Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titans)

[ahill1]

Is there someone here who watched it and reads the manga? If so, is it good?

 

[sei'taer]

Some people think it's overhyped, and some people think a certain arc dragged it way down.

I really enjoy the series though, including the arc that most people don't. The manga art is pretty shitty in the beginning, but it gets better after a while.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Dropped both the anime and manga when trying to view either due to it seeming pretty pretentious in it's presentation. The series' premise seemed to be promising for a Shonen, though whatever positives it had in it's appearance as a series in which anyone could die and where strategy and tactics would be needed to win battles were thrown out about 5 episodes in, where it became clear after the protagonist's plot hax that Giant on Giant battles would be the main source of the heroes' victories and the protag's plot armour was as thick as Naruto's.
The characterisation was very weak as well. Other than Jean, the main cast were very stereotypical archetypes that went through little development.

Doesn't help that the anime series Blue Gender had a very similar premise of humanity trying to survive against a monstrous threat and executed the concept far better, mainly due to not relying on Battle Shonen tropes to help the heroes through.

The anime's useful for normies and casuals as a gateway anime. Other than that, there's no point viewing it when each aspect of it has been pulled off better somewhere else.

 

[sei'taer]

where it became clear after the protagonist's plot hax that Giant on Giant battles would be the main source of the heroes' victories and the protag's plot armour was as thick as Naruto's.

That's not representative of the series at all though?

 

[Satsuki]

Good concept, extremely poor execution.