Will You Read The Manga If The Anime Gets Butchered?

ArthurBragg said:
The direction of this episode was messy. I love attack on titan and i’m an anime only. The first season 9/10 with its pacing, sense of direction and level of tension. Season 2 and 3. Genius. 10/10 both of them. The way the hint to something bigger and the way they execute it is amazing. The finer details like the animation was brilliant. Every scene felt dynamic. But episode 60. My goodness what a disappointment. I think the fact that it sounds like we are getting 16 episodes for 45 chapter of manga is very bad. One of the main factors of attack on titan was how it was one of, if not the best manga adaptation. But this episode did not make me feel anything. The visuals were okay. There was no real story in this episode. The only redeeming factors were getting to know these new characters. But again that was very short lived. The majority of the episode was showing this war. Unfortunately it didn’t present itself as dark or brutal but instead just moving images. There was no sense of anything in this episode and the thing that worries me is that this is 1/16th of this whole season. The next episode will also be spent with these new characters and that’ll make it 1/8th of the show spent with NOT the main gang of Eren etc. I think they have slipped up here. They really could’ve gotten things right because manga readers say this next part of the story will be better than s3p2 but it comes down to these finer details. One little thing is the weird blurred effect the whole show has now and the black lines on the drawings are too thin and not distinct enough. They don’t look good. I know this is me complaining but it’s hard to see a show that got everything right start to not impress at all. I shall start reading the manga because I want to experience this story straight from the source. Anyway it’s a shame they cocked this first episode up and i’m hoping they can do better with this next one.