Strap on your 3D maneuver gear and prepare for the sweet strains of Linked Horizon’s “Guren no Yumiya”, because the first English-language dub clip of Attack on Titan is here at long last. While many diehard anime fans, myself included, have already seen episodes of the massively popular apocalyptic anime series, it hasn’t actually received an official US release yet. Until now, that is. This weekend at Anime Boston (March 21-23), FUNimation will premiere the dub during their panel and, just in case you weren’t in enough suspense, they will be keeping the identity of who will voice series protagonist Eren Jaeger a secret until then. In the meantime, they’ve offered up this first clip of the English dub to give you a taste of the colossal madness you’ll be in for.

Here’s the official synopsis:

When the man-eating giants called Titans first appeared, humans retreated behind massive walls. After a hundred years of safety, a colossal-sized Titan smashes through the defenses, unleashing a flood of giants and carnage in the streets. Eren Jaeger watches helplessly as one of the creatures devours his mother. 

He vows to kill every Titan walking the earth.

Eren and his surviving friends enlist to fight against the insatiable monsters. The future looks bleak, but there’s more to Eren than meets the eye: he may be humanity’s last hope against extinction. From the director of Death Note and High School of the Dead comes the series Anime News Network calls “an intense, visceral, and graphic thrill ride.” The Titans have come to feast. Anything can happen. No one is safe.

Here’s the full cast list as well:

Mikasa – Trina Nishimura
Armin – Josh Grelle
Jean – Mike McFarland
Reiner – Robert McCollum
Bertholdt – David Matranga
Annie – Lauren Landa
Sasha – Ashly Burch
Conny – Clifford Chapin
Christa – Bryn Apprill
Ymir – Elizabeth Maxwell
Levi – Matthew Mercer
Hange – Jessica Calvello
Erwin – J. Michael Tatum
Samuel – Dave Trosko
Thomas – Duncan Brannan
Tom – Tyler Walker
Wald – Barry Yandell
Woerman – Christopher Sabat
Hugo – Tyson Rinehart
Ian – Scott Freeman
Milieus – Joel McDonald
Mina – Alexis Tipton
Mitabi – Kyle Hebert
Mobb – Matthew Ham
Anka – Jamie Marchi
Hanna – Tia Ballard
Gustav – Keith Kubal
Petra – Caitlin Glass
Daz – Brad Venable
Franz – James Chandler
Rico – Morgan Garrett
Pyxis – R Bruce Elliott
Nack – Will Short
Keith – Patrick Seitz
Moses – Jeff Johnson
Marco – Austin Tindle
Carla – Jessica Cavanagh
Grisha – Chris Hury
Hannes – David Wald

And in case you’re already super onboard, FUNimation is selling a collector’s edition Blu-ray and DVD exclusively in its online shop. The special set is scheduled to ship on June 3, 2014.

The set, which retails for $96.74, comes with a collection of 4 special edition pins (Cadet Corps, Garrison Regiment, Scout Regiment, and Military Police Regiment), a replica of Eren’s key necklace, a sword necklace, a 3D lenticular art card, a 24-page digibook entitled Notes From Beyond the Wall: Part 1, and 104 minutes of on-disc bonus content. Not too shabby, but you’ll still have to furnish your own Colossal Titan zentai suit.

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HT: Anime News Network