Attack on Titan

sniper_samurai · 03-04-2017 2:58am

For anyone waiting for the English dub, it is being broadcast in America staring April 29th on Adult Swims Toonami block.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-02/jason-demarco-toonami-to-air-attack-on-titan-season-2-starting-on-april-29/.114243

Sabre0001 · 03-04-2017 2:46pm

I enjoyed the opener.

The scene with the Beast titan was particularly interesting. The trailer made him look like he could be one of the allies of the humans (aside from throwing the horse). Whereas in the scene itself he was anything but. Pretty brutal death for that soldier and the "You can move now"
was chilling.

Watched it on Crunchyroll. Just as well there's a free trial; dunno if myself and the housemate will be going through with that purchase. Video (on PS4) was freezing and then would go through moments of speeding through scenes. Thankfully it righted itself eventually (though there were still some tense moments as it looked like the service was crapping out).

sniper_samurai · 03-04-2017 3:23pm

Sabre0001 wrote: »

I enjoyed the opener.
The scene with the Beast titan was particularly interesting. The trailer made him look like he could be one of the allies of the humans (aside from throwing the horse). Whereas in the scene itself he was anything but. Pretty brutal death for that soldier and the "You can move now"
was chilling.

Watched it on Crunchyroll. Just as well there's a free trial; dunno if myself and the housemate will be going through with that purchase. Video (on PS4) was freezing and then would go through moments of speeding through scenes. Thankfully it righted itself eventually (though there were still some tense moments as it looked like the service was crapping out).

Crunchyroll runs fine 90% of the time, they were having server issues yesterday though. Also don't bother trying to watch when Dragon Ball Super launches early on Sunday mornings(around 1.30 am atm) at it tanks the server.

Mr.Saturn · 03-04-2017 3:58pm

Worth mentioning Crunchyroll took a battering Saturday because of influx of new sign-ups due to AoT. I renewed my membership Saturday evening to catch the premiere and read the next issue on the 8th, but it took around 5 hours for my order to process. They seemed to have ironed everything out now, though.

12 eps means we're just getting the "Clash of the Titans" arc, right? Anyone think we'll be getting more later in the year?

sniper_samurai · 03-04-2017 4:06pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Worth mentioning Crunchyroll took a battering Saturday because of influx of new sign-ups due to AoT. I renewed my membership Saturday evening to catch the premiere and read the next issue on the 8th, but it took around 5 hours for my order to process. They seemed to have ironed everything out now, though.

12 eps means we're just getting the "Clash of the Titans" arc, right? Anyone think we'll be getting more later in the year?

Seems that way. I would have expected it to be 2 cour and finish up at the end of

the civil war

. Still quite a bit of material that can be adapted before catching up to the manga, looking forward to this months after

the time skip

Mr.Saturn · 03-04-2017 5:16pm

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Seems that way. I would have expected it to be 2 cour and finish up at the end of
the civil war
. Still quite a bit of material that can be adapted before catching up to the manga, looking forward to this months after
the time skip

Yeah, was expecting the same. TV-only followers of the franchise are gonna be drawing a pension before they find out

what's in the basement.

Mixed feelings on the manga because it felt like

it was nearing an end game but we've now got another couple arcs worth of lore to pump through. Still pretty fascinating, mind.

jeonahr · 21-04-2017 12:37am

Very late to the party but I just binge watched all of season 1 today after hearing from a friend that season 2 was released and that I should give it a go. I held it off before because I thought it would've been too gory for me but wow. Love the plot and yeah, I wish we got a bit more on Mikasa as she seems like a really interesting character.

CastorTroy · 21-04-2017 10:00am

I'm waiting on the dub of season 2 to start before watching. That starts tomorrow in the States

Cotts72 · 24-04-2017 3:29pm

The dubbed voices actually irritate me

enjoying season 2 so far and how they are focusing on a big reveal with the true origins of the Titans! Can't wait till they finally unleash Eren in Titan form

Gingervitis · 06-05-2017 7:53pm

Season 2 Episode 6 spoilers:

Well, they finally revealed it. I'm glad the anime translated the manga so well, it was almost like a spaghetti western!

Mr.Saturn · 09-05-2017 5:20pm

Gingervitis wrote: »

Season 2 Episode 6 spoilers:

Well, they finally revealed it. I'm glad the anime translated the manga so well, it was almost like a spaghetti western!

Think the show actually did a better job with the reveal than the books. Felt understated, rather than the source material which almost seemed nonchalant.

Gingervitis · 18-06-2017 9:29am

Season 3 announced for 2018!

Excellent finale as well.

Cocksy · 28-11-2017 2:57pm

can't wait for the next season

Manora · 28-11-2017 10:59pm

Up to episode 20, and I'm really enjoying it. Sure, maybe it is a bit overhyped, but its still fantastic. I love the setting, and it certainly looks gorgeous.

Cocksy · 05-12-2017 2:44pm

nice idea and plot

Mr.Saturn · 06-12-2017 10:26am

If anyone's still on the manga hype train, chapter 100's just dropped. Ain't read it but believe it's utterly coconuts.

CastorTroy · 08-12-2017 2:38pm

Where is the anime in relation to the manga?

Mr.Saturn · 08-12-2017 2:51pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Where is the anime in relation to the manga?

About 3 arcs behind. Arcs in the manga got longer after the fifth one, so it looks like one arc is now roughly a season if AoT season 2 is anything to go. So, yeah, like 3 seasons worth of stuff is currently unadapted. That said, the AoT teaser released at the end of season 2 showed some stuff they shouldn't be getting to for a long while, so I don't know.

sniper_samurai · 08-12-2017 5:21pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

About 3 arcs behind. Arcs in the manga got longer after the fifth one, so it looks like one arc is now roughly a season if AoT season 2 is anything to go. So, yeah, like 3 seasons worth of stuff is currently unadapted. That said, the AoT teaser released at the end of season 2 showed some stuff they shouldn't be getting to for a long while, so I don't know.

Yeah, from the teaser it seems to be adapting upto

the second time skip

.

Munt1core · 11-12-2017 11:25am

the best anime ever

Varik · 11-12-2017 12:16pm

Part do drag on in the manga, last ended with a bang in any case.

sniper_samurai · 22-12-2017 2:18pm

Bluray for season 2 is out in February from Sony. Great to see Funimations new owners releasing in the UK and Ireland at the same time, in the same format as the US.

https://animeuknews.net/2017/12/sony-attack-on-titan-2-uk/

sniper_samurai · 18-01-2018 11:24pm

Humble bundle up for the manga and the spin offs.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/attack-on-titan-books

Also a new key visual for season 3 has been released showing Levi and

Kenny

Suckit · 06-02-2018 1:35pm

Microsoft giving away season one in HD free at the moment

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/season-101/8d6kgwzr35tf/0003

sniper_samurai · 06-02-2018 1:50pm

Suckit wrote: »

Microsoft giving away season one in HD free at the moment

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/season-101/8d6kgwzr35tf/0003

This can be redeemed on an Irish account, but can not be viewed due to the way Microsofts Film and Tv store operates.

Tar.Aldarion · 06-02-2018 1:58pm

Suckit wrote: »

Microsoft giving away season one in HD free at the moment

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/season-101/8d6kgwzr35tf/0003

You’re in a different region

To buy this product, set your Microsoft Store region to match your physical location.

Does it work for Ireland? /looks

Suckit · 06-02-2018 3:04pm

Suckit wrote: »

Microsoft giving away season one in HD free at the moment

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/season-101/8d6kgwzr35tf/0003

Ah crap.
I was rushing to pick up a delivery, and i just posted it, i had not checked region. Is it also not available in UK/Ireland.

Gbear · 29-03-2018 7:13pm

Well I've finally finished season 2 four and half years after season 1.
It was also good but I still haven't the foggiest what's going on.

Haven't read the manga.

Is there any particular reason season 2 was half the length?
Was there a question of biting off more than they could chew for season 1 and they're switching to shorter seasons without as long a delay?

sniper_samurai · 29-03-2018 8:05pm

Gbear wrote: »

Well I've finally finished season 2 four and half years after season 1.
It was also good but I still haven't the foggiest what's going on.

Haven't read the manga.

Is there any particular reason season 2 was half the length?
Was there a question of biting off more than they could chew for season 1 and they're switching to shorter seasons without as long a delay?

Just the length of the arc being adapted. Season 3 starts in July which appears to be covering the next two arcs, up to

the second time skip

, which is the last completed arc in the manga.

Gbear · 29-03-2018 8:46pm

I've been wondering about some of the story-telling decisions in the show in season 2.

I don't think they really sold the identity of Reiner and Bert as the Armoured and Colossal titans.
Going through the flashbacks, there was enough foreshadowing to make me believe that it wasn't something they just pulled out of their arses half-way through this arc in the manga, and that it was always the plan, and I'm sure I had suspected Reiner as one of the blond people that might be the armoured titan (because it not being an important character would be bad storytelling), but in terms of selling his character it felt like they cheated.

Their apparent solution to essentially show Reiner's POV without spilling the beans about who he was, was to pretend that he was inhabiting a different persona in those scenes, and it felt like a copout and an excuse for resorting to bad storytelling in order to maintain the mystery.

Annie, for example, was pretty well done, because she always felt a bit off and her position as an outsider sold it, as did Ymir's, albeit to a lesser extent because she was less prominent until the section in the Castle in season 2.

Having said that it would be boring for the two titans to have been nobodies, Bert kinda was a nobody, so revealing him was a bit of a damp squib. In general, the way that reveal was structured was puzzling. It felt like they dropped into an episodic format and they had finished doing whatever it was they were beforehand and now they needed some new drama - queue awkward reveal: "Hey, Eren, we're murdering genocidal lunatics, and we'll casually slip it into conversation, even though we know you're horrifically traumatised by the effects of our actions that lead to the brutal death of your mother in front of your eyes."

Attack on Titan

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