AOT S4 E16 - Above and Below

No the final two film length episode are a part of the ending

Last two episodes are the grand finale basically

Yes the last two feature length episodes are necessary to finish the series

The studio kappa who took over season 4 is actually insanly good in animation an compositing. They do give anime a 'movie' touch with simulated camera FX and stuff like that. The reason it was precieved 'bad' animation was because of the short deadline they had to rush it. Other anime like Jujutsu kaisen or chainsaw man are top notch animation, if you wanna dive into these in the future :3 I also love how you precieve the anime and can point out the delicacy how the story was written. :3

The movies are essentially lengthened episodes. But the quality is movie-esque.

So the movie was kind of the last two episodes put together. When the episodes first came out, it was just the final two episodes, and then they later re-released the final two episodes as a movie (some say there was some improvement also in animation of it). I also personally haven't seen the movie yet. I just watched the ending when it came out in episodes. There's no difference in events, but the movie does have an extra scene at the end from what I know (doesn't change the ending or anything, but a little extra thing).

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ we spent like one year waiting for the next episode after this. i don’t even know how but we made it

I love Pieck and her unserious moments. I only caught this on my re-watch but you can actually see Porco Galliard ( Jaw) in the crowd of soldiers when she waves at them

I mean you'll figure it out when you get there, but basically if you stop watching when you get to the final two feature length episodes you'll be like "wait where's the ending??" So yeah, they're not extras 😅 they're the finale.

Onyankopon didn’t know anything about Yelena’s plan

The story ends with the movies.

Just wanted to pinpoint something, you said eren was “radicalized” when he saw his mother eaten, he wasnt, he was like this since he was born, like remember when he saved mikasa from those two adults who came and killed her parents, he brutally murdered them as if he was not a child.

The last 2 special episodes and the movie are the same thing. I think the movie has some additional stuff, but nothing that changes the story.

More on Sasha's death, her final word was 'meat' or 'niku'. based on the japanese script she is generally understood to have literally said meat but there's a popular theory that she was trying to say Niccolo due to the phonetic similarity :(

A lot of us thought we clicked on the wrong anime starting season 4 LOL

Episode 16 aired march 29 2021 and 17 aired January 10 2022 almost a year after

Let's gooo pt1 finally over!! Dw all your questions will be answered in the pt2. Also, hold on to your theories

So the movies are apart of the ending. Two movies to finish the series they are part of the story yeah

The two feature length episodes wrap everything up in a pretty epic manner I believe they cover the last 8 chapters of the manga

When Seaon 4 came out, the reaction was quite positive on the art style change, but negative on the CGI used for Titans during some of the fights, especially on some scenes with the Beast Titan. On paper the studio producing Season 4 (MAPPA) is much bigger and has more resources than the studio of S1-S3 (WIT). After the end of S3, WIT dropped out as the project was becoming too big for them and they couldn't agree with producers on deadlines and costs. At the end MAPPA was chosen, but they had to produce the first half of Seaon 4 on a short notice. The quality jump for the second half, once they were properly staffed, is incredible. I can't wait for you to see it!