Review of Attack on Titan Season 3

I´ll be honest: I kind of dropped out of the fandom at some point after the plot in the manga has turned overly political. From that point I did not take much interest in the story, putting it on hold for indefinite amount of time. So what changed? Well, I saw Levi's chase making-of at some animation group and have been completely captivated as it had one of the craziest framing and animation quality I have ever seen. I have been so stunned that when I decided to watch the anime and the fateful moment came, I repeated the sequence five times to fully grasp itsdazzle. But it was not the end: as soon as Levi's background plot started to unveil, another amazing sequence followed - an ingenious fight between Levi and his former caretaker, Kenny. But I won't say more - it is something you have to see on your own to fully understand what makes Attack on Titan so special. Some might say the fight scenes are cliche Spider-man swinging, but in my opinion western animation will never get to that level.
This sole aspect is enough for me to appreciate the anime and give it a sound 8. Only 8 though, because even though thrilling and exhilarating at its best, it suffers from occasional drops of tension which cannot be overlooked or, on the contrary, it starts to live off its own legend, unable to surpass its own limits (eg. opening sequence, which is build on exactly the same editing tricks and construction as the previous ones).

The other significant inconvenience is that Hiroyuki Sawano is not even trying to be original and the soundtrack does not provide an appropriate music framework to equal the intensity of animation. Historia's song sounded well in anime, but on the soundtrack it's just an overly extended track that is neither a song nor soundtrack piece. It subtracts resonance from it significantly.

8/10 with two hearts for Levi's chase and crystal chapel fight sequence.