Turin Turambar
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Imagine. Titans mounted on dinos.
Or maybe dinos mounted on Titans. Sky is the limit here!
I think they are more metaphorical dinos.
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Attack on Titan Season 2 |OT| NO MANGA TALK
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Imagine. Titans mounted on dinos.
Or maybe dinos mounted on Titans. Sky is the limit here!
Turin Turambar
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The manga isn't finished so at some point they NEED to do another hiatus. It could be between season 2 and 3, or between season 3 and 4.
With them only doing 12 eps it looks likely that this is going to be a once-a-year thing going forward.
Should be about the same, i.e. shit.
No manga spoilers. At all. Not even with tags. Please.
LordOfChaos
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Let's also pour one out for that badass fearless horse 
I was thinking of Mandarb, if anyone's read WoT.
I was thinking of Mandarb, if anyone's read WoT.
Animation was insanely well done for a TV show, not sure what was expected
iShouldGoPro
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I don't think we watched the same thing. Attack on Titan has some of the best animation I've seen in anime.
Side note, pretty much nailed what they were going to cover in this episode.
Does everyone agree wth me so far?
The character doesn't disappoint even later on
EDIT: how could I forget THAT MUSIC! Dear goodness, stirred the very essence of my soul
BakedTanooki
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Yeah. You really have to be insane, to call that poor animation.
Even non climax scenes have way above average animation quality, compared to other anime TV shows.
For about a minute every ten episodes or so.
*flashback to all the still images with sound effects cus they didn't have the time to animate them*
titiklabingapat
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Sometimes I'm glad I'm not quite an anime enthusiast. I don't notice how 'bad' the animations were.
An anime enthusiast will have seen dozens of shows with worse animation than Attack on Titan. The only bad things about this episode were the CGI shots (which were really unnecessary).
Because they weren't. Not really anyway. It's not like a lot really happened.
RainbowIslands
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The OP is kinda slow at the start, and too similar to the first OP. However it catches up starting with "Jean dodging the flying rock and Mikasa Flinging Eren" parts, even with "weird dinosaurs + flying whales with glowing hearts" imagery. The ending is pretty eerie too, storyboard done by Isayama Hajime (Manga Author).
As an anime-only watcher (I only catch up the manga after I finish the episode)
Episode-wise: I'm kind of sad that a large chunk of the material is either: in the Movie 2 epilogue or in the trailers (which I now regret watching so many times).
That shocking ending is.... traumatizing... To sum it in a message: "you start losing when you stop fighting" ideal might be true, but sometimes it's necessary to stop fighting (and hide) to keep yourself alive for another fight. Maybe if he didn't scream the beast titan wouldn't have "unfrozen" the other titans. I kinda like Mike as a character, but I guess that's why he's so tiny in the season 2 promo poster.
Also too many instances of (kinda bad, on par with season 1) CG and still frames both in the OP and horseback riding. I wish they could cut it down a little.
As an anime-only watcher (I only catch up the manga after I finish the episode)
Episode-wise: I'm kind of sad that a large chunk of the material is either: in the Movie 2 epilogue or in the trailers (which I now regret watching so many times).
That shocking ending is.... traumatizing... To sum it in a message: "you start losing when you stop fighting" ideal might be true, but sometimes it's necessary to stop fighting (and hide) to keep yourself alive for another fight. Maybe if he didn't scream the beast titan wouldn't have "unfrozen" the other titans. I kinda like Mike as a character, but I guess that's why he's so tiny in the season 2 promo poster.
Also too many instances of (kinda bad, on par with season 1) CG and still frames both in the OP and horseback riding. I wish they could cut it down a little.
You know it's the latter. The first episode alone dragged things out already.
MetroidPrimeRib
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S2 will be on Toonami on the 29th so the dub will be available by then
NaDannMaGoGo
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What was dragged out here? Miche's scenes felt already cut short and he was basically gone before being properly established.
Stead Fast
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Sorry, took it off.
This episode picks up roughly at Chapter 34/35 of the manga.
theCalamity
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Funimation's near-instant dubbing is paying dividends, I see.
Giolon
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ANN did a nice write up last week: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/fea...now-before-attack-on-titan-comes-back/.114057
Crazy Diamond
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That was an outstanding premiere. I hadn't watched AoT in over 3 years, yet jumped right on in to season 2 and quickly felt at home again. Doesn't skip a beat. Went from "Yay, SnK is back" to now needing to see either the next episode or Jesus.
falconxcrunner09
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I really liked the episode, but I feel like I am missing some plot points here. Something just felt off. The Titan in the wall and the talking Titan were just introduced pretty casually as if you were expected to know about them previously.
brickarts295
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It seems like they jumped the gun with that OP since there were some small hints for the latter arcs.
Episode was good and I had to agree with my sister, the animation looks clean as hell. By the way things are moving and based on that preview. The pacing on this season will be much better specially since it only has 12 episodes.
Episode was good and I had to agree with my sister, the animation looks clean as hell. By the way things are moving and based on that preview. The pacing on this season will be much better specially since it only has 12 episodes.
Giolon
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The Titan in the wall
That's what OPs do, though. They typically foreshadow what's to come. The ED is much less subtle about what's to come.
InfiniteBento
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Those CG shots were straight up trash
BizzyBum
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Is this generating a lot of hype? I feel like it's not generating a lot of hype.
I thought AoT S2 was going to be like this huge occasion and one of the most anticipated anime season returns ever but it kinda just came and it's like "oh, it's back, cool episode I guess."
I definitely think the 4 year hiatus hurt the popularity. I know this has to follow the manga too but the S2 premiere fell a little flat for me. It felt more like an episode that should have been in the middle of a season, not the big premier.
I thought AoT S2 was going to be like this huge occasion and one of the most anticipated anime season returns ever but it kinda just came and it's like "oh, it's back, cool episode I guess."
I definitely think the 4 year hiatus hurt the popularity. I know this has to follow the manga too but the S2 premiere fell a little flat for me. It felt more like an episode that should have been in the middle of a season, not the big premier.
Dragging one arc is bad but rushing 2 arcs is worse.
Titan on the wall was at the end of S1. The talking titans was on one of the ova they released.
brickarts295
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You gotta give it to WIT, they sure threw a curveball to their audience. My friends (who only watch the anime) can't stop asking me about the dinosaur and animals since I'm the only one ahead on the story with the manga -_-
Then again, this my shot to mess with them even further XD
Titan Dinosaurs!
Then again, this my shot to mess with them even further XD
Titan Dinosaurs!
What's the point of a ban on profanity if you can get around it by starring out one of the letters?
Really cool stuff for the first episode of the new season.
As an anime-only AoT duder, more chilling than the Beast titan speaking is the fact that the regular titans understand the humans' language. It was unclear (at least to me) if that abnormal from the OVA even really knew what it was saying and didn't really listen to her pleading, but here they respond to commands in common tongue. Yet they clearly don't give a fuck about the screaming for their lives as they eat dozens of people throughout the show. That's messed up!
Also it appears the Beast some kind of foreigner since he's never seen their gear before.
Goddamn, I am right back in it with this show. Give me the next episode! *grasps feebly at the air*
As an anime-only AoT duder, more chilling than the Beast titan speaking is the fact that the regular titans understand the humans' language. It was unclear (at least to me) if that abnormal from the OVA even really knew what it was saying and didn't really listen to her pleading, but here they respond to commands in common tongue. Yet they clearly don't give a fuck about the screaming for their lives as they eat dozens of people throughout the show. That's messed up!
Also it appears the Beast some kind of foreigner since he's never seen their gear before.
Goddamn, I am right back in it with this show. Give me the next episode! *grasps feebly at the air*
beyond_death
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Wow this is finally back. The OP was kinda weak but man I thought the ep was great. I'm so glad this is back.
Yeah was quite surprised by that. Thought the beast Titan must just go for animals when Mikke mentioned that it wasn't gunning for him but grabbed the horse.
Speaking and not knowing what weapons they use equally as surprising. So many questions now.
How can the beast titan talk and understand humans but not know what they use to sling around? How can they control normal Titans? What's the Titan in the wall about and what does the church know?
Hopefully get some answers in this season because it'll be a frustrating wait again.
Man, The way those Titans run always gets me! Arms flailing and their faces, haha!
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