Ok, yeah calm down.
I want to start out by saying I am totally looking forward to season 2.
I just have a little (major) problem. More on it later.
Story: 9
It's a good story. People are not at the top of the food chain so they've banded together to protect themselves against a mutual enemy. Plus I like the "older" setting. Feels like late 1800's Europe in some areas. The story isn't groundbreaking or revolutionary but it's a nice change of pace from modern or futuristic settings.
Art: 6
There's really nothing to say about this except that the anime is too censored. The manga is dark and gritty. There's a lot of gore and blood. The anime has blood but... it severely lacks in impact.
Sound: 7
Yes yes the opening songs. Everyone knows about them. They're great. Moving on.
Enjoyment: 9
Despite the art being tamed from the manga, I still had fun watching. The animations of the actions scenes are great.
Characters: 6
I purposely put this behind "enjoyment" because I wanted to elaborate a bit more. Sasha, Hanji, Levi, those are some really good characters. They're a little generic (not boring or plain) as in they're nothing new. But good nonetheless. So why did I give it a 6? Eren. Entirely Eren. He's not fit to be a Main Character unless you're following that weird shonen trope where the MC screams and rages and throws all the fits and gets his way in the end. He sees zero development as in he stays the same throughout the show. (I want to kill titans. Let me kill titans). But for some reason people find him inspirational.
TLDR; Eren is the reason why the anime missed out on a 8 or possibly 9 rating.
Overall: 7
I had high hopes for this one from the first episode which was replaced by "Eren, please..." Go ahead and watch it since I still think it's a decent choice. But try not to dwell on how annoying Eren can be.
