Review of Attack on Titan

Some say that this anime is an intro into anime but I've seen MANY shows and this is my favorite anime for many reasons. I had stopped watching anime for a while and when I tried to get back into it with hyped up series like SAO, I just wasn't engaged anymore. Part of the reason was that I thought I had seen everything anime had to offer and there just wasn't anything left to surprise me. The stories and characters just felt rehashed. And then, Attack on Titan comes out. What this show succeeds in is in its production. Theteam that worked on this show really understood what made the story strong and its tone. As a result, I was hooked from the first episode. I was in awe at how anime had come so far in their animation and how the scenes were now crisp, clean and fast. The opening theme gets you hyped. The action scenes are still the best I've seen in anime and still hold up after I've watched some newer anime from 2015. The OST takes the anime to the next level because it's so dramatic and perfectly placed within the show. As much as I loved the story with its plot twists, I dropped the manga since I loved the production value of the anime much more and would rather wait for season 2.

I would compare this anime to the movie, Mad Max. They're not in anyway similar but both have this energy and tension when you watch them.

This is an anime for people that don't even watch anime. I've recommended it to many of my friends and all of them loved it. You should at least get to episode 5. If you still don't enjoy it at that point, then it definitely isn't for you.