Attack on Titan Season 3 - It's the anime thread

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Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

Beefstew posted:

WELP
Show's going on hiatus until loving April.

Got a link to that?

# ? Oct 14, 2018 20:20

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 13:16

Blaze Dragon: Aug 28, 2013; LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

So this being a two-cour season ended up being total bullshit. Incredible.

What the gently caress was that at the end. No, no, you can't just randomly throw that into the ending then go into a giant hiatus, it doesn't work that way. Especially coming after a lie. Christ.

Captain Invictus posted:

Got a link to that?

https://myanimelist.net/news/55967234

# ? Oct 14, 2018 20:24

Sindai: Jan 24, 2007; i want to achieve immortality through not dying

That's not the cruelest thing they could have teased, but it's close

Sindai fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Oct 14, 2018

# ? Oct 14, 2018 20:33

JahRoo: Oct 22, 2010

Yeah 2 cours with 5 months in between isn't a two cour season, its two 1-cour seasons.

# ? Oct 14, 2018 21:13

Saagonsa: Dec 29, 2012

Out of all the things teased I honestly wouldn't have expected that, but it makes for a great whiplash considering how hopeful this episode was.

But yeah for the record:

Maera Sior posted:

Except none of them had this innocent or happy time in their lives! The characters are not nostalgic for these times, unlike what the imagery portrays (extremely generic shots, in pastels or sepia, with sparkles). By the time of the trio running and laughing, Mikasa had seen both her parents murdered, Eren went after several adults with a knife, and both of them had killed. Armin was always being beat up, so he didn't exactly have a great life there, although it certainly was less traumatic than the others. Levi was never innocent or happy (or properly fed), and Erwin can't get over what an idiot he was.

As you could see this episode Eren, Armin, and Mikasa actually are nostalgic for those times when they were kids. They went through some poo poo but at the end of the day they were still kids that led somewhat happy lives despite their traumas. I don't think Levi or Erwin were shown as having happy lives as kids in the opening though. It just seems to show a super abridged version of Levi's childhood with Kenny, and Erwin's determination fulfill the dream of his father and find out the truth of the world.

# ? Oct 14, 2018 21:59

Sindai: Jan 24, 2007; i want to achieve immortality through not dying

I really, really like kid Eren patting adult Eren on the arm.

# ? Oct 14, 2018 22:16

Attack on Princess: Dec 15, 2008; _{To yolo rolls! The cause and solution to all problems!}

Tamba posted:

Don't skip the ending.

I have no idea what I just saw, but that was a really cool way to do a cliffhanger!

# ? Oct 14, 2018 22:27

Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

Wow, this episode really proves that Sasha's a Titan then, and a dangerous one at that.

# ? Oct 14, 2018 22:30

Attack on Princess: Dec 15, 2008; _{To yolo rolls! The cause and solution to all problems!}

I think I've screenshot most of the stuff in the credits that we haven't seen before.

:siren:

Episode 49 SPOILER WARNING :siren:

Whole gallery here, 19 images: https://imgur.com/a/rpkK6P4
:siren:

Episode 49 SPOILER WARNING :siren:

Not much makes sense, but it's metal as gently caress.

Attack on Princess fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Oct 14, 2018

# ? Oct 14, 2018 22:57

tweet my meat: Oct 2, 2013; yospos

That bee is a titan

# ? Oct 14, 2018 23:10

ATP_Power: Jun 12, 2010; This is what fascinates me most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in fact, real.

What a loving tease, get hype anime-onlys, poo poo's gonna be real in April.

# ? Oct 14, 2018 23:46

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

tweet my meat posted:

That bee is a titan

If you mean the bug chowing down on another one, it's a robber fly. Which opens the door to even more interesting speculation so by all means go for it

# ? Oct 14, 2018 23:49

tweet my meat: Oct 2, 2013; yospos

Captain Invictus posted:

If you mean the bug chowing down on another one, it's a robber fly. Which opens the door to even more interesting speculation so by all means go for it

No more speculation to be had, I solved the riddle with my first post

# ? Oct 14, 2018 23:56

Conspiratiorist: Nov 12, 2015; 17th Separate Kryvyi Rih Tank Brigade named after Konstantin Pestushko
Look to my coming on the first light of the ~~fifth~~ ~~sixth~~ some day

Blaze Dragon posted:

So this being a two-cour season ended up being total bullshit. Incredible.

JahRoo posted:

Yeah 2 cours with 5 months in between isn't a two cour season, its two 1-cour seasons.

It is going to be a 2-cour season. "Seasons" refer to production runs with assigned programming blocs, and split cours (~24 episodes with a gap halfway through) aren't uncommon. It's usually 3 months but well, poo poo happens; it's likely they ran into production issues or couldn't secure the desired programming black for Winter.

The promo card for the Spring bloc says Season 3 still.

# ? Oct 15, 2018 01:02

Catalina: May 20, 2008

Wow, yet another moment of respectful silence for you, my anime-only friends, having to wait at least ANOTHER year wondering if to see if it's finally going to be the season where they get to the basement. :smith:

Sindai posted:

That's not the cruelest thing they could have teased, but it's close

If it's any help, yeah, that's like the second cruelest thing they could have put there as a teaser.

Ok, that's not any help at all. Come back soon, Attack on Titan.

# ? Oct 15, 2018 01:09

Zomborgon: Feb 19, 2014; I don't even want to see what happens if you gain CHIM outside of a pre-coded system.

Catalina posted:

Wow, yet another moment of respectful silence for you, my anime-only friends, having to wait at least ANOTHER year wondering if to see if it's finally going to be the season where they get to the basement.

If it's any help, yeah, that's like the second cruelest thing they could have put there as a teaser.

Ok, that's not any help at all. Come back soon, Attack on Titan.

# ? Oct 15, 2018 01:14

Shneak: Mar 6, 2015; A sad Professor Plum
sitting on a toilet.

They just To You: 2000 Years From Now'd us with this hiatus.

# ? Oct 15, 2018 01:34

Maera Sior: Jan 5, 2012

Saagonsa posted:

Out of all the things teased I honestly wouldn't have expected that, but it makes for a great whiplash considering how hopeful this episode was.

But yeah for the record:

As you could see this episode Eren, Armin, and Mikasa actually are nostalgic for those times when they were kids. They went through some poo poo but at the end of the day they were still kids that led somewhat happy lives despite their traumas. I don't think Levi or Erwin were shown as having happy lives as kids in the opening though. It just seems to show a super abridged version of Levi's childhood with Kenny, and Erwin's determination fulfill the dream of his father and find out the truth of the world.

I'll accept that as the intent, but still think it has terrible execution for a number of reasons.

That was an amazing end and I did not think I could be as hyped as I am. After going through frame by frame, I was able to figure out what most of the shots were. Speculation below:

Ymir is dead (there was a shot of her hand from when she was being eaten in S2). RIP Ymir, not that I ever had any hope in her showing up again.
The other guy with Reiner is R&B's new partner, possibly someone who was just promoted (after eating Ymir?). They returned a shifter, so they get a new one to bring with them. Their mission wasn't supposed to be just the two of them, after all.
The photo(?!) of the woman is someone who was important to Grisha, and seeing the child on her lap (best guess as to the composition) would give things away, so of course it was cropped out.
My best guess is that she's a relative of Grisha (mother? sister? Grisha's on her lap?), and something happened to her that made him flee the outside civilization (for lack of a better term). He kept the photo to remember her and it's in the basement, so we'll actually see it in the show.
Man, that's a lot of The Titan That Ate Eren's Mom. Apparently it's important.
There is going to be a massive, massive body count. The ending had shots of people being burned, eaten, and just generally lying around dead. Presumably a bunch of these new-to-us, distinctively designed squad leaders will die. Erwin is leading the pack, waving his own death flag with his remaining arm.
I'm not sure what Eren and Mikasa were doing, but Levi thinks they made a really terrible, giant mistake. Presumably this is in the aftermath of taking Shiganshina, given the carnage around them. Given how they like to do episodes, this will be at the end of one and we'll have to wait yet another week to see how the situation is defused.
Speaking of which, given that they showed part of the aftermath as a teaser for the rest of the season, I'm guessing the battle won't actually climax at the very end of the show. There will be several episodes to play out the ramifications of whatever (arguably) dumb thing they did.

# ? Oct 15, 2018 03:16

Toxic Fart Syndrome: Jul 2, 2006; *hits A-THREAD-5*

Only 3.6 Roentgoons per hour ... not great, not terrible.

_{...the meter only goes to 3.6...}; Pork Pro

That was a good ep. I was :smith:

when that dude looked like Hannes for a second...

Credits was :wtc:

# ? Oct 15, 2018 05:12

Conspiratiorist: Nov 12, 2015; 17th Separate Kryvyi Rih Tank Brigade named after Konstantin Pestushko
Look to my coming on the first light of the ~~fifth~~ ~~sixth~~ some day