A Giant Attack on Titan Snow Sculpture Makes Perfect Sense

For this year’s Sapporo Snow Festival, the big centerpiece snow sculpture is Attack on Titan themed. The sculpture is still being made, rummy royal and the festival won’t start until February 5 (it ends on the 11th). https://twitter.com/embed/status/690078567158431744 4丁目 STV広場【大雪像】進撃の巨人、サッポロ襲来！　| 大通会場の雪像･催し | さっぽろ雪まつり https://t.co/KWFJn86aP4 pic.twitter.com/314tzTUUpn — matiere* (@matiere) February 1, 2016 This is what the finished sculpture will look like. As in the past, the Japanese military and tons and tons of snow (literally, tons) will be needed to complete the piece.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1756337513","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); STVの進撃の巨人雪像の場所見てあっ、となった。ここ、ガメラ2レギオン襲来のロケ地になった場所。劇中で道路封鎖されたりSTVのアナウンサーが中継してたところ。進撃の巨人実写映画の監督の樋口真嗣はレギオン襲来の特撮監督でもあり。 pic.twitter.com/1rkTFKHYsh — hiphaistさん🌞 (@hiphaist) January 31, 2016 2/5からさっぽろ雪まつり♪先ほど髙橋知事が大雪像を製作中の陸上自衛隊員を激励しました場所：大通公園４丁目ＳＴＶ広場雪像名：進撃の巨人、サッポロ襲来！制作隊：第１雪像制作部隊（第１１特科隊、第１１偵察隊、第１１高射特科中隊） pic.twitter.com/YVMmyLZ3tf — 北海道【公式】 Yono all app (@PrefHokkaido) January 27, 2016 札幌雪まつり（2/5開催～）　制作途中の風景です“進撃の巨人”楽しみですhttps://t.co/6N5tVcDQch #そこそこ絶景　#風景写真　#感動北海道写真 pic.twitter.com/WHvnCXmquR — 札幌弁当工房・雪街工房 (@88dd22hh33) January 26, 2016 雪まつりの準備進行中！ 進撃の巨人大雪像 裏は『壁 』って事で・・・ #よるぱ pic.twitter.com/lukJGTNVOl — ヘロヘロ013 (@herohero013) January 30, 2016 https://twitter.com/embed/status/693978863328595968 Above, you can see a model of the finished piece, along with pics from during construction. 大通4丁目STV広場「進撃の巨人」雪像作業の足場が徐々に外され全貌をあらわして来た超大型巨人雪像。この雪像に関しては周りに人がいた方がそれっぽい雰囲気になって面白い。#雪まつり pic.twitter.com/V4907Ms9cV — えぞりす'73 (@ezorisu73) January 31, 2016 Even without considering the manga and anime’s popularity, Giant Attack on Titan Yono all app anything makes sense, really. https://twitter.com/embed/status/690043156663046145 製作中の雪祭りの雪像今年は進撃の巨人開催は2/5〜11迄お時間ある方は是非お越しを〜 pic.twitter.com/Z5KktGHqRW — 梅吉 (@yoshiume31) January 22, 2016 Top photo: ezorisu73 To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.