Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) - generic discussion thread

[Fenrir_valindri]

In the OP song there is a brief scene were they are using rifles, so they at least have those.

I imagine the limited resources within the wall is a good reason for the less advanced tech, after a certain point it just becomes impossible to create larger scale weapons.

[bastek66]

Mods should make sub-forum for SnK already.

[NoemiChan]

Originally Posted by Fenrir_valindri

I imagine the limited resources within the wall is a good reason for the less advanced tech, after a certain point it just becomes impossible to create larger scale weapons.

Speaking of resources... They're discourage to go out of the walls right? Looking at the city's small seemingly crowded.... where to they get their food?

[Fenrir_valindri]

Originally Posted by GenjiChan

Speaking of resources... They're discourage to go out of the walls right? Looking at the city's small seemingly crowded.... where to they get their food?

Dunno, the brief map they showed made it look like a lot more then one city is within the walls, so I imagine there is farmland and wildlife.

[NoemiChan]

Originally Posted by Fenrir_valindri

Dunno, the brief map they showed made it look like a lot more then one city is within the walls, so I imagine there is farmland and wildlife.

Again hope the director would have an intelligent and realistic answer these questions in the coming episodes... This will be like SSY...

[jeroz]

keep in mind that those walls are massive, not just in height, but also in length.

The amount of land encircled is gigantic

[Fenrir_valindri]

Originally Posted by jeroz

keep in mind that those walls are massive, not just in height, but also in length.

The amount of land encircled is gigantic

Thinking Great Wall of China level, or longer, myself.

[NoemiChan]

Originally Posted by jeroz

keep in mind that those walls are massive, not just in height, but also in length.

The amount of land encircled is gigantic

They managed to build those with the Titans roaming and attacking? Oh my.. that's why many died...

Originally Posted by Fenrir_valindri

Thinking Great Wall of China level, or longer, myself.

The fact that The Great Wall was built for a long period (dynasties after another, probably a hundred years in total)..

I'm beginning to think that the author was so obsessed with big walls, giants and blades that he fails to realized how hard is to make a huge, wide walls while under constant attack. its pretty close to impossible.

"try building a concrete wall while another is jack hammering it at the same time..."

[Panzerklein]

I doubt that they built the wall before Titans arrive.

[Marina2]

At 12.33 in the first ep. , there is the picture of how entire human society look like

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...and from this screencapture, look like the part that the giants broke in is only the small semicircle part. There are many layers of wall left.

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[NoemiChan]

Originally Posted by Marina2

At 12.33 in the first ep. , there is the picture of how entire human society look like

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*facepalm... No doubt he is really obsessed with big walls...

[Tougarashi]

Night Walkers from Game of Thrones are very much similar to Titan in character design.

[articuzwolf]

Originally Posted by Tougarashi

I think Eren has some kind of psychic ability, dreaming about giants invading the city and shadowy image of his mom picking up by the giant from the ruin. That will be good if he does because people only have sticks and stones to defend themselves from the giants. No hints about super power in the opening sequence though.

I actually like the OP because it didn't contain massive spoiler like many other anime opening do

Originally Posted by Marina2

Why don't it just teleport to the inside of the city then?

It also disappeared after it broke the wall.......hmm.

what that humongous titan do is breaking the wall using his kick and let the smaller size titan to 'advance' inside, we didn't see him enter the wall so far so that might be his only purpose/objective

[erneiz_hyde]

Originally Posted by Marina2

At 12.33 in the first ep. , there is the picture of how entire human society look like

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So uh, I guess that would make it about the size of the UK and Ireland combined.

Must be magic.

[Fenrir_valindri]

Originally Posted by articuzwolf

I actually like the OP because it didn't contain massive spoiler like many other anime opening do

Yeah, I was fairly impressed that is managed to avoid giving any real spoilers while remaining really epic.

what that humongous titan do is breaking the wall using his kick and let the smaller size titan to 'advance' inside, we didn't see him enter the wall so far so that might be his only purpose/objective

I would guess the Colossal Titan effectively serves as a Siege Engine for the normal Titans, a battering ram to break down the gate and allow them access. It didn't seem to have any interest in even trying to enter the city. It also only broke the gate, it didn't attempt to break anything else or climb the wall.

[Tougarashi]

Originally Posted by articuzwolf

I actually like the OP because it didn't contain massive spoiler like many other anime opening do

But I don't like the opening song, may be I'm not used to it yet.

[Kismet-chan]

Originally Posted by Tougarashi

But I don't like the opening song, may be I'm not used to it yet.

They just meant the visual sequence, not the song. A lot of anime opening sequences nowadays tend to have spoiler-y imagery. Attack on Titan avoided that, which a lot of us appreciate.

[mechalord]

First episode... I'm sniffing some sort of Evangelion + Team Ico (Shadow of the Colossus) vibe.

[creb]

Originally Posted by GenjiChan

They managed to build those with the Titans roaming and attacking? Oh my.. that's why many died...



The fact that The Great Wall was built for a long period (dynasties after another, probably a hundred years in total)..

I'm beginning to think that the author was so obsessed with big walls, giants and blades that he fails to realized how hard is to make a huge, wide walls while under constant attack. its pretty close to impossible.

"try building a concrete wall while another is jack hammering it at the same time..."

It might help you, and many others, to wonder how society advances or regresses being stuck behind a giant wall for at least 100 years (all we're told so far is it's been 100 years since giants attacked, but no mention of how long humanity weathered attacks prior to that). By following that to its logical conclusion, you may find it less difficult to give this society the benefit of doubt when it comes to what it seems it can/could be capable of based on a wall that was built generations ago, and what it is capable of today.

[Guido]

Guys, I have to be honest.

This show has become the third winner that I've picked up for the current season.

The medieval settings are both lush with vivid colors, and the designs of the towns look artistically folkloric. The atmosphere is an indicator to the change in both mood and tone onscreen.

When the Titans began their attack the atmosphere turned to a pale hue of gray making the sunlight effect somber and bleak.

But, what it really made me to fall interested into this show were: 1) its characters and 2) the visceral brutality of the Titans.

To me this is a powerhouse, dark fantasy teeming with tropes of tragedy, doom, and drama struggle.
I feel this is definitely not a mainstream fantasy. You know a medieval world void of concepts such as use of magic and alchemy, at least from the looks of the first episode.

And, an anti-shounen story, since the plot is pretty much murky and full with tragic events laid everywhere. Yet, possess the important shounen element: the quintessential boy with a firey temper and an iron will to crush all obstacles to reach his goal.
Definitely, to me Eren's bashfulness and headstrong temper are handled quite spontaneously in his personality; living in a caged world due to fear of the menace of man-eating Titans would be enough reason for a young boy to grow discontent, frustrated, and resentful.

Spoiler:

And, if he witnesses live on flesh his mother being eaten alive by those same monstrosities, then the trauma and feeling of powerlessness spurs within him the thirst to become an avenger.

I read from a few friends of mine out there that they sort of hate this types of anime with medieval settings that feature kids or teens as the protagonists instead of adults.

I feel this is not the case with Shingeki no Kyojin, because this is only the first episode, and things will start to roll from the second episode onwards.

The anime has sparked enough curiosity to start reading the manga, but I will withheld from doing so until the TV show ends.

I don't know you, but I feel that Shingeki no Kyojin is a worthwhile to watch successor to Claymore, since both stories are set in medieval settings teemed with (not traditional) dark fantasy featuring monsters that threaten mankind, but both their plots and characters are different.