Not in our opinion. "Shingeki no Kyojin a 6/10?" Yes, it could have been so much more than it was. Read all about our reasons in our review.
~Story~ 5/10
The plot had a lot of potential, however this show is the definition of 'wasted potential'. The second cours of the series wasn't half as good as the first one. We assume you all already know what happens in this anime, because pretty much everyone on MAL has already seen it (unless you've been living under a rock). So we're not going to tell you everything that happened, but we're going to stress the parts that we liked and the parts that we did not like. The story starts (for those 0,0001% who haven't seen this anime: spoiler alert) when enormous Titans invade the city where our main characters live. One of them then eat the mother of our main-main character. The entire audience already knew the mother so well, and everyone was so attached to her... oh wait. We only knew her for about 17 minutes. So it had close to no impact on the audience. The only person who was impacted was our teen-angsty main character, who becomes even more angsty in the progress ("must... kill... all the titans!"). Our heroes decide to join the Survey Corps and there they meet lance corporal Levi, arguably the best character of this show (at least he was in our opinion). For about 4 episodes we watch the struggle of mankind against the way stronger and overpowered Titans. But then... plot twist! Our teen-angsty main character somehow acquires the power to turn into a Titan. This ruined basically all battle scenes for us, as they became predictable and boring (our human-titan would always be able to win somehow). The struggle of mankind against the way stronger Titans turned into the struggle of our protagonist against another human Titan. Who could that be? Anyone with more than one brain cell could see, after about three seconds, who she was. Of course we're talking about our beloved Female Titan (spoiler alert) Annie-chan and of course it took our heroes 10 episodes to figure it out. This is exactly why we didn't enjoy the second half of the series in the least, because it became oh so predictable. The second season of this series is due to come out this year (if it isn't going to be delayed again) so we can't say much about the ending yet. Except for the fact that it's very open.
[CONCLUSION]
This series has an awesome first half, but it collapsed in the second one. It collapsed like Wall Maria collapsed because of the power of the Armored Titan. Also, the 'mystery' of the Female Titan was plain stupid.
~Art~ 8/10
We can all agree that the art in this anime was beyond awesome. It was very modern, and the battle scenes were very graphic and realistic. Also, we loved the animation of the 3DMG. There's nothing much we can remark on this aspect of the show, except for the fact that it was awesome.
[CONCLUSION]
The art in this show was amazing.
~Sound~ 8/10
Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger... I think even a reasonable amount of non-anime watchers have heard this sentence at some point in their life. And of course we love the opening as well. It was epic, bombastic and fitted the show. The second opening (which sadly got a lot of hate because it replaced the first one) was great in our opinion as well. The endings weren't that special, but they worked. The OST's in this show were amazing. We loved the battle music (e.g. The Reluctant Heroes, Vogel I'm Kafig). So again, nothing of importance that was bad about the sound.
[CONCLUSION]
This show has some awesome soundtracks and openings. There wasn't anything special about the endings, but it would have been more bothersome if the OST's were annoying, as those are the soundtracks you listen to when watching the anime. Luckily, they were awesome.
~Characters~ 3/10
So this is the aspect where the show is really weak. Let's start with our protagonist, Eren Jaeger, as we already said, the angstiest teenager ever. His life goal is to destroy all the titans and, ironically enough, he becomes a Titan himself. This could have led to him struggling with his beliefs, but instead he used it as his advantage. There was some logic behind this, but the directors could have done a lot more than this. He is a bland, angsty protagonist, and in our opinion, one of the worst characters in the show. Then there is Mikasa, the overpowered adopted sister (who of course has a sad backstory as well) of our protagonist, and with a little bit of training she manages to become stronger than soldiers who have been fighting titans for way longer than she has. Why? Because plot convenience and tragic backstory powers. She also has a crush on our bland protagonist. She is an overpowered love interest, nothing more and nothing less. But sadly enough for her, Eren has more interest in killing titans. What a pity.
Then there's Armin, a smart but weak whiny best friend. He gets a proper amount of character development, and he's by far the best written character of the three main characters. It's just that he is very cliche, we've never seen a character like him before in a show... right? And then there is Levi. Levi is just epic. But not epic in an overpowered way, like Mikasa. Jean Kirchstein, who has a rivalry with Eren, which isn't a cliche either. Oh, and then there's Annie, whom we actually don't know much about, except for the fact that she's the Female Titan. Last but not least, there's Marco. But he wasn't half as good developed as he could have been. Haha.
[CONCLUSION]
The main three characters were poorly written, unoriginal and bland. A few of the side characters were pretty interesting, but the ones who really were, didn't get a lot of screen time. Good job writers.
~Enjoyment~ 7/10
This show is about humans killing enormous monsters with some sort of advanced bungeejumping ropes. Of course we enjoyed this. It was epic, but superficial. If you look into this show deeper, you'll find out that it doesn't go that deep. The story and characters were bland and poor, but the fights, background music and of course the art were great. It's certainly not as good of a show as some people make it out to be, but it definitely isn't as bad as some other people state it is. So if you want a simple show with some epic fights: look no further.
[CONCLUSION]
The show is superficial, but still enjoyable.
No, this show isn't worth the title of 3rd most popular anime on MAL. But it certainly is an enjoyable show with awesome art and sound. If the characters had some proper development, this show could have been a lot better. Peace.
