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One thing I´ve been noticing in the past few years is that new anime releases are lacking on originality and a serious plot, so when Shingeki no Kyojin or if you prefer Attack on Titan first came out I had all sorts of mixed feelings towards it, but this feeling of relief was always present on me. Attack on Titan is one of those anime that even non regular anime viewers praise, but does Titan lives up to all its Hype surrounding it or it just stays as Attack on Hypu?

Setting/Plot: ... 7.5
I will try to not drag out for too much in this part even though Attack on Titan has a very big premise, when humanity is no longer at the top of the food chain because of what they refer as Titans who resemble giant people varying from 4m class to a big ass 60m class have putted humans at border of extinction. Now humans only option is to live cornered in this 3 gigantic walls Maria, Rose and Sina. This situation creates a lot of limitations for humans such as their resources and their live space. On a first look the plot doesn´t look that amazing or original, but it doesn´t just stop there as the majority of people think, no, the world of Attack on Titan is much bigger than that delivering complex themes such as new religions, monarchic government, new social ideals, etc.

So the anime follows Eren a kid that has always been curious of the outside world, he has always had this motivation to join the Scouting Legion, accompanying him there´s Mikasa and his friend Armin. When suddenly a Colossal Titan appears with what they call the Armor Titan breach over the walls that have protected them for their whole lives, letting minor titans enter the wall and start chaos, the outcome of this event had Eren seeing her mother get eaten by a Titan which starts Eren journey to obliterate the Titans!

Art/Animation: 8.5
I personally was a bit concerned with this at first; Attack on Titan was produced by Studio Wit. As a new studio it’s usual that they start with less ambitious projects and I was preoccupied if they could handle a promising show like Titan; they went totally beyond my expectations!
Don´t get me wrong, it had decent animation, but when it needed to exceed their potential they did, that´s why SnK has God given action scenes!
As it for the artstyle I can say it has a different aspect looking a bit more cartoonish than most of the anime, I´m not saying this is good or bad it just depends on your taste. Also this combined with a world filled with medieval atmosphere does work pretty well. The animation is one of the remarkable things about Titan, with this you can notice their high production value played a great part on the anime because if just help to deliver the viewers a more realistic environment to what´s happening.


Soundtrack: 9
You know that a soundtrack is good not just when it helps building up the atmosphere but when it becomes memorable, that is what attack on titan OST´s delivered to me. The OST does not reach the “eargasm” levels for me but it surely is one of the greats. I also have to give them props for the voice casting, it just was right on spot with honorable mentions to Kamiya Hiroshi casting for Rivaille and Inoue Marina casting for Armin both with remarkable performances, being honest the whole cast has done an amazing performance!

Characters: 7
Now I come to the weakest part of the anime, I will just limit myself to talk about the main cast not because other characters are not important or I dislike them, is because anybody aside from the main cast of characters can die, even the coolest character if he´s not from the main cast he´s probably just there for the meat fest. This is really sad because there´s much more cooler characters the anime can focus on that don´t get that much screen time =(

Eren Yeager: Eren is our lead protagonist in the series, starting out being a character with a great determination that also felt very cliché with this “I´ll swear vengeance “thing. Although he has a great determination he sometimes turns out to be useless at times, even though he has this special something inside him…….

Mikasa Ackerman: Probably the best out of the three leads, Mikasa, is presented to us as a strong character not just physically but also emotionally. She also has this abnormal attachment towards the main lead Eren. She also takes part on some of the best scenes of the anime, just portraying how epic she can be.

Armin Arlert: Last but not least we have Armin, which for me is the one who gains more development throughout the anime being from a total pussy to a mastermind who leads important operations for humanity.

Enjoyment:9
Attack on Titan surely shows some remarkable work in a lot of its categories, but still is not perfect as people claim it to be it does enough to keep you eager to know what will happen next! Attack on Titan does not lifts up to all its Hype but this doesn´t mean that it fails to do a remarkable and enjoyable anime!
Overall: 8.5

By already have watched a bit more than half the whole series I´ll like to give my thoughts on this mini-anime (sadly episodes are 3mins long =/ )

Kyou no Asuka show involves Asuka an innocent girl in a world of pervs. In a nutshell the story can be described as "Unintentional Pervert Segments" which I admit involve very hilarious moments.

The art is pretty decent, the only different aspect of it comes from the main protagonist Asuka has a very bright look in her eyes the can be annoying for some people but for me is ok, the scenes are fluid and thats the only important ... thing (it gets the job done)

The sound feels almost in-existent (what do you expect from a 3mins episode) the only thing that stood out for me in this section is the catchy ending, all things aside from this are really decent.

The thing that amuses me from this anime and keeps it fresh is the variety of situations the main protagonist puts herself in, she also has the particular reasoning that makes this anime super enjoyable. It also has its ecchi moments but I guess that helps with the situations atmosphere.

Kyou no Asuka show is an anime I recommend if you wanna have a good time =)
Overall: 6.5

Isn´t a war Humby filled with guns and semi-nude girls every guys dream? Well that dream is granted to us by HotD (Highschool of the Dead)!

Story:6 (WARNING: If you can´t tolerate fanservice and gravitational boobs just don´t try watching this]
Well the zombies theme, it really isn´t a very creative theme as we all western viewers know. Zombies have been one of the most overused themes in western civilization not just in movies and tv shows they´re everywhere! But the anime that kinda had the first shot at this popular theme is HotD, now the producers had 2 options, the first one being to ... aim for a serious plot focusing on social crisis and how the world turns more and more into an anarchist society each time bringing human kind to the edge of extinction, or plan B focusing on a group of teenage girls wearing half “clothes” (yeah that shit can´t be called cloth), an Otaku that is really addicted to FPS games and our main hero/leader. Is a very average plot what can I say nothing amazing but gets the job done for the genre (don´t expect nothing amazing from the plot,). Boobs + zombies

Characters:6
We have pros and cons about the characters; we have our pretty generic characters the hot dumb chick, the fat otaku, the little girl, etc. But this is not all that bad, although characters were cliché I really liked the cast (except from the retard blonde teacher). But the good things of the cast were 3 characters Takashi, Saeko and Kouta they just make up to the best scenes in the show and without them HotD wouldn´t be worth watching.

Animation:8
We have some pretty solid animation and really colourful vibrant art style in this anime, but you really see its full potential in the action scenes they were just super fluid making these scenes. Also I have to give them props to invent new boobs gravitational movements, is like if the boobs in this show could be accepted to be protagonists in matrix! ==== moving aside all the jokes they did a very remarkable work with the animation is eye-catching and it really works for the anime.

Sound:6
First I will like to talk about the OP and ED´s, I found the opening to be really good showing some great action scenes with hot chicks always works! Talking about the ending, the good thing about it is that it had a variety of tracks in each episode some better than others but no one really stood out. Now the show didn´t had a lot of OSTs and I don´t think it needed them because this silent moments where the ones that built the suspension atmosphere in the anime, the only thing I can say about the soundtracks is that they had the job done.

Personal Enjoyment:9
Arguably I could be a little bit biased talking about HotD I´m a teenager I like girls, guns and badass action scenes! But apart from that I think Highschool of the Dead is one of those anime that can be finished in a few hours without knowing, is really enjoyable and that’s what it aims for.
So if you like action scenes, hot girls and war humbys I totally recommend you HotD !
Overall: 7.5