Attack on Titan (TV series)
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Attack on Titan (Japanese: 進撃の巨人; Hepburn: Shingeki no Kyojin, lit. "Advancing Giant") is a Japanese anime series based on the manga of the same name by Hajime Isayama. The first season aired in Japan between April and September 2013, the second season from April to June 2015, the third from July 2018 to June 2019, and the 4th and final season was released in December 2020 and ended in 2023. The English dub aired from May to November 2014, with its sequel airing from April to July 2017.
Plot
One hundred years ago, humans took refuge within walls after huge, humanoid man-eating Titans appeared. After the wall that protects their hometown of Shinganshina is breached by the Colossal Titan, leading the other Titans to enter, Eren watches in horror as a smiling Titan eats his mother. Vowing to kill all the Titans, Eren enlists in the military with his childhood friends Mikasa Ackermann and Armin Arlert. Throughout his adventures, he conflicts with other military soldiers and learns more about the Titans and their origins.
Why It Rocks
- The animation and art are amazing and even better than the manga's art, like the poster, which is epic.
- Powerful and emotional music, courtesy of Hiroyuki Sawano (Blue Exorcist, Kill la Kill, and The Seven Deadly Sins).
- The Japanese voice acting is a dramatic phenomenon, with the best performance being Yuki Kaji as Eren. Other voice actors did well, especially Hiroshi Kamiya as Levi and Yoshimasa Hosoya as Reiner.
- The story and overall premise are very interesting; it is a unique spin on the zombie apocalypse premise.
- Its immense popularity led to a prequel subtitled No Regrets, a spin-off subtitled Junior High, merchandise, a two-film live-action film series, and a slew of video games, two of which were released internationally.
- Amazing character designs for both humans and Titans. In particular, Eren Yeager's final titan form makes his army of Colossal Titans look like mere ants.
- Took liberties with its dark tone for including a lot of gore and shocking moments, more than Tokyo Ghoul, but not as much as Deadman Wonderland.
- It's one of the best war dramas in television history; the story involves teenagers and young adults forced to enlist in the military at young ages and risking their lives to protect their home society.
- Masterfully performed intro and outro songs; the first three intros and the fourth outro are performed by Japanese band Linked Horizon, with the first, Guren no yumiya (lit. "Crimson Bow and Arrow"), or The Rumbling by SiM being used in many videos having nothing to do with Attack on Titan.
- This is one of the few modern anime that is actually completely faithful to the manga with almost no filler.
- Amazing English dub from Bryce Papenbrook (Kirito from Sword Art Online) as Eren, Trina Nishimura (Kyoka Jiro from My Hero Academia) as Mikasa, Josh Grelle (Fumikage Tokoyami from My Hero Academia) as Armin, Matthew Mercer (Leorio from Hunter X Hunter) as Levi, and more!
- Starting with the second season, English-dubbed episodes air almost immediately after the Japanese broadcast.
- The other dubs - French, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), German, Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Korean - are mostly well-translated and well-voiced.
- Epic soundtrack composed by Hiroyuki Sawano; the openings and endings are sung by Linked Horizon, Cinema Staff, and Shinsei Kamattechan, the manga author's favorite band.
- There are plenty of anime-exclusive scenes and dialogue that act as foreshadowing in later events of the manga, most notably with Eren planning to obtain freedom by destroying the world during his fight with Annie.
Bad Qualities
- The pacing needed some work, particularly in the first half of season 1. Most episodes were just unnecessary dialogue. Luckily, the two anime films that recap the first season fix that by removing a lot of said dialogue.
- The Italian dub lacks proper screaming, which was one reason behind the show's infamy. When Armin screamed, it sounded like he was crying, and when Eren's Titan form roared, it sounded like he was yawning.
- There is somewhat false advertising because the anime and posters depict the Colossus Titan/Bertholdt Hoover as the main villain, but in reality, he's a secondary villain, and the real main villains are the Marleyan Government (season 3) and Eren Yeager (final season) though they appear to be great a threat in the first three seasons.
- Season 4 is animated by Studio MAPPA instead of Wit Studio. As the first preview shows, there are many inconsistencies with the first 3 seasons regarding the art style; some manga readers also did not agree with the adaption. However, MAPPA still did a good job on that.
- One of the best scenes and shots from the trailer was never present in the final product.
- The CGI on the Titans (from seasons 2 - onwards) can look unfinished.
Trivia
- Attack on Titan is popular in Japan and several countries internationally and has gained a large and active international fanbase.
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