[Foxen] Attack on Titan season three returns, but does censorship come back, too?
So what's up, guys?
Foxen here.
Time for the Attack on Titan anime changes video.
Has there been any censorship or major changes so far for Attack on Titan season three returning?
And yes, this is a more super in-depth look at the latest Attack on Titan episode for
super hardcore fans.
By the way, do notice, I will keep this anime changes video to anime stuff only.
So no stuff past this episode.
However, if I do mention something cut out, and then they bring it back or move it around
to a few episodes later, that really is beyond my control.
Second important thing I have to mention: I'm actually not sure whether I'm gonna be
doing this for every single episode.
I'll explain what I mean about that at the end of this video, after the Attack on Titan
anime changes coverage.
Be sure to get to the end and watch that, and you'll understand why.
For this video, I am gonna be going over changes plus doing a little bit of analysis on the
changes as well.
Anyway, let's go ahead and get started.
Was it worth the half-a-year break?
At the start of this, once again, you hear Armin narrating the series, or at least Armin's
voice actor.
This actually further adds fuel to the fire for a certain manga theory.
That should definitely tell you enough about what it is.
Post down below if you want the juicy details.
Anyways, starting off with the massive change.
You gotta look back at the poor people left homeless after the armored titan smashed that
cage.
But hold up, what is this?
Mr. Bum here suddenly got his kit swapped, going from blonde to brunette, or whatever,
a darker hair color.
In general, also polishing up this whole manga panel.
But really, not really that big of a deal or is it?
You might be surprised to find out, but I'm actually seeing this whole blonde hair being
brought up as a complaint so often over the years.
That so many important players in Attack on Titan have been blonde and, to be fair, that's
actually been true.
The Attack on Titan anime has always been seen as more grounded for their design in
comparison to other anime with their crazy hair colors and hair styles.
Although, let's just ignore Nifa, Floch, and even Petra, to a certain extent.
She was just ginger.
Fun fact for my Petra facts video: She was originally supposed to be blonde too, but
that got changed for the anime.
I swear something actually cut here.
The manga showed this panel of the sort of bad people taking advantage of this whole
titan mess, just beating up this poor guy.
The anime also didn't show the wall worshipers again.
It seems like their previous importing kept on getting reduced as the manga went along.
Next up, that reused shot of Mikasa taking out that titan from season one.
A couple of interesting things here.
First off, slight inconsistency with Mikasa's blade being perfect.
Originally back in the Attack on Titan season one anime, Mikasa looked at her damaged blade
immediately after slicing that titan's neck.
As for the mother and daughter admiring Mikasa, this whole scene shot of them is actually
new.
This wasn't in the season one anime.
Then focusing on the mother and daughter, man did they get a face lift for the anime.
There's a whole change in hair color, no longer blondes.
I guess arguably dirty blondes, if you wanna be anal about it.
Clothing-wise, a complete change.
Momma isn't wearing that black shirt instead is now white with the green clothing on top.
Mikasa junior over here ditched that hoodie for a pink vest instead.
Not that it really matters, 'cause we previously had someone else with a hoodie other than
Annie.
Oh well, by the way, here's a comparison of these two from Attack on Titan season one
anime.
And really just for those that claim the season one art style was better.
Blu-Ray edition just for safe measures too.
Undoubtedly, at least the art style alone is far more detailed now.
Anyway moving on, you got season one flashback stuff.
Among this, you get the poor shot of Eren after he became a titan's neck.
They actually use the same censored shot from the season one anime.
Take note, for any of you that ever thought the censored core stuff started Attack on
Titan season three, keep in mind that it did not remove that black spot in the blue-ray
release.
Then, the final piece of a flashback.
Instead of showing Erwin on top of the wall with the crowd cheering, they proceeded to
showing them heading off.
To be honest, I really don't mind this change, since episode one, you just saw them cheering
last episode.
Next up, a colossal change coming in.
You got the trio and, the way they are looking, that got flipped.
But, don't worry.
You still have two of the Stallion's family members in the shot.
Talking about the horses, looks like Mr. Ackerman over here got an upgrade.
Instead of the standard horse, he now have this dark-looking stallion.
No surprise, you really have to make your main character stand out somehow.
Pretty minor too, but this guy is now clearly looking at some notes or map for the anime.
It's all about the small but important details.
Next up, the sleeping grandpa titan.
Looks like this guy lost a chin for the anime.
Then the scouts.
Garrison, Mikasa and Conny.
Fortunately, Mikasa's still holding Conny back.
And let me just quickly mention, compared to the manga, these guys are swapped left
and right so often.
This is the last time I'll point this out for this video.
Next up is actually a great example of the Attack on Titan anime adding additional details.
In the scene of Armin holding the lamp, you can clearly now see some titan crystal here.
Recall that these guys are now using the titan crystal from Rod's kinky titan cave as a power
source for these lights.
Free energy for the win.
During the Armin flashback recalled the day that Eren saved his ass from the becoming
titan food, the manga actually showed the Eren rescue scene, but from Armin's point
of view.
For the anime, instead, they just reused the season one clip and, to be honest, I can't
fault them for this.
Then, after Armin mentioning that past titan save, cut out from the anime was Eren thinking
back to the same day, except right before he rescued Armin, which was when Eren was
planted onto that rooftop.
You just have the nice santa titan in the background.
For this whole scene, there wasn't a liner, so the might have cut it just to save some
time.
Next up, Eren kit from episode one.
Slight wardrobe change here.
He's no longer wearing that brown ugly sweater.
As for a cut detail, not mentioned by anime, Eren was highly considered, both him and Armin,
as some outcasts.
Just a couple of kids who never got along with the other village kids.
Mikasa definitely should've been included in that.
Next up, an anime addition.
When Mikasa noticed how this area seemed familiar, for the anime they actually added that scene
of everyone waking up from episode one.
They were also careful to include the flower shot.
Here's betting five dollars they also make a return again this season.
Since our opening poster already gave it away, this shot in particular in the anime also
included the thunder spears being shown mounted on a horseback.
Looks like the guy here also lost his beard.
Next up, the district overview, which I actually brought up in my episode review.
It's pretty clear that the background artist changed.
That, or they had a different look in mind for the anime now.
Compared to some of the shots from Attack on Titans season one, the district houses
used to look bigger and the wall was thicker, too.
If anything, it feels like they're trying to go for this more realistic look so they're
correcting some of this stuff now.
It actually makes this whole area look much more massive.
Now, getting into the scouts invading using their 3-D maneuver gear.
You can see Erwin at the head of all of this.
Much like Levi earlier, Commander Erwin has his horse swapped to a white one.
Great way to stand out.
By the way, this also being a perfect example of CG being used well in Attack on Titan.
For the anime, notice how they highlight Hange, Jean, and Conny taking off.
And don't forget showing off for Levi.
They definitely added humanity's strongest mother-, mother-maker.
They definitely added humanity's strongest money-maker flexing on top of that horse.
For the manga, Levi didn't actually appear again until he passed Eren on the rooftop,
just reminding him to hurry his ass up.
Getting into some unique anime additions.
Anime Erwin actually gave this quick explanation regarding their plan to seal up both of the
holes using Eren's titan.
In comparison to the Attack on Titan manga, Erwin still mentions sealing up the holes
with Eren, but it was really just a side detail instead of giving this full-on titan chart.
This was definitely done just to clarify the events for anime viewers early on.
On the flip side, the anime actually cut out the detail of Erwin thinking about how much
the warriors knew regarding the basement being important.
This might have been cut out just to avoid the topic on why the warriors never bothered
to search for Eren's basement.
You know, while they were camping out for like a month or two.
Sticking with Erwin.
Then right behind him, tons of soldiers added for the anime version too.
A hundred, or so.
Next up, Eren overlooking his hometown.
This really is just a great example of the anime improving over the manga.
You've got a zoom-in shot of some of the aged homes, followed by a focus on some of the
abandoned toys, and even a spoon.
For the last two items, those were not in the manga.
The only thing cut out from here was a focus on some containers, which is fine.
Details like this really help to make it feel a lot more real.
Then, further added for the anime, was Eren shown shaking again up here.
The manga just had Levi telling Eren to hurry up.
This right here is hammering down Eren's hesitation even further, which I guess is fine.
Next up, Eren recalling the good ol' times with the Yeager family.
Compared to the manga, Papa Yeager is no longer a drinker.
In fact, no drinks at the table.
You can know see a nice background in place, too, as seen from the season one anime.
The bread also used to have three cuts on it but, you can forgive that.
As for the huge whole in wall Maria, the size of this penetration is definitely much worse
for the anime.
They also do let you see the inner district, compared to only the outside for the manga
view.
I'm sure Isayama did not want to draw that.
For the anime it's just a very nice detailed display of the district ruins.
For Levi, Hange, and the scouts on the wall top, just notice how much wider the wall is
compared to the manga.
You definitely need more space in there for some thick colossal titans to fit inside of.
The scouts also moved to being right above the broken gate area.
Next up, Eren going up to seal the hole with a super hard titan.
First of, the enemy now clearly shows Floch with a Marlowe shot.
Don't worry, you'll get acquainted with this special individual later on.
As for Mr. Freedom over here.
First of all, the WIT studio actually fixed a little mistake over here from the trailer.
Eren, at some points in the trailer, was missing those elbow pads.
And second, just another example of CG used well in Attack on Titan.
In fact, almost all the 3-D aerial shots are done in this manner.
For the wall here, let me take a moment to appreciate the level of detail kept in tact.
You can see part of the wall here where the colossal titan grabbed on to that's still
wrecked even years later.
Anyway, getting into Eren going titan-mode the first time, I brought it up in my review
video how the keep on going back and forth between the light effect and the actual pic
at your thunder coming down from the heavens.
They'll also notice how it goes greenish, similar to the new opening.
Keep in mind, this whole lighting effect was first added with Eren going titan-mode for
the Attack on Titan season one finale.
This was really among the various changes the anime did for that finale fight.
My guess, they really just want to use this visual whenever it's convenient.
Without going into the details, in the manga there's several examples where this wouldn't
really make any sense.
For the anime, one example is Eren going into titan-mode in the Rod Dungeon.
Before moving on, here's one thing I should clarify about this titan light show, since
I did bother to go back and check.
Isayama and the anime studio have actually been consistent with this for the manga's
titan transformations.
Then again, even for this very shot after the mid credit card, it goes back to that
light only effect.
It feels like the really want to have their cake and eat it too, but, whatever.
Anyway, getting into Eren's very first super rock hard Titan.
Couple of things to notice here.
First of, great job Eren.
You were able to break out of your titan without any help this time.
You only lost a scowl cape.
And then the second thing, Eren's titan crystal is, for whatever reason, this mixture of the
actual crystal look while some other areas look more cement-like, which more closely
resemble the wall.
Recall back to Eren's crystal protection demo from the Raw Dungeon.
That was completely crystal all around.
So far they haven't really explained this color variation in the manga, partly since
it's black and white.
Switching over to Erwin, the anime actually added a line to make it clearer that he wasn't
informed about what Armin discovered and was waiting for his update, instead of Armin just
suddenly coming in.
Over for Armin, a very nice detail that anime added was some dents into those coffee mugs
that Armin found, compared to looking completely new for the manga version.
Let me take a moment to highlight another improvement made for the season three anime.
I brought up the padding these guys are all wearing earlier.
These things look pretty different in the manga.
Back then, it really just looked like a bunch of belts strapped together.
So messy.
It actually reminds me of the changes they made to the Kenny Squad three day maneuver
gear for the anime.
Really just polishing things up.
Next up, Mr. Colossal Titan from season one.
Like I mentioned in my review, this is actually newly done for this episode.
Which again, is surprising, since they've redone this colossal titan face in the wall
three times already.
For the manga version, they actually showed a further shot so you already see the damage
left over from Annie.
Really quickly, let me take a moment to mention and highlight how much this first episode
has actually given to this one female scout and this other guy that's been assisting Erwin.
So far each of the Attack on Titan seasons has really fleshed out these background characters
who were literally nobodies in the manga.
I'll bet you, ninety-nine point nine percent of you definitely don't know there names,
myself included.
Next up, Mr. Reiner.
I actually like how it makes it clear that there's this wood paneling behind the wall
chunk for the anime.
I'm still wondering how they made this whole thing without leaving titan marks on the outside.
Was that hole just conveniently left there the whole time?
Then, for Reiner taking out this poor scout, I'm actually personally surprised to say no
censorship over here.
For the anime Reiner made sure to stab the wings of freedom too.
Oh, that symbolism.
But hold you titans.
Perhaps I spoke too soon.
They actually censored the part where the blade was stabbing through Reiner's thick
neck.
Funny how they also chose to block it with Reiner's now bloodless blade.
I don't even know what's the point of covering this - what, one-second scene?
Ironically, you could clearly see the next stab in the following scene.
So right here props to Levi for double-tapping Reiner, too.
Literally going for his heart with that second stab.
So, who knows?
Maybe it'll be removed for the bluray.
Although, no changes done for the past season three blue-ray releases.
Next up, the armored titan just chilling on the ground.
Interesting how they keep on doing the red eyes for the word "titans," even though the
armored titan literally goes back to his normal yellow eyes in the following face-up close-up
shot.
By the way, notice them deciding to use the titan light show instead of thunder for Reiner's
armor titan transformation.
Keep in mind, you didn't see them use the titan thunder for their warrior betrayal scene
back in season two.
I guess you must get to choose, red eyes or titan thunder.
You can't have it all.
Talking about the titan thunder.
You actually do see the thunder come down from the beast titan transformation behind
Erwin.
That's before all the other titans show up.
Amazing detail, by the way.
At the very least, they are actually consistent with the model of titan light show.
Also, I do notice how they made the titan light transformation much brighter and more
greenish compared to how it originally looked in the first trailer.
Hopefully this time they're more open to doing improvements for the blue-ray.
Although, I got a feeling the west studio's busy with other anime.
Talk about the red eyes, this actually makes sense for the beast titan army.
These mindless titans aren't so brainless.
They're now fully commanded by the beast titan over here.
By the way, do notice how you've got a very detailed animation shot of these titan transformations
in the opening.
I have this burning feeling that shot was originally meant to be used in the actual
episode.
Don't be surprised if it actually comes back in a later episode.
Anyway, now for the beast titan throw that would make the Night King totally jealous.
I was actually surprised to know that this was an actual throw technique called a "shot
put."
Get this beast titan over here to Japan for the Tokyo Olympics.
But seriously, I don't even know if Isayama originally intended for this in the manga
version.
But it really is nice seeing some details like this appear for the anime.
Anyway, back to the beast titan army.
The anime added this grand shot.
I guess the really wanted to show off the beast-headed troops.
Not to mention, this backpack-wearing titan over here.
This should be classified as "titan cruelty."
As for an anime improvement, I can't tell you how much I'm in love with the beast titan
face close-up here.
The beast titan looks so fricking menacing.
And happy about it, too.
You can tell this guy feels over-confident.
Very, very nice use of sunlight from behind, too.
He surely looks like a god.
So, go ahead and hide your humans and definitely hide your blonde princes.
The only thing you do lose out for the anime is this face to face confrontation between
the two commanders.
Not to mention the parallel between them.
The anime also added this overview shot of all the titans under the beast titan's command.
In total, there's around sixty-six in the shot, not including the beast titan himself.
You could bet there's a lot more that either got cut off, or there's some under the clouds
here.
The entire beast titan army may well go into the hundreds here.
Overall, for this episode, a very beautifully adapted episode.
Total chapters covered?
Around two chapters.
That's Attack on Titan chapters seventy-three and seventy-four.
By the way, I really don't know how some of you thought I hated or disliked this episode,
for whatever reason.
So let me double-down and say that I fricking loved this episode!
Definitely a great way to start out.
I really had almost no issues with the actual episode itself.
The only thing I did have issues with was some of the opening things and the ending
decision.
But, that's in my review which, unfortunately got flagged and taken down.
Eff you very much, IG production.
They literally claimed I used one second too long of the opening in the video.
The hell?
Suck my titan ass.
Anyway, getting back to what I mentioned at the start of the video.
To be honest, I'm not sure whether I want to continue doing these types of videos.
Two main reasons.
For one, these videos take so long to do.
For this one, I spent like six or eight hours getting the notes ready for this.
That's not counting breaks and that's before even getting to the video editing part.
Unfortunately, this type of video isn't exactly easy to break down into chucks either.
And two, I don't expect there to be actually any major changes going forward, at least
not compared to the Attack on Titan season three Uprising arc.
If I strictly focus on the changes, and not the minimal changes, these videos should be
only a few minutes long.
In other words, hardly a video worth the content.
Which is why I am considering doing two of the following options instead.
Option one: talk about the changes in the current episode review video.
Which at the moment it drops.
This would actually be really similar to what I did for the changes video and the SAO Alicization
anime video reviews.
In other words, really just a super-quick highlight.
Or, option two: go a little bit more in depth, but this changes section would be added to
the following episode review at the very end.
For example, when Attack on Titan season three part two episode three drops, after the actual
episode review you would spe- you would get a few minutes from me talking about the changes
and differences from the previous episode two.
Go ahead, post down below.
Let me know what you think about these options.
Which would you prefer?
And watch?
I am going to be thinking about this for a little while longer.
A major factor will depend on how well this video does.
So, definitely leave a colossal close up and comment down below if you want to see more.
Join the discussion down below, even if you only say hi.
Keep in mind I do read the comments.
Anyway, if you made it this far, let me know it down below.
In your opinion, which has been the worst and best change for the first episode?
If not a change, just a scene.
How does it compare to the Uprising arc?
Have you gotten used to the new opening yet?
Definitely go watch my season three opening breakdown now, leave a comment and I'll see
you guys later.