Attack on Titan Volume 2 Among Books Banned From Knox County, Tennessee’s Schools

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 wrote and illustrated the Attack on Titan manga. It was serialized in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from September 2009 to April 2021, with its chapters compiled into 34 volumes. The TV anime adaptation was animated by WIT Studio for the first 3 seasons, after which MAPPA took over. It ran for a total of 94 episodes, with the final episodes (88-94) streamed as the two Final Chapters specials.

The Final Chapters were compiled into the THE LAST ATTACK movie with improved visuals and sound. It premiered in Japan on November 8 to mostly positive reviews, also introducing a new post-credit scene. The movie exceeded 1 billion yen in revenue on December 5, with international screenings set for Early 2025.

Source: WVLT
©Hajime Isayama, Kodansha