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"The Biggest Attack on Titan Manga Announcement Ever" Part I

The concept of any Marvel character being in true danger from a Titan attack is utterly laughable at best, and I can't see the crossover holding any real tension.

I like to imagine that Western fans of manga and anime are more open-minded than typical people, because they have to accept cultural norms outside the ones they grew up with to get the fullest enjoyment of those media. This thread has been sad, but I'm betting a lot of the quiet fans will see this as the same kind of opportunity to expand their horizons that venturing into manga was the first place.

You mention the Black Hispanic Spiderman and I look at his wikipedia page and it says that his character is based off President Barack Obama.

With these things I just rather them being transparent and issue out a press release saying that the suits up top decided that the fanbase needs to be expanded to accommodate minorities. At least then there would be a business justification that many people wouldn't argue or be skeptical about.

All i'm interested in is seeing the not OP characters deal with titans, Thor can one shot them, hulk can do so as well(i mean come on hulk is as broken as superman in their respective universe) but how 'would' spiderman deal with em? his webbing is strong but is it that strong to hold a titan, does he have the strength to rip off their heads? Will the marvel heroes go that far cause that's spoiler[effectively killing people since some of the titans are supposed to be human transformed titans] or will they rewrite that part of the story

There is no huge spotlight on them outdoors right?

Personally, I am interested in seeing new stories based on the AoT world but I am not so happy about American comic book artists being the ones to do it. There is just something about the art style that drives me nuts.

For example, in some of the pictures in the article, what the heck is going on with the shadowing??? Half of a titan face is pitch black and the other half is in light, making it look really unnatural. There is no huge spotlight on them outdoors right? Also, the thick lines and sharply contrasting colors are jarring. Don't they know how to do shading???

Anyway, I'm still undecided about whether I will check this out but I am glad the publisher is open to new things and trying to reach out to Americans more.

after reading manga for so long i can't stand reading comics anymore, the way they flow just annoys me.

As expected, people here react in a negative way. Honestly, I would've preferred if Kodansha hired Lobdell and Liefeld to make this, at least all the whining here would've been justified.