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Attack on Titan

Dans La Lune

Dans La Lune

Zionism is Antisemitism
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I don’t watch a lot of anime, but I came upon this show (now in 3rd or 4th season) and was quite impressed at the story quality. Without spoiling anything, it’s about human civilization having been hunted to near-extinction by giant humans (‘Titans’), forcing them to live behind large walls. In order to combat them, the fighting force of humans use a system of gas-powered pulleys to propel them in 3D space (kinda like Batman).

Some of the more interesting moments are when these trained fighters see the titans ripping their friends apart and then opt for suicide rather than fight them. It makes the show more ‘real’ and relatable than your standard ‘heroes power up and save the day’ kind of anime.

In many ways its a standard anime, with the ambitious underdog hero, but in other ways its like the Walking Dead (in its prime). The giants often have a creepy smile on their face, and do not eat for sustenance, but rather to kill. An average encounter kill with titans kills hundreds of humans.

Still on the first season.

I believe the ‘It’ director is planning on turning this into a movie franchise.
 
Dans La Lune said:
I don’t watch a lot of anime, but I came upon this show (now in 3rd or 4th season) and was quite impressed at the story quality. Without spoiling anything, it’s about human civilization having been hunted to near-extinction by giant humans (‘Titans’), forcing them to live behind large walls. In order to combat them, the fighting force of humans use a system of gas-powered pulleys to propel them in 3D space (kinda like Batman).

Some of the more interesting moments are when these trained fighters see the titans ripping their friends apart and then opt for suicide rather than fight them. It makes the show more ‘real’ and relatable than your standard ‘heroes power up and save the day’ kind of anime.

In many ways its a standard anime, with the ambitious underdog hero, but in other ways its like the Walking Dead (in its prime). The giants often have a creepy smile on their face, and do not eat for sustenance, but rather to kill. An average encounter kill with titans kills hundreds of humans.

Still on the first season.

I believe the ‘It’ director is planning on turning this into a movie franchise.
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My wife really enjoyed the series, though I found it rather sad and bleak and didn't get past more than the first three episodes. I might give it another go in the future.
 
Felis Leo said:
My wife really enjoyed the series, though I found it rather sad and bleak and didn't get past more than the first three episodes. I might give it another go in the future.
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I would say its definitely bleak. It’s worth getting into, but yeah... bleak. I learned from George R. R. Martin that it doesn’t matter what the setting is (space, fantasy, other), always look for the human angle. Everything else is just window dressing. So I’ve been looking for stories where humans face maximum pressure.
 
Dans La Lune said:
I don’t watch a lot of anime, but I came upon this show (now in 3rd or 4th season) and was quite impressed at the story quality. Without spoiling anything, it’s about human civilization having been hunted to near-extinction by giant humans (‘Titans’), forcing them to live behind large walls. In order to combat them, the fighting force of humans use a system of gas-powered pulleys to propel them in 3D space (kinda like Batman).

Some of the more interesting moments are when these trained fighters see the titans ripping their friends apart and then opt for suicide rather than fight them. It makes the show more ‘real’ and relatable than your standard ‘heroes power up and save the day’ kind of anime.

In many ways its a standard anime, with the ambitious underdog hero, but in other ways its like the Walking Dead (in its prime). The giants often have a creepy smile on their face, and do not eat for sustenance, but rather to kill. An average encounter kill with titans kills hundreds of humans.

Still on the first season.

I believe the ‘It’ director is planning on turning this into a movie franchise.
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The show is like 7 years old and you just caught an episode?
I found it to be just another anime show with predictable events.
 
Moonglow said:
The show is like 7 years old and you just caught an episode?
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Yes, I’m not really into anime that much. I’ve heard of it for years but never watched it.

I found it to be just another anime show with predictable events.
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Is there any anime you’d recommend? Preferably in the horror, non-pervert genre.
 
Dans La Lune said:
Yes, I’m not really into anime that much. I’ve heard of it for years but never watched it.



Is there any anime you’d recommend? Preferably in the horror, non-pervert genre.
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Cowboy Bebop was okay but I can't think of any anime which doesn't have sexual innuendo.
 
Moonglow said:
Cowboy Bebop was okay but I can't think of any anime which doesn't have sexual innuendo.
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Yeah, saw that a long time ago. I remember it being good, but can’t remember much else.
 
Dans La Lune said:
I don’t watch a lot of anime, but I came upon this show (now in 3rd or 4th season) and was quite impressed at the story quality. Without spoiling anything, it’s about human civilization having been hunted to near-extinction by giant humans (‘Titans’), forcing them to live behind large walls. In order to combat them, the fighting force of humans use a system of gas-powered pulleys to propel them in 3D space (kinda like Batman).

Some of the more interesting moments are when these trained fighters see the titans ripping their friends apart and then opt for suicide rather than fight them. It makes the show more ‘real’ and relatable than your standard ‘heroes power up and save the day’ kind of anime.

In many ways its a standard anime, with the ambitious underdog hero, but in other ways its like the Walking Dead (in its prime). The giants often have a creepy smile on their face, and do not eat for sustenance, but rather to kill. An average encounter kill with titans kills hundreds of humans.

Still on the first season.

I believe the ‘It’ director is planning on turning this into a movie franchise.
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The show is really good at times, and really not so much at others. As more and more of the back story came out this past season, I really was not impressed. It is certainly worth watching, but at one point it looked like it was going to be great. Now it is just ok to good. Season 2 did feature one of the most wonderfully creepy songs during the closing credits though!

 
Moonglow said:
Cowboy Bebop was okay but I can't think of any anime which doesn't have sexual innuendo.
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Most don't have much if any sexual innuendo. Some do, but no more than a typical TV show in the US. Most of my favorite anime have little if any. Shows like Azumanga Dioah, Haruhi Suzumiya, Shirobako, Beyond the Boundary, Hi-score Girl, Teasing Master Takagi-San, and countless others are things that you could let any kid watch.

Almost forgot: my niece at age 4 loved K-On, and there was nothing inappropriate for her in it.
 
Dans La Lune said:
I don’t watch a lot of anime, but I came upon this show (now in 3rd or 4th season) and was quite impressed at the story quality. Without spoiling anything, it’s about human civilization having been hunted to near-extinction by giant humans (‘Titans’), forcing them to live behind large walls. In order to combat them, the fighting force of humans use a system of gas-powered pulleys to propel them in 3D space (kinda like Batman).

Some of the more interesting moments are when these trained fighters see the titans ripping their friends apart and then opt for suicide rather than fight them. It makes the show more ‘real’ and relatable than your standard ‘heroes power up and save the day’ kind of anime.

In many ways its a standard anime, with the ambitious underdog hero, but in other ways its like the Walking Dead (in its prime). The giants often have a creepy smile on their face, and do not eat for sustenance, but rather to kill. An average encounter kill with titans kills hundreds of humans.

Still on the first season.

I believe the ‘It’ director is planning on turning this into a movie franchise.
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Japaneese are facinated by suicide.
 
Dans La Lune said:
I don’t watch a lot of anime, but I came upon this show (now in 3rd or 4th season) and was quite impressed at the story quality. Without spoiling anything, it’s about human civilization having been hunted to near-extinction by giant humans (‘Titans’), forcing them to live behind large walls. In order to combat them, the fighting force of humans use a system of gas-powered pulleys to propel them in 3D space (kinda like Batman).

Some of the more interesting moments are when these trained fighters see the titans ripping their friends apart and then opt for suicide rather than fight them. It makes the show more ‘real’ and relatable than your standard ‘heroes power up and save the day’ kind of anime.

In many ways its a standard anime, with the ambitious underdog hero, but in other ways its like the Walking Dead (in its prime). The giants often have a creepy smile on their face, and do not eat for sustenance, but rather to kill. An average encounter kill with titans kills hundreds of humans.

Still on the first season.

I believe the ‘It’ director is planning on turning this into a movie franchise.
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get ready for some plot twists
 
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