Attack On Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin)

[SrsSam77]

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looks pretty siiiiick

also s2 has now indeed started production

1) this is most likely going to make over 9 billion fujoshit dollars from merchandising

2) that hanji narration in the beginning though

[rtil]

i forgot to post this trailer
the animation in this ova is like 10x better than the 1st and 2nd. levi deserves only the best

[dilly]

http://moviepilot.com/posts/3821301?utm_source=fb-channel-top-tv-series&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=attack-on-titan-season-2-hits-a-wall

[SrsSam77]

"at least 4 story arcs ahead"
Isayama stop being a daft cunt s1 was only like 24 chapters and we're up to 70 now you can fucking let the studio put out a second season and catch up

[Gilthwixt]

It was actually 34 chapters covered in the first season. I actually whole-heartedly agree with the decision to post-pone the anime. Been caught up with the manga since the first season ended and they actually haven't covered a lot of ground in 40 chapters...the whole series is either action or dialogue that would be very brief on screen without extensive padding or drawn out pauses. The two arcs that have happened since Annie was captured couldn't fill 24 episodes without filler, flashbacks or recaps and I can do without any of that.

[rtil]

at least in the meantime we get steampunk titans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGjYjCnkLw

[Bamyasi]

Why do you guys think it is that so many of the super popular works from Japan in the last 20 years are about this sort of thing? Like humanity trying to overcome nearly insurmountable forces?

I think I have an idea but I'm curious if it's shared.

[rtil]

to me i see the side effect of hollywood 'epics' taking their toll on japanese media. everything has to be bigger and better than the thing that came before it in every conceivable way. the settings, the fights, the effects, the odds, the impossibilities. instead of focusing on telling a good story it's taking an older idea and throwing it in the microwave hoping it will expand and not blow up in their faces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpq8YXa5RZI

[soup]

Interesting new fresh idea; risky investment, this could possibly confuse the audience

Tried and tested easy to understand story; yes the kids will love this, this will make the dollars we so desire

The focus of new media now is the regurgitation of previous success for profit.

[SrsSam77]

Why do you guys think it is that so many of the super popular works from Japan in the last 20 years are about this sort of thing? Like humanity trying to overcome nearly insurmountable forces?

The low birthrates are pretty insurmountable so they're just trying to prep the neets for what needs to be done, though 1 vagina is scarier than 100 titans so this might take awhile

[crackers]

Think this was a good decision. I can't think of many anime-only story arcs that I actually enjoyed (considering 99% of it is filler half the time)

That being said, FMA's original series had much better character development and vision than Brotherhood, which was more strict to the manga

Brotherhood was just chibi characters and Edward Elric screaming

[Bamyasi]

The low birthrates

This is what I was thinking too. I think the story has varied enough that the theme is still relevant, but vitality vs. entropy is always an interesting struggle. Of course I have no concrete evidence this is why it's so common in their media.

The other answers also make sense.

[rtil]

The low birthrates

This is what I was thinking too. I think the story has varied enough that the theme is still relevant, but vitality vs. entropy is always an interesting struggle. Of course I have no concrete evidence this is why it's so common in their media.

The other answers also make sense.

well now they have anime aimed directly at otaku romanticizing the idea of settling down, getting married and having children. and they're not exactly subtle about it, either.

[Gilthwixt]

well now they have anime aimed directly at otaku romanticizing the idea of settling down, getting married and having children. and they're not exactly subtle about it, either.

That synopsis reads like satire.

[SrsSam77]

I hope none of yall don't be daring to talk shit about I can't understand what my husband is saying, the greatest anime to grace the semen and 50 cent ramen screen in a generation

[rtil]

Wakabayashi is the superior real laifu waifu bait