Review of Attack on Titan Season 3

This was disappointing, I loved season 1 and liked season 2 even if the payout was a little lower, but this time the payout is very very low. New characters are introduced and side characters developed for a new royalty story arc, but compared to the drama of living in a world of titans this is lackluster in terms of intensity. What I liked about season one was the sheer intensity of it, many encounters with titans, the forest being pretty hype, how under-powered the humans are compared to titans, but in this season 3 you have very little of that. While season 2 hintedat a titan city that the armored titan and huge titan wanted to go back to, we see barely anything of that here.

Another major point is the disappointing sound and music. The ambient music is barely audible, the battle music is also nothing to write home about, we see a fight versus a giant titan but he is dispatched fairly easily by the scouts who are now fearless and ponder upon their feelings when a thousand ton titan is breathing into their neck 10 feet away from them. While season 1 had plenty of intense fight and season 2 had a few, here we have a couple that leave you pondering what the hell is happening but not in a good way.

The character design has changed somewhat, the eyes of the characters seem bigger and "glassy". The opening theme is very disapointing, where the season 1 one is iconic, this seem to have been made by people who havent seen season one or two. Also, another new character, Levi's mentor, is introduced, but it doesnt add anything new to either the titan or royalty plotline, he just happen to be some dude who's good at killing people and work for a conspiracy but surprise he has a relationship with the king from the past...zzz

Anyway, while season two hinted at new animal titans, the emotional development of the two scouts turned titans and the mysterious titan city, we have no closure in those 12 episodes. This is backstory season, and not only that, the background very quiet and almost annoying music doesnt help to deliver it. Honestly, if the character art hadnt changed to being weird-like and the music's intensity and volume been tuned up to 11, this might have been easier to watch, but sadly this isnt the case.

Well, at least I heard season 3 part 2 is better!