Attack on Titan manga Volume 2 was listed among books banned from Knox County Tennessee’s schools. According to WVLT, the schools received a list from the district of books to be removed from their libraries under Tennessee’s Age-Appropriate Materials Act, which aims to align school policies with state requirements.
The policy to remove “explicit” books was voted in July, aiming to remove titles that contain nudity, descriptions or depictions of extreme violence and other forms of content deemed inappropriate for students.
They also list where the books are first identified at (middle school/high school), and you can see the banned books below:
Elementary School:
There’s Going To Be A Baby – John Burningham
Draw Me A Star – Eric Carle
In A Glass Grimmly – Adam Gidwitz
In The Night Kitchen – Maurice Sendak
A Light in the Attic – Shel Silverstein
Middle School:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Sherman Alexie
13 Reasons Why – Jay Asher
Just Listen – Sarah Dessen
Attack on Titan Volume 2 – Hajime Isayama
Mrs. Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (Graphic Novel) – Ransom Riggs
You: The Owner’s Manual for Teens – Michael Roizen
The 57 Bus – Dashka Slater
Everything, Everything – Nicola Yoon
High School:
Me, Earl, & The Dying Girl – Jesse Andrews
Go Ask Alice – Anonymous
Chopsticks – Jessica Anthony
Girls on the Verge – Sharon Biggs Waller
The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
A Stolen Life – Jaycee Duggar
The Carnival of Bray – Jessie Ann Foley
Lighter Than My Shadow – Katie Green
Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
Locke and Key: Alpha & Omega – Joe Hill
Locke and Key: Clockworks – Joe Hill
Locke and Key: Welcome to Lovecraft – Joe Hill
Identical – Ellen Hopkins
Tricks – Ellen Hopkins
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
Grown – Tiffany Jackson
DUFF – Kody Keplinger
The Walking Dead: Book Ten – Robert Kirkman
Gender Queer – Maia Kobabe
Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood – Marjorie Liu
Last Night at the Telegraph Club – Malinda Lo
Empire of Storms – Sarah J. Maas
Tower of Dawn – Sarah J. Maas
The Way We Work – David Macaulay
Wicked – Gregory Maguire
Sold – Patricia McCormick
The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
Skin – Donna Jo Napoli
Out of Darkness – Ashley Hope Perez
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock – Matthew Quick
Beautiful – Amy Reed
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter – Erika L. Sanchez
Blankets – Craig Thompson
Squad – Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut
Hajime Isayama is the creator and illustrator of the manga series Attack on Titan. It was serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from September 2009 until April 2021, and its chapters have been collected into 34 tankōbon volumes. The television anime adaptation was produced by WIT Studio for its first three seasons before MAPPA took over. The series concluded with 94 episodes, and the final episodes (88-94) were released as two special Final Chapters.
These Final Chapters were later compiled into a movie titled THE LAST ATTACK, featuring enhanced visuals and audio. The film premiered in Japan on November 8th and received largely positive reviews, including a new scene after the credits. On December 5th, the movie surpassed 1 billion yen in box office revenue, with plans for international screenings in early 2025.