Or so I thought until several episodes into this show when it becomes apparent that this might not be exactly accurate.. Attack on Titan pulled me in the instant I started watching it. I had very high hopes and truly wanted to enjoy this show.
Art - 8
This show is highlighted by a lot of very good art. The characters all have their own looks and the backgrounds are all fleshed out and are actually very gorgeous. The 3D maneuver gear scenes alone are worth 2 extra points, as they are spectacular, especially early on. The only downfall is that the art is very inconsistent. It will be glamorous one second and then it will be ok for several scenes, sometimes even falling below the ok mark. The desperation that they try to paint on every character's face is very unrealistic, especially the bigots that are against the main cast because of their desperation or fear. They look more constipated than anything else. The art is definitely the highlight of the show, but it can definitely falter at times.
Sound - 7
Aside from the openings, I honestly can't recall much of the music from the show. It honestly left no impression on me whatsoever. The only exception being the music when Eren transforms. The voice acting was for the most part above average, and made me believe most of the characterizations.
Story - 5
Attack on Titan was full of untapped potential. It hit on so many amazing notes, but then failed to follow through in even the most basic of ways. I won't be one of those guys to say there are plotholes throughout, but I will say that a lot of the story simply does not make any sense. What the characters do doesn't make any more sense. Are we supposed to believe that a little kid can track down criminals and kill them without any training or reason/prior hatred for criminals? And why can't we have a series where the main character dies for once? it might have been a decent change of pace, if done correctly....speaking of pace, this story has none. I feel like I'm watching Katekyo Hitman Reborn all over again. By the second to last episode of the last arc, I honestly didn't care anymore, they had drawn it out to such an extreme extent. The first several episodes were fast paced and even had a time jump, then we get a drawn out five or more episode single day!!?? Why in the world could they have not given any kind of conclusion to any of the story whatsoever? There are like fifty unanswered questions, most of which are quite obvious to deduce in your sleep, there are so many cliches in the story.
But let's go into what Attack on Titan really is. What Attack on Titan really is, is a zombie/godzilla crossbreed. No one is safe aside from the main characters who will 'barely survive' then find a way to burn all the eggs, or find a cure, and send godzilla....the zombies....I mean the titans into hybernation or something like that. We even have the infection ideas, if no one picked up on the vomit eggs they pointed out in the later episodes.
Characters - 3
Eren - Annoying, Ichigo from Bleach, but more immature and less understanding, character. I actually liked Eren after his character "DEVELOPMENT", if you can call it that. Oh I got older so now I don't flip out at the drop of a hat. That's my development, but that's as far as it goes.
Me and my two friends are masters of the extremely hard to master 3D gear, as soon as we touch it. My girlfriend for whom I don't share feelings for, has unstoppable potential and loves me for convincing her to take another person's life when she was a child. My best friend likes to read books and is really nerdy meaning that he has the ability to command a losing battle into a winning one cause his book reading made him that tactically superior over the dozens of experienced tacticians on hand at any moment.
Wish fulfillment anyone? Mary and Gary Sue exist and they're having incest all over your dumb hopes and dreams of this being the best show ever.
Other characters have no development other than to state what their stereotype is. The ONLY exception being what's his face...the only guy who gets much screen time and whose friend is killed making him want to be a leader cause his friend always said he would be...that guy. But they don't DO anything with it. They just show him more often than any of the other side cast. Even the AMAZING Petra didn't get a quarter his screen time....for that matter why is everyone so hyped up about Petra? She had no development and was more friendship oriented than a 5 year old Naruto. (and yes I realize Naruto had no friends when he was 5 years old...it's part of my point) All she really does is whine about the main character not believing in them enough...over...and over...and over again. Sure it's a little sad about her family, but other than that I don't get the huge travesty that was, when we had literally no time to grow to love her.
Overall this show is pretty decent, but is overhyped to such an extreme I want to shout SAO, Naruto, One Peice, Bleach, etc. over and over and over again till people start pulling their heads out of their anuses.
I give this show a 6/10
