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And now the end of the franchise begins, there's so much action and it's only the first episode!! The war is over and marley is victorious. i kinda think that the cgi for the titans are kinda weird. AND JEAN AT THE END OMG!!!  |
pockyharemDec 6, 2020 1:19 PM
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| give me fully hand drawn titans back from S1 and S2.. well a man can dream I guess.. it's still fine as it is I guess, but what I would rather have them doing is to give us more color and contrast, this episode looked like a bland Marvel Avengers movie, if you know what I mean |
| And it begins. The use of eldians as titan bombs was pretty insane to see. Will say it is a bit difficult to get used to Mappa's animation style. Oh and nice to see Jean in the end. |
| I wasnt expecting anything mindblowing, but still a little disappointed. The word I would use to describe the episode would be "Dry". Opening and ending were underwhelming. The OST for the fighting scenes felt repetitive and underwhelming too. Not memorable. It lacked "identity". The CG was good on a few scenes, but on most scenes it looked... ugly? Specially when Reiner transforms into a titan when falling. His extremities moved like a noodle. The common titans were handrawn and looked better. Gabi throwing the bomb to the train was the best animated part imo, and it was all 2D. Overall underwhelming and "dry" episode. |
| My first impressions of this new AoT are good overall, really enjoyed the episode. Liked how it flowed. Shame titans aren't 2D anymore but these CG ones are fine so far I guess, it does look jarring at times though. Not fan of the new aesthetics (designs, colors, etc.) compared to Wit's, looks kinda boring to me now. Really miss the visual identity Wit gave to this show. But it doesn't bother me much. Hopefully they manage to keep at at least this level of quality throughout the season considering production is very tight. As for the OP and ED, not really fan of them. Especially not of the former. Stuff that's coming is great and I hope they manage to deliver! |
| CGI isn't the worst, definitely not studio orange level, but i like what im seeing |
Symofoner said: I agree about the CGI, it really looks way better than previous season and yeah it's better than i expected. But for me the music is off, unlike the previous season everytime they put the music in like "Ist das der Zerstörer... " it give me chill no matter how many time i watched it. But this OST is way off, even the first time i see the trailer i didnt feel anything. I miss Sawano's music and his decision to where to put the music. I can only imagine how wit will animated this episode if only they continue this series. I think it's more of a subjective take on the matter. Personally, it won't make much of a difference if this was done by Wit and Araki once more if they will still have Sawano and Yamamoto on board. In the end, the sound director is the one who makes the decisions for such, and Production IG (WIT's parent studio) is still on board in the committee for this one so we can pretty much say that it'll just be the same even if Wit was given a chance to di so. The new scores are welcome, but I'd agree that it's not as impacting as Sawano's. However, it's too early to decide on whether or not Yamamoto's gonna mess up the whole auditory experience of the series. I think he's doing a fine job together with Sawano. I mean, this isn't the first time that they worked on something together. Crisis has one of the best scores in a J-drama if you haven't checked that one out. That one's more on Yamamoto's style than Sawano. |
ZnraDec 6, 2020 1:32 PM
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| What a return this series made, with an episode filled with action. This show seems like it should be just fine in MAPPA's hands, and I'm looking forward to seeing how well-made the rest of the season is. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. |
| bombastic start, CGI is pretty good but still its just CGI OP/ED suck Reign of titans will soon be over with more advanced weapon technology on the mainland Jean at the end?! |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| Although the OP isn't as good as its predecessors, I feel like it is the most fitting one, really reminiscing WW2 and Cold War propagandas, captured the vibe perfectly with the children vocals. And like any other anime opening in existence, it will grow on us as time passes and we watch it more and more I, much like everyone else, prefer the classic hand-drawn titans from WIT, BUT the CGI of MAPPA was amazing, you can tell they are going all-out with cutting edge CGI animation, almost as good as studio Orange's Houseki no Kuni and Beastars Also, at the end of the episode, |
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| Rewatched with subs, the only CG that truly bothered me WIT colossal style was Armored Titan waving at Zeke, and a few shots here and there from the Beast Titan. Artstyle is really close to manga but the color palette is different from WIT and the way the visuals are as well so some people wont like it. To those I say stay for the story at least. On rewatch tho, the main thing that bothered me was the OST. Maybe a PV effect since they used the same theme and looped it. But like 1 or 2 loops of it on different beats werent too clean. Noticed that. Hope it improves. For the story good way to explain what happened outside of Paradis after Paradis reached the sea and the timeskip. 4/5 |
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| Finally I could watch the episode, those hours avoiding the internet were tough. Anyway, surprsingly, the character design were pretty solid and I have no complaints in this aspect. Direction is a bit inferior to Araki, but it's still on high level. Main theme from Kohta is superb, but I've noticed some mediocre orchestration in the first half, so I'm a bit scared for what's to come. What I wasn't worried ended up being the reason I became a little let down by the episode - CGI. There's no problem in using it in some specific scenes, but they used it in all scenes with rational Titans. And the style they used (very Dorohedoro style) is just really inferior from what we had. I'm really scared of Titan fights now. Because of it (and a little bit because of the downgrade in the direction aspect), I'm downgrading 1 point and giving a 9/10, but if the story manages to surpass S3P2, I might ignore those issues. |
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| Quick thoughts on first episode: Great music by Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto as usual, good ending song, solid opening song despite questionable visuals, mediocre visuals in general as a whole although I would much rather look at this than the art in the manga, slow first episode story wise with some clues and hints dropped already for the long run. I liked the Uprising arc and the Return to Shiganshiga arc but the Marley arc and everything after felt like a drop off for me so I feel a bit less invested in this season and really the end of Attack on Titan compared to how I did from Season 2 till Season 3 part 2. |
| damn these time skips are getting out of hand lul, now we're in WW1 style guns and trenches. Old Reiner looks like bootleg Askeladd xd CG isn't that bad tbh, mainly cause the titans don't end up being the biggest focus in those action scenes, definitely quite noticeable though |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| Pretty good start, a lot of stuff happened in this episode and I like that. The CGI wasn't the greatest but it wasn't the worst neither, the 2d animation was also good I hope they keep it up. HYPE! |
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| Wow, I'm was speechless while watching this. I have mixed feelings about the OP but the OST was perfect in this episode. The ED fit perfectly for this season. When Zeke said "what!?" after realising that naval shells were going towards him was amusing. Can't wait till next week to watch the next episode. |
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| It's back!, I'm screaming! The wait is finally done holy shit the op was really colorful luckily MAPPA didn't put any spoiler on the op, the voice acting on Gabi and Falco are so accurate it's exactly what I imagine it to be, the Titans had a good cgi, finally I can rest easy after. This is gonna be amazing. |
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| The hype is finally real! I don't care about the CGI topic, for me is fine. It was a good start for the series and i think we will see more good things from the rest episodes. Only the OP/Endings for me are very poor. And very ''colorful''. |
pouckisDec 6, 2020 1:42 PM
“Reality rejected… synapses shattered… be vanished from this world!” ~ Rikka Takanashi  |
| Now that’s how you begin the first episode of the final season, CGI wasn’t too bad, but not ideal, other than that more than solid episode..... |
  Arteta's Tricky Reds!   |
| AMAZING FIRST EPISODE! MARELY ARC LETS GO!!!! |
| it's raining men hallelujah was the first thing that came to mind 10/10 wasn't hyped before, but now I am |
| WWI Thematic > Previous thematic. Give me 16 episodes like this and we will have a 10. Also MAPPA did a great work here. No idea why so many people criticize it |
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| WWI Thematic > Previous thematic. Give me 16 episodes like this and we will have a 10. Also MAPPA did a great work here. No idea why so many people criticize it |
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| I get that people are complaining about the cgi. Everyone is expecting it to be 'Colossal Titan levels' of bad but this isn't the case here. Yea, the movements are somewhat janky but it certainly didn't detract from my enjoyment. |
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| Shinsei Kamattechan opening is so good, definitely one of my favs of the series, I'm so glad they got called in to do it. And visually I don't think we should be complaining that much, anything that doesn't look like Seven Deadly Sins Season 4 and the final few seasons of Food Wars is good in my eyes. |
| are all titan shifters going to be cgi animated for the whole season? |
| sic mundus |
| I'm a bit disappointed, OP was lacking visuals, CG Titans were better than expected but I'm still not a fan of it. Gabi is a drama queen now. It felt really slow-paced. Are 16 episodes in total actually correct? I really hope the animation improves when MAPPA are done with Jujutsu Kaisen. I already know the story is going to be amazing, but I want the animation to match. I liked Art at least. The landscape was really beautiful too. |
| --AbiSa-- |
| Finally, the wait is over. I think most of people noticed CGI use and that was the only thing that was bothering me at the beginning but after the episode I need to say it's quite decent. I miss the old style but as much as I'm in love with this series I believe I will get used to it. Can't wait for the next week! |
| I am not a fan of the new CG titans but anyway, this part was way better animated compared to manga form (in the manga it felt like a freaking slog). I also still hate these new characters (especially Gabi) so I can't wait until we get a switch to the old cast. |
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