Attack on Titan: Shingeki no Kyojin

[MFauli]

not trying to shit on shingeki no kyojin, since i honestly love it, but:

do you guys think this anime would stand a chance against an animated version of the later parts of Gantz? I though about this yesterday, and for all the shock and violence and action and drama that SnK gets praised for, Gantz really 1up-s it in just about every area. Not posting spoilers, but yeah, maybe Gantz´ ending was a bit of a letdown, but still.

Man, what I´d give for a modern, high-quality animation anime of all of the Gantz-manga :>

[shinta|hikari]

SnK has Mikasa.

SnK wins.

[MFauli]

Gantz has a multitude of hotter girls that are even stronger in battle. :P

[shinta|hikari]

Mikasa isn't about the battle prowess or hotness.

Mikasa is a silent yandere with a six pack and a loli flashback.

SnK wins.

[DarthEnderX]

Mmm hmm.

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[Shadow Skill]

Hmm I cant for the life of me figure out why peope love this anime. I watched all 25 episode due to a friend asking me to watch it. She said it was one of the best out there...

Story is, Protagnist loses mother, decided to kill all Titans. Masters Maneuver gear fighting (Which aside from Mikasa and the other guy) are completely useless aside from running away (Which works 10 % of the time). Every fight with another Titan (Annie) he loses. Story is very slow at progressing. They repeat the same shit story line every episode about Titans as if the viewer doesn't have the capacity to rememeber the first 5 episodes that explained it all. Only once did Jeager show interest in returning home to see his basement. Other than that it was a forgotten story line by the creator/writer of this series.

The action was over a min after it started. Same story, same characters, different names. None of them acquired any new fighting skills in the 4 years that took place. None of them really thought outside of the box. It was like they were directed to be fodder for the whole series.

If there is a season 2 I wish the story and action is a lot better than this whole assumption conjecture going on during season 1, which was completely boring, as well as the main protagonist making the resolve to kill Titans every episode (Which was estabolished in episode one) wtf nonsense is this. I understand the need to fill time in on the anime but seriously, they could have had them do recon jobs or try to gather supplies from the Titan infected areas. None of that ever happened.

I sincerely hope there is not a season 2 as I find season 1 boring as hell and mind numbing nonsense. Worst anime 2013 in my opinion.

[shinta|hikari]

Why would you hope that there is no season 2 of an anime a lot of people like and are happy with, when you can just not watch it?

[Shadow Skill]

If this piece of shit anime is this bad. I can see how a season will 2 will go. Be the same as season one. No development at all in any area. Be season one all over again. If they're going to go 25 episodes in season one with no development of any kind and take the same pace, then a season 2 will pretty much be the same there will be no need to watch. I don't plan to watch season 2.

I don't want others to go through the mistake of watching season one again in what is suppose to be a second season. Does that clear it up for you?

[DarthEnderX]

It makes it clear that you're super dumb. Yes.

[shinta|hikari]

Indeed it did.

[Buffalobiian]

No need to go to personal insults guys.

Besides the reason that Shadow Skill mentioned, (not wanting an S2 to give an impression of being a good anime when he thinks it isn't), another reason for it could be to reallocate studio resources. Instead of having them make an S2 that he'll probably not like, it could be put into making a different show that he might like.

In the end, I found Titan to be a pretty fun watch. I didn't feel like it was amazing or the next best thing since *, but it was enjoyable. As mentioned before, the best thing by far for me is the soundtrack.


* - whatever the last best thing was.

[shinta|hikari]

The reason he mentioned is absurd. He wants to prevent (a likely smaller number of) people from hypothetically getting disappointed by preventing (a likely much larger number of) people from enjoying themselves and being happy, and he says it as if he is being selfless and doing it for others' benefit.

Okay, he is not super stupid. His reason is.

Actually, I did not understand what he said at all in that 2nd paragraph, and I just guessed based on the words and context clues, so I may have interpreted it incorrectly.

"I don't want others to go through the mistake of watching season one again in what is suppose to be a second season. Does that clear it up for you?"

No, it really isn't clear to me.

@Buff - I understand the reason you gave and accept it as valid and logical.

[Shadow Skill]

Ok Shinta, Season 2 will be exactly as season one. That is what I am saying, if you cannot understand with how sarcastically I spelled it out in my paragraph with zero error, then perhaps someone needs to retake an English course again.

I don't think many will be happy with a season 2.

I do agree the soundtrack was superb but the anime itself as a whole was atrocious and on the level of Legend of the Legendary heroes. Jumping around, no solid story lines. Same repetitive scenes. Different names, but same characters overwall who die over and over again.

Worst anime ever. I sincerely hope there will never be a season 2. This whole anime was 25 episodes of a novel being vocally read out loud.

[FelixZeroAlastor]

I do agree the soundtrack was superb but the anime itself as a whole was atrocious and on the level of Legend of the Legendary heroes. Jumping around, no solid story lines. Same repetitive scenes. Different names, but same characters overwall who die over and over again.

Worst anime ever. I sincerely hope there will never be a season 2. This whole anime was 25 episodes of a novel being vocally read out loud.

This was on no way on the level of Legend of the Legendary Heroes. While the anime did drag its feet during the wall invasion for no reason (happened pretty fast in the manga), the story progressed along quite smoothly after that point, as opposed to Legendary Heroes where it couldn't quite figure out where it was going and what it wanted to do. I don't even know how you see them repeating the same thing over and over again or your point about the characters.

The anime wasn't amazing but it isn't as bad as you make it out to be. If anything, it is mediocre to above average.

As Buff said, it was overall just fun to watch.

[shinta|hikari]

That is what I am saying, if you cannot understand with how sarcastically I spelled it out in my paragraph with zero error, then perhaps someone needs to retake an English course again.

"I don't want others to go through the mistake of watching season one again in what is suppose to be a second season. Does that clear it up for you?"

Supposed*

LOL.

I got what you meant in the first paragraph, but your 2nd is confusing. Please fix your tenses first before telling people to relearn a language. I did a quick check and there are more than 10 grammar errors in your 1st post.

Do you mean you do not want others to watch season one like you did, because there is a second season that implies it is a great anime? This is what Buff thought you meant, which serves as proof that your statement was unclear.

But according to your last clarification, I guess you meant "I don't want people to watch a repeat of the 1st season in what is supposed to be the 2nd season." A few changes can make things much clearer.

[DarthEnderX]

I don't think many will be happy with a season 2.

Says the guy who wasn't happy with season 1, even though most people seem to love it. Probably not the best person to be judging what other people are going to be happy with.

Worst anime ever.

Alright, now you're just trolling.

[NeoCybercoin]

Speaking of Titans. The OVA just came out. And it shows some damn interesting things.

Hatsuyuki- Shingeki no Kyojin OVA 1

[David75]

Speaking of Titans. The OVA just came out. And it shows some damn interesting things.

Hatsuyuki- Shingeki no Kyojin OVA 1

I have some very bad experiences with that fansubing name. Are the subs decent for that one?
Thanks

[Shadow Skill]

My English is fine. It's you who cannot comprehend simple words. Aside from that, no it's not trolling. It is the worst anime ever. It's just mind boggling that people actually like it. It has zero substance and zero story and zero character development. The anime itself as a whole is a waste of 9 1/2 hours.

If you don't like my feedback on the anime, stop replying and asking me questions about why I hate it and scroll over. Simple as that. Obviously you dislike anything that doesn't agree with your set dogma in place on anime. That's the point of these forums are they not? To shed light on anime that is actually quite bad.

[shinta|hikari]

We actually presented proper arguments or asked for clarifications. Claiming you have zero error (really, this is something you should never do) then blaming me for not understanding and having a tantrum after having your errors pointed out is (pardon the ad hominem, this is just an observation really) quite childish.

Buff mentioned a good reason why a 2nd season is not desirable for some and I accepted it, because it actually made sense.

We aren't berating you because you dislike SnK. It is because your arguments are weak or hard to understand. You also love to exaggerate, which tends to make your argument much less believable or acceptable because it lies in the extremes. Calling SnK the worst anime ever is hardly believable, unless you watch very little anime.

After you clarified your point, I actually understood you, and while I do not agree, I cannot stop you from having and stating that opinion, just like how you cannot stop me from having and stating my opinion of your opinion. That is the point of these forums, discussion, not some messianic quest to enlighten us dumb watchers of what anime is "good" or "bad", since that relies heavily on taste.