Story: 9/10
Okay, so the whole "humanity is threatened by very powerful force, seemingly untalented young looking boy some how saves the world" thing isn't new. We've seen this before. But, the delivery makes it so great to watch. It's not dystopian, like so many of this plot line, but it's not quite past, either. It's like an altered present- things that exist now do not exist because of the Titans and their impact on human history. It is very gory, beware of that. However, I found it tolerable and pretty necessary to the story. This anime has many facets to it's plot- action, drama, a little bit of underlying romance. One thing I found interesting was it was written with a lot of open ends, like they were anticipating a second season ( and if there wasn't a second season being released, this would be a major flaw). Overall it has a pretty uneven pacing throughout, slow sometimes, fast others. Some people really don't like that however, I thought the down time was usually pretty well used.
Art: 10/10
This is drawn in the style of a manga- lots of visual shading, dark outlines around the characters. Mostly in still shots/close ups. It has beautiful and incredibly drawn backgrounds, and overall i thought the art was very detail oriented. I was very impressed.
Sound: 8/10
It was good most of the time, distracting other times, added to the suspense other times. Overall, the sound was pretty average.
Character: 8/10
This gave us pretty good character development for an action anime, but still, as with many of this genre, it left me wanting more. I can't say it didn't have any, because it definitely did, but I place a lot of importance on character development and this did not totally deliver for me.
Overall: 9/10
I really liked this, truly. The story is compelling, the characters are great, and the art is gorgeous. It was definitely not something I loved so much I binge watched, but I did like it. I would recommend this to someone who likes action but doesn't want to sacrifice plot!
