Review of Attack on Titan

Shingeki no Kyojin (or Attack on Titan) is simply a masterpiece, throughout watching I couldn't think of many things I wanted to change about it. You may be wondering "If you think AOT is a masterpiece, why is your overall rating only 8?", although it sounds improper, I only rate animes 10 overall when they really get me, by that I mean, obsessing over it for MONTHS such as Hunter x Hunter or Death Note. The reason I didn't rate AOT a perfect 10 was because of the characters, I am more drawn to character driven shows as the main reason I watch animes arefor the characters, if I don't have a character to cling to during the series I get bored and won't enjoy the series as much, I know it sounds stupid, but I just wanted to explain why the rating wasn't perfect; anyway, you came here to get a practical review, so I shall give you one!

This anime basic plot is that a bunch of titan dudes interrupt the humans peace, as titans feast off of humans the people are forced to collaborate and fight against the titans.
The titans certainly have a chilling character design, you see them all over social media even some non-anime-fans could recognize their appearance. Apparently the creator of AOT based the titans off of the intoxicated people he saw at a pub which makes a lot of sense. Anyway, back to the story, I am not good at summaries so I'll just conclude the story aspect with my opinion on it: The story was amazing, I was fully engaged and it never slowed down (in terms of entertainment, the pacing was great.) The only reason I didn't give the story a 10 was because there was such a large amount of characters, and I usually prefer more of a tight cast so I can understand the characters better. I know that the anime needs a lot of characters to function but that's just my personal conclusion. If you pay more attention to the plot while watching anime I am sure you will enjoy AOT more than I did.

OVERALL STORY RATING: 9

The art style is delightful, it is also very unique. You can easily tell it apart from other animes, I also LOVED the color palette (mainly brown) it just fit well with the story and it was just great. Also, the fighting scenes were *chefs kiss* absolutely spectacular! The camera angles were always spot on, you can tell that the creators of AOT were very invested in the series.

OVERALL ART RATING: 10

I don't have much to say about the sound but I remember adding the OP to my Spotify playlist a long time before I even started watching. The music was strategically placed at the best possible time in the scenes that were appropriate. I can't say that I found the songs very catchy. They were pretty standard for classical music, this is a really out of place example but; with things like star wars or harry potter, the theme song really is apart of the movie, when you hear the theme song you're like "wOaH thaT'S- (movie)" however with attack on titan I don't feel as if the music had that much of a strong connection to the show- like the OP was great I just wish the music placed during emotion moments/fight scenes were more unique to the series, but of course, I have only watched 25 episodes so far, my opinion might change once I get more familiar with the music.

OVERALL SOUND RATING: 8

Now comes the characters, my favourite character among the cast must be Eren Yeagher, the protagonist. Compared to other male protagonists in Shonen anime he was a lot more observant and I dare say- one of the most analytical Shonen protagonists I have ever come across. (I haven't watched many Shonen Animes so don't come at me if you disagree) he certainly wasn't the most logical person in the series but everyone in the anime was quite serious (except for people like Sasha, I don't know what she was on) anyway, it is expected that he is serious as a huge-ass TITAN annihilated his whole family; Eren is a great anime protagonist, the only problem is I wasn't as fond of the rest of the characters.
I didn't particularly like Armin, Mikasa or Annie at all. Levi Ackerman was okay but he at times he was acting so insensitive that it kind of pissed me off. Everyone has their own opinions on the characters but I personally just didn't love them, which is a problem for me as I only really watch anime for the characters.

OVERALL CHARACTER RATING: 7

In terms of enjoyment; AOT was exciting but some scenes made me want to click off because of boredom. I have a specific taste in anime and it just wasn't for me. The storyline, script, world building, music, art: AMAZING. It's just that- like I have said a million times- I prefer character driven animes such as Hunter x Hunter or Death Note if you consider that to be character driven? I must admit, it took a lot of motivation to finish the series. I started watching AOT all the way back in 2020, I watched the first episode and found it boring so I stopped watching, people on social media kept going on about how I should finish it, so I tried watching it again, I got up to episode 9 and dropped it again. I don't know if this was because I was still new to anime, or because I had more self respect, but anyway a year later (now) I finished off the first season in like 2 days and I enjoyed it a lot more than I did then. At the end of the day, I found the anime to be very good but just not the kind of thing I would go out of my way to watch. I will still give it a high rating as it was my fault for being so inattentive and impulsive last time I watched it.

OVERALL ENJOYMENT RATING: 8

I suppose it's time to wrap up this review, I am not good at maths so I'll just do a quick estimate of the overall score based off of my answers.

OVERALL SCORE: 8

Attack on Titan was a magnificent anime that you can't spot many flaws in, however personally it just wasn't my type of anime so that's why I am not rating it a 10. If you're reluctant to watch it, please do! I recommend you watch the first few episodes and if you hate it, that's fine, but as long as you give it a try because you won't regret it. :)