Review of Attack on Titan

over a century ago.... mankind had a new enemy. The difference between mankind the their new found enemy was overwhelming.... soon mankind was driven to the brink of extinction story; Living within the safety of the walls,sina,rose and maria humanity was able to escape this new enemy.. the titans. Usually several stories talls and hungry for the flesh of humans. Humanity was trapped by that which kept them safe... the walls.Within these walls is a boy..... Eren jeager. Unlike most people within the walls Eren Jeager had the desire to go outside. He lives in the wall together with his two friends Arwin and Mikasa. he wasmocked for his dreams to venture outside and to join the recon corpse, i mean why put your life in danger?.... were fine as long as were within these walls right?.....wrong. Their 100 year peace was interrupted by the colossal Titan who broke wall maria and allowed the Titans to enter the city.... this would lead to a tale of a boy revenging is murdered mother and his two loyal friends......
I loved the originality of the series and how it focuses on the challenges humanity faces and the more realistic view of it. You get to see that it doesn't always go the way we want because in the end.... we are only human. This concept was amazing however i feel like to many plot twist were introduced but not actually played out. A lot of questions are left unanswered and I feel like the main goal is completely ignored in the brink of the plot line chaos. Don`t get me wrong the story most certainly has amazing plot potential but its a little like giving you 4 pages of 20 manga books...... It can be good and all but if none of the plot is actually shown... it doesn't mean much.

Art:
The art was awesome.... I loved the realistic style used especially the eyes. I was also really impressed with the amount of expression used in the characters...you were always able to tell how that particular character feels. The action used is the series flows really well and was quite impressive. Atack of the Titans uses really bright and accentuated colours as well as well detailed backgrounds
Although i like how the art was animated a little differently i did not like the black bold lines that outlined the characters i felt like that put them out of sync with the background.

Sound:
I really enjoyed the first Opening Guren No Yamiya by Linked Horizon as i felt like it connected to the events in the series. The second OP Jiyuu no Tsubasa, also by Linked Horizon however i didst like ... although it connected really well with series i personally did not enjoy the opening song. The only thing i liked about the second opening was the line flugel der freiheit which means wings of freedom.

character:
I really liked the individual characters personalities as they actually reacted the way humans should in that particular situation. You go to see what humans really become like when put into that type of situation and how selfish we can really be. I also liked the concept of " No`one is safe" this refers tot he fact that anybody can die, even your favourite character could be dead within 5 minutes, this really creates a lot of unexpected plot twists.
Because the characters are so "human" they also all have a specific personality adn they all react differently to the same situation this means almost everyone is different. For example; Eren is a revengeful boy who cares about nothing than killing the Titans that ruined his life, Mikasa is the close friend who cares about nothing but to protect her friend and Arwin who is the "bookworm" of the series who feels useless and like a burden as he feels like he cant help his friends.
However i do feel that some characters could have used a lot more character development and were killed of WAY to quickly.

Enjoyment:

I really enjoyed Attack of the Titan i thought the drama and struggle the characters go through was entertaining and you feel empathy for a lot of the characters as they go through these struggles.. you connect to them.

Overall:

I must say personally i am a little be sceptic of "hyped" anime series as they are usually quite action based and there is usually a reason even people who don't usually watch anime watch them..... i am not that big of a fan of series with large amounts of action as i am more interested in the plot and its not uncommon for "hyped" anime serie to action packed i mean look at Naruto... So was it worth the amount of love it gets?..... i can certainly see why it is so popular i mean its original, has great plot twist and plenty of action without it being repetitive. I know i should not judge a series by its cover however sometimes i cant help myself..... I am glad however that i did not let that stop me from watching this. I mean in the end it should not really matter how popular a series is as long as its good.