Jun 1, 2013
Overall, i think reading the LOWER RATED REVIEWS for this anime is kinda bias. Of course all reviews are BIAS, but it all depends on the taste and preference of anime/manga. Because many of the "BAD" REVIEWS are from people who are too picky, they pick out too many details that they think would annoy them such as the ART--MAJOR PREFERENCE that MAY BOTHER PEOPLE, and STORY-ALSO ANOTHER PREFERENCE one should consider. And CHARACTER- is what SHAPES THE STORY. AND being TOO SMART and thinking to much of WHAT CAN HAPPEN can ALWAYS ruin the FUN in everything.. why don't you "SMART PEOPLE" just dive
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in for some "CLICHED FUN?!" sometimes.. you just gotta LIVE A LITTLE.. and sit back and enjoy the ANIME/MANGA as a WHOLE.. and of course.. you're gonna NEED EPIC BACKGROUND MUSIC if you read the MANGA.. ;)
I honestly would say bias-ly that Shinegeki no Kyojin is pretty good, it may have cliches with the MAIN CHARACTER comparing it to OLDER ANIME's/MANGA's but what is there to not enjoy when it's put in a TOTALLY different STORY! I guess the thing that puts me on my toes for this ANIME/MANGA is because of it's ORIGINALITY with crushing HOPES till you think there is no more HOPE and then BAMMM a little miracle happens and it keeps that engine of FAITH going.. and the fact that there are SO MANY CHARACTERS they introduce to the AUDIENCE they also get their own little time to bond with the other characters and it gives the audience a taste of how a lot of the characters have their own personal bonds to add on to the others, kinda COMPLETING the GROUP of FRIENDS until after the results of ****SPOILIER ALERT***blah blah blah..***********is saddening, but it's interesting, because ALOT OF FILMS/STORIES, there usually is ALWAYS A MIRACLE to stop the BRUTALITY that comes from the SLAUGHTERING of FRIENDS, but NOT IN A.O.T. it keeps going.. it's DIFFERENT. But the HOPES comes from the REMAINING survivors and THEIR PURPOSE TO FIGHT! And the rush of time lapse is understandable, because the story is VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD, with not many FILLERS, and I personally LOVE IT FOR THAT. That way you don't have to keep wondering "Where the HECK did the story go?!" kinda thing.
The Art itself is interesting, not the kind of animation I'd be interested but it brings out it's ORIGINALITY. Even though MIKASA may be the most UNREALISTIC, ANIMATION ITSELF IS UNREALISTIC.. ((~DURRHH to people who think she's too unrealistic)) The style of animation the artist has is not common, it's a mix of Idealized features **those beautiful anime EYES and realistic features such as the "average-looking" kind of anime characters there are in the anime/manga. Not everyone can look IDEALIZED. As for the DARK OUT-LININGS around the characters at times do strike me oddly, because it does get a bit annoying, yet it defines each character of the scene more, EMPHASIZING who's talking or just emphasizing the characters over all.
The Music is pretty awesome! Even though it has ENGRISH SONGS in there, I can understand why it's annoying to other because out of no where the song literally talks about standing STRONG TOGETHER, so? What's the problem with that song if it's trying to communicate to the Audience that that's the will power of the SCENE?! MUSIC has a STRONG influence on putting an impact on how the Audiences watches the story/scene. So the communication of the songs are pretty good in MY OPINION. The first opening scene music caught my attention because it went well with the anime very well, because usually I'd skip the opening scene of EVERY EPISODES because sometimes I find them annoying. But oddly not in A.O.T.
As for the character development, again like I said earlier, Erin is in some way cliched because of his MAIN role of being the MAIN character, What OTHER WAY CAN YOU THINK OF, TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER!? :P so for THOSE WHO THINKS IT just makes the STORY TOO PREDICTABLE, how WOULD YOU COME UP WITH A MAIN CHARACTER that would make the story BETTER? I honestly would say he reminds me of Naruto, because his words tend to persuade a lot of people in the story, the POWER OF WORDS is COMMON in the REAL WORLD ANYWAY, and what OTHER ways can you persuade others anyway? Something we can all relate to in REALITY is the THE POWER OR WORDS IS STRONG, if it's coming FROM A person who RIGHTEOUSLY use THEM FOR A "GOOD" purpose. BECAUSE in our REAL WORLD, that's the kind of HERO we're all rooting for to stop the CRUEL WORLD.. **ANIME MOMENT!** ESPECIALLY when they can prove it through their ACTIONS AFTERWARDS.. "Don't talk the talk when you can't walk the talk" ~cliche.. yes i know.. yes i know..( -____- )
As for Mikasa, she's beautiful in the anime/manga, of course, in anime/manga there always have to be that one girl who looks the MOST BEAUTIFUL! Her character is pretty strange from my view, because not a lot of ANIME CHICKS in stories like this is KNOWN to be the "STRONGEST" other than, the weak and frail girls who always need RESCUING.. but instead, it's HER who RESCUES ERIN. Her character overall is pretty DIFFERENT! And then there goes Armin, he's a weak guy, and yet he has a strong will power, which is kinda cliched, but he is pretty smart! so that's a PLUS PLUS for his character, HE'S NOT USELESSS! **fist up in da air!**
I lOVED THIS ANIME/MANGA so much, i couldn't wait for the REST OF THE ANIME TO BE OUT.. It kept me on my TOES even though i HATED THE GORE of the TITANS EATING THE HUMANS but i BEGAN the MANGA online all the way to the LATESt CHAPTER, of course while reading i had EPIC MUSIC ON which added ON EVEN MORE TO THE MANGA, and like i said before, the CHOICE OF MUSIC it had for the anime was already pretty good it just adds on more for the MOOD. I can't wait for the new chapters to come out, but I guess i'll have to wait for a good YEAR for them to get to Chapter 100! and maybe TWO YEARS to see if the ANIME will FOLLOW the MANGA…
ENJOYMENT WAS 10/10
Story: 10/10
Art: 9/10
Sound: 9/10
Character: 8/10
Enjoyment: 10/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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