Review of Attack on Titan

“Superb, violent, dark and calculated. A composition that starts with a pianissimo and ends with a fortissimo... A masterpiece.” REVIEW FREE OF SPOILERS! Hopelessness against a stronger foe, an overused plot in the literature and movie business. Works like: Independence Day, The War of The Worlds, Alien, Falling Skies –and others- ring a bell with that sort of description. So the question is: What makes “ATTACK ON TITAN” that appealing? What makes it have such great reviews? We will see… Let’s start…!-STORY: 9-
Despair is a word that would describe amazingly this show. As I previously stated the “base” plot isn’t one of the most original things out there, but the aspects and “lore” used within the show are what makes it original and most importantly a show worth watching.

Another characteristic that makes the story innovative is the fact that it isn’t just your ordinary and plain shows about humans against a “foreign” adversary or the typical “humans aren’t THAT weak” show, but in reality this story is more complex, it’s a story about the human nature. What makes us strong? What makes us weak? What makes us so corruptible? The fight between what’s right and wrong? The value of friendship and trust in others. The why we fight or why we should fight?

So, enters “ATTACK ON TITAN” a world under attack by titans, titans that have something mysterious within them and not your typical “I just want to destroy humans because the writers where lazy”

To put it bluntly the “myth” in which “Attack on Titan” is created around is rich, huge and amazingly well-grounded.
The starts begins with a “bang”, followed by another –and vaster- “bang” that leads to an perfect and well-coordinated climax that ends in a massive, ecstatic and well-obtained ending. By this I mean that this show isn’t the average let’s throw some problems, problems that by the end of the show will get out of proportion and we –the writers- will have to use something absurd to contain it. No, this show is as I stated before “calculated” –like a composition that starts with a pianissimo and ends with a fortissimo-.

“Attack on Titan” is the type of story that will make you feel many mood changes within the lapse of each episode. Some moods will be because of the situations, some because of the corruption and others because of the friendship inside the show. It’s a show that transcends from the screen to your heart and mind.

-ART: 10-
Mesmerizing. The art in “Attack on Titan” from the moment it start it catches you, it immerses you within the show, it’s like a slap in the face for it catches your eyes and every one of your senses.

It’s colorful. It isn’t depicted by your typical “Dark Palette” used in shows like this. No, it is delightful; it’s an explosion of color that depicts the situation and mood in the ambient which are perfectly detailed and believable. And the characters are amazingly well achieved and also believable.

-SOUND: 10-
As I’ve said before I place the sound and music of a show as -probably- the most important thing of the show –aside from the story of course-. And in all honesty the ambient sound, the voice acting and the soundtrack left me speechless.
The voice acting is a piece of art, filled with passion and each line of the script has a meaning behind it, it isn’t your average script.
Meanwhile the soundtrack, a work by Hiroyuki Sawano (Aldnoah.Zero, Ao no Exorcist, Guilty Crown and KILL la KILL) is AS ALWAYS perfect. The opening song of the album “At’aek ON Taitn” with the beautiful voice of Mika Kobayashi is a song that shows the passion, the darkness, the despair and the feelings behind the whole album AND show.
Some of the most beautiful violin arrangements.

A-MUST-HEAR-SOUNDTRACK!

-CHARACTER: 10-
This is other aspect in which “ATTACK ON TITAN” shines. Mainly because of the character development within the show and not just a “department” in which only the MC’s (Eren Yaeger, Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert) take part, but even the supporting characters have an amazing development within the show, something that usually doesn’t happen for the main attention given just to the MC’s.

Each character has his or her own will, goal and believes, making this department another jewel within the show.

-ENJOYMENT: 9 & OVERALL: 10-
“ATTACK ON TITAN” is one of those shows that make you feel what the characters are feeling. It’s one of those shows that leave you wanting more for being that good.

It’s super enjoyable and recommendable.

Thanks for reading!