Story: Though i i don't know how much it deviates from the manga, i found the story really unique and that it had amazing ideas. From the first couple of minutes of each episode it gives an intro of the events and the history of humanity, which it basically summarises that human's are useless and is at the brink of extinction. At the start of the anime it follows the three main protagonists: Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlet. We see it kick off as they are all best friends and want to explore the outside of the wall where they don't even know the vast ocean exists. As it progresses, it escalates pretty quickly and Eren's mother gets eaten by a titan whilst he is watching, and no kidding that was a really intense and emotional scene. This is where he vows that he would eradicate all the titans, and the story follows him meeting other squad members, as he ends up in the 104th trainee squad of the military police brigade. More characters are introduced and the progression was perfect i found because it steadies itself to a climatic scene with the epic soundtrack coming in. Those were the moments where the story just keeps getting your mind blown, and at the point, where you see that true epicness and spotlight shining on the protagonist.
Characters: For the characters they are all shown to have unique characteristics from the usual brave one, the clever one, the endearing one, the comedy one, etc. It also shows their aptitude and qualities in comparison of each other which i thought was a nice feature.
From the main protagonist, Eren, we are introduced that he is an abrupt but a brave character who only thinks of killing titans (on occasions). His general aspects are his main points which creates him as who we see him as. His heroism and valiantness is put on a bigger a picture to enhance his intrepid attacks in combat. This is basically the best part where he just goes complete ape-shit fighting the titans whilst himself as a titan. In my opinion however, his characteristics was corresponding to Naruto, so he's just abrupt and brave who cares for his friends and want to protect them, but this is not all. It's also the fact that (this accounts a lot of other anime too) he involuntarily gets some sort of power that makes him more powerful physically.
For Mikasa however she is unique, not the usual 'save me' vulnerable girl but the one that at times saves the male protagonist. Her protectiveness over Eren is one of the big features which is why the anime is standing out. The romance between Eren and Mikasa is profound, though Eren is completely oblivious to the fact Mikasa has feeling for him. Just to point out i thought it was a nice touch to see Mikasa's BIG strong abs and the fact she's stronger than Eren which really deviates from what we usually expect.
Armin is the vulnerable, scared, but kind and clever guy that devises plans like the leader of the group. His character was definitely unique, his intelligence but vulnerable self shows the diverse amount of characters in the anime. What i liked the most was though was how he's the most relatable, his realistic fear is involuntary which happens to everyone. As i am only writing about the main characters descriptively, i can't miss out the fan-favourite character- Levi. He is basically the main badass which hates society because of his past events (shown in OVA). For some reason he can fight any titan including Eren as it states and he is overpowered in all ways, he's intelligent, strong and is a clean freak. Most characters are realistically developed and they're individually evolved to a good extent, and does not only revolve around the protagonist only, but shows development in the others too.
Music: The music is always the part where it enhances the show, movie, anime the most, and it pretty much transcends the epicness and badass moments. The opening song really was a hype for every time you watch an episode, it's stands out and it's a very different and unique song where i've never even heard a similar comparable music. From the vogel im kafig to Levi's song, each soundtrack really hit the top marks. It enhances the emotions and feeling of the scenes and arcs.
Art: The art also hit top marks, though i did have some problems. The abherrent titans runs unrealistically and to some extent, it becomes stupid. I do know that anime usually exaggerates the movement and proportions of the object but i just thought it was kinda weird. The characters too, i thought was quite different to how it's usually made, it was kind of similar to cartoon type. It's very minor but it is just my opinion and im being very picky, overall the art was really well executed.
Finishing off, epic anime, epic soundtrack, and epic characters. I also found the 3D maneuver gear was really cool or as the movie calls it the omni-directional mobility gear. I've watched the first part it was... different, i'll just say you're not missing anything if you are not planning to watch it. Anyway the anime is really entertaining and really was outstanding.
