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EighteenSky
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There was only one real surprise early in and that was ruined later on, thought it was far too predictable. Predictability isn't necessarily a bad thing as other aspects can usually offset it, that wasn't the case here when almost every thing else bar the soundtrack was dreadful. The pacing, utterly pointless fodder deaths (only one meaningful death and that was in the first episode!) and the setting ruined this show for me, it's easily the worst pacing I have ever seen in anime. |
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terminus24
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Okay, here's a plot summary of Attack on Titan/Gurren Lagann: Humanity has been trapped (Behind Walls/Underground) for a long time, and everyone feels pretty much safe until a giant (Titan/Mecha) breaks through the (Walls/Ceiling) and drives people out of their homes. The main characters eventually (Join the Survey Corps/Form Team Gurren) and go on a quest to (The Basement/Teppelin) to that they can learn how to stop the (Titans/Gunmen). Not the best comparison, but that's the first thing that came to mind while watching AoT. And I have to say that it may have not been the popularity of it as much what people were saying about it that I didn't see in the series, but the fact that it was constantly being thrown in my face as "OMG THIS IS THE BEST ANIME THIS YEAR!!!" really raised my expectations, and then I just couldn't get past it's problems, so not only did I find that I didn't like it that much, but also I had pretty high expectations for it, which were nowhere near being met. And I find that things that aren't great are much more tolerable when I have zero expectations for them. |
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jymmy
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Anyway, I felt aspects of Attack on Titan ranged from average to quite good. Overall, Eren was only an average character, and although she was cool, Mikasa never showed a lot of depth or development. I thought Jean was by far the best character. His story felt much more real and compelling than Eren's more generic revenge quest. The story likes to throw crazy twists at you, but there's a thoroughness behind the plotting, although sometimes it overestimates this. For example, the Female Titan's role in the story seemed to treat spoiler[her human identity as a much more pivotal character than was really justified]. There's a similar issue with everyone bringing up Marco every three seconds. Regarding one of the later tweests from the manga, I've heard people say that until spoiler[the Colossal and Armoured Titans' identities were revealed they'd forgotten who those characters actually were], and I can almost agree.
Dude, Futari wa Milky Holmes, Brothers Conflict, Cyclops Shoujo Saipu, Photo Kano, Zettai Bouei Leviathan, Senran Kagura, Amnesia and several other actually bad anime all aired this year. I Wanna be the Strongest in the World! might end up there, but, you know, it's two episodes in at the moment so it's hard to say how good the character and themes will be developed. I'm not saying your opinion on Attack on Titan is invalid, but I really wonder how you can rate it lower than a lot of shows I would be much more comfortable calling bad.
That's a good way of putting it, though I'd rate AoT a few levels higher. |
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Key
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Granted.
Except that you're completely ignoring things like tone and style, which are utterly different. You're really stretching to make that comparison.
People always do this about the most popular shows, especially when they're first airing. You always need to be wary of such overblown comments and not hold them against the show. brankoburcksen: That is an interesting interpretation, and I don't think it's too much of a stretch, either. |
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terminus24
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It's one of the worst I've seen this year, and there's a good amount this year I haven't seen (and I'm not going to comment on shows I haven't seen), with pretty much all of those above in the 'haven't seen' category. I did edit that post, though, to clear up any misunderstanding.
And I can't help it if others get me excited for something and it turns out being not good or mediocre, and it feels like a huge letdown, compared to having zero expectations and not feeling let down at a mediocre or bad performance, because, well, I wasn't really expecting anything from it. I feel like I may have enjoyed AoT better if I started following it when it began, before my head was full of the crazy hype, instead of halfway through the series, when I had crazy expectations from the show that it just wasn't meeting. Last edited by terminus24 on Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:17 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Brent Allison
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I wanted to like this show, but I could only feel angry and depressed while watching each episode. Since I couldn't enjoy it and had to drop it, I feel like I've betrayed fandom somehow, or I'm less than a real fan because of it. Sorry folks.
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animemaster1
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Well, you can give the review an A- overall and a B in story, but to me it is a masterpiece that deserves a solid A in both categories. This has become one of my Top 5 animes of all time and I have seen in full over 200 animes in my life - so that is saying a lot. Hopefully it will get the proper sequel it deserves and make the series a piece for the ages.
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Leebo
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If you're being sincere, that's an unnecessary reaction. No one should force him or herself to watch something they don't want to watch when it comes to entertainment. |
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Parse Error
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Of course they are, once you boil things down to the point of "monters/aliens/bad people/whoever attack city/country/species/planet/interstellar empire/wherever, then heroes assemble and go on quest to make peace with/defeat/exterminate/whatever these enemies." That also means Gurren Lagann is basically the same as countless other stories over the past few thousand years, so your point still doesn't make any sense. |
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brankoburcksen
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A while back I read the AV Club reviews for the third season of The Walking Dead. One of the shortcomings it brought up was how the consistent need to survive driving the plot limited the character development. Because the characters were always focused on staying alive, other sides to their personality could not be explored. I wondered if this was not the same problem AoT suffers from because everyone is in constant danger or everything they do revolves around titans.
The current show-runner for Dead (#3 I think) said the current season will focus on how the characters retain their humanity in such an unforgiving world. This intrigued me since AoT explored this same conflict albeit in a more overt way. What exactly would be the strengths and weaknesses of being subversive or overt about this theme? spoiler[Jean has quickly become one of my favorite characters. He is not just butting heads with Eren but Armin as well. In the last episode he actually speaks out against sacrificing your humanity to achieve the goals they desire. I like how they do not just blindly say to the audience, "Giving up your humanity is the only way to change anything." Jean makes this an argument worth exploring. I only wonder, is the point of making this subject so overt meant to make the audience think on the question themselves rather than just see how the plot works things out?] |
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maximilianjenus
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I like how when nudity is properly done the complaints go really down, sure the titans have no genitals or nipples, but neither do the girls in kill la kill ; yet barely nobody complains about the giant naked titans including the female one, yet a lot of people complained about klk's nudity; in this case I say it is because in AoT the nudity si necessary for the plot and does not feel tackled on; even the review said that aot has no fanservice.
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Leebo
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Yeah, that's true. spoiler[The vast majority of the show takes place on 3 or 4 separate days with a couple of time gaps in between.] Granted, that's the author's choice for how to set things up, so it's not really an excuse. |
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jymmy
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spoiler[The plural of "anime" is "anime".] |
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rheiders
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If anyone tells you this just because you didn't like a particular piece of entertainment, they're the ones in the wrong. There's no such thing as a "real" or "fake" fan--if you like anime, then you are an anime fan. 
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Thatguy3331
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Personally I liked Attack of the giant stupid naked people. Just not as much as everybody else.
I know I'll chased off with pitch-forks and torches for saying this, but I feel as though I can take this series a lot more seriously in the manga rather than the anime. I don't know but I can at the very least sympathize and feel for manga!Eren more than Anime!Eren who at times I was kind of getting annoyed by. I also agree that Mikasa has wasted potential, but at the very least it's nowhere NEAR the wasted potential episode 2!Asuna had from SAO. That said I felt Armin was the one I mostly liked especially his interactions with Jean. As you could have guess before I couldn't really take this anime as seriously as others have because due to it's over the top nature (and don't get me wrong I have don't usually have issues with being over the top) I think I laughed a lot more than I dropped my jaw. I especially felt this way for the titans, yes they are indeed a credible threat but I never found them to be scary. I wasn't *just* trying to be a sarcastic asshole whenever I said Attack on Titan was one of the best comedies of the year. I'd be lying though if I said I didn't find this fun though; I will continue on to read the manga and I can't say I was ever bored. It's not my favorite series ever or anything but this is a damn good series so far, I'll just be throwing Jabs at it every chance I can. |
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