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What are the Attack on Titan OAD episodes?

Eight episodes that were sold inside books before they were ever streamed.

The OADs (original animation DVDs) are the anime’s paper wing: episodes produced by Wit Studio and released only as pack-ins with limited editions of the Japanese manga, each described on the editions page. The first, “Ilse’s Notebook” (volume 12, 2013), adapts the beloved side story from volume 5. Two lighter pieces followed: “A Sudden Visitor: The Torturous Curse of Youth” and “Distress” (volumes 13 and 14).

The remaining five are adaptations of the spinoff shelf: “A Choice with No Regrets” parts 1 and 2 (volumes 15 and 16), Levi’s origin from the No Regrets visual novel and manga, and the Lost Girls trilogy (volumes 24–26): Annie’s “Wall Sina, Goodbye” in two parts and Mikasa’s “Lost in the Cruel World.” For years the only legitimate way to own these episodes was to own the books, a distribution model that turned the limited editions into the collector state of eight volumes at once.

Attack on Titan volume 15 limited edition cover with OAD DVD
VOLUME 15, WITH OADThe volume 15 limited edition bundled the first No Regrets OAD episode.

THE EIGHT

In bundle order
Ilse’s Notebook (vol. 12)
The one story fans call essential: a scout’s notebook, a Titan that speaks, and the series’ thesis stated early.
No Regrets 1–2 (vols. 15–16)
Levi in the underground city, and the expedition that made him a soldier. The most re-watched of the eight.
Lost Girls 1–3 (vols. 24–26)
Annie’s detective story and Mikasa’s dream of a quieter world, from Hiroshi Seko’s novel.
A Sudden Visitor, Distress (vols. 13–14)
The comic relief: a cooking duel and a training exercise gone wrong. Canon-adjacent and proudly slight.
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