{"id":9138,"date":"2026-09-02T20:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/attack-on-titan-day-september-9-official\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:21:08","slug":"attack-on-titan-day-september-9-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/attack-on-titan-day-september-9-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack on Titan Day Is Official: Free Manga on 9 September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Attack on Titan fans have a date to mark in red. Japan’s Anniversary Association (\u65e5\u672c\u8a18\u5ff5\u65e5\u5354\u4f1a) has officially designated 9 September<\/strong> as “Attack on Titan Day” (\u9032\u6483\u306e\u5de8\u4eba\u306e\u65e5), announced by Kodansha<\/a> on 2 September \u2014 honouring the date the manga first appeared in Bessatsu Sh\u014dnen Magazine<\/em>‘s inaugural issue back in 2009.<\/p>\n

\"Attack
Image courtesy of Kodansha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why 9 September Is Attack on Titan Day<\/h2>\n

Hajime Isayama’s manga launched on 9 September 2009. The date carries extra symbolic weight inside the story itself \u2014 the series revolves around the Nine Titans, and Kodansha has leaned into that numerology for the anniversary’s official commemorative visual: all nine Titan forms are arranged around the “9.9” motif alongside the tagline “\u305d\u306e\u65e5\u3001\u7269\u8a9e\u306f\u59cb\u307e\u3063\u305f”<\/em> (“That day, the story began”).<\/p>\n

The manga ran for 139 chapters before its April 2021 finale, and the franchise has kept expanding since \u2014 most recently with Attack on Titan 3 heading to platforms on 10 December<\/a>. According to Kodansha’s press release (Japanese)<\/a>, the series has sold over 140 million copies worldwide \u2014 making it one of the best-selling manga in history.<\/p>\n

\"Attack
Image courtesy of Kodansha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Free Manga Reading: 99 Hours, 99 Chapters<\/h2>\n

The centrepiece event for Singapore fans is a campaign that needs no trip to Japan: starting at midnight JST on 9 September (1:00 AM SGT), Manga Pocket (MagaPocket)<\/strong> will make Attack on Titan chapters 1 through 99 free to read \u2014 no subscription required \u2014 for exactly 99 hours, until 2:59 AM JST on 13 September (3:59 AM SGT). The app is available internationally.<\/p>\n

Those 99 chapters cover the story from the fall of Wall Maria all the way to the beginning of the War for Paradis arc \u2014 essentially everything up to where the manga’s most divisive and discussed stretch begins. A good weekend re-read, in other words.<\/p>\n

\"Attack
Image courtesy of Kodansha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Livestream and New Isayama Artwork<\/h2>\n

At 21:30 JST on 9 September (22:30 SGT), Kodansha will host a commemorative livestream featuring three of the anime’s lead voice actors: Yuki Kaji<\/strong> (Eren Yeager), Yui Ishikawa<\/strong> (Mikasa Ackerman), and Hiroshi Shimono<\/strong> (Connie Springer). Full broadcast details \u2014 platform and link \u2014 will be posted to the official Attack on Titan X account<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A special merchandise range also drops on 9 September at Magazine Shop<\/em>, Kodansha’s first offline retail store in Japan. The goods include new commemorative art and, notably, previously unreleased artwork by Hajime Isayama<\/strong> depicting Eren, Levi, and Erwin in formal attire \u2014 a rarity given how rarely the creator has shared new character art post-series.<\/p>\n

\"Attack
Image courtesy of Kodansha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For Singapore Fans<\/h2>\n

The free MagaPocket campaign and the livestream are both accessible from Singapore. If you’re planning around the franchise’s remaining 2026 moments, the Attack on Titan: Symphony from Paradis concert comes to Singapore in November<\/a> \u2014 the official day registration is a nice piece of franchise context ahead of that event.<\/p>\n

\"Attack
Image courtesy of Kodansha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kodansha has confirmed further details will roll out through the official Attack on Titan TV anime site (Japanese)<\/a> in the lead-up to 9 September. Check the manga and anime section<\/a> for any updates closer to the date.<\/p>\n

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Kodansha and the Japan Anniversary Association officially designate 9 September as Attack on Titan Day, with 99-hour free manga reading, anniversary merch and a voice-actor 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