“Attack on Titan”: Part I is an incredible anime series and perhaps one of my favorites alongside or just behind “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.” The voice acting is excellent and the story compelling from beginning to end, and that’s to go along with beautiful animation.
“Attack on Titan”: Part I
(2013)
Genre(s): Anime, Adventure, Drama
FUNimation | TVMA – 325 min. – $49.98 | June 3, 2014
Date Published: 04/25/2016 | Author: The Movieman
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THE MOVIE – 4.75/5 |
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Season Summary: When the man-eating giants called Titans first appeared, humans retreated behind massive walls. After a hundred years of safety, a colossal-sized Titan smashes through the defenses, unleashing a flood of giants and carnage in the streets. Eren Jaeger (YUKI KAJI/BRYCE PAPENBROOK) watches helplessly as one of the creatures devours his mother. Eren and his surviving friends enlist to fight against the insatiable monsters. The future looks bleak, but there s more to Eren than meets the eye: he may be humanity s last hope against extinction. Quick Hit Review: “Attack on Titan” is easily one of the best anime shows and might, in some respects, supplant “Ghost in the Shell” as my favorite in the genre. The voice talent is perfect to go along with an intricate and unique and vastly entertaining story from beginning to end. The animation style also stands out and is one of the best I’ve come across of the recent batch of releases. For novice and anime veterans, “Attack on Titan” is one heck of a series, hopefully Hollywood doesn’t attempt to ruin it with some half-baked live action sci-fi film… |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 4.5/5 |
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This 4-disc set (2 BDs, 2 DVDs) are housed in an HD keep case and comes with a glossy slip cover. Episode Commentaries The Making of “Attack on Titan” (52:34; HD) is an extensive behind-the-scenes featurette with interviews by the voice cast and crew. Chibi Theatre: Fly, Cadets, Fly! (47:10; HD) are a series of mini-episodes chronicling the cadet school; it’s done in a different style, kind of like those Funko dolls. Also included is an Eyecatch Gallery, Textless Opening Song (1:34; HD), Textless Closing Song (1:31; HD) and the U.S. Trailer (1:43; HD). |
VIDEO – 4.5/5 |
| FUNimation releases “Attack on Titan” onto Blu-ray presented in its originally televised 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and given a fantastic 1080p high-definition transfer. As one would expect, colors are absolutely brilliant and detail sharp throughout. Although there is some minor banding, all in all this is nearly reference quality work. |
AUDIO – 4.5/5 |
| Not to be outdone, each episode comes with a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track (2.0 for the original Japanese language) and in both cases they sound great with the former having a tad more depth though you can’t go wrong either way. Dialogue levels are crisp and clear and the various action sequences are fairly robust, though as I said, the English track comes out better by comparison. |
OVERALL – 4.5/5 |
| Overall, “Attack on Titan”: Part I is an incredible anime series and perhaps one of my favorites alongside or just behind “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.” The voice acting is excellent and the story compelling from beginning to end, and that’s to go along with beautiful animation. This Blu-ray released through FUNimation offers fantastic video/audio transfers and a great array of bonus material. |
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