its utterly bizzare and horrifying
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
there's something body-horroresque about it
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
yeah, the titans are these pure brainless eating machines that can't be reasoned with and for that reason alone they're pretty horrible.
also I own the manga but haven't read it in part due to the art being so fucking ugly in comparison to the series (but everyone says the manga is better so I'll pick it up eventually).
When I realized the titans were just gonna be landscape shrubbery and the real pith of the series was gonna be in a morality play between the characters I quit watching
idk about that, I mean like 90% of episodes are all "we know nothing about the titans! and yet they are like us! except giant naked maneaters!" so you have to assume that mystery's getting revealed at some stage.
― gyac, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
fwiw, it IS revealed (at least partially) and it's a fucking strange storyline
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
giant naked maneaters WITH NO GENITALIA
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
uh yeah - considering the no genitalia element how did they know that the female titan was a female? bc she had a feminine face and blond hair?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130818110449/shingekinokyojin/images/9/97/The_Female_Titan_restricted.png
― gyac, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
yeah I'm guessing they went off of the breasts
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
so... titanic mammary glands?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
^ Rejected Morrissey lyrics
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
"hey, look at the ass on that titan"
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
also this titan was funhttp://25.media.tumblr.com/3199dc16377288146e0293ba105d11b2/tumblr_mmrqexx3EH1r61nxjo1_400.gif
― gyac, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
― gyac, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:29 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark
Yeah I figured, just didn't wanna stick around til the reveal... hope it's as cool as the EVA angels
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0IUR4gkPIE
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
tru titan fans will share
i just finished S1 of this on netflix last night. it's not the kind of thing i'd usually watch, but my little sister is obsessed with it and she wanted company. it feels weirdly too slow AND too fast: there's all these lugubrious monologues about the nature of humanity, but there's also an endless whirl of characters who pop up and have a moment before fading back into the crowd, and i struggled to keep track of them. but damn was the action stuff satisfying! the 3D maneuvering gear allows such great visuals.
― compassionate sports, electronic father (reddening), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
i like that subaru commercial cause it's implying that humanity is doomed and civilization is coming to an end and all technology will soon be pointless in the oncoming genocide but hey buy a subaru
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 13 September 2014 05:50 (nine years ago) link
You can either figure out 3D maneuver gear or buy a Subaru. These are your post-apocalyptic options.
― jmm, Saturday, 13 September 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
kind of a phenomena, no? we started watching because cyrus said he wanted to learn japanese. so, really, the first non-dubbed japanese show he has ever watched. and i love that he has no problem with the subtitles. amazing how it has taken off here. at the FYE store in town there are AOT books and bookbags and blankets and t-shirts. we all love it. i bought maria a plush AOT blanket.
― scott seward, Friday, 3 October 2014 12:41 (nine years ago) link
it's a p big crossover everywhere tbf
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 3 October 2014 18:21 (nine years ago) link
banned in China! Death Note too!http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=286432http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-09/china-blacklists-attack-on-titan-death-note-36-more-anime-manga/.89055
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 19:32 (eight years ago) link
weird to see attack on titan posters in suburban canadian walmarts
― dylannn, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
i never noted a general anime thread but i've been watching BLOOD BLOCKADE BATTLEFRONTand i got through psycho pass and then psycho pass II before not finishing itplastic memoriesmushi shi, danmachi
― dylannn, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
just say no titan stylehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-SxpqLVPt4
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InF16sp7J0M
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
the (unintentionally?) hilarious crossover depilatory sponsorshiphttp://www.tbc.co.jp/campaign/shingeki-bijin/http://www.tbc.co.jp/campaign/shingeki-bijin/img_pc/img-female-kv02.jpg
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 July 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
https://vimeo.com/135312259
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
Cultural commentators Patrick Macias and Matt Alt weigh in - http://patrickmacias.blogs.com/er/podcasts/
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
apparently the film is awful :-(
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 6 August 2015 12:19 (eight years ago) link
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/09/05/editor-discusses-beginning-and-end-of-attack-on-titan^three years more till this is done
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 18:58 (eight years ago) link
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/attack-on-titan-booksmassive 22 volume ebook collection plus numerous spin offs for $18 to benefit the ACLU
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 19:39 (six years ago) link
just watching the anime now, just finished season 3. absolutely incredible imo.
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvpj4/everyone-loves-attack-on-titan-so-why-does-everyone-hate-attack-on-titan
just a bit about the politics. Some people say it's nazi stuff, some say it's complex, some say it's too incoherent to have a real viewpoint.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
i lean toward the latter with a dose of both first and second in the mix
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 22:12 (three years ago) link
I’m not reading a Vice hot take about other people’s Nazi tendencies
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
Here's a bunch of others, but a lot of the controversy is about korea, some people think the creator has denied japan's war crimes there and a lot of south koreans sent him death threats.
https://www.polygon.com/22392043/attack-on-titan-ending-analysis-manga-final-chapter-139https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/18/18683609/attack-on-titan-fascist-nationalist-isayama-hajime-manga-animehttps://kotaku.com/a-thousand-death-threats-against-a-popular-anime-creato-631792221https://centakumedia.com/k-pop-idol-criticized-for-promoting-attack-on-titan/
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 29 April 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
Kazuma Hashimoto (who wrote that first Polygon article) is a good follow on twitter if you're interested in politics and LGBTQ issues in Japan.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 30 April 2021 09:07 (three years ago) link
― Scamp Granada (gyac), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 10:07 (three years ago) link
Last episodes coming really soon, I never did go back and finish reading the manga (I’m still reading it but it’s long and your man’s art is slow to improve).
― suggest bainne (gyac), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
The new episodes are out, I realised today, but is anyone on here watching?
― mardheamac (gyac), Sunday, 20 February 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link