Review of Attack on Titan

Here's a fun fact, when I was 7, the first anime I ever watched was Detective Conan, when growing up I might have remembered the show or watched an episode or 2 of the show, then, last year I found out about this show, I gave it a try and ended up finishing it, I thought the show was amazing, a couple of months later I started watching anime, ironic I know. But looking at this show today, I don't think this show is as amazing anymore, why? Well, back then I was a newbie while today I know more about anime and can detectmore of the show's flaws. This show isn't the best of all time, hell its really damn mainstream, people go as far as calling it the "Game of Thrones of Anime" when those people have only seen about 2-3 anime series'. This show is too damn popular for its kind, how it gained its popularity is still a question to be unfolded.

The story starts off with a wall, well 3 walls to be precise. Giants known as 'Titans have been eating humans for years so humanity builds these walls to keep them out, for 100 years there was peace until a titan somehow taller than the wall breaks it down and now humanity is in danger.

A simple story, this could easily lead to a well written plot, well it does but it raises many questions, before those questions are answered we're brought another question. For example, Why are these titans eating humans? Do they look like chicken to them or something? Also the show's plotwists need explaining themselves, I haven't read the manga but I heard some of them are still unanswered.

The Art is really well done, especially the gore which is exucuted in a way where it seems fucked up but at the same time seem not as fucked up, we only see a couple of scenes of gore, fight scenes or psychological scenes. Its a perfect balance of both and I love that. The backgrounds are beautiful and filled with dark but not too dark colours which brings out the darkness AoT has to offer.

The sound, is just outstanding, both OPs are so damn well done, each one are epic as hell and make you want to listen to them over and over and not even get sick of them. Both EDs are OK for the most part, they really do bring a little light to the show. The voice acting is so damn well done, hearing actual screams and panics brings so much realism to the show, you feel like you're there with the characters. I would easily rate both Art and Sound a 10.

The characters, we get introduced to way too many characters, in the second episode, we get all these characters introduced in just one episode, it tries to do that trick that shows such as Durarara and Baccano pull off so well which is where there are so many characters that it adds more fun to the show. Here there's so many characters that I wonder if some really matter to the story. Some of these characters hardly get any screen-time yet they're somehow meant to be important.

I'm gonna look at the 3 MCs of the show, first we have Eren, some maniac who screams over everything and is so goddamn pissed off at everything, like you mad bro? He wants to get shit done but does it so poorly, he's meant to be that pissed off character that has feelings but instead feels like that pissed off character who's just....pissed off. Then we have Mikasa, she has an interesting past and is one of the most badass female MCs I have seen in a while, she's strong and cares for Eren and wants to see him happy again. Finally we have Armin, a pussy who somehow is fighting yet is too scared to go near a titan. But, he's smart as shit and plans well, he's like the brains of the MCs, evern though he's a pussy. It is pretty cliche, even though he does get some moments where he stands up for himself, he's an OK character for the most part.

One more thing about the characters, in the army each character has been trained to kill the titans, yet all of them are scared shitless when they're in battle, like seriously, you've been training for years but still haven't grown a pair and actually fight these things. I've only seen like 5 characters that can actually kill, one of them is the MC, one is a side character and the rest aren't even important to the story or die! This is no logic, its just there as a reason to make these characters die.

Now I did enjoy this show, its mystery really makes you want to see what happens next, its intriguing done in a good way and I like that. The action scenes are tense as fuck and will give you goosebumps, they will gobsmack you. If they don't then there's probably a problem with your skin or you're not human.

Story: 6.7
Art: 10
Sound: 10
Character: 6
Enjoyment: 7.3
Overall: 7.5

Overall, AoT is an enjoyable show. Now if you're a normal anime watcher, I reccomend this show in case you're bored or want something action-ey with a decent plot. If you're new to anime, this show will easily get you into anime like it did to me. Season 2 has been announced a while ago to come out in 2016....why so far away, the director said something about the manga reaching a certain point or something among those lines. If you can't wait for Season 2, you can read the manga from where the show left off (which is Chapter 34) many manga readers have said that the show gets even more tense. If you do get into this show follow it for its plot, sure it has some well done action scenes but AoT wasn't made for action like some shows like to do. For more shows like this show I reccomend Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, its follows the path that AoT does and its story is spread out across 64 episodes which is a lot of content, plus like AoT its focused on story.