Chu Yu still had several months to go before his ban was lifted, and it wasn't like he could make a big public fuss about promoting his work!
Having Huang Ming leak some information through unofficial channels was a last resort. The main goal was simply to keep the fans' appetites whetted.
Otherwise, Chu Yu had said last year that he'd have a new work coming out after his ban ended in July this year, but if the fans didn't know a thing about it until the day before it was released, that would be pretty stupid!
He'd thought that only his most devoted fans would care about news of his new work. Even if he had Huang Ming leak a few details through certain channels, disguised as leaked production information about Attack on Titan, for the fans to find out...
But Chu Yu had underestimated the number of his die-hard fans!
Before Chu Yu even returned to Japan Island, information about Attack on Titan had already been spread across various online forums and channels by people Huang Ming had hired!
But that was all he could do. He couldn't ask GG Company to promote it, nor could he use his own, his company's, or Chu Yu's social media accounts to publicize it!
The seeds had been sown, and in just a few days, the news spread through the animation community almost like wildfire!
Huang Ming had released very little information, just character designs for the main trio, Eren, Armin, and Mikasa, among others!
Then he'd briefly mentioned the setting: the walls, the Titans, and the Omni-directional Mobility Gear.
But the world where the protagonists lived had a setting in which humans were also prey to the Titans, and had willingly built three concentric walls, where they were trapped like