Review of Attack on Titan

re-posting my list-comment as review, originally written May 9th 2021: Simply amazing! I've watched this as a standalone 3 times before the second season came out, and it's just SO GOOD! People tend to think it's overrated for being very hyped in 2013 when it released, but for me it fully deserves it. Probably the best pacing I've ever seen in an anime, there's ZERO fillers and keeps you on the edge of the seat at all times. The music is 10/10, the worldbuilding is very believable and immersive and the story GREATLY pays off if you stick with the anime! For me this season alwaysfelt like two seperate seasons, and at the time it aired I genuinly thought that was the case, but I greatly enjoyed it all four times I've watched it so far and wouldn't mind rewatching AGAIN right away~ I'll be going with a 10, knowing how well it ties into later seasons, even though I'm compelled to give it a 9 due to some predictive elements - but also I've seen it 4 times now, and it was just laying the groundwork back then... if I wrote this back in 2013 it'd have 100% been a 10, so I'll go with the 10!

added to my original comment, for the categories in a review: since art is being rated here, I also wanna point out that while some people dislike the artstyle of SnK, I love their use of colours and it always feels very cohesive and homely for me~ the characters imo start out rather stereotypical and develop from there, so I'm gonna just go with a 7 for that for the instance of the first season.