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Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) |OT| MMA Ultra(spider)man (NO MANGA SPOILERS)
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Yeah I got that. It's kind of a non statement though, really. I mean it goes without saying that if you have a large enough audience a certain percentage of that audience will find flaws. It just... goes without saying. So I took it to mean the more dickish response that "people will hate things because they're popular," since that actually seemed like something someone would say. lol.
It would be the only thing it has torn in weeks, then.
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Jotamide
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heyoooooooooooo
Where does that come from?
They (as in "the people we see on the show") didn't build those walls. How could they, with all those titans?
Here are some better questions: "who built those walls?", "how did they build those walls?". Hell, "why exactly did they build those walls?" might actually be relevant as well.
I could have sworn it was outwardly stated somewhere in the show, if not it's the general impression I got from watching it from shots like this:
Even if I'm wrong it's still not doing a very good job of conveying its ideas well, lol.
Well considering how so much of the artistic themes are a drawing from a medieval period I understood this to be a technological dark age. Especially since certain technologies exist which are further ahead than they really should be. Which in my mind says they at some point did have the technology to do build something like this but lost the resources.
Again, even if I'm wrong here this is still poor and conflicting conveyance of themes and ideas.
Nope. And compared to the colossal titan, Wall Rose and Wall Maria sure seem to be the same height.
Well, that's kinda of a tricky issue, there, isn't it? The world might remind us of our medieval times, but it is another world, with another history. And very different circumstances (and priorities), clearly. Not sure how one could determine which technologies "shouldn't exist". I mean, it's not like they've invented the cell phone but have yet to come up with the wheel or something outrageous like that, is it?
One thing that does bother me a bit is that they seem to be using some kind of gas for propulsion, and yet I'm not seeing any hot air balloon. At the end of the day, I guess it all depends on whether or not there was one clever person to actually invent the damn thing, but at the very least, there would be an obvious need for such a device (recon).
So basically what you're showing here is the show is incredibly inconsistent in it's internal logic? You don't say.
This is silly, you're being incredibly selective of my points here.
Where in the show is it stated that this is another world altogether? As far as I could tell there's no indication either way of what the setting actually is. It's just vague fluff... like the entirety of what I've seen of the show.
... Nope? I'm not even sure how you got that from my post.
Not really. You think it was stated, and it wasn't. And when the actual walls are shown to be the same height, does it really matter that much if that (clearly simplified, not-to-scale, etc) graphic seems to be indicating otherwise (frankly, I hadn't even noticed anything weird)?
Not sure if serious...
They've been assaulted by titans for 100 years. Even if their world actually was ours before that point (and that's a pretty big "if"), it certainly hasn't been for quite some time.
Episode 12: still waiting for goku to return from snake way...or arrive on namek... or exit the hyperdimensional training room... or insert annoying shounen stall tactic/level up sequence. At least there was some action but the constant bickering and overanalyzation is really destroying the pace.
Mad Bowser
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Am I the only one who's not convinced by the anime's quality in the recent episodes?
scamartilhon
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This anime had such an awesome start... I even convinced a bunch of friends to start watching it because I was pretty sure it would be the best anime of the year, but this pace is unsustainably boring. It had such a good George RR Martin phase, it seemed anything could happen, but now it is a lot like Naruto. I think I'm gonna start watching the episodes skipping forward to compensate.
Now I need something else to quench my dark fantasy thirst. Berserk and Claymore are not enough!
Now I need something else to quench my dark fantasy thirst. Berserk and Claymore are not enough!
I love it. :3
RSLAEV
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When (if) the show goes back to being good, the tone of the thread will change accordingly.
No reason criticism shouldn't be allowed.
I like the show, think it's great. I really like the storyline too, so much that I went and read through and caught up in the manga.
Constructive criticism is fine. I'm not seeing much of that here.
Mr.Marston
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Just finished Episode 12. This show is awesome. I am officially a fan.
That is all.
That is all.
Criticism is fine. Without qualifiers. Stop having an emotional investment in whether someone else is enjoying what you're enjoying.
EvilKatarn
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Yeah, the people who have been here since day 1 have to leave because the show has had a sudden fall in quality and now the fans should not express their opinion!!
Totally makes sense.
DimmuBurgerKing
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During the flashback episode about Mikasa and Eren's first meeting, one of the kidnappers mentions "She looks Asian." When queried by the other man, he explains that "once, even humans had different races and cultures," or something to that effect. Could be a quirk of the translation, but from that I gathered that it takes place in some far-flung future Earth.
Not that it matters too much, anyway. I just found it interesting at the time.
It wasn't that specific in the original Japanese though (I think I would have used "Oriental" instead).
DimmuBurgerKing
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I wondered if it said the same thing in Japanese. That makes sense, thanks.
The alliance is here guys tread carefully
So I actually got caught up to the most recent episode after marathoning all of them over two days. I really like it so far, but all of the whining, bitching, and crying is really starting to grate on my nerves. For those that have read the manga, is this something that continues for a long while or will it end soon?
RSLAEV
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You know, I think the ending of episode 4 was the most "Fuck Yeah!" I've been about a cartoon in ages. I don't think it's unreasonable for me to be disappointed now that the anime has gone from that to a whole episode about Armin coming up with a plan, and that plan being to yell another plan as sincerely as possible.
It's a cartoon, not a sports team- I don't have to have some kind of strange emotional devotion to it when it takes a nose dive in quality because it "needs my support"
It's a cartoon, not a sports team- I don't have to have some kind of strange emotional devotion to it when it takes a nose dive in quality because it "needs my support"
Because it's breaking our hearts? Go back to the episode 1 through 7 parts of this thread and people like me had a completely different tone. I got pretty pissed at the spoilers some people posted. There hasn't even been the opportunity for asshole to spoil anything lately as you can't spoil something that's already stale.
So this is the first modern anime you've watched?
Sawano haters gonna hate. This is fantastic.
Blood Diamonds
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No there are plenty of things to spoil but I'm not gonna do it, so once the boulder moves it should get interesting again.
I was talking specifically about the most recent cluster of motion comics being pawned off as an animated series. It's clear there's lots more to be revealed. But I'd lmao if someone deemed it necessary to spoiler tag the non developments of the last handful of episodes.
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I wish we could spoiler gifs. I'd post something like "Aw man I can't believe what happened last episode
It's fucking nothing.gif
flamingotripod
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This thread shouldnt need spoiler tags anymore cause nothing fucking happens since episode 6
Blood Diamonds
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So then the last few episodes have been this?
In different shots?
In different shots?
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
MoonLightWave
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So good, indeed.
I was under the impression that this was our planet. The description of the world beyond the Wall given by Armin sounds a lot like Earth. Hence things like an entire continent of snow and stuff.
Because this was the anime of the season, and now it isn't, and there's the vague, desperate hope that that changes in the future?
No. I watched Jojo's Bizarre Adventure recently, but aside from that and AoT I watch Toriko, One Piece, Naruto, Fairy Tail, and Hunter X Hunter each week. Don't see what that has to do with my original question.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
Why can't it be the anime of this season also?
State Body Machine Motion from the OST is so good. I can't stop listening to it.
The CD as a whole is amazing. I wonder what other tracks might become my favorite. If you're a fan of interesting, unique music, this OST is definitely recommended [and is available for a very cheap $30, not including shipping].
Edit - I'm now a fan of pretty much every song on this album [listening to DOA now]. Wow.
The CD as a whole is amazing. I wonder what other tracks might become my favorite. If you're a fan of interesting, unique music, this OST is definitely recommended [and is available for a very cheap $30, not including shipping].
Edit - I'm now a fan of pretty much every song on this album [listening to DOA now]. Wow.
Hold up, you think the first OP in F/Z is better than To The Beginning?
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