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Attack on Titan

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    Surely it was a matter of time before we got a thread on this, right?! Below is a summary of the series, written by MangaHelpers and used on MAL's official Attack on Titan summary page:

    Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

    Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind.
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    What do you think of the series? Did you watch the anime, read the manga, or both? What do you think of the art? Who is your favorite character? Remember to mark spoilers accordingly.

    The series is doing very well in Japan and has ranked as the #1 anime-related search term in Japan in 2013. Source: https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-n...s-google-japans-anime-keyword-ranking-of-2013
     
    Pretty rubbish, even for a mindless shounen.
     
    I started to watch the Attack on Titan anime several months ago cause it was getting so much hype as the series was unfolding. I have only seen 5 episodes and I'm already enjoying it a ton. The story gets really immense right away and it's just so riveting. I mean episode 5's ending was so surprising.
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    Each character is rather dynamic and has a different story which makes them so much unique and not flat. The animation is beautiful in my opinion. It's very edgy and rigid than normal anime, but that's how it stands out. I really don't have a favorite character , but Misaka is pretty badass. There's just a whole bunch of good characters though. Overall I say it's one of my favorite anime right now and I'm really looking forward to watching more. Manga I haven't started cause I never have money to buy manga , but I really want to find it somewhere.
    -Lapras- said:
    Pretty rubbish, even for a mindless shounen.
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    You seem to say this for a lot of anime. Are you really THAT critical when it comes to anime? Maybe have more of an open mind....
     
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    I've watched up to episode 25 of the anime (which if I'm not wrong is what it's up to right now?) and saw an OVA. Not sure how many OVAs they have released so far though.

    I don't really watch much anime nowadays so can't really compare or judge much, but I think it's been good so far. Was going to read the manga as well but didn't in the end. The whole concept of Titans is pretty interesting and I am looking forward to more episodes.
     
    For once, I gotta agree with Lappy.

    I watched anime, read manga up to now (gotta regret that...)
    And as I'm always saying, the first arc was interesting. It was something new.
    But the following arcs were seriously crappy...
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    And then there are new manga events.
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    I enjoyed the series at the start, and while I'm not as critical as other detesters of the show, I do agree that I feel the story took a direction that wasn't as interesting as it could have been, I still feel that some of the characters are worth hanging around for. I havn't read any of the manga though, so I'm still on the anime cliffhanger. It's still to early to tell if it's going to go in a direction I like or not, and I'm willing to give it another season to find out.
     
    The art is nice, the ideas behind it can make something of it. The story though... I dunno, character development was really top notch but I think there's a reason they need our money for a movie. It will eventually be considered a classic because it had an innovating storyline and wasn't the oh no I can't beat you better train some more was tons repeat stuff that is basically every action anime. I would call it the best manga because donyatsu bakes the cake for that. I want to see where it goes and what the faraway place looks like... If you've read/seen that far. Not sure haven't seen the anime.
     
    It was great... until...

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    Satoshi Ookami said:
    Exactly this.

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    Nonono. It was...
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    I watched it, and instantly loved it. It's a bit gory, yeah... But the characters are interesting, and I really want to to know what's going to happen to Eren and the future of humanity. I'm on episode 20 currently.
     
    I read the manga before watching the anime. It was grotesque, yet interesting to see how the directors animated the series. The first episode left a huge impression and that was instantly what got me hooked.
     
    I read the manga first. Should have seen my face where they turned what is probably my favourite scene in the series....
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    ....into this garbage


    If any of you actually prefer the anime version you should feel bad.
     
    -Lapras- said:
    I read the manga first. Should have seen my face where they turned what is probably my favourite scene in the series....
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    ....into this garbage


    If any of you actually prefer the anime version you should feel bad.
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    There was a cat, everything forgiven.

    Unless not...
    Well... they had to add "DRAMA"! into the series... and EPIC moments... and... did not work.
    Pretty much everything that went to the ending had to be redone so they could randomly end the anime.
     
    Well... just finished the anime series :p

    I had originally kept up with the show because it's strong start and interesting concept/setting hooked me. I was watching it weekly until...

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    I was just so pissed off that I stopped watching the series until now XD
    Quite frankly I did enjoy the series, while it's not the "greatest anime of all time" or even 2013 for that matter it was an enjoyable ride that had a mounds of potential that was kinda... not ruined but messed up by the fact there needed to be some sort of OP shonen power.

    Other than that I think the main problem that the show had were its characters. The main protaganist is just a stereotypical annoying shonen main lead. The main female protag is just perfect at everything and the almost unrealistic attachment to Eren made me want to just punch my tv out of annoyance. The only reason she almost ever opens her mouth is to say something to or about Eren. Then there's Armin who starts out annoying and whiny and ends up annoying and better for the most part. He's probably the most developed character which is sad considering the small amount of development given to him. I enjoyed most of the rest of the cast, but their lack of screen time which led to lack of development made them seem kinda distant.

    While AoT had many problems it was still really enjoyable and better than many shonen anime.
     
    -Lapras- said:
    I read the manga first. Should have seen my face where they turned what is probably my favourite scene in the series....
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    ....into this garbage


    If any of you actually prefer the anime version you should feel bad.
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    Am I looking at this wrong because that manga scene is... nothing. Vacant looks, pretty boring dialogue there. The scene in the clip, however, is dramatic and intense. You may prefer the manga but that was a very odd comparison.

    Apollo said:
    The main female protag is just perfect at everything and the almost unrealistic attachment to Eren made me want to just punch my tv out of annoyance. The only reason she almost ever opens her mouth is to say something to or about Eren. Then there's Armin who starts out annoying and whiny and ends up annoying and better for the most part.
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    I agree, this was the main pitfall. Mikasa had all the makings of a good character but the fact that she revolved around Eren, with little interactions or development elsewhere, was annoying.

    I never warmed to Armin, at all. I'm not even sure how he managed to pass any of the exams/training sessions considering how generally awful he is throughout the series.
     
    I liked it other than a bit of the story, seemed a bit bland. But episode 1!

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    And this:

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    And who doesn't love the first OP? (Is it wrong to watch the anime instead of reading the manga?)
     
    I've seen 6 episodes and a bit of another I think, it's good, but it's also like, super creepy. The first episode was really gross, I watched it with my friend and she just burst out laughing at the particularly gross part near the end XD. (If you've seen it you probably know which bit I mean...) Even though I'm enjoying it I feel like it just drags a bit, the first episode was amazing, so was the second tbf! But then at like episode 3+ it was just the guy training and it was really boring. Idk if I'm going to watch more, I might it I have some spare time and I finish re-rewatching Orange is The New Black and 2 broke girls ^^
     
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    Dub Casting Reveal 1
    Keith – Patrick Seitz
    Moses – Jeff Johnson
    Erwin – J. Michael Tatum
    Marco – Austin Tindle
    Carla – Jessica Cavanagh
    Grisha – Chris Hury
    Hannes – David Wald
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    Dub Casting Reveal 2
    Jean – Mike McFarland
    Sasha – Ashly Burch
    Conny – Clifford Chapin
    Anka – Jamie Marchi
    Hanna – Tia Ballard
    Gustav – Keith Kubal
    Christa – Bryn Apprill
    Ymir – Elizabeth Maxwell
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    Dub Casting Reveal 3
    Levi - Matthew Mercer
    Petra - Caitlin Glass
    Hange - Jessica Calvello
    Daz - Brad Venable
    Bertholdt - David Matranga
    Franz - James Chandler
    Rico - Morgan Garrett
    Pyxis - R Bruce Elliott
    Nack - Will Short
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    Dub Casting Reveal 4
    Mikasa – Trina Nishimura
    Hugo – Tyson Rinehart
    Ian – Scott Freeman
    Milieus – Joel McDonald
    Mina – Alexis Tipton
    Mitabi – Kyle Hebert
    Mobb – Matthew Ham
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    Dub Casting Reveal 5
    Armin- Josh Grelle
    Reiner- Robert McCollum
    Annie- Lauren Landa
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    Samuel – Dave Trosko
    Thomas – Duncan Brannan
    Tom – Tyler Walker
    Wald – Barry Yandell
    Woerman – Christopher Sabat
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    Here's some dub clips!

    Armin, Annie, Marco, Jean, Mikasa, Reiner
    Levi, Petra, Hanji

    Thoughts? The VAs are perfect so far.
     
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