani Reonhāto)
2 August 9, 2016[14]ISBN 978-4-06-395722-8November 15, 2016[15]ISBN 9781632364180

Chapter 2: Lost in the cruel world.

  1. Eren Iēgā (エレン・イェーガー)
  2. Shiganshina (シガンシナ)
  3. Hikōki (ひこうき)
  4. Kagami Otoko (鏡男)
Chapter 3: Lost Girls

Reception

Volume one of the manga reached 15th place on the weekly Oricon comic rankings, and sold a total of 80,619 copies.[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ Green, Scott (December 3, 2014). ""Attack on Titan - Lost Girls" Light Novel Plans Detailed". Crunchyroll. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Attack on Titan Blu-rays Add Visual Novels by Nitro+ Staff". Anime News Network. May 18, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Attack on Titan Gets 'Lost Girls' Novel Spinoff". Anime News Network. November 17, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Vertical Adds Attack on Titan: Lost Girls Novel, Nichijō, FukuFuku: Kitten Tales Manga". Anime News Network. July 3, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ Green, Scott (July 3, 2015). "Vertical Licenses "Nichijou" Manga and "Attack on Titan - Lost Girls" Novel". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ 小説　進撃の巨人　ＬＯＳＴ　ＧＩＲＬＳ [Attack on Titan: Lost Girls (novel)]. Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Attack on Titan: Lost Girls". Penguin Random House. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Attack on Titan: Lost Girls Novel Gets Manga Adaptation". Anime News Network. July 8, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ryōsuke Fuji's Attack on Titan: Lost Girls Manga Ends in May". Anime News Network. April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Kodansha Comics Licenses Attack on Titan: Lost Girls Manga". Anime News Network. March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  11. ↑ Green, Scott (March 22, 2016). "Kodansha Comics Announces Seven Manga Licenses". Crunchyroll. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  12. ↑ 進撃の巨人　ＬＯＳＴ　ＧＩＲＬＳ（１） [Attack on Titan: Lost Girls (1)]. Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Attack on Titan: Lost Girls The Manga 1". Penguin Random House. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  14. ↑ 進撃の巨人　ＬＯＳＴ　ＧＩＲＬＳ（２） [Attack on Titan: Lost Girls (2)]. Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Attack on Titan: Lost Girls The Manga 2". Penguin Random House. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, April 4-10". Anime News Network. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, April 11-17". Anime News Network. April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.

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