To curse the walls, to cure the need
To curse the damned who damn the need
The need to know what lies beyond, beyond the walls [1]
Shingeki no Kyojin is the 12th best and 18th most popular anime ever. This might sound sarcastic, but hear me out.
The idea is simple, yet the best ever because no one has done it before. Titans want to eat humans. Humans don't want to be eaten. Insert shit tons of action and blood and other cool shit ??? == anime of the century.
The story itself is about this guy Eren who wants to beat some titans ass. 5 episodes later he beats some titans ass. 10 episodes later everything is titans ass, and I don't know what the fuck, but it's pretty good. There is also this 9/10 chick Mikasa who is pretty, then cute, then sexy, then slutty, then hot. So the series definitely has character development.
The adaption relies on production values and yelling. We have action scenes, fight scenes, titan ass action scenes, titan ass fight scenes and action titan ass fight scenes. Blood, gore and flying body parts. Hot chicks, cool badass characters, insane and out of a mind coolfucks who are ON OUR SIDE. Ridiculously evil villains who just won't learn before main character kicks their ass! This is what I call quality entertainment.
The voice acting is bloody impressive. Eren yells louder than any other shonen protagonist. He has ideologies and people need to hear it. I personally love these scenes. It's not that the loudest voice is always right, but when someone cares to shout it out loud that loud, you just gotta admit that the man has a point.
The music is fucking A. Even Mozar would say so. Whoever created the first Opening song is genius for writing a song which goes perfectly with anything and everything. This could be the OP of every anime and tv series ever made and people would say; Oh, boy, that is very fitting song.
Shingeki no Kyojin creates what all people who work in the entertainment business aim at: entertainment. Not just any entertainment, but some serious titans-ass-getting-beaten-while-blood-flies entertainment, and that's why it is the 12th best anime ever.
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[1] Rishloo, Eidolon, 04 Pandora
