Story - The first two episodes and the overall idea are the only reasons that I did not score the story-line even lower. After those two episodes, the pace of the story kept getting slower. It got so slow at times that I could have seen more happen watching the golf channel. I only gave the story a 4.
Art - I did not care for the art style at all. It was too dark and often felt blurred for me. This art style makes me feel like I am watching an unfinished art board more then a finished anime. I gave it a 4 for art work.
Sound - The sound track and voice acting was about the best part of this anime. The music for the opening was energetic and entertaining leading into the show. The music during the scenes was excellently done and quite enjoyable. The ending theme was even better then the opening and is on several playlists for me. the voice actors did an excellent job putting emoting into the characters, even when I did not like the characters or did not enjoy the plot. I gave sound a 7.
Character - I found Eren, the main protagonists, way to whiny. It is no fault of the voice actor as it is clear the character was written that way. Armin was slightly more likable then Eren, but not by much. Mikasa was the shining light of the three major protagonist. The supporting characters and antagonist were run of the mill to me. Nothing bad, but nothing overly noteworthy to me either. Mikasa was the main reason I gave characters a 5.
Enjoyment - Between the story line and artwork, much of this anime was ruined for me. There were a few enjoyable moments, but they were so few and far between, and mostly involved Mikasa, that I cannot say I enjoyed this anime.
Overall - If you love dark anime and the art style of this anime, and if you do not mind a plot line that plods along at a sloth's pace at times, then you will probably enjoy this anime. I prefer a plot that gets somewhere in each episode and a more finished looking animation style. After watching this anime, I went and watched Black Lagoon, another dark anime and found it to more of what I hoped for in Attack on Titan. Overall score for me is a 5.
