"TITANic spot"
If your constantly fed up by highschool girls with their bouncing busts as they are lifting up their skirts and showing you a slip of their panties, then look no further 'cause here comes the Survey Corps to bring us liberty. Welcome to the world of titans!
Story: 9/10
The bread and butter in this gourmet dish, Attack on Titan brings the best of both world worlds in terms of story telling and presentation. Attack on Titan centers around Eren Jaegar and his group of friends struggling to defend humanity from the threat of extinction against the titans. Here, when we talk about the titans, they don't present them as monstrosities whose appearances and characteristics greatly differ from us, it's actually the opposite. Here titans are human-like giants who have no intelligence at all and only act on instinct by devouring humans. It's just ironic how mindless monsters were able to push humanity to its last stand. But at the same time, believable for no apparent reason. Every aspect of the story is greatly detailed, from the equipment to the world lived and seen by the walled humans. Yet leaving a great mystery on the origins of titan. Here the story tells us, "The lesser we know the better", because as of this point, we are greatly admiring the premise of this anime despite the holes in the story. The overall story at this point has great development as it progresses and plot-twists were really shocking yet not knowing why leaves a room for improvement here. The whole story can also be better though, adding a few sub-plots that could ease readers from waiting a month for a chapter of the storyline that supports the entire premise albeit in a different perspective - more likely a "past in a history".
Visual and Audio quality: 10/10
Production I.G. really have made art in both sound and visual. The visual quality never looses appetite as it is stunningly beautiful that it brings a tear to the eye. Their art style really sets the bar high and animations run very smoothly in anime standards. The atmosphere is also greatly presented in this dystopian timeline.
Audio is all platinum as well. Seiyuus really made me selfish into letting the others hear their voice as they act out their roles. Soundtrack really gets the blood flowing as it reflects the situation our characters are experiencing in the story. Sound effects are also quite believable. I salute you producers and staff and musicians of the show!
Characters: 8/10
If there's one thing that slightly alters the show's course to perfection is there set of characters. As they don't appear too stellar in putting other anime characters to shame. Here we get Armin, the smart-ass tactician but feeble fighter, Mikasa, a prodigy who is rather overprotective towards Eren, the protagonist. There's also the rival, comic relief, crazy genius, cold bastard and much much more. But I gotta say the characters have their own set of personalities and characteristic that help them really stand out without overshadowing the others. How they express fear and shock in the face of the titans are also believable and very realistic, mimicking the human emotion. Characters greatly develop as the plot goes on thus affecting their views of one character to another, greatly adding the thrill to the story. It also let's you feel remorse whenever these characters die because of their experiences in the past which is also greatly emphasized here.
Overall: 9/10
I vote Attack on Titan as the anime of the year and is hoping for a sequel to seal the hole it left to the hearts of many devoted fans. You can never get satisfied by just watching the while story once as it drags you to start again from the beginning.
If you're looking for an anime with a great story, great visual and audio quality and powerful characters, then Attack on Titan is the complete package for you.
