The Attack of the Giants
The manga series The Attack of the Giants will end with its 34th volume which from today, June 9, 2021, is already available in Japan. Although fans of the anime will have to wait until 2022 to see how the whole story will end, readers of the comics created by Hajime Isayama have learned of the end of the paper work as early as this spring and will be able to devote themselves to reading the final volume as of today. .The Attack of the Giants: curiosities and video of the final chapter
To celebrate the release in Japan of the last volume of the series, the official social pages of The Attack of the Giants have posted a wonderful movie advertising the final events. Obviously he keeps away from possible spoilers, but shows most of the choices made by the Giants before the final climax. You can take a look at the video below:The volume also came out in a double special edition: the first is a Beginning edition which consists of a volume plus booklet containing two manuscripts submitted to the editors before serialization begins. The second is the Ending edition which includes a booklet containing the manuscript of chapters 138 and 139. The story, in fact, officially ends with 139 chapters thanks also to the additions of Isayama after the initial publication in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine.
For Italian fans, The Attack of the Giants is currently in its 32nd issue and the series is being published for Planet Manga. There are three editions available: standard in single volumes, colossal edition and the most recent collection in box sets. Volume 33 will be available starting next June 24 (we leave you at the Amazon purchase page of the English edition), while for the final volume we will have to wait a little longer. Currently, in fact, the English version has a release date set for October 19th, so we can assume that the same will be true for Italy.
In conclusion, the best part of this final volume will be precisely the additional material that Hajime Isayama added as he was unable to include it in the original version due to page restrictions in the magazine. These extra materials further enrich the creator's ideas regarding the ending of his great work and clarify some of the questions fans have about the ending.
Jim Fassel, who coached Giants to the 2001 Super Bowl, dies of heart attack at 71
Jim Fassel, the 1997 NFL coach of the year who led the Giants to a Super Bowl XXXV appearance and helped New York heal in the wake of 9/11, died on Monday. He was 71.
Fassel died of a heart attack while under sedation at a hospital, his son, John, told the Los Angeles Times. John Fassel, the Dallas Cowboys’ special teams coordinator, said his father had suffered chest pains at home in Las Vegas and was taken to a local hospital by a friend. John got the call Monday afternoon.
Jim Fassel turned a 6-10 Giants team in Dan Reeves’ final season into a 10-5-1 division-winner and playoff team in his rookie season as head coach in 1997.
Three years later, Fassel took the 2000 Giants to the franchise’s third-ever Super Bowl appearance led by the likes of Kerry Collins, Tiki Barber, Amani Toomer, Jessie Armstead and Michael Strahan. Current offensive coordinator Jason Garrett was a backup QB on that team.
“On behalf of the Mara and Tisch families and our entire organization, I would like to express our condolences to the Fassel family and Jim’s friends,” Giants president John Mara said in a statement. “We were all saddened to hear of Jim’s passing. Jim was a good man and his record as our coach speaks for itself.
“Jim distinguished himself by the way he managed our team and devoted his efforts to the firefighters and other families following the tragedy of 9/11,” Mara added. “The players respected Jim and enjoyed playing for him and his coaching staff. And we appreciated his seven years of leading our team.”
Fassel’s most indelible moment as Giants coach was his playoff guarantee in November 2000 after back-to-back home losses to the St. Louis Rams and Detroit Lions to fall to 7-4.
“This team is going to the playoffs,” Fassel said. “I believe in my players, I believe in my coaches and I believe in myself. I have a lot of confidence in myself. I have a lot of confidence in my coaches and I have a lot of confidence in the players and I have no fear. I came into this season with lots of people wondering if I was worried about my job. I’m not worried about it, I’m not worried about the pressure. I’ve got no worries. I’ve got no fear. None. Zero. Count on it.”
Fassel’s players responded by winning five straight games to win the NFC East, before beating the Eagles, 20-10, and decimating the Vikings, 41-0, in the NFC Championship Game.
The Giants fell to the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl, 34-7.
Fassel would coach the Giants through the 2003 season, going 58-53-1 in the regular season, fourth all-time in wins among the 19 coaches in the Giants’ 96-year history. And he would make a major impact off the field, too.
In 2001, he visited ground zero to thank and honor the first responders following the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. That was just one example of his efforts to reach out and support the community in the wake of the tragedy.
“(Former Mayor Rudy) Giuliani’s office asked me if I would come over and just walk around and shake their hands and tell them that we’re supporting all these guys,” Fassel said in an interview years later. “I went over there three or four days afterward and it was unbelievable. You’re standing there and this space is just wide open. I asked them, ‘What am I going to do?’ They said, ‘You can cheer them up. People recognize you, you can just support them.’ So I did.
“And it did work,” Fassel said. “That’s how I first got involved with some firemen. Even the ones from out-of-state, mainly some from California recognized me and I stopped and talked to them. Those guys looked like they hadn’t slept in days, they were dirty. I was just saying, ‘Thanks guys for what you’re doing here.’ You try to do a little something for them.”
Fassel had been an offensive coordinator for the Giants, Denver Broncos and Arizona Cardinals prior to taking over in New York. After his seven-year stint as the Giants’ head coach, he spent three years with the Ravens, one as an offensive consultant and two as offensive coordinator.
Prior to his NFL career, Fassel was a QB coach, offensive coordinator and head coach in college primarily at Utah (head coach), Stanford and Weber State.
His last football job was as head coach of the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League from 2009-2012.
Current Giants kicker Graham Gano got his big break thanks to Fassel, who signed him in Las Vegas in 2009 after Gano was cut by the Ravens.
“Devastated to hear about the passing of Coach Fassel,” Gano tweeted. “He gave me a chance to play & believed in me when no one else did. Our team had so much fun winning the championship in Las Vegas. I’ll forever be thankful to have known him & for the opportunities he gave me & my family.”
A graduate of Anaheim High, Fassel played quarterback at Fullerton College, USC and Long Beach State. He was the Chicago Bears’ seventh-round pick in 1972. It led to stints that year with the San Diego Chargers and Houston Oilers before brief stops with the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts and The Hawaiians of the World Football League.
Fassel is one of only three men to lead the Giants to a Super Bowl appearance, joining Bill Parcells and Tom Coughlin.
Joe Judge hopes to join that group and paid respects to Fassel at the start of his Tuesday press conference on Day 1 of mandatory minicamp.
“It’s an honor being inside this building where his impact was directly felt, carries over into the history of our organization,” Judge said. “A coach around the league that worked together and had a lot of good relationships, have a lot of respect for his son (John), just all the respect in the world for what they are doing, and obviously our thoughts and prayers are with his family and the impact he made here for the Giants. It’s something we talked about as a team and we’ll make sure we reflect on.”
Former players like Strahan and David Diehl expressed condolences on social media. And Fassel’s family thanked everyone for their well wishes.
“While our Dad will be remembered as a longtime fan and face of the football world, his legacy will live forever in our hearts as the greatest Dad and Grandpa of all time,” John Fassel said in a statement to the L.A. Times. “He leaves behind his wife Kitty, their [five] kids and spouses, as well as 16 happy and healthy grandkids. We love you Dad.”