Review of Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan is, without a doubt, a defining anime for the generation. With impeccable artwork, animation, soundtrack, and easily recognizable opening themes even to those who don't watch anime it is a ratings smash. Unfortunately, it is a ratings smash. While it is an extremely visually appealing and easy to consume anime for its quality alone, deeper dives into the themes, imagery, inspirations, and story aspects of Attack on Titan are disturbing to say the least. The usage of military supremacy, the discrimination of those who aren't of the predominant race inside the walls, the concept of genetic superiority, the religious worship of leadershipfigures, and most glaringly the depiction of the Titan, which generally have features similar to that of the exaggerated features that are used to discriminate against those of Jewish origins, as well as the similarities of the Titan to the Jewish Golem, that of a mindless creature unable to speak or express, given an express task, in the Tiatn's case extreme violence and destruction. I can't pull myself to morally recommend anyone watch Attack on Titan, and its following series, as it shows extreme sympathy for fascist ideals and when idolized as "peak fiction" it bodes that the generation has forgotten the dangers of mass discrimination and militarization.