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Rexides posted:Even their single weak spot exists just so humanity has some hope of defeating them, only to keep them struggling against the inevitable. spoilers that don't belong here Waffleman_ posted:THEY ARE THE THIRST AND WE ARE THE QUENCHERS This is great, the Nichijou one still beats it though. Srice posted:In fact that's another reason I think that's a sure sign of Eren not being dead; he has gotten the majority of the character development thus far. It wouldn't make narrative sense to spend about a fifth of the series developing him just to randomly kill him off in that way. A lot of the time they've spent building him up with the training stuff has been shown out of sequence, in the manga it goes from the scene where Eren and Mikasa are being evacuated during the attack on Shiganshina straight to the top 10 trainees being announced, the training is shown as a flashback later on. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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AnonSpore posted:Man wait until you find out it was a dream all along, and Eren is actually a mentally disturbed kid in a hospital who dreams that the doctors and other adults around him are man-eating titans
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The Colossal Titan is actually the true protagonist of the story. This is hinted at in the OP lyrics, which is actually written from his perspective, just like how (Madoka Magica spoilers) the Madoka OP is actually written from the perspective of Homura. quote:Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger! The "prey" are the humans, who get eaten all the time by the Titan "hunters". quote:Fumareta hana no namae mo shirazu ni Contrary to the pro-human propaganda spread in the human schools, the Titans are actually an oppressed group fighting back against centuries of human oppression. quote:
"Pigs" describe fat noblemen like the one who appeared in the last episode. They hide behind the inner walls and laugh at the Colossal Titan's will to "move forward" against the mighty walls and fearsome cannons of the humans that "stifle" his freedom. quote:
The true meaning of this will be revealed in future episodes. quote:
The Titans regularly come to slaughter their prey "that wait beyond the walls". quote:
This describes the high body temperature of the Titans (as described by the instructor on Titan anatomy last episode) and in particular the superheated body of the Colossal Titan, which enables him to produce a blast of steam to fend off Eren's cowardly ambush. quote:
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lohli posted:Minor spoiler about something further ahead, remember [redacted]. They are tremendous assholes. This is much more than a minor spoiler dude.
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JosephWongKS posted:opening song interpretation I really, seriously hope this isn't the case. "Humans were the bad guys all along!" is such a trite thing, and maybe it's because I saw it explained in a forum post instead of revealed in the show itself, but it doesn't feel like this big reveal or interesting plot twist, but rather just disappointment and an unsatisfied sense of knowledge; not from more questions being raised, but that the answer is just really dumb. If the Titans were really meant to be the good guys we'd see some sort of humanization for them, but all we've gotten is some really creepy designs and people being eaten.
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No, Segmentation Fault, I don't think the show is secretly setting up the Titans as the good guys.  I kind of wish I wasn't reading the manga so I could speculate in good faith, but come on now.
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Captain Invictus posted:This show does not "defy most stereotypes". Tropes exist for a reason, and subverting them at all times makes for really terrible storytelling in the complete opposite direction of a by-the-numbers show.
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So episode 5 was pretty much  This show is ridiculously awesome. Waiting a week for new episodes is going to be a trial on my sanity.
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Waffleman_ posted:THEY ARE THE THIRST AND WE ARE THE QUENCHERS Holy crap, I want to see that ad where the Coke can goes ham on a bunch of Pepsi. EDIT: I cannot believe I missed the Sasha OP edit. That's awesome!
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Goddamn, I've already read the manga, I know what happens next, but I can't wait for episode 6 to find out what happens next!lohli posted:
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Waffleman_ posted:If HelloWinter posts a super-cool art thing, she's usually the one who made it, because she is a super-cool art person. I thought that was probably the case, but didn't want to lavish HW with praises and be wrong because that would just be silly. Tuxedo Catfish posted:No, Segmentation Fault, I don't think the show is secretly setting up the Titans as the good guys. I'm (fairly) sure he's just kidding.
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May 7, 2013 05:07
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Watch where you're going, Mikasa.  
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By the way, is it just me, or did the animators revert Mikasa's face to her adolescent characteristics? I remember a lot of us had problems recognizing her during the training episode, but right now it seems to me that she looks more as when she was first introduced.
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Rexides posted:By the way, is it just me, or did the animators revert Mikasa's face to her adolescent characteristics? I remember a lot of us had problems recognizing her during the training episode, but right now it seems to me that she looks more as when she was first introduced. That episode was outsourced, if I remember reading it here correctly.
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The off-model shots have been an ongoing problem, since it seems to pop up in almost every episode so far. The closeups are usually fine but group shots can get really iffy on the details. But at least it looks like a typical example of stuff that is frequently fixed on blu-rays so it could certainly be worse. e: VVV Action scenes sometimes get fixed for blu-rays too! Studios sometimes have to rush the work on a variety of scenes. The action scenes have been good so far though, except for the some of the CG, like the rubble flying around when walls are smashed. It really confuses me since they do a nice job integrating the CG for zooming all around the place with the 3D Gear, but then you have debris that wouldn't look out of place in a PS2 game. Srice fucked around with this message at 07:26 on May 7, 2013 |
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Srice posted:The off-model shots have been an ongoing problem, since it seems to pop up in almost every episode so far. The closeups are usually fine but group shots can get really iffy on the details. I'd rather have poorly drawn scenes of people standing around if it means more budget for all the bad-assery that happens in this series.
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Yeah, most of the time you barely notice the imperfections until someone posts that one still on some forum and everyone puts on their monocles and lament the quality of today's animation.
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I think this will be the first anime blue-ray i will purchase, if the quality doesn't drop to disastrous levels. So i need to know some things. The quality is improved overall (less number of stills, extra content) for Blue-ray/DVD releases? Any chance of some uncensored death scenes added?
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Personal_Nirvana posted:I think this will be the first anime blue-ray i will purchase, if the quality doesn't drop to disastrous levels. Yeah, big improvements in animation/decensoring and added scenes are pretty much standard for anime blu-rays/dvds. It's pretty common for whole scenes to be reanimated to fix any off model faces or to add extra details.
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:Yeah, big improvements in animation/decensoring and added scenes are pretty much standard for anime blu-rays/dvds. It's pretty common for whole scenes to be reanimated to fix any off model faces or to add extra details. Do they released the fixed-up versions outside of Japan? I only ask because I have almost no experience with buying anime (not a lot of extra cash, so I only buy things I really, REALLY like) and it always seems like it gets released over here before a fixed-up version is made.
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of bees posted:Do they released the fixed-up versions outside of Japan? I only ask because I have almost no experience with buying anime (not a lot of extra cash, so I only buy things I really, REALLY like) and it always seems like it gets released over here before a fixed-up version is made. Unless you're buying Chinese bootlegs off eBay (don't do that) the disc-releases outside Japan should be based on the same, fixed, source as the disc-release inside Japan. However online streams tend to not get updated, so even if a show stays up on Crunchyroll after e.g. Sentai has put out Blu-rays in the US, Crunchyroll will keep showing the unfixed broadcast version.
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So that happened... Eren is going SSJ right? right? 
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Rexides posted:Yeah, most of the time you barely notice the imperfections until someone posts that one still on some forum and everyone puts on their monocles and lament the quality of today's animation. BrilliantFool posted:I'm (fairly) sure he's just kidding. No he got me, when I look at it now it's a ridiculous idea but the way he described it made it sound all so plausible. I'm a dumbass. 
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By the way, the scene with the Titan eating Eren made me weirdly uncomfortable for some reason, and then I remembered why.
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Someone had a fantastic thought after watching this episode. If only the text were a little bit clearer...
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Rexides posted:By the way, the scene with the Titan eating Eren made me weirdly uncomfortable for some reason, and then I remembered why. I guess that the titan was attacking them because it was unhappy with the non-free software used in the 3D-gear.
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I don't watch this until Tuesday, I was wondering why the new post count was so high after I stopped checking the thread out after Friday..Miles Vorkosigan posted:Well, it's been a great show, too bad it's only 5 episodes long! ^^^Close to my exact reaction. AndroidHub posted:And like other people have said, biggest difference is the training sequence episodes placement, in the manga the contents of episodes 3 and 4 happen after this plot arc instead of before and I'm not really sure which way I prefer it, I think it's because it sort of gives away something that would have stayed secret for all of maybe one episode, but anyways I loving love this series, I don't remember the last time an anime/manga got me this excited. So what you're saying is that having the training sequence earlier gives away something earlier? It must mean Eren survives somehow, series ruined, dropped Actually I'm not sure which way you mean, if the manga order gives something away, or if the anime order does. I probably don't want to know yet because Spoilers, right? Cicero posted:Get out your wallets Titan superfans, soon you too will be able to simulate being eaten by a giant, inhuman monstrosity: http://penny-arcade.com/report/article/i-play-an-oculus-rift-demo-that-shows-you-what-its-like-to-die-spoiler-its I don't understand this game. What buttons do I press to remember the true meaning of Christmas and use LOVE & FRIENDSHIP to escape and overthrow Revolutionary France?
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Zogundar posted:So what you're saying is that having the training sequence earlier gives away something earlier? It must mean Eren survives somehow, series ruined, dropped I'm guessing what he means is (meta-speculations here since I haven't read it) if Eren dies here, and those episodes are adaptions of later flashback chapters, it doesn't make sense that Eren would be the focus of them. Eren would obviously be present in them, but since the manga audience knows he's dead and is no longer important he'd be used as a device for character development for whoever the new protagonist is. Mikasa and Armin would be the most likely candidates and they do gently caress-all that makes them more important, so yeah. Blhue fucked around with this message at 21:36 on May 7, 2013 |
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nielsm posted:Unless you're buying Chinese bootlegs off eBay (don't do that) the disc-releases outside Japan should be based on the same, fixed, source as the disc-release inside Japan. However online streams tend to not get updated, so even if a show stays up on Crunchyroll after e.g. Sentai has put out Blu-rays in the US, Crunchyroll will keep showing the unfixed broadcast version. Nah, I wouldn't buy bootlegs, I'll go with legit versions. My one concern was that I heard American releases are intentionally of lower-quality than the Japanese ones, because it's cheaper for Japanese fans to import from America than it is to buy Japanese DVDs and the lower quality was meant to counteract that.
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Okay, let's do this. Soooooooo, not to piss in anyone's Cheerios, but there's something I have to ask : does this ever evolves past "hey, you like this character? Watch him get brutally murdered over 3 minutes. What's that? You also like this character? Guess who is going to get eaten by a Titan in graphic details for the rest of the episode!" ? Because I kind of remember trying to read Gantz (a few years ago, gotta be honest) and the constant "edgy" misanthropy ended up being a little tiresome, and I'm just afraid that if this goes on for too long I will just lose interest entirely in the show because there's no real point in just watching people get killed forever and humanity getting more and more miserable. Because the whole plot and background looks drat interesting and it'd be a shame to see it go to waste. Like, what's with mankind knowing about artillery tech since antiquity? And how could a 50 meters tall Titan just disappear? And what was the experience conducted on Eren? How can Sasha eat so much? Why was that Titan moe?
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WitchFetish posted:"hey, you like this character? Watch him get brutally murdered over 3 minutes. What's that? You also like this character? Guess who is going to get eaten by a Titan in graphic details for the rest of the episode!" I don't know what you're talking about. Sasha's fine. 
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WitchFetish posted:How can Sasha eat so much? Why was that Titan moe? I hope these questions drive the rest of the series.
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WitchFetish posted:Okay, let's do this. Check your PMs.
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WitchFetish posted:Why was that Titan moe? Are you implying titans aren't moč?
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WitchFetish posted:Okay, let's do this. Yes, it does.
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Apotheosis posted:Are you implying titans aren't moč? All Titans are moč, but the Colossal Titan is the most moč.  One moment he's trying to eat you, next moment he's literally blushing all over his body. So ~tsundere~
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I hear Gantz kills dudes just for laffs, right? Not really any reason? AoT kills dudes and there's usually a reason why, or justification for it, instead of just random piano-fell-on-me death. I assume that's what people mean by Gantz's death toll anyways, just completely random death instead of, say, a bunch of guys charging forth towards an enemy which has been, up to this point, set up as the most terrifying thing mankind has ever encountered and has killed millions of people. I don't know why people expect them to just do their thing and then cut to them standing cockily in front of a pile of Titan corpses. It would completely decapitate any threat the Titans pose if a bunch of newbies did that on their first outing.
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WitchFetish posted:Okay, let's do this. If you want actual answers I can PM you answers, but they will contain a shitload of spoilers. Do you want that?
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