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Shingeki no Kyojin (2013)
Had potential, but highly disappointing in the end.
Possibly the most hyped anime of this year, Attack on Titan has attracted a ton of fans in its 25 episode run. And sad to say, I'm not one of them. I REALLY wanted to like this show, but It just didn't do it for me. I gave it a 5 at best.
The setting and premise of the series is actually interesting, humans are basically held prisoner by the titans, giant humanoid creatures that eat humans. So the humans build walls outside of their cites to keep the titans away. That's interesting!
But the show itself is a mixed bag, besides the animation and fight scenes, there's nothing really that special about this show.
The pacing of the show in the beginning is not terrific, but it's okay. However that changes near halfway through the show, it becomes bad. Either an entire episode goes by and nothing eventful happens or two episodes can easily be made into one.
Another major problem of the series is: Exposition. It really feels like most of the episodes are just made up of it. It truly gets in the way of character development and action.
Speaking of characters, that's another thing: They're just... okay, they're really not that interesting. I could find characters like these in any other anime, or any regular show for that matter. They're average at best. The only characters I actually kind of liked were Mikasa, Levi, and I guess Armin as well. But heck, most of these characters aren't really developed at all, some of them may have a *breif* mention of their past. But other than that, ****SPOILERS**** a lot of these characters were just created to die, nothing more. It would be nice to actually know the characters and try to see them grow and try to reach their goal, whatever it may be, but we never see that. So when a character dies, I DON'T CARE, because I never grew to like or know him/her.****END SPOILERS****
Another thing about this show is that it tries WAY too hard to be shocking. There's times where that's not necessarily a bad thing, but here it's annoying. A good example of a show with good shocking scenes is Neon Genesis Evangelion. ****Evangelion SPOILERS**** There, we are introduced to a setting and characters we're familiar and comfortable with, then halfway through the show, that setting and familiar feeling is destroyed episode by episode, with scenes of gore and psychological terror, stuff we wouldn't see in the early episodes, and we soon become uncomfortable. And that setting ceases to exist by the infamous The End of Evangelion movie****End Evangelion SPOILERS**** In Attack on Titan, we're always used to the gore and terror, and no matter how many limbs or how much blood is thrown at me, I won't be surprised or shocked on what happens. And there's only so many times I can handle seeing everyone cower or screaming in fear, that gets REALLY old quickly. Heck, some of the shocking scenes actually become sort of laughable because it's so over the top. (at least for me)
The action is good, but surprisingly limited. Again, because of exposition. It seems like that's a trend this show likes to make, avoiding action scenes and actual character development and favoring exposition instead.
It's kinda sad too, this show had some real potential to be a classic, but in the end, the writers and creative team kept making the wrong choices. I've never read the original manga, but that has to be better than this show.
So yeah, the countless praise and acclaim from fans just doesn't make any sense to me. I'm sorry, but Attack on Titan is just overrated. And I'm not saying that to "troll" or make anyone mad, that's how I honestly feel. This show seemed exciting in the trailers and clips I watched, but there's really nothing groundbreaking or special about it, and it's not a show I recommend.
You want good anime from this year? Watch Kill la Kill or Free!
You want a good, dark, mature, anime with good characters and character development? Watch Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion or Fullmetal Alchemist (the original 2003 series)
Akira (1988)
One of the Most Groundbreaking films in Animation
It is indeed the greatest animated film of all time. The film broke many boundaries in animation, such as the storytelling, the action scenes and the content. I love how it doesn't try to be a kids movie, and that the film is mature, dark, and even sometimes dramatic. Most animated films in the 80s were mostly intended for children (i.e. Disney, Don Bluth) But what about the content of the movie? Well lets see. We got great characters, a great storyline, and great visual storytelling. I also love the soundtrack to the film. The soundtrack is mostly made up with Japanese Taiko drumming, and at times traditional Japanese music. It's a pretty unique soundtrack for an animated film. Akira has been praised by film critic Roger Ebert, giving the film thumbs up, and ever since Akira has been released in 1988, the film has developed a cult following, getting fans worldwide. This movie is very violent and graphic, so if you can handle the violence, you can handle the movie.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ANIMATION FANS.