karltondolo
Backstory Review: This show is fantastic, but let me give you a little backstory on my opinian with anime.. Sonic X was the first anime I ever watched. I was 7 years old and loved it, but it didn't really get me into anime. I then started watching the Beyblade Metal Saga and liked it, but again, that didn't get me into anime. After seeing alot of youtube videos and hearing people go on and on about this show, I decided to give it a shot. It was the teens react video that got me to watch this show. And right from the opening scene, I knew deep down that this show was going to be amazing and I was right. After watching the first season back in 2014, I decided to check other animes out and give them a watch. These were Naruto, Death Note, Fullmetal Alchimist Brotherhood, Hunter X Hunter, Bleach,, Erased, Cowboy Bebop, Sword Art Online, Durama, Gunslinger Girl, Black Lagoon, My Hero Academia and now just recently, Black Clover. Some of these shows were actually really good. I really liked Erased, Death Note, Full Metal BrotherHood, and Naruto, minus the filler. But after rewatching the Attack on Titan anime in subbed, I was truly shocked to find out that despite all the animes I have seen, Attack on Titan is still the best.Anime Review: Attack on Titan is about humanity being surrounded by large stone walls that keep out titans. However, the largest titan humanity has ever seen has destroyed the walls and all hell breaks lose. The lead character, Eren Jeager vows to kill all the titans after they destroyed his hometown and together with his childhood freinds Armin Arlet and Mikasa Ackerman, join tthe 104th Scouts and eventually the survey corps. WHat this shows does is that it starts off peacefull and normal, having the same tropps from regualr anime and flips it on it's head. The true horror and brutallity these titans cause will give you nightmares. The plot maybe simple, but it is exucuted in a manor that is unthinkabale, in a brilliant way. The shows is possibly the only show I have seen in anime were the supporting cast are just as interesting and likable than the main. All with their own story to tell. The animation and visuals are the best I have seen in anime tv seires. The soundtrack is amazing ans well as the voice acting. I will admit that I did start off this show watching it in english dub, as that was how I always watched anime. But 4 years later, I decided to rewatch the whole show in japanese in time for season 3 and I must say that the original japanese voice acting enhances the Attack on Titan experiance. The english dubbing isn't half bad. I felt like, at first that the english voice worked bette ron the characters than the japoanese voice, particuallty Eran, Armin and Mikasa. But watching it in japanese, throughout, I can saftely say and recommned you watch this show in Japanese with english subtitles. I found out that some lines and dialogue can come accros 'cringy' and 'screechy' in english but it doesn't feel that way in japanese. It feels very natural. But you can decide which is better. Conclusion: I know that this is a very long review, but II could have talked for hours on why you need to watch this show, but I don't want to spoil so much. All I can say without spoiling the show is that " not all is what it seems to be". The shows goes in completely different directions that I orignannly thogut that I thought I was going mad. The plot thickens as you get deeper and deeper. After You watch season 1, 2 and the new season 3, read the manga becuase the plot thikens even more and you don't want to be spoiled. Overall, a brutally beautiful anime, with stunning visuals, a stella cast, both japanese and english and has posibly the best soundtrack in an anime, with wondeful editing. I thank the autor and writer of Attack on Titan, Hajime Isayama for writhgn this brutally beautiful series and the director of the anime, Tetsuro Araki for directing this and the onscreen writer, Yasuko Kobayashi for adapting the manga for the small screen and composer, Hiroyuki Sawano for the wondeful soundtrack. Also, thanks to the cast and crew and especially the Wit Studio and Production I.G for animation this wondeful anime. I 100% strongly agree you watch this show. :)
Tanvir Ahammed Fahim (tanvirahmedfahim)
To be honest, I'm not okay with the alternative timeline setting where Giant Humanoid Monsters known as Titans roamed the earth a long long time ago. But the emotions are solid in this series. No arguing that! I'm already in love with one of the main characters and it's Mikasa!After watching season 1, all I can say is... this series is good on its own way. I was very much amused from episode 21 to 25. That action-packed heart-breaking sequences were awesome! Before that, I was mainly passing time. Not a masterpiece, but very much enjoyable show. Though the violence,blood and gore gives the show a mature appeal, some silly things give a feeling that this is more geared toward teenagers. Now you might ask, why I don't think this show is a masterpiece? My answer is simple, there are many other anime series out there with less flaws and more sense of reality (ex. "Monster" , "Parasyte:the Maxim"). Now, I will like to mention one major flaw of this series. During the action scenes, many characters bump into trees or other structures and fall from a decent height while using their vertical maneuver gears but none of them gets their neck or bones broken! Please note, they don't use helmets or such protections.After watching season 2 I want to tell you that this show is steam hot! And it's getting better. Again, it has its flaws. What makes it come over it is its strong plot and emotion. I don't want to give away any spoilers. But you have the title of this review. You'll know what I mean after watching both seasons.Waiting for season 3 to come...
