Jun 20, 2016
So Attack on Titan... many people have recommended me this and I saw how popular it is and how everybody just loved it. When I kept hearing about this, I thought to myself, "Maybe it really is as good as people say." Well it definitely is as popular as people say BUT, it is absolutely not as good as people say. Yeah, saying that it is over-hyped is kinda lame, but this anime is definitely over-hyped and not as good as some may say along with others (Tokyo Ghoul, SAO, Deadman Wonderland, Akame Ga Kill). Although I've never touched the Shingeki no Kyojin manga (and
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I possibly won't touch it) I could say that this series definitely had a lot of potential. Giant human-eating Titans is definitely a cliche since who knows how long but that does get people's attention and I'm pretty sure people have had dreams of giants chasing them. This is another reason why people would probably like it, they have fears of giants and they just get hooked, or they just like bad anime or gore. I respect those who like bad anime, and those who like AoT. The thing that is cringe-worthy however, is the fact that people believe this is the best anime that has ever been created, it being ranked #3 in ranker.com for "The Best Anime Series Ever Created" with Death Note being at #1 and Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood at #2. This anime is definitely not best ever made, it is one of the most mediocre ever made. I would definitely listen more to the criticism about this anime other than the good things because there not many good things as there are bad about this show.
There is no plot to begin with. I'm not gonna say much but in a nut-shell, *SPOILERS* They get attacked by titans > people die > one guy is a titan-human > they go attack titans > people die > there is another titan-human > people die > titan-human fight! > one turns into crystal > the end
There is absolutely no plot development and people even say that this season was for just exposure for the characters and to give a back bone to the titans, the thing is, there is absolutely no character development other than one character: Mikasa.
This brings me to the characters. I really dislike main characters that are crying about everything all of the time (Tokyo Ghoul). Eren is a really bad character that just relies on his emotions so his fear and depression always gets in his way from him achieving anything. He is a very stupid and very weak character that relies on every other person around him to do stuff. Mikasa, the one character that appeals to every guy, is the only character with little development but even so, she is just a character focused on guys too like. I don't know why she has a crush on Eren because he is stupid and useless overall. She is another character that relies on her emotions too much as well. Levi... oh Levi... where do I start? Well, this is basically Mikasa but without emotions. Levi is another character that is focused to appeal for a gender, usually females. These two character are basically just there for fan-service and nothing else, especially with all of the fan-yaoi of Levi. Sure they make Mikasa and Levi look strong but like I said, they have little character development, which Levi has a separate OVA instead of being a apart of the season and is also labeled as a "shoujo" genre, but they are purely there for the fan-service. Every other character is as flat as their cardboard art style.
Now for the art, I can't really judge on the art-style for it is the creator's decision and likes as to how they stylize it so I'm just going to give my bias on it. The background art is simply amazing, the setting in a European country is awesome and I really like it but the characters... they look like they were literally photoshopped into the pictures. At first I liked it because it was unique, and I still think it's a really good unique look, it just doesn't fit this anime. The animation was ok, not too bad but also not amazing like other anime. I'm sure many of you have your own opinion but this is mine, I respect yours and you respect mine.
The music is good overall, especially the first opening theme, "Guren no Yumiya". It's a great song but sadly it's like the only thing that is a 10/10 in this anime. I also like the ending song but the second OP and ED aren't as what you would think from this, the second OP fits but I'd rather them have kept it to the first OP. Now the sound effects, folly, and other things as such are pretty well put in in this anime, no complains there.
Dub vs Sub? I watched all of it in Dub but I also seen the sub but not all of it. I preferred the sub, but that's totally up to you, it being a very subjective topic. In my opinion though, the english dub sounded like chickens fighting in a cage. Eren was a very terribly made character with that voice and the others sounded either like they were emo or like an old man yelling at "those meddling kids!"
Overall, this anime was very interesting when I watched it but the more I watched, the more I realized how flawed and poorly made this was. This was a mediocre anime and there WAY more anime out there that can put this to shame, sadly not many people will think the same or even be willing to open their minds and watch better anime. at best, I'll say this anime had so much potential and does keep you a bit interested into seeing what will happen next (although everything that happened was predictable and you can see through all the plot twists like glass). This anime gave me question after question, being answered by ten more questions and many plot holes...MANY plot holes. I am sad to say that this anime is bad because they really could've made this great, 'many' people just like it because they haven't seen a better anime. I would only recommend this anime to people who actually enjoy mediocre horror shows or gore, but even still there are way better gore and horror anime out there. I give this anime an overall 4/10. Disappointing but it's fun to talk about how bad it is. I really do recommend that you skip this and watch another better anime like Gurren Lagann, FMA or Death Note or something.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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