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You guys have really weird opinions about the face in the wall. It's not a super big reveal, it's a drat easter egg. I absolutely guarantee that they're going to open next season immediately following the clash and discovering there are titans in the walls. They just threw that in for the manga readers as a little bonus.
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User0015 posted:You guys have really weird opinions about the face in the wall. It's not a super big reveal, it's a drat easter egg. I absolutely guarantee that they're going to open next season immediately following the clash and discovering there are titans in the walls. They just threw that in for the manga readers as a little bonus. That's not what an Easter Egg is. Jackard posted:After people found out about Eren and Annie, one theory was the stupid titans being meat-mecha who want a pilot but are going about it in all the wrong ways That's interesting--the nape of the neck is where their pilots are when there are humans driving them. However, it's also of note that both human-driven Titans have shared the characteristics of their owners--Eren's has his hair and green eyes, Annie's basically looks like a skinless version of herself. Presumably, all of the shifted Titans thus resemble their owners. Maybe the retarded Titans are Titan-Shifters who used their powers overmuch, and got into a situation where they could no longer shift back. They kill humans because it's in their programming, and the human bodies that they once were have become fused into the creature's physiology, creating its weak point. The only flaw to this is that it doesn't explain the diversity of Titans--it seems unlikely that small children and old men were given Shifting powers, even if there was a huge war to necessitate it. It also doesn't seem to follow that Titans take on the characteristics of those they consume, which had been my initial theory. We haven't seen a Titan appear that looks like Eren's mother, or any of the Scouts eaten.
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Jan 21, 2014 16:43
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Watch Neon Genesis Evangelion. There the main character cries and pisses his pants for the whole loving series.
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Jan 21, 2014 19:35
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Were you planning to go somewhere with that statement?
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Jan 21, 2014 20:13
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Just, ya know, a good recommendation for life in general I assume.
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Jan 21, 2014 20:21
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It was in reply to this, sorry. XyrlocShammypants posted:Maybe I am just used to the classical American style of film where characters don't get beat up and cry and piss their pants for half of a series before things turn around.
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Jan 22, 2014 02:56
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New guys, there's an OVA called "Ilse's Notebook" (which I'm linking because it hasn't been subbed by either Crunchyroll or Funimation), which is kind of like a special episode. In Japan it was a DVD that came bundled with one of the manga volumes. It stars Zoe Hange and deals with some titan backstory and is completely canonical. edit: Don't read the comments
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Jan 22, 2014 03:27
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 The mystery intensifies...
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Jan 22, 2014 04:47
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Autumncomet posted:New guys, there's an OVA called "Ilse's Notebook" (which I'm linking because it hasn't been subbed by either Crunchyroll or Funimation), which is kind of like a special episode. In Japan it was a DVD that came bundled with one of the manga volumes. It stars Zoe Hange and deals with some titan backstory and is completely canonical. Holy poo poo. Holy poo poo. This changes everything. EDIT: There needs to be an Attack on Titan videogame yesterday. Combine Valkyria Chronicles class and unit building system combined with a new free-roaming Spiderman-esque 3-D movement system, feature real time death and give you a command and direct control position. Start with the battle of Trost and move on from there. BottledBodhisvata fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Jan 22, 2014 |
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Jan 22, 2014 05:00
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BottledBodhisvata posted:EDIT: There needs to be an Attack on Titan videogame yesterday. Combine Valkyria Chronicles class and unit building system combined with a new free-roaming Spiderman-esque 3-D movement system, feature real time death and give you a command and direct control position. Start with the battle of Trost and move on from there. There is a game. It's for the 3DS.
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Jan 22, 2014 05:23
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Takoluka posted:There is a game. It's for the 3DS. Tell me more.
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Jan 22, 2014 06:46
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BottledBodhisvata posted:Holy poo poo.
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Jan 22, 2014 06:55
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BottledBodhisvata posted:Tell me more. it's a lovely cash-in. You'd be better playing the free web game.
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Jan 22, 2014 07:09
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BottledBodhisvata posted:Tell me more. I'd rather not, it's not good.
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Jan 22, 2014 07:26
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Sex_Ferguson posted:I'd rather not, it's not good. gently caress. Somebody give me two million dollars. I'll make it. I'll make it all. It'll be fantastic.
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Jan 22, 2014 07:32
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A crazy Vanquish meets Shadow of the Colossus hybrid would rule. The 3DS game does not look like that. Edit: I don't know how I didn't make the Valkyria Chronicles comparison before. I would be so down with a more violent VC looking thing, too. Namaste fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Jan 22, 2014 |
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Jan 22, 2014 09:02
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Autumncomet posted:It stars Zoe Hange and deals with some titan backstory and is completely canonical. Zoe remains my favorite character.  I really like the bits of personal stuff added in the anime when manga couldn't afford to due to pacing.
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Jan 22, 2014 10:16
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I think the web game is probably as an authentic AoT game as we're gonna see: it's an overwhelming experience requires a huge level of skill and manual dexterity and you're inevitably going to get grabbed and eaten within a minute of engagement, making it into a Platinum game would be completely ignoring the apocalyptic horror tone which defines the show. Imagine when RULES OF NATURE kicks in for the first time in MGR but just when Raiden goes to pick up RAY's blade instead it cuts off his head and slowly crushes it underneath its foot - that's Attack on Titan.
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Jan 22, 2014 20:05
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When I say I want Vanquish + SOTC, I'd definitely want the series' tone held, but Platinum gave the movement in Vanquish a sense of speed that would be fantastic if it were applied to the 3D gear. I don't want some big, self-aware action game, but it should feel good to fly around and cut stuff. The 3DS game doesn't look like it feels good at all.
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Jan 23, 2014 10:50
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Unrelated: the second OP has Levi's squad setting up some kind of super combo, does this scene ever actually happen? Or is it like the rest - just showing each character doing something cool, probably occurs offscreen? ps. it was nice to see them alive again in the OVA 
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Jan 24, 2014 03:10
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A Steampunk Gent posted:I think the web game is probably as an authentic AoT game as we're gonna see: it's an overwhelming experience requires a huge level of skill and manual dexterity and you're inevitably going to get grabbed and eaten within a minute of engagement, making it into a Platinum game would be completely ignoring the apocalyptic horror tone which defines the show. Imagine when RULES OF NATURE kicks in for the first time in MGR but just when Raiden goes to pick up RAY's blade instead it cuts off his head and slowly crushes it underneath its foot - that's Attack on Titan. Platinum is the cited developer usually, because they're the ones who are able to make gameplay fast, deep, and intense enough for them to make something like AoT. They put lot of work and details into one weapon in just one of their games and it's that kind of developer that could do something with 3D Maneuver Gear in a fun and interesting way. The game does not need to be hard, it does not need to be atmospheric, it needs to be a good game that uses the Attack on Titan license in a meaningful way to contribute to the game. The gameplay in and of itself can make all of the atmosphere for the game depending on how deadly the Titans would be in this game. This is not even accounting for the fact that you seem to think Platinum would just ignore everything about the series, which is absolutely asinine considering every one of their games has a different style of tone and setting which works in their own ways. Especially the game they made that's based in another series and it captures the style and tone of that series perfectly in every way. I'm not saying they have a midas touch when it comes to every style of game, but they are the only ones I would trust to make a good AoT game.
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Jan 24, 2014 03:41
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Autumncomet posted:New guys, there's an OVA called "Ilse's Notebook" (which I'm linking because it hasn't been subbed by either Crunchyroll or Funimation), which is kind of like a special episode. In Japan it was a DVD that came bundled with one of the manga volumes. It stars Zoe Hange and deals with some titan backstory and is completely canonical. More questions than answers, indeed. On the other hand, I hate that now we have to consider the possibility of norse mythology being a major plot point. It ruins the prospect of giants being a purely scientific/military experiment gone awry.
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Jan 24, 2014 04:07
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQkgmHEA5_E Is this old yet?
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Jan 24, 2014 17:33
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Brand new actually. I read somewhere that Subaru made a live action AoT commercial, but I couldn't find it. And apparently, it also serves as a teaser for an upcoming live action movie.
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Jan 24, 2014 17:39
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Freakazoid_ posted:More questions than answers, indeed. Eh, mythology and sci-fi always go hand-in-hand with Japanese anime. A mythological reference could still harken back to a sci-fi origination.
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Jan 24, 2014 19:45
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BottledBodhisvata posted:That's not what an Easter Egg is. The titans remind me of Autonomous Mobile Swords from Screamers. Defective weapons being churned out by an automated factory. Edit Now that I think about it a lot of people probably haven't seen that series of movies so I'll explain. The basic plot is that a human space colony has been overrun by robotic weapons that went haywire and decided to kill everyone, the weapons are produced by an automated factory so it keeps churning them out and developing new models, that range from the basic mobile swords to fully humanoid models that infiltrate human bases to let in the rest of the army. Cool Web Paige fucked around with this message at 17:19 on Jan 26, 2014 |
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Jan 26, 2014 17:09
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Freakazoid_ posted:On the other hand, I hate that now we have to consider the possibility of norse mythology being a major plot point. It ruins the prospect of giants being a purely scientific/military experiment gone awry. How did you leap to that conclusion? Also, keep in mind that anime routinely uses terminology or names from religions (especially Christianity) that don't resemble, even remotely, the actual concepts those labels are supposed to represent. It's extremely common. Whatever makes you think this is connected to a specific mythology is probably not an actual connection. The only real example I can think of (since I don't watch anime often) is Xenosaga, which is the most anime game series I can think of, or maybe even Evangelion. Edit: Oh, now I see where you made that leap. It is always interesting to me how people on this forum can make huge leaps on such tiny details without any other supporting facts. Captain Candiru fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Jan 27, 2014 |
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Jan 27, 2014 21:25
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Captain Backslap posted:How did you leap to that conclusion? Also, keep in mind that anime routinely uses terminology or names from religions (especially Christianity) that don't resemble, even remotely, the actual concepts those labels are supposed to represent. It's extremely common. Whatever makes you think this is connected to a specific mythology is probably not an actual connection. Well, titans are kinda similar to jotuns, as they are described in Norse mythology, but it's very much following its own tracks and just carries loose inspirations from it. The author aims to surprise everyone, so taking too much inspiration would ruin his intentions.
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ViggyNash posted:Brand new actually. I read somewhere that Subaru made a live action AoT commercial, but I couldn't find it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQkgmHEA5_E
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Jan 29, 2014 02:15
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Uhhh so last night being bored in this ice storm I went on Netflix and this was there. I had heard good things so I watched a couple of episodes. Well less than 24 hours later I've seen all of season one. No  big enough for this show. Now I have no choice but to read the manga.
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PaganGoatPants posted:Uhhh so last night being bored in this ice storm I went on Netflix and this was there. I had heard good things so I watched a couple of episodes. Well less than 24 hours later I've seen all of season one. Yeah it's definitely one of those shows that you just see the first episode and are sold immediately. I have IRL friends who have that "anime is weird and awful because it's all little girl tits and bad english dubs" stigma, and I've just sat them down, said nothing about the show, then played the first episode. They were blown the gently caress away.
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Feb 13, 2014 02:13
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For anyone going to Anime Boston next month, they'll be showing off the dub at the con. http://animeboston.com/news/article/460
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Feb 15, 2014 03:23
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If I had known there was a dub coming out, I would've waited a little longer before watching. I didn't see anything about it, and I hate subs, and now... maaan. Guess I have to watch it again.
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Feb 15, 2014 03:26
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What I'm looking forward to is the German dub, so that I can watch that with English subtitles for MAXIMUM IMMERSION
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Feb 15, 2014 05:34
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Fister Roboto posted:What I'm looking forward to is the German dub, so that I can watch that with English subtitles for MAXIMUM IMMERSION
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Feb 15, 2014 06:42
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I just watched a behind-the-scenes thing about filming this commercial. I was genuinely surprised to find out the titans were all practical effects touched up with CG, rather than made completely out of CG.
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Feb 15, 2014 22:40
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Dirt Taco Scuba posted:For anyone going to Anime Boston next month, they'll be showing off the dub at the con. Has Funimation still not put up a cast list of the dub yet? I'm sure we'll know after Anime Boston, but they usually put up cast lists well before their shows come out on DVD.
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Feb 16, 2014 14:56
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Any idea if there's going to be a second Attack on Titan abridged? The first one was hilarious and I want more.
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Feb 16, 2014 20:45
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Affi posted:Any idea if there's going to be a second Attack on Titan abridged? The first one was hilarious and I want more. The first one got hit by a copyright claim, so probably not
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Saagonsa posted:The first one got hit by a copyright claim, so probably not Well that sucks. It was really well done, too.
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