Episode 87 of Attack on Titan has been delayed from March 27 to April 3 due to special programming. Episode 87 will be the 12th episode in part two of Attack on Titan: The Final Season and quite possibly the final episode of the series. On March 27, when Episode 12 was set to air, there will be an Attack on Titan panel at Anime Japan with the Japanese voice actors for Eren, Mikasa, and Armin. During the panel there will likely be an announcement on the future of series, i.e., how they are going to end it. There are only two possibilities. There can be a part 3 of Attack on Titan’s final season or there will be an Attack on Titan movie. In all likelihood, the series will finish with a film adapting the final chapters. While part two of the Final Season has been magnificent, its pace has slowed down significantly. It’s only adapting roughly one chapter per episode, and has even skipped an entire chapter (a flashback which will hopefully be re-inserted somewhere.) There are some subplots that drag before getting to the final part of the arc, and we’ve just now entered that point. Hopefully MAPPA can make it more interesting than the manga did.
Regardless of that though, Attack on Titan’s final season is superb. I am personally wishing for a part three, because I prefer the episodic structure for the narrative, but a film could work as well. Hopefully we don’t have to wait that long if they do go that route. The delay of Attack on Titan episode 87 will be excruciating, but hopefully a movie/final season part three announcement could quell the wait.