Review of Attack on Titan
Some anime get alot of hype throughout the year, and it really sets expectations for you when getting ready for when you watch said show because, well, you wanna feel this level of amazing everyone is talking about. But sometimes you get disappointed. Sometimes you don't also. Lets see if Shingeki no Kyojin lives up to it's very high hype and respect. The story, if everyone and their mother hasn't ruined it for you by now, is about a time period where humanity has been forced to live behind gigantic walls, because these gigantic humanoid looking creatures called "titans" are eating any person they come incontact with. I would love to further but i feel watching the first episode is by far one of the best first episodes of anime i have ever seen in any anime I have ever seen. That aside however, we get to the pros and cons of this show. The show pros are easily the execution of how they truly capture the importance of death, and how it really will affect you, and the horror of it, which is amazing. However, it also is one of the weaker points. See barely any of the cast will live, and NO one is safe other than your main three, except maybe Armin, cause no one likes Armin. This gives you no time to like any characters, and it really is a shame because I would have loved to know more about some of them, or at least had some more character development. Another thing i didn't like is that the show leaves on a major cliffhanger, and we get our second season THIS YEAR, 3 years later, some BS you ask me. I know there's reasons but like really, why would they do that to us. But overall, the story is pretty good, the faults can be forgiven if you're not me.
The animation for this show is off the hook, definitely something to be praised. The show looks amazing and the action scenes looks amazing, i wanna say the best, but, i have seen better, not that it matters, just saying. There really isn't much to go over here. Every scene the show does looks amazing and is well detailed, and there really isn't a reason not to like it. So yeah, that wraps that up.
As for the sound department, everything sounds great, it like the animation, compliments the show very well, and honestly i feel the show wouldn't have been as good if it didn't have the epic sound that it does. As for the opening, well if you've seen any top ten opening list on YouTube, you probably already know the first opening is a god damn masterpiece. And the second one is okay, not bad but, barely worth mentioning compared with the first one, like usual. On the subject of sub vs dub, i would go sub on this one. The dub isn't bad, but me personally knowing that the same guy who did Kirito from SAO was doing Erhen Jaeger in this.... Just couldn't get passed that, but that will end with your personal preference anyway.
The characters are hard to talk about because like i said earlier the show kills people off like ten per episode, and that's when it's being nice. The main three are worth talking about, i won't talk to much about them in detail because in the case anyone knows nothing about this show, to go into heavy detail about them would spoil quite a bit. But your main three are Erhen, your main hot blooded character, who ranges from awesome to repetitive, Armin, a Shinji with a pair of balls, but is a very well developed character by the end of the season, and Mikasa, the badass with no flaws. The main three all get very well developed by the end of the season and it really makes you like them. So yeah.
Overall Attack on Titan is a very entertaining series to watch, but i wouldn't call it perfect. The show looks amazing, sounds amazing, but has it's flaws when it comes to characters, and has it's flaws when it comes to some of the story telling. Is it worth the hype? Yes, as even though it has flaws, they can be overlooked. Is it perfection? No, not by any means. So in other words, go watch it, and you will not be disappointed, just beware the over hype.