Note : I do not read the manga and this is solely from my experience as an anime-only watcher. I know that this anime has been criticized by many manga readers about leaving out certain important scenes but I will be ignoring that fact in this review since I have yet to read the mange, although I might start it soon.
Story - 9: Titans vs Humans. Battle for survival. As mainstream as it sounds, the story arcs in this anime is extraordinary. When I first watched the first 13 episodes of this anime, I was telling myself that if the second half of this anime can keep up the quality this anime showcased in its first half, this anime might stand a chance to make it to my top 3 list of anime I've watched of all time, and hell it did. In fact, the second half was as good or better than the first half. Spectacular.
Art - 9: As much as I love this anime, one thing that I have noticed in the art and animation of this anime is that it tends to reduce its budget on the "less important" scenes such as having still scenes of pictures. Not to worry though because personally, art and animation is not of the highest priority in my books when it comes to reviewing an anime, although good art and animation will definitely help and add to its awesomeness. Having said that, the animation and camera angles for the action scenes were epic and spectacular which I acknowledge fully and pulls the score all the way up to a 9.
Sound - 10: SIE SIND DAS ESSEN UND WIR SIND DIE JAGER!!!!!! I absolutely LOVE the first opening. As for the second, it was still very catchy but not as good as the first to me but oh well. I love how they mix in German words together with the Japanese words in the openings too. One to thing to point out though, is the soundtrack and background music or the climax scenes. Perfection. It adds on to the tension and hypes up the fight so much it leaves me in a state of awe.
Characters - 9: I love every character in this anime, especially Mikasa (I mean who doesn't like her, she's so badass and awesome) and Levi. Although I would wish that some other side characters such as the beautiful goddess, Krista. If there is one character that I did not really like, it was the MC, Eren. He reminds me so much of Yu from Owari no Seraph with his personality. It is understandable that he wants to eliminate all the titans but there are times where he pisses me off with his attitude and trying to do everything by himself. However, through some character development, he has definitely grown more mature and has slowly moved up the rankings of my favorite characters but still, his personality can be annoying at times. Oh and if possible, I would love to see more Eren x Mikasa moments :3
Enjoyment - 10: Every episode, literally every episode from episode 1 all the way to 25, had it's own time to shine and was so entertaining. Not to forget the number of cliffhangers in this anime, I really feel bad for the people that watched this anime while it was still airing. The struggle to wait for a whole week for another episode had to be painful. However, since I only just finished this anime, I was able to binge watch all 25 episodes in a day and boy the ride was so fun and enjoyable.
Overall - 9: Call this anime over-hyped or whatever, I personally enjoyed this anime a lot and I am SO GLAD that there is going to be a season 2. This anime is the classic battle-for-survival typed anime but done almost to perfection with flawless action scenes and is definitely up there to be one of the best anime in it's genre. It definitely lived up to its hyped and I absolutely loved it.
I hope this review has been of a great help to all those that have yet to watch this anime. Hopefully after watching this anime you will feel the same as I do and have enjoyed this anime to its fullest. :D
