How many Attack on Titan manga chapters have been adapted by ep 87?
Ava Arnold
Updated on April 03, 2026
How many Attack on Titan manga chapters are left to be adapted in season 4 and will they all be covered in the now-delayed episode 87?
Attack on Titan is barrelling towards its fourth season finale, with only one episode left to go before fans around the world watch the credits roll for one last time.
However, there is some serious speculation online that the anime will not conclude with the season 4 finale, and will produce a movie or limited-OVA series.
This is because MAPPA isn’t expected to completely adapt the entire Attack on Titan manga by the time that the now-delayed episode 87 premieres, so how many chapters are left to be covered in the TV series?
How many chapters are left to adapt by Attack on Titan episode 87?
Attack on Titan’s television series is an anime adaptation of the hit manga series from Isayama, which began serialisation back in September 2009 and ended in April 2021 with 139 chapters.
The fourth season has made a habit of adapting one complete manga chapter each episode, with two full chapters sometimes adapted into one episode if they are relatively short or dialogue-heavy.
On March 20th, episode 86 “Retrospective” was released on domestic television in Japan and internationally via streaming services; this episode adapted chapter 129 in the original manga, also titled Retrospective.
The preview trailer for episode 87 was then shared following the conclusion of this week’s episode, confirming that the title for the season 4 finale will be “The Dawn of Humanity.”
The Dawn of Humanity was chapter 130 in the manga series, released in July 2020 and part of volume 32, which launched in Japan on September 9th, 2020, and in English on December 22nd, 2020.
This means that, with the Attack on Titan season 4 finale, episode 87, set to release as the next broadcast, there are only ten manga chapters left to be adapted for TV.
- The Dawn of Humanity – Chapter 130
- The Rumbling – Chapter 13`1
- The Wings of Freedom – Chapter 132
- Sinners – Chapter 133
- In the Depths of Despair – Chapter 134
- The Battle of Heaven and Earth – Chapter 135
- Dedicate Your Heart – Chapter 136
- Titans – Chapter 137
- A Long Dream – Chapter 138
- Toward the Tree of That Hill – Chapter 139
Assuming that MAPPA will adapt the entirety of chapter 130 The Dawn of Humanity in episode 87, this means that there will be plenty of content left from Isayama’s source material left to adapt – so what could be next?
So is the Attack on Titan anime ending with a movie or special episodes finale since there's absolutely no chance they can end the series with 2x 20 min episodes remaining, considering what happens in the manga 🤔
— Atsu (@AsianGuyStream) March 14, 2022
Why a fifth anime season remains unlikely
With parts of the manga series still likely remaining to be adapted after the upcoming season 4 finale (episode 87), there are some fans online who are under the impression that a fifth season will be needed to wrap everything up.
However, a fifth season of Attack on Titan remains extremely unlikely for two major reasons; there is not enough source material for a whole season, and the promotional material always stated that season 4 would be the final TV broadcast.
Nine manga chapters remaining is a significant amount of source material, but it is nowhere near enough for a full TV season; with season 4 part 1 consisting of 16 episodes by itself.
Similarly, every single promotional message, poster, video or teaser stated that Attack on Titan season 4 was to be the end of the television series, with the entire broadcast being labelled as “The Final Season.”
It would take a significant amount of promotional-gymnastics to now state that a fifth anime season would be produced, especially when considering that such a wholesale change in marketing is a rare occurrence for the modern anime industry in Japan.
honestly can't wait to watch Attack on Titan: The Final Season: The Movie: Part 3 in 5 years.
— Moose (@kumquatree) March 13, 2022
Adapting the manga chapters left from season 4
If Attack on Titan doesn’t continue into a fifth anime season, but still has those nine chapters left to adapt, the only choices would be a feature film or a limited-OVA run.
A limited-OVA run (Original Video Animation) would likely be several episodes that would be released over multiple weeks; think to how Arcane released on Netflix in three arcs over three weeks on Netflix for a recent example.
Not only would this solve the issue of the remaining manga chapters, but would also adhere to the fourth season being labelled as the final TV broadcast.
The second option would be to produce one final, massive theatrical movie that would adapt the remaining manga chapters.
Whilst this is arguably the more likely option available to MAPPA, it would be hard to argue against the decision when considering how much money could be generated from such a colossal film.
We broke down four major clues that an anime movie could conclude Attack on Titan, see more information here.
So do we know yet how they’re going to wrap up. Attack on Titan? Since as I understand it there’s no way they can do that in just 1 more episode.
So:
A long final episode?
A movie?
Final Season Part 3 (lmao)?
— The #1 Girls Und Panzer YouTuber (@YakovMerkin) March 20, 2022
Attack on Titan season 4 part 2 Blu-Ray DVD
In an age of digital streaming and online viewing, physical DVDs can sometimes feel out of place. However, when Attack on Titan season 4 part 2 conclude, countless fellow anime fans around the world will hear the voice of temptation… “buy the Blu-Ray DVD…”
The good news for us, and the bad news for our bank accounts, is that the Shingeki.tv Japanese website has now shared confirmation of the next Blu-Ray release.
Per the blog post, Attack on Titan season 4 part 2’s Blu-Ray DVD box set will become available from Wednesday, July 20th for Volume One and from Wednesday, August 17th for Volume Two.
The special set also includes a video of the fantastic Attack on Titan orchestral concert that took place back in August of last year.
Whether you want another addition to the bookshelf, if you want to further support MAPPA or if you just want to immortalise the final season, the Blu-Ray DVD is for you.
【Blu-ray＆DVD発売決定！】
TVアニメ『進撃の巨人』The Final Season Part 2のBlu-ray＆DVDの発売が決定しました！第1巻：2022年7月20日（水）
— アニメ「進撃の巨人」公式アカウント (@anime_shingeki) March 27, 2022
第2巻：2022年8月17日（水）
2021年8月に開催された「進撃の巨人」オーケストラコンサート映像（前後編）を収録！#shingeki
By Tom Llewellyn – [email protected]
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