Attack On Titan Shingeki No Kyojin
Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) is Hajime Isayama's manga and its Wit Studio/MAPPA anime adaptation about humanity's fight against giant humanoids called Titans. The 2013 anime debut sparked a large English-speaking fandom that produced 'Guren no Yumiya' opening parodies, Moe Titan fan art, Colossal Titan poster remixes, and the 'Sink Fandom' Tumblr joke playing on the SNK initialism.
Overview
Attack on Titan (Japanese: 進撃の巨人, Shingeki no Kyojin, meaning 'Advancing Giants') is Hajime Isayama's manga and the Wit Studio and MAPPA anime adaptation of it. Set inside fortified cities where the last of humanity fights giant humanoids called Titans, the story follows soldiers Eren Yeager, his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman, and their friend Armin Arlert2.
Beyond the show itself, the franchise generated a self-sustaining fan-meme scene. The main formats include 'Guren no Yumiya' opening-song parodies of the season one theme4, Moe Titan fan art that redraws background giants as cute characters, Colossal Titan poster parodies inspired by concept artist Kouji Tajima's live-action mockup, and the 'Sink Fandom' Tumblr joke built on hearing 'SNK' as 'sinks'3.
How It Spread
How to Use This Meme
Fans typically pick one of the show's set templates: overlay other franchises' animation onto the 'Guren no Yumiya' opening heard in the official season one trailer4, drop different characters into the Colossal Titan poster mockup, redraw background giants in a soft moe style, or post a stock photo of a kitchen sink and tag it 'SNK' for the Sink Fandom joke.