Shingeki no Kyojin

Warning: review contains spoilers
Series experience:

Short review:
Attack on titan is a Japanese manga series written by Hajime Isayama. An anime television series adaptation by Wit Studio premiered on Apr 7, 2013. The final episode aired on Sep 28, 2013.

Shingeki no Kyojin, or the original 'Attack on titan series’ first season, is a true modern classic and a must-watch for fans of these kind of series. With great animated fights, good character development and timeless art is Attack on Titan one of the most popular anime out there and what can I say? In my eyes it deserves all the attention its getting.

Attack on Titan is one of the most popular anime out there and what can I say? It deserves all the attention its getting. The world, the characters, the animation, art, everything is just amazing.

Story:
Season 1 of Attack on Titan is a nice introduction to the universe of the show. It tells us everything we need to know and it lays it out in such a way that is nice and comfortable to watch.

First of all, we are extremely well introduced to it world. The first scene shows a huge Titan sticking out the wall, while the show explain to us what the humanity knows about the Titans, that is, particularly, not much. The only think we know about the humanity, is that they live in 3 different walls, and they have been in peace for hole century, but no one even know how the walls were built or even what had happened before.

It’s the tale of a small faction of humanity fighting a hopeless battle against an overwhelming force that can and will kill each and every last one of them. And yet, despite being on the bottom of the food chain, faced with a natural predator that will drive them to extinction, they fight back. They rebel against nature itself, despite the fact that the battle seems hopeless. “Are you the food? No, we are the hunters!” I thought the show was grim, it was painful, it was depressing, and I loved every second of it.

I've heard some people complain about the pacing but I really don't think the pacing is off at all. In just three episodes the main cast goes from being children to enlisting in the military I really don't see how that's supposed to be slow.

Full review:
Anyways Season 1, I watched it cause everyone kept saying it was good so me and my boyfriend gave it a shot and it blew my mind, id never seen an animated show be so "gory" and have such a good story. it's hard to compare something to this masterpiece. When Eren "died" in episode 5 i was absolutely shocked, to "kill" off a main character was something I never expected from any show or movie ever and completely changed my perception on that kind of story telling. Obviously his return was then met with a great amount of relief and continued the series.

I love it because throughout it you have no clue what to expect. So many questions are asked, who or what is the female titan? Why are they after Eren? What else is outside the walls? Overall, I believe Attack on titan is really worth a watch.

Characters:
I love the characters in this show. Everyone has their own totally different personality. Nobody feels like he could be replaced by just anyone. Not only is every character unique and behaves realistically, they also look great. In some parts of the show, the main cast is barely even present, however, that doesn't make it boring at all. There aren't just 2 or 3 characters that carry the entire show, it's everyone together. Characters that are barely even present in the first season, suddenly become an important part of the story in the next. Its all so well put together

Mikasa and Levi are totally my favorite characters so far! But I really liked Petra too! I am really sad that I couldn't get to see more of her.

Music (op/ed):
Most of you have probably heard one of the opening or ending songs of Attack on Titan even if you haven't watched it yet and that's because the music is just as amazing as the visuals. The music just doesn't miss. Attack on Titan, man it has a banger of an OST. Each and every song that plays throughout the show is so fitting for the scene which it resides in. They fill the viewer with the right kind of emotion for the scene that is about to unveil, may it be sadness, anticipation, or even sheer HYPE. Not once have I felt like the music doesn't fit while watching the show that's just how good it is.

Ratings:
Plot 9/10
Animation 9.5/10

Characters 10/10

Music 8.5/10

Overall personal enjoyment 10/10

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