-The story: I was a skeptic at first, asking people what was the whole thing about. Of course I knew it had to deal with large humanoids pillaging and murdering, however. I was down right wrong.
After the opening I was like; alright let's see some titans get demolished. Then it started very timid and relaxed, well paced and I was pulled in immediately, thinking, I wonder where those so called titan slayers are. I was really surprised and I wasn't let down, as the story shapes, it gets even more serious and more serious, leading up to the action, which sets me on suspense mode for a large amount of episodes. I like the way I was always wanting it to get even more serious after each individual episode, it was exciting and not many action anime get my blood pumped and my face smiling as in, ''that was f***ing boss''. in the first episode.
The story progression is so perfect, I was not confused, not tempting to replay an episode. The way the anime lays it down is genuine and you can sense the amount of work in it, progression quality is top notch.
-The art: The art is fresh and unique; when you read that, it may sound generic, however. Truly this anime brings something new to the millions of anime out there, I've seriously never seen art work this amazing, words cannot make me visualize it for you, it's like one of the amazing wonders of anime. I hope more artists use this style; the art is very clean, it's not light not dark, it's simply perfect. Shading is phenomenal, the characters outlines are heavy. It's strange but, I get lost in the characters details, every single aspect is well thought out, well played, and well designed. It's above high quality, I can almost never catch the framing, it's so smooth and poly when it needs to be. The art is something you have to witness yourself, as it's too good to ever subdue someone through writing.
- Sound: Sound is amazing. Everything has a sound, the foreground and the background which is astonishing. While the characters are talking, I can hear small chatter in the back, it was like I had to take off my ear phones for a sec, to make sure I wasn't in a cafeteria, amazing. The sound effects are also amazing, you can hear the reverb in the rooms, so if you're in a small room, everything sounds like it would be as if it were in a small room; if you're in a dungeon underground, it'd sound like a dungeon underground. Even the fire torches that light the wall have sound, it brings me ten times closer within the mythos, making me hear things like I hear in real life is really cool, and note worthy.
- Characters: You'll be loving one character, two, or even all. Every single character has a deep tie within the story, it doesn't matter if you refilled supplies, or swept the floor, everyone in the story had a place and deep impact to the plot. I almost caught myself cheering in victory in my chair, or even holding my breath at times, I almost shed a tear twice in one setting. The character development is genius, and makes you fall in love with the characters, as each one has a theme or powerful view on humanity, and on life. The messages the characters share have deep meaning that can emotionally touch you and make you think after each episode, which I find very powerful.
- Enjoyment: I'd take it up the a** for a season two to come out any day.
- Overall: This is an unexpected adventure, the media and hype cannot express how legendary this anime is. The story is powerful, well made, well executed, and unique (emphasis on unique). The art is amazing and awe aspiring as you'll find yourself lost in detail and optimization this anime has to offer. The sound is of quality you'd find in any high grade movie, they didn't just use sound effects, I assume they used folly, meaning real life sounds made by experts in sound making and recorded for that purpose, if not, then it's even better, because not only does the sound have realistic quality, but it's genius.
If this anime were to be described in one word, It'd be "epic". 10 in all categories, this is a must watch action anime, even my anti-anime friends find this enjoyable, and it got them to watch more anime. Thank the lord for the creation of Shingeki no Kyojin, Attack on Titan.
Unbelievable masterpiece
