Review of Attack on Titan

This review will contain two different texts. The first one is a very summed up version of my review and will not contain any spoilers and after that, there's a bigger review that will contain spoilers. So if you haven't seen the show. Don't read more than the summed up version. Story: The tone is, for the most part, consistent, it's interesting and unique, but get's a little dumb after the first half Art: The art style was pretty good, the action scenes were excellently animated, and the character designs are good Music: Most of the OPs and EDs were okay at best (except the first OP whichwas awesome) but the rest of the soundtrack was great
Characters: Most of them have their own motivations, character flaws, and development, but some didn't
Enjoyment: The action scenes are really fun to look at, it's mysterious and all around fun

WARNING! AFTER THIS TEXT, MY REVIEW WILL BECOME SPOILER FILLED
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Attack on Titan is produced by production IG and Wit studio. None of them had done anything similar to this (especially Wit studio who was recently started), but surprisingly it does not show. The first two episodes set the tone of the show excellently. The combination of the designs of the first titans, the music, and the plot shows us that this show will be very disturbing, but not in a
torture porn kind of way. That's something I liked about the show, that even though many people die in the show, they never show it in detail. It never panders to the gore fans.

But something I didn't like about the first few episodes was how inconsistent the tone is. The first two episodes are really serious, and then there are two with a bunch of jokes, and two serious ones, and then two with a bunch of jokes. The two tones clash together horribly. This is something that changes after the first half, but still something that bothered me.
That is why I found the second half to be much better. The tone was much more consistent, there are a lot more stakes, the plot was more interesting, and the missions don't mesh together like in the first half. But it doesn't mean that it was perfect, far from it. Making Eren a titan raised a lot of question that the show doesn't answer. They might have answered them in the second season, but it doesn’t matter cause I still questioned the shows logic. But I didn't hate Eren turning into a titan. It actually made the show more intense, cause you never knew if Eren was going to be able to turn into a titan, and even if he did, there would be a chance that he wouldn't have any control over it.

Something else that helped making the scenes intense was the music. The soundtrack shows the terror and intensity of the situations. And even without the context of the show, the soundtrack was great. But weirdly enough, I didn't like the OPs and the EDs nearly as much (except the first OP which was awesome). Most of them were okay at best, which is a shame, cause the rest of the soundtrack was great.

But what about the animation. Was it good? Yes, it was great in fact. Every action scene was clear, I always understood what the characters were doing even though it was extremely fast. The detailed artstyle also helped the tone of the series. It helped the plot seem more realistic because of the more realistic artstyle. But there was something I didn't like about the animation. The first two episodes feature titans that are designed excellently well. They actually look terrifying, and mixed with the plot and the music, it really makes you feel scared in those moments. But it seemed like the creators thought that people liked the titans cause they looked stupid, which was not why I liked their designs. The Titans started off looking terrifying and ended up looking stupid. They were all creepy to a degree, but never to the level of the first ones.

So there you have it. After five years, I have finally watched Attack on Titan, and I will give it an 8/10