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Why You Should Watch Attack On Titans?

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Attack on Titan doesn’t just offer a gripping drama, stunning graphics and inspirational characters – it offers life lessons, too. It questions the meaning of life, how the human spirit can endure a merciless and cruel world, the value of fighting for what you care about and the value of true friendship.





The story of Attack on Titan centers around the adventures of Eren Yeager, his foster sister, Mikasa Ackerman, and their childhood friend, Armin Arlert. After the wall which protects their hometown of Shinganshina is breached by Titans, Eren watches in horror as one of them eats his mother. Vowing to kill all the Titans, Eren enlists in the Survey Corps, an elite group of soldiers who fight Titans outside the Walls, along with his friends.

It’s no surprise that the Attack on Titan soundtrack is well composed. The respected Hiroyuki Sawano, who composed other favorite anime soundtracks such as Kill la Kill and Blue Exorcist, really went all out in this one. Many western fans have even dubbed him the “Hans Zimmer of Japanese Anime”. Each action piece has a musical counterpart that fits perfectly with the scene, leaving you googling what song was used in it. Some of the most memorable tracks are Rittai Kidou, Reluctant Heroes, E.M.A., and the first Opening.

The animation in Attack on Titan was some of the most beautiful in 2013. From 3D Maneuvering Gear to the intensity you felt every time your eyes laid onto a Titan, Wit Studio and Production I.G. worked together to seamlessly combine traditional animation with modern day CG animation. There were various settings and lighting, gloomy or bright, either fast paced or slow paced it didn’t matter. Each scene was beautifully crafted with detail and expertise, and it should have considering that hardcore fans have been waiting since 2009 for this.



If you’re a Game of Thrones fan, you will have the best mentality for watching this anime. Isayama Hajime, the creator, shares some ideology with George R.R. Martin in the sense that he likes to snatch loved ones away from you. In Attack of Titan you win or you die.



With that said, he makes sure to give each of the main characters their own character development continuously throughout the series. Each character has their own background and way of thinking. No two people are the exact same cliché. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. It’s extremely easy to get attached to certain characters other than the main three, especially Sasha the Potato Girl and to think he did it all by accident.



Another thing that people with the Game of Thrones mentality will love is that Attack on Titan is unpredictable.



The show is not some cliché “heroes will prevail” story. Things happen unexpectedly no matter what you do, just like life. No matter how much you plan or how strong you think you are, you can’t predict life. That’s exactly what Attack on Titan teaches you straight from episode one. Attack on Titan is not afraid to go against the grain. He’s not afraid to make you cry a little either. Creator Isayama explicitly stated that his original ending for the show was to have every single person die like in Stephen King's The Mist, but he later changed it due to the sudden popularity of the manga.



Attack on Titan arguably has one of the funniest, most faithful fandoms out there. They’re always constantly creating new content based off of sheer imagination. They seem to be the #5 in the fandom world in terms of consistent vigorous content creation, only behind the fandom giants that are Marvel, Supernatural, Sherlock, and Doctor Who. The anime gained widespread fame in 2013 when it was subtitled and released, with the manga’s popularity following suit. Ever since then, the fans have been having a field day.



