Review of Attack on Titan Season 3

This was EASILY the weakest season of Attack On Titan of the three. Easily. However, because AoT is awesome, it's still good and entertaining, but in comparison to its usual level of suspense, action and excellence, this season was a far cry from the previous seasons. My biggest complaint is the backstory of the Reiss family. Honestly, it just was kind of a letdown, as it exposes to some extent the origins of the Titans, and although it hasn't fleshed out fully, it looks like it's going to be pretty cliche. I was hoping for more of a mystery orsomething different.

My second problem with this season is the fact that they scaled back on the deaths. AoT, for me, is an anime that gives you a feeling of hopelessness and despair, as you watch the heroes be trapped like rats with death coming for them at any time. That was strongly missing in this season. I see this anime sort of like the Walking Dead (Back when it was good) and you never knew who was going to go or how, so I could kind of vicariously live through the situation thinking: "How can I survive?" That was ripped out with all of the jumping back and forth through the past to explain the backstory of Levi, Kenny, Eren, Historia and the Reiss Family.

I just didn't care much about Rod Reiss, to be honest. And honestly, the entire final battle fell flat on its face to me. (pun intended). Another thing I didn't care for was the intro. Man, that was the worst intro music I've ever heard for an anime like this. It looked more like an intro into a romance/drama anime, than a gory, action-survival anime. It was terrible.

With that being said, even though this was the worst season of AoT, it's still AoT, so it has a lot of good moments in it, too. The battles that did happen throughout the anime were good, especially when Levi and his men would battle Kenny and his. Kenny The Ripper was a good villain. Probably the most interesting human villain in the anime so far. And while the Reiss family backstory wasn't all that great, the palace intrigue angle with Erwin was very good and saved the anime.

Also, the animation and production was improved this season. It was definitely a cut above previous seasons. And, as usual, the cast is strong, especially Levi, Mikasa, Henge and Erwin. But, I experienced something new in the final episode. Even though this was the worst of the seasons, what happened during the ending song, makes me more hyped to see Season 4 than ever before. DO NOT SKIP THE ENDING CREDITS ON THE FINAL EPISODE. That 30 second moment makes a kind of "meh" finish end with: "Holy crap! What the hell?!" Don't miss it.

Story: 6
Art: 10
Sound: 4
Character: 10
Enjoyment: 7
Overall: 7