Talk about real thrill... (SnK Part 2)

Previously on A Crazy German's Blog: "Yahooo! I broke the record for the most teenage life lesson statements in one single blog post! #yolo #instasomething #hashtag"

And now, the real sh...ow begins!

OK, so we have that super cool anime which is called Shingeki no Kyojin: Attack On Titan. "What's it about?" is probably the first question I should answer. But in my opinion, SnK doesn't gain that much from its background story or its setting. It's rather the way they direct, the way they enact the plot and the setting which converts this series into one of the best animes I've ever seen.

So today my preview is going to be a little different. I'll trying reproducing in a narrative style the events of the beginning of the series. I hope that I'm able to transmit you the feelings I had while watching these scenes. I'll be focusing on the impressions and I'll spare you the details. Alright then:

Tension. At least constant 500 teravolts. The first episodes begins by throwing you into the most critical moment. A Titan has managed to break the outmost wall that protects the remaining human civilization. Titans are enormous living beings with a human-like apperance. And they eat humans. What's "best", they don't need to eat humans in order to survive. It's unknown if they actually have any survival needs. Which means that they devour humans just for their own cruel entertainment. Or another disturbing reason. Eren Jaeger and his sister Mikasa aren't at home when the stream of Titans flows in. Worried about their mother they hurry back to their house. They discover her lying helplessly under a big pile of rubble that used to be their home. She is alive but she can't move. While Eren and Mikasa are trying to remove the huge pieces of wood and stone, the worst case scenario initiates its development. A Titan is coming. Closer and closer. Its face draws a horrific grin, expressing its pure lust for human flesh. It almost seems amused.

Their mother tells them to run away. She doesn't want to risk the lives of her children. They don't listen and keep pushing and shoving. Her desperation is becoming more and more evident. Her voice gains intensity. The emotions in her screams freeze the blood in her children's veins. Suddenly a little ray of hope shines its way through the scenario. One of the village's guardians appears. They are trained to fight the Titans in the unlikely case of an invasion.

Eren and Mikasa beseech him to kill the approaching menace. The guardian is determined to implement his duty. Yes, he is ready. After all, the hard preparation he had gone through was meant for dealing this kind of situations. Yes, he is ready. He must protect those civilians giving everything he's got. Yes... He was ready. He was ready until the very moment that big grimace penetrates his body and sheer terror fills his mind. Without a second thought he graps the two youngsters and starts running. Eren's head is turned back to the place they were fleeing from. He continues observing with his eyes widely opened as the Titan eventually stands next to his mother. The Titan stretches its arm, longing for the weak body of the injured woman. The monstrous fingers enclose her leg. Slowly the Titan lifts her, bringing her closer and closer to his mouth. Eren's look is locked on his mother. The woman who always cared for him. The woman who gave him life. And in a single instant, her own life vanishes as the brute force of the gigantic teeth crashes her torso. The blood splatters spread in all directions. The utterly strong impact originated in the Titan's mouth allow some drops to find their way to Eren's face. 

His will to destroy the Titans has become as enormous as the Titans themselves. 

He doesn't want to eliminate them. 

He wants to slaughter them.

Every single Titan.

Okay, so I don't know if I did well (allow me to remind you: I'm not "de lletres"), but I gave my best to create a similar effect with words to what the anime does with images and music and camera angles and sound effects and...

They really make the best use of their resources to show us a spectacle of emotions. To make us go through a roller coaster of emotions. This series is more than gripping. It literally rips you apart as you watch and you can't help but discovering your masochistic side.

Bonus Points:

+ A few but very well placed humor parts. And they're hilarious. That shows that the directors are able to show more than only one facet of their creation. Amazing.

+ German pronounced by Japanese voice actors. It seems that the place where the remaining human civilization is concentrated now used to be a German-speaking country. Expect names like: 

Eren Jaeger, Reiner Braun, Annie Leonhart, Jean Kirstein, Connie Springer, Krista Lenz, Thomas Wagner, Franz (the surname is unknown but I'm sure is sounds ultra German) and FREAKING Mikasa Ackerman. Yes, Mikasa as in Japanese and Ackerman as in German. That is the most awesome combination of names ever. I definitely need to marry a Japanese woman.

+ Great plot twists (don't you dare looking for information about that anime before watching it... major spoilers are practically unavoidable) and intriguing mysteries about the Titans.

In conclusion... Bah, blow the conclusion. Just go and watch it right now!