Attack on Titan season 4.
Did Mappa deliver?
Too many CG titans?
What’s up with Mikasa’s short hair?
Did the studio change ruin season four?
So colossal smash a like and subscribe and ring the bell let's go ahead and get a deep
dive into this final Attack on Titan season.
Definitely share your likes and hates below and a super quick disclaimer.
Honestly this is obvious but just because i praise Mappa in some areas does not imply
i'm bashing WIT studio and vice versa.
Anyway what attack on Titan season 4 did right what i liked.
first off the character expressions or really just their faces in general.
i really had a kick out of how detailed they were. for me better than season 3 stuff in
a lot of places and especially compared to the manga.
That’s not bashing the manga you know i love the manga but there's only so much you
could do with limited space.
right alongside this the amazing voice acting mappa without question succeeded making the
lower points of the manga into some of the best episodes of season 4.
scenes like the ones involving Sasha's family.
Zeke's entire flashback episode.
you can't tell me you didn't feel bad for little Zeke. i'll remember you after becoming
a titan.
along with grisha being a witch-ass father and yes sorry i'm including Gabi too.
freaking outstanding performance.
from her being that spunky kid her screeching or even outright being a self-hating Eldian.
The anime really helped out to rough out her sharp edges.
don't you forget about willy aka Blonde Kakashi.
The speech i heard in my mind got elevated so much then for the depressed Reiner.
let me die daddy Eren.
Reiner has always been shown as such a tragic character.
season 4 has doubled that.
And surprise surprise nicolo for some of you he actually helped to make that episode the
best out of the season and of course the titan king Eren. yuki kaji is back killing it.
it feels like his anime performance alone added a different layer to hobo Eren. hopefully
this does help manga readers understand Eren's character.
throughout season 4 really just normal everyday scenes.
finally witnessing the tone of the dialogue being spoken is something that's naturally
absent in text.
let me get a quick mention at the dialogue scenes in season 4. you could tell that mappa
really tried to do a lot.
honestly a lot more than WIT studio ever did for the dialogue scenes which are mostly still
images or slideshow take your pick.
Some other stuff you do see in season 4 is stuff you see done for movies and even then
this stuff is done sparingly due to this stuff being resource intensive.
this combined with the framing of some scenes really helped to make the first few episodes
almost feel cinematic in a way.
i do need to give a shout out to Marley.
the anime really did a damn excellent job at making you feel for the Marley side.
i recall years back reading in the manga i really didn't care much about Reiner, Pieck
or any of the other Marley guys.
watching this in the anime that's completely changed for me. for example in the attack
on Marley you had everyone getting their ass kicked.
i'm like why does it hurt seeing Marley getting slaughtered?
I’ve mentioned Reiner but he really does need to get credit.
I’m feeling even more for him in the anime now.
in general for the season 4 anime i really enjoy seeing more meat put on the bone.
i think it becomes even more apparent watching the manga comparison videos. you realize how
limited real estate you have on a page a limited page counts speech bubbles sound effects all
of this takes up so much space.
getting into characters that got a huge improvement in attack on Titan season 4. first off porco
they made this guy much more likeable in the anime comparing him to the manga counterpart
this guy was always just pissed off at Reiner. that was most of his character.
likewise for Pieck admitted they may Pieck into a waifu for season 4. without a doubt
they improved her messy looks so much for the upcoming warriors freaking Tanjiro did
an excellent job.
another voice actor that infused so much life into this upcoming warrior. even freaking
zofia and Udo.
I actually like their characters before they quite splatte.r compare that to being completely
forgettable for the manga. this may surprise some of you but Floch too.
i don't know why but some of you seem to think i hate him for whatever reason but he's always
kind of just been whatever for me.
it goes to show how voice and tone help out a lot along with some subtle changes made
for the anime too for her character.
and let's not forget about side characters that became actual characters in the anime
like the warhammer titan's sister Lara.
You actually got a name now or the Marley commander's sidekick.
how about Pieck's entire squad.
i feel bad when these guys exploded.
like you see me point out i really enjoyed the attention of detail in various background
scenes for the anime like that random boat passing by or a squirrel wanting an apple.
how about that tree shadow next to titan Eren or the pictures of Pieck in the tank units.
for armin simping notice the light flickering on the characters faces from the fire lit
room.
next up some pretty awesome new anime scenes anyone recall the super agent stallion at
Marley in the first episode? at the end of this episode i had so much chills from this.
something that gave me chills in the opposite direction was one of those Eldians that logged
off at the interment camp.
getting back to Willy for a second how about Willy and his final moments with his family
this was newly added for the anime and it really hammered down its sacrifice.
unfortunately when you think about the attack on Titan anime censorship things being censored
will eventually come to mind.
ever since attack on titan switched to this major public japanese network WIT studio heavily
toned down season 3 bloody or gory scenes. for season 4 i don't know if mappa had more
pulling power certain gory scenes were still mostly absent but at least the bloody stuff
was left in mappa really didn't pull back on that berry jam. i still have a suspicion
that certain scenes like z getting blown up would be more revealing once the blu-ray drops.
Talking about Zeke here's a notable change for him the anime sure didn't make him as
suspicious before his eventual betrayal which i liked you didn't need to see more.
some of you may recall my video like four years back now where i predicted why Zeke
would betray Marley, for the manga it was almost like a dead giveaway,
Getting to a controversial positive perhaps the music or life thereof.
hiroyuki Sawano returns with this infamous god to your soundtrack this time tinder with
kota yamato.
i know there's been some of you that been vocal about disliking the soundtracks not
always blasting this season but actually enjoyed this more so to change it for the final Attack
on Titan season.
which is not to say i didn't enjoy familiar with classics blasting like in the attack
on Marley.
notably attack on Titan season 4 allowed you to take in scenes more by not using any music.
It all they simply let the background noise exist like the sound of the wind a moving
car the sound of the moving train compare this to the first three attack on Titan seasons
where you practically always have some soundtrack blasting in the background.
recall the episode where levi and Eren arguing who should get the colossal titan people actually
made a big deal out of that episode where you could simply only hear the character voices
nothing else needed in the back which really made it that much more powerful.
I originally did feel that map over did it in season 4 but then re-watching it actually
worked out better than i first thought.
anyway getting into my picks for the top 10 scenes the anime elevated be sure to leave
your own the female titan scene this included the suicide squad rundown for the Marley titans
this was short but so so sweet.
Willy’s speech plus a great titan war play this reminded me so much of the attack on
Titan exhibition.
potato girl sasha's death it couldn't have been just me they made this ten times sadder.
Armin unleashing the colossal titan nuke at Marley you know what i know it i got that
super evangelion vibe for the anime now.
Eren's reaction over sasha's death was eren laughing no more like being extremely pissed
off it happened.
Gabi becoming a horse's snack i hope they paid the animator well.
Eren casually walking into my cousin armin what are parallel to the season 2 warrior
reveal leviathan's flashback over saving Eren's ass.
Zeke lighting up the titan forest it was practically christmas time Eren's titan transformation
along with this drawn titan at the end of episode 16. this really goes to show you if
only mappa had enough time so let me know if i missed any scenes or let me know your
own top 10 or top five let me also quickly not forget the ending so much to love here
it is even harder now that the manga is over if you finish the manga too re-watch this
editing as soon as possible so let me know what stood out in Attack on Titan season four
what did mappa get right so much to love now switching to some negatives nitpicks or issues
at this point it's been repeated so much but the cg this has been a huge negative for a
lot of you so let me try to touch on this colossal titan in the room.
i will say that mappa tried really hard to blend the cg with the 2d animation.
rewatching this i could thankfully say it didn't bother me too much or didn't stand
out enough.
still these things were noticeable not the cg jaws titan but the actual hair on it.
the cg blood this looked freaking cartoonish if you've seen dodohedoro from Mappa studio
this looks super similar it'd work for that anime since it didn't take itself too seriously.
for cg titans specifically Eren's attack titan and Zeke's beast titan perhaps due to the
beast titan getting quick shots or not moving around too much i think i got used to it quickly
but throughout the attack on Marley it was really unavoidable Eren's attack titan stood
out so much without a doubt even if he were fine with Eren cg titan both of the scenes
would have been much more impactful if he was drawn instead perfect example in episode
16 at the same time i do have to give map a credit the jaws titan card titan and especially
the warmer titan worked out well for the most part if you are pissed off at the switcheroo
from the drawn titans in the trailer to the cg models in the anime i'll give you that
one i can't blame anyone for being salty over that one all this talk about the cg it actually
made something very obvious that the cg actually looks better or worse depending on your tv
setup like watching it on my cheap 10 japanese tv the cg looked completely god awful
for the season 4 stuff i think it's only fairer to actually compare it to the next best thing
anyone recall Eren vs the armored titan in season 3.
i bet most of you forgot everyone complaining about that fight oh my god they look so weird
why so many cg tions Eren's attack titan looks so funny why are they not trying compared
to that the season 4 scenes more or less feel acceptable of course all of us are missing
the few got tier animation scenes or here's another positive way of looking at this first
off it was way better than the nintendo 64 close to type them from season 3.
but more important i think this needs to be hammered down let's take a moment and be grateful
that west studio even went for drawn titans any other studio were likely started season
1 with cg titans even wit studio a few years later used cg for their combinary anime for
their massive zombie if what studio has stayed on the project given this very rushed schedule
it's likely that even with studio would have been forced to switch over to cg titans either
that or heavily focused on stellas hell even freaking evangelion that makes millions they
switched over to cg for their mix and you know they could afford to draw this stuff
so let's be thankful wit studio blessed us with three years of mostly hand-drawn titans
especially when the alternative would have been much easier and cheaper next issue the
anime cuts so you've seen my manga comparisons for each episode so far there's quite a bit
of skipped stuff and please don't get me wrong about this i'll be the first one to tell you
that some stuff needed to be trimmed down or skipped completely given the set episode
mandate which makes this next issue much more apparent the rushing in earlier episodes are
really just moving too quickly it often felt like scenes really needed more time to breathe
this was super noticeable in the early episodes where they try to cover two chapters or more
per episode this was made much more obvious after you noticed the slower pace after the
attack on Marley that should have been the default throughout the anime you see scenes
or shots that should have been held longer i mean this stuff looks great let me actually
look at it what makes this frustrating at times is that you can see an easy fix for
this remove the opening or ending if you need to slow it down a bit i mean you saw them
doing this a few times already
next issue you got details information lore world building some of the stuff removed if
you do want to get the full package the full experience reading the manga is not required
although if you don't it still is very much enjoyable as an anime only experience with
all the cuts and the quicker pacing you have this overarching issue if you're anime only
it feels like often at times you really just have to take the anime's word for it either
too much context was removed so you could properly piece this stuff together yourself
or you have the opposite you have so much info being thrown at you that it's hard to
digest it all it reminds me of what anime only people experienced watching the basement
reveal you practically got an overload of info except that with the season 4 anime you
were constantly getting that especially in the quarter paced episodes and don't get me
wrong even in the manga you were expected to be a little bit confused or lost for a
while post time skip but now it felt like this problem was several times that confusion
if you were anime only on the flip side has a great positive for the stuff cut out now
that the manga is over you'll notice certain chunks that were sped through or trimmed off
really due to not being needed in upcoming stuff for the attack on Titan season 4 the
final season part 2.
that said something that really bugged me was the removal of times or dates in the anime
which had me scratching my ear at times it felt like the anime was actually making this
easier for anime people to follow but then other times any dates or references were skipped
over so please try to be consistent come on for other more specific nitpicks you had them
rebooming annie as a female titan helping out the warriors in the flashback the anime
really did make it seem like Reiner freaking knocked out annie and forced her to tack along
if Isayama wanted this retcon i'm totally for this but something tells me the original
scene is still canon if you don't have the time or resources for her scene a quick still
or two would have easily solved that for mikasa's random family symbol this already got changed
in the season 1 anime it's different so let's just deal with it now for mikasa having this
family symbol and the anime it feels random as hella they've shown her multiple times
in the anime without her wrist covered not to mention personally for me it always rubbed
me the wrong way [ __ ] brandier kid in such an obvious spot that's always in sight i guess
as a positive at least it's not a tram stamp i guess for armin you had the friends discussion
about switching over Eren's titan the anime trimmed this down so much it made armin look
much much worse let me know if you felt this impression too for the actual animation here
some mixed stuff let me just put it out there unfortunately you had no god tier animation
scenes for season four not yet anyway and it shouldn't have been expected anyway the
lack of arifumi mai is really apparent this season on top of season 4 really just being
the super rush production still mappa managed to give you some nice animation pieces here
and there hopefully they give you more top quality for part 2.
i mean you've seen juju su kaizen you know Mappa can deliver with the proper schedule
for a specific anime change the update to Eren's titan i actually like this guy looking
devilish in more scenes especially in the attack on Marley.
This thing was straight out of your nightmare i've seen somebody here complain saying that
he looked better in the earlier seasons but honestly after so many low quality shots of
titan Eren in the basement arc i'll take this devilish titan over the derpy version on the
flip side for my nitpick here what is that with the white eyes and notice they're not
completely white they have a very light green in the anime with studio already up the designs
to glow green and trust me i've checked they've never been consistent about it on top of this
you have seen Eren with white eyes before in earlier seasons so either do completely
white like glowing white or stick to the going green which mappa did do only at night time
overall for attack on Titan season 4 the anime at times feels unpolished here and there you
might have felt mixed on the action scenes or straight out hated them especially with
the vast cg and the attack on Marley scenes but he can't deny they knew the drama or dialogue
heavy scenes so unpopular opinion but for me it actually felt overall better than Attack
on Titan season 3. of course missing the arifumi imai scenes i can look past the cg titans
i'm not really watching this anime for the action or fights anyway despite some attack
on Titan fans hating or sending threats to maple studio at the end of the day the biggest
anime to attack on titan was the production committee with the manga over hopefully someone
with half a brain realizes that it's better not to rush the anime when part 2 comes back
how about another 16 episodes by the way let me know what did mappa studio do great did
they get too much crap for using cg what do you think the manga did better the manga comparison
for the season overall is coming up look forward to that but anyway fun bonus which character
made the most drastic impact for you this season i bet it was Gabi for some of you let
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