Review of Attack on Titan

Can you spell OVERRATED? Because after watching and reading this mess of a series, that's all i can come up with as to how it is so popular. Don't be deceived by it's art direction or the booming opening. This series in no way deserves the praise it gets as "The next great anime, of this generation.". The story has a bit of a mystery in the beginning, in a veiled attempt to hook it's audience into sticking around. This mystery however gets dragged out with a pay off that falls into the realm of "IS THAT IT!!!" levels of stupid (whenyou finally figure it out).

As for the characters, well they are practically nonexistent. Every one of them falls as flat as the paper in which they were conceived, and never get any better. I often even found it hard to remember who the hell was who. Don't go getting attached either, because this show/manga, has a nasty little twist. People get eaten, yep eaten. That's all well and good I guess. However the "gore" and "shock value" as so blatant, and misused that after the first few losses you are completely over it, you may even forget that the characters in question were ever a part of the story to begin with. Seeing as they aren't around long enough to care, and are flat and unlikable.

In conclusion I can't imagine why this series has risen to the ranks it has, other than it being a lot of young kids first "real anime". In the end however it just failed to be anything better than a sub-par mess, with no substance from start to finish. Attack on Titan is a waste of your time.