[Starscream Gaga]

I'm watching Sailor Moon again to get hyped for my Moon Stick arriving and the new anime!

As for Attack on Titan, I'm sort of with Locke. I've never seen the anime, but I dropped the manga a couple of months ago because I just lost interest because it was so damn slow. Every single chapter raises new questions and you get answers so rarely its difficult to stay invested. Comics like MTMTE have really turned me off that crap because once you see how good a comic can use the monthly progression, its difficult to defend those that can't manage it well; I shouldn't need to wait two years for the story to meaningfully progress. Maybe I'll pick it back up later when there's a lot of chapters I haven't read yet so I don't have the frustration of very little happening every month, but we'll see.

[FormerTitanium]

I really really really loved Attack on Titan on my first run on that anime. I even marathon it again when it went up on Netflix. Anyways after rewaching it out of boredom I can tell what people mean by the pacing and such and I agree a bit. As for the ending of the anime, you kinda have to realize Attack On Titan was either going to be a hit and run, they had no idea if it was going to be a big hit or a huge total junk. So they left things open for a possible season 2, which will happen in 2015.

Currently watching Fuari Wa Precure episode 9.

I hope things gets picked up with the action, because so far with these precures all I've been seen is them doing their finisher on the enemies a lot.

Doki Doki Precure episode 35.

Everyone is gaining new abilities which is neat.

[WhiteRanger]

Also ant attack on Titan ment to be a mystery seris

[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by WhiteRanger

Also ant attack on Titan ment to be a mystery seris

Yeah, I guess, but it did it in the wrong way. A good mystery gives you consistent progression to keep you invested. Having so little reveals makes you less and less interested in the final result. Attack on Titan stacks on the questions hard but is incredibly stingy with the answers. I shouldn't be forgetting the questions because there's so many and the answers come so slowly!

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

Yeah, I guess, but it did it in the wrong way. A good mystery gives you consistent progression to keep you invested. Having so little reveals makes you less and less interested in the final result. Attack on Titan stacks on the questions hard but is incredibly stingy with the answers. I shouldn't be forgetting the questions because there's so many and the answers come so slowly!

It's even worse for an anime, because at least manga can be consumed at your own pace - to an extent - but with an anime you're basically stuck with it as 90% of the episode is reaction shots and recaps.

[WhiteRanger]

This what a friend of mine said about it. "That's exactly why it's bad. SnK was always a mystery manga with the threat of titans only compounding humanity's inherent need to wipe itself out. The anime turned it into a gory Michael Bay spectacle and annoying tumblrkin jumped on board with retarded shipping and glorifying irrelevant side-characters. There's a reason why anime fans and manfa fans can't meet eye to eye and that's because they aren't following the same series. Anime fans want more "boompowrawrohnotitansmuhrage" while the manga has a lot more than that. You'd get it if you read it." And mainly reads mAnga

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Locke

It doesn't have to make up an ending, it could just avoid adapting the manga in such a way that the anime is one long footnote of pure boredom.

You don't know how the anime world works, do you?

Do you not watch Game of Thrones? It is the same thing. The show will be back to tell more of the story, what difference does it make if it helps keep the show at a decent length?

Attack on Titan is based on a manga. Do you dislike Fairy Tale because they took a long break so they wouldn't have to create their own filler garbage? Series based on mangas have three fates these days. The first is to give the show so much filler than it completely ruins the enjoyment of the show like Bleach and Naruto. The second is to write up a bullshit ending that makes it pointless to have ever done the series like Claymore, Blue Exorcist, Ouran Host Club, etc. The third is to break the series up into arcs and tell the anime as they can to keep it true to the source material. It isn't rocket science, as the later is the better option. Would you rather they waited until the entire manga was done in five years time, then animate the whole thing under a rushed schedule, which causes the animation quality to take a dip? Not to mention adapting the series when it has lost its momentum?

Now I will agree that the pacing is off in the anime, but even the first volume was pretty slow moving. Everything gets moving in the second volume, which is the start of episode six of the anime. And then from Volume 4 on the manga is just down right incredible. It is full of suspense, horror, mystery, and action.

[Electric Turahk]

I'm really enjoying Nobunaga the Fool. It's exactly the type of series I needed to watch as a refresher from the heavier things I've been viewing.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

You don't know how the anime world works, do you?

Do you not watch Game of Thrones? It is the same thing. The show will be back to tell more of the story, what difference does it make if it helps keep the show at a decent length?

Attack on Titan is based on a manga. Do you dislike Fairy Tale because they took a long break so they wouldn't have to create their own filler garbage? Series based on mangas have three fates these days. The first is to give the show so much filler than it completely ruins the enjoyment of the show like Bleach and Naruto. The second is to write up a bullshit ending that makes it pointless to have ever done the series like Claymore, Blue Exorcist, Ouran Host Club, etc. The third is to break the series up into arcs and tell the anime as they can to keep it true to the source material. It isn't rocket science, as the later is the better option. Would you rather they waited until the entire manga was done in five years time, then animate the whole thing under a rushed schedule, which causes the animation quality to take a dip? Not to mention adapting the series when it has lost its momentum?

Now I will agree that the pacing is off in the anime, but even the first volume was pretty slow moving. Everything gets moving in the second volume, which is the start of episode six of the anime. And then from Volume 4 on the manga is just down right incredible. It is full of suspense, horror, mystery, and action.

I admittedly don't watch a lot of awfully paced shows like Attack on Titan no, I think it's the worst piece of pacing I've seen from a show so I guess I mostly stick to better crafted series. And no I do not watch Game of Thrones or big shounen shows either. The general low budgets of anime really make it a medium I generally avoid.

Also, your point is valid if lacking a certainly eloquence in putting it across but your point still falls flat that the next season of Attack on Titan is coming out TWO YEARS after the first season. That is worse than fucking Megaforce.

[Powerman293]

Attack on Titan episode 1

Well , looks like I'm in for a messed up show the likes if Faiz or worse. This episode only introduced 3 characters and I'm not quite sure if I like any if them. The voice actors do really good screams. I know thats an odd thing to say, but in a series like thus where more shit will happen, people need to have a good reaction.Since I'm going to be watching it week to week on Toonami, I'll be super slow getting to the finale.