The art for this show is gorgeous with vibrant background and foreground textures and fluid animation during fight scenes.
The music is also very complementary and thematically fitting for the show. The voice actors do a good job filling their roles
Unfortunately, the story of Attack on Titan falls rather flat. An immense amount of time is wasted on story arcs that could have very easily been shortened. One of the arcs for example devotes a total of nine episodes to moving a bolder, with most of the time being spent back and forth fighting, but very little plot advancement. The only intriguing plot element pertains to finding out about the true nature of the titans but unfortunately, this aspect remains unresolved by the end of the show. A second seasons is needed to expand the show as the story remains unfinished otherwise.
The characters of this show are also quite poor. Attack on Titan has a huge cast of characters, however the drawback is that almost all of them remain undeveloped. Some of them are there for the sole purpose of dying. Since they hardly get any meaningful characterization however, it is difficult care when this happens and it feels that the show is trying to entice you through cheap shock factor.
