Even though Final Season Part 3 is tagged as a Special episode, this truly didn’t feel like a TV anime because no exaggeration, this felt like freaking movie and apparently was supposed to be one.
From the moment it started, it already felt unusually eerie despite the scene looking calm and all with young Eren and Mikasa under the tree (oh how much I miss innocent EreMika). And then when they explicitly showed the nightmarish havoc of the Rumbling - along with a much detailed view of Eren’s Final Titan behemoth, it was spine-chilling and just downright harrowing. MAPPA really outdone themselves with making the Rumbling scenes look as apocalyptic and as hellish as possible.
Part 3’s animation was undeniably a huge upgrade from Part 1 & 2 since they had a bit more production time. The frames in this one looked cinematic and the transitions between CG and 2D scenes were seamless.
The background scores, as expected from AOT, never fail to elevate the scenes they’re placed into - and no we’re not going to talk about THAT Hange scene with Bauklötze track because that one deserves a whole new review.
Lastly, the voice acting. If you’ve watched the final season event talks, you could tell the voice actors were feeling emotional for part 3, and after watching the episode last night - it might just be me being a highly sensitive empath - the voice acting felt particularly sentimental in this one compared to the previous seasons.
Looking back on the first season, I still find it surreal how the story went from wanting to exterminate all titans, to wiping out humanity beyond the walls… using titans - and the fact that this was all planned from the start. Hajime Isayama is a true genius but some people are still not ready for that conversation.
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3 First Half was an easy 10/10.
