Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers)

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Thu 12 Sep 2013 - 11:56

"Hidden femininity"? Who knew perfume could help spoil a favourite character. Neutral

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Thu 12 Sep 2013 - 12:09

I viewed it as a compliment to Mikasa to be honest.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Thu 12 Sep 2013 - 21:45

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Thu 12 Sep 2013 - 21:55

Christa's definitely going to die. Definitely. Too pretty to live.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Thu 12 Sep 2013 - 22:44

I feel my contributions to this thread will purely be limited to posting funnies linked to the anime - I KNOW TOO MUCH

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Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Fri 13 Sep 2013 - 9:23

You only have yourself to blame for that!

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Fri 13 Sep 2013 - 10:04

Balladeer wrote:: Christa's definitely going to die. Definitely. Too pretty to live.

I actually don't trust her. What's a sweet pretty nice girl even doing in the military? Much less joining what amounts to the suicide brigade. I could easily (and probably am) be wrong of course, but I just don't trust her yet. Suspect

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Sun 15 Sep 2013 - 11:16

So... lemme know when you've watched 23. Twisted Evil

Oh, and for Jay, it's the one with the spike-ring.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Sun 15 Sep 2013 - 16:45

Just watched it, good stuff. The soundtrack during that final scene was perfect.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Tue 17 Sep 2013 - 18:49

To be honest I've been expecting her to be female Titan for so long I'd started thinking of them as the same person about two episodes ago. Laughing

That said the tension in that last scene was just incredible, once again the show gets me on the edge of my seat with talking alone. And I really did not expect Annie to be that... demented I guess I would call it.

And seconding the music placement, Kyojin Shinko fit the scene perfectly, as did that as yet unreleased track. They seriously know how to place the music in this series to maximize the emotional impact of the scenes, and the music rocks too.

Finally to wrap up my opinion of the weekly episode post, bonus wallpaper of Mikasa being badass.

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Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Tue 17 Sep 2013 - 19:14

I did not get what was going on there. Her breaking into laughter and that. What's that all about?

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Tue 17 Sep 2013 - 19:45

I thought it was because they'd backed her in to a corner and she knew it.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Tue 17 Sep 2013 - 20:26

This was what it was like in the manga: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) - Page 2 G34SHB6

However, apparently the anime facial expression is closer to what the manga author originally was going to go for before he changed it.

From manga author Hajime Isayama: "An embarrassed smile/laugh made by a juvenile (eighth grade syndrome) character that I made up, until now, who’s been blamed/pointed at and has sadly been turned upon. She’s feeling relief/release from the need to keep lying. And becoming a normal sixteen year old girl."

I prefer the manga's take on this - it seems much more fitting with what Annie's character had been so far, there's no been no indication of that juvenile side of her so far.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Tue 17 Sep 2013 - 20:40

I think I prefer the anime take. She is still a teenager, after all.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Tue 17 Sep 2013 - 20:50

Fair enough - I prefer chilling demented like in that last frame of the manga excerpt as opposed to unhinged demented like in the anime.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Tue 17 Sep 2013 - 21:17

Both fit her pretty well in my opinion. She can be chilling, but she's shown in the past when things get stressful her shell cracks, like when she had a complete panic attack when Levi goaded her, or her terror when she was facing Eren, or her crying when she was finally defeated. I found the laughing chilling as well so I think both versions have the desired impact.

EDIT: on second thoughts no I'll just edit like normal. Is it just me or is Eren a lot less angry since the Trost arc? It just feels like he hasn't been all "I'll kill all the Titans! " for far too long, I liked the monster aspects of him and have been wondering where they've got to I guess.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Sun 22 Sep 2013 - 1:45

Episode 24! Let me know when you've watched it lads, so I can post without tags.

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Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Sun 22 Sep 2013 - 10:43

Having watched episode 24 now, all I can say to this...

Athrun888 wrote:: EDIT: on second thoughts no I'll just edit like normal. Is it just me or is Eren a lot less angry since the Trost arc? It just feels like he hasn't been all "I'll kill all the Titans! " for far too long, I liked the monster aspects of him and have been wondering where they've got to I guess.

...is...

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Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Sun 22 Sep 2013 - 13:33

If this had been following the manga faithfully, you wouldn't have got monster Eren.

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Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Sun 22 Sep 2013 - 14:37

To be fair, the scene with the Survey Corpses (see what I did there?) flashes through his mind in the anime. He's obviously still upset at letting them die, and that helps to motivate him. And then he compounds that by getting angry again. Everybody wins. Oh, and the throwback at the beginning reminds me that we did get a bit of psycho-Annie as well, after she'd finished laughing.

That .gif is great though. About time that Mikasa started getting a bit snippy with him, the moany bastard.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Tue 24 Sep 2013 - 19:25

Watching Eren bite himself repeatedly was painful. Mikasa I'm in two minds about, she earns points for being badass again and loses them for her unfounded jealousy of Annie. Rogue Titan was awesome. Looking forward to next week, that preview sounded very ominous.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Thu 26 Sep 2013 - 12:06

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Thu 26 Sep 2013 - 12:08

Athrun888 wrote:: Mikasa I'm in two minds about, she earns points for being badass again and loses them for her unfounded jealousy of Annie.

I didn't get jealousy, actually - just getting frustrated at her brother/crush being a whiny git. Although now that you've mentioned it and I've seen Jay's .gif, I'm thinking that you're probably right and am substantially less impressed.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Thu 26 Sep 2013 - 14:25

Author says he wants to end series in 20 volumes. Sounds good to me, everything I've seen so far seems to point that he has the series actually planned out, and those kind of series are always the ones hit worst when they go on indefinitely, and 20 volumes is a good number. The question is will he keep to it or will he bow to the pressure he is no doubt experiencing to keep what is now a cash cow running as long as possible.

Subject: Re: Attack on Titan Thread (Contains Spoilers) Thu 26 Sep 2013 - 14:32

Cue Attack on Titan 2: Electric Boogaloo.

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