Attack on Titan
| Let me know about your opinion on this. |
Salamander2170Feb 24, 2014 10:42 PM
| Gateway for whom. There's some shoddy production gaps, the characters are all teens, and the plot is pretty 'abstract'. It could certainly be a gateway, but again it depends on whom you're 'gating'. |
| yeh |
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| I have a bunch of friends who aren't normally into anime who loved Shingeki no Kyojin, so I'd say yes. But it depends on the person, I wouldn't recommend it to, like, a girl who was only into romantic comedy movies, for example. |
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Ckan said: Gateway for whom. There's some shoddy production gaps, the characters are all teens, and the plot is pretty 'abstract'. It could certainly be a gateway, but again it depends on whom you're 'gating'. The plot isn't very abstract really. There are some production gaps, but for the most part the production is really high quality so it makes up for it. As far as who the target audience is, yeah it just depends. A lot of people will like it, some won't. |
| Yessss it is. I used to say Death Note but once Shingeki came our its clearly the better gateway anime. IMO |
kyocrisis said: Well, i'd think that for the average joe, spiderman lite soldiers fighting giant-humanoid-'titans' while hiding in a giant walled colony is a decent bit 'out there' as far as premises go.Ckan said: Gateway for whom. There's some shoddy production gaps, the characters are all teens, and the plot is pretty 'abstract'. It could certainly be a gateway, but again it depends on whom you're 'gating'. The plot isn't very abstract really. There are some production gaps, but for the most part the production is really high quality so it makes up for it. |
Ckan said: kyocrisis said: Well, i'd think that for the average joe, spiderman lite soldiers fighting giant-humanoid-'titans' while hiding in a giant walled colony is a decent bit 'out there' as far as premises go.Ckan said: Gateway for whom. There's some shoddy production gaps, the characters are all teens, and the plot is pretty 'abstract'. It could certainly be a gateway, but again it depends on whom you're 'gating'. The plot isn't very abstract really. There are some production gaps, but for the most part the production is really high quality so it makes up for it. I will agree, the initial premise is a bit out there, if you were to just describe it to someone for the first time. Once you get into it though, the actual plot is easy enough to follow. |
| it was the first one i watched. and ive continued watching different shows. so i would say, yes. |
kyocrisis said: Hear, hear, consensus reached.I will agree, the initial premise is a bit out there, if you were to just describe it to someone for the first time. Once you get into it though, the actual plot is easy enough to follow. |
| Yeah, of course it could be a gateway. I know a lot of people who don't usually watch anime have watched and enjoyed SnK. I think the initial draw of SnK is that it was shocking, dramatic, and the titans were so 'wtf'. It created so much hype that it caught even non-anime watchers attention. Anything that gets people out of their normal hobbies can be considered a gateway. Maybe people who might not have been interested in anime as a medium before might see SnK and like what it is capable of and open up their horizons to other animes... |
| It already is. |
| Of course something like Highschool of the Dead would do better |
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ArufeimKirra said: Of course something like Highschool of the Dead would do better I like Highschool of the Dead, but I don't agree with you at all about it being the anime to use as a gateway for someone not into anime. To Shingeki no Kyojin's credit, I had a close friend who is not an anime fan watch episode 1 and now he loves it! |
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| It could work for some people, but Death Note and Angel Beats are still my top gateway picks. (I know Angel Beats has a ton of flaws, but it usually manages to really get to people despite that. And Death Note is Death Note.) |
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ArufeimKirra said: Of course something like Highschool of the Dead would do better Highschool of the Dead was actually my gateway to anime. But SnK and Death Note are both good ones to get people into anime. |
| For several of my friends it was gateway,but in my opinion Death Note or something sad like Clannad or Angel Beats is much better as gateway anime. |
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| when im seeing people who dont even know what anime is talking about how great "attack on titan"(i hate that name) is then i think it really shows if its gateway or not The start is fast paced and gets most viewers hooked immediatly and the animation is good on the eyes with music good on the ears. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Probably not. A lot of the would-be shoujo fans might get turned off |
| Yes, but it definitely depends on the person. And there's also the negative possibilities about someone who's never watched anime before having high expectations of the same quality with other animes once they finish. I had a similar problem with myself from ending up watching Fate/Zero first and then Fate/stay night, being a total downgrade, and ended up dropping it. (Did end up playing the LN though and enjoyed it) |
ihusmal1234Jan 4, 2014 8:26 PM
| No. I feel many people would then set their expectations too high for other shows. |
People are strange, when you're a stranger |
| That really depends on the person... for me personally, DBZ was my gateway to anime lol |
| it depends on the person at first I was kinda turned off by all the blood and titans killing people (most of the time my eyes were closed at the beginning of the series lol) but then I started to get used to it (or maybe it was simply because there was less scenes like that, probably) and that's when I started to enjoy Shingeki so yeah, AoT is not for everyone PD: my gateway to anime was 07 GHOST lol |
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| Anything can be a gateway anime to some person. Just based off of it's massive popularity, I would say that it would at least be a decent gateway anime because people have a high chance of liking it. I don't really think that anything without a dub is a smart choice for a gateway anime though. |
Slyr3do0n said: It's now getting a dub version so wonder if that will make it a higher chance of people getting into it.Anything can be a gateway anime to some person. Just based off of it's massive popularity, I would say that it would at least be a decent gateway anime because people have a high chance of liking it. I don't really think that anything without a dub is a smart choice for a gateway anime though. |
| I'd say that Shingeki no Kyojin is a pretty decent gateway anime, as it has a half gripping story...it happened to be my gateway anime-ish. But I adore the series in its entirity :P |
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