This is my first review. "It has a huge potential to be a masterpiece"
"This is going to be AWESOME!!" I was so SOLD with the plot and teasers that I've seen. I was so excited to watch the entire series!! But.. I was not fully satisfied, and got a little disappointed. If you are a sucker for amazing, well-executed, no plot holes series, and epic fight scenes.. It may leave you with the same feeling
Story - 8/10
The sound of the plot will make you excited, and make you visualize "W-T-F moments". but, that bleep moment did not happened because the story lack good use of STRATEGY. Their strategy is very basic, considering that titans circumstances has been happening for a decades.
The fight scenes might be disappointing, they usually just focused on slicing the weak point of the titan - again, no more plan, just plain "target the weak point".
They only have two equipment, and if that fails and no one can save them, its the end for them. Attacking has no plan b, nor even plan c. If they got caught, they got eaten. They should at least taught of something when a person was caught by a titan, like how would they escape if they got caught? they should have an equipment for this. like, even their clothes, shoes, anything their wearing could be used as a weapon.
I find how the fight scenes was animated to be pretty disappointing. Majority of it is just a series of photos. It was repetitive, no improvements since they first fought a titan, absolutely lack brains and balls. Character development will be discussed in the Character part of this review.
Another would be the gate, and the walls. Canons and 3D maneuver should not be the only option. They should at least provided traps so the titans could not easily go to the wall, or better yet, dug a deep hole surrounded by sharp things below so they'd fell and die - good bye wohoo lessen the casualties.
The thing that really frustrates me was the lack of training. They were only trained before they choose on where to go. Learning should be continues, especially in the attack, defense, improving strategy, retreat plans.
I did not see any improvements till the end of the series. Improvements for the attack, guarding the wall, strategy. The entire series, I just watched people got eaten by titans bc their game plan is basic.
Art - 9/10
I love the thick outline art, it's refreshing look on a shounen anime. the burst of blood, the looks of the unfortunate ones, the smoke, the effects, etc, it was all great
But for the animation, I was waiting for the fight scenes, but most of the time it was just a series of pictures. An absolute, real bummer because this series calls for epic scenes
Sound - 8/10
Nothing bad to pinpoint. It fits the scenes and all, but there were no particular sound that I was crazy about
Character 6/10
Absolute NO character development. Mikasa suddenly just become awesome with fighting, like referred someone with superb talent with it, and other character skill remained the same all throughout the entire series. Whimps remained whimps. And the supposed "brains" and good for reasoning, is not actually that great and mind blowing.
Admirable character? It has a fun mix of character with weird personality. Oh, wait.. I can only give 3 character with non-mediocre personalities. If I have to pick my favorite, that would be Corporal Levi he he he so cool Lol
Enjoyment 8/10
Despite the problems of the story, it was still an enjoyable series to watch. It has funny moments so it I survived to finish 25 episodes. But it was slow paced, that's why it become repetitive. It just showcased people getting eaten, slammed, people looked afraid with an added character at the end.
I enjoyed it, but I was not min blown because I could have think of alternate ways to make it better. It is not bad, but it has work to do to become a masterpiece.
Overall 8/10
