greatest anime of all time! ⭐ i actually watched this after hearing my sister's three-hour lecture about the whole plot, so i technically knew most of the plot twists already when watching it T____T. but it's still the best EVER like... pls, find me again in the other universes, aot. i'll watch you for the 2000 times just like what i did here #promise when i first watch it, i wasn't expecting the storyline to be so closely related to political matters. i simply thought it was a survival/action story, but the politican aspects definitely help the world building a lot. the main thing i also love about this anime is that every character has their own role. either a big and acknowledged one or the small yet highly impactful one. one prominent example, keith shadis 🥇 although the main characters are eren, mikasa, and armin, the story doesn't only revolve around them. we get to know a lot about reiner, jean, sasha, and even gabi, so it feels like every one of them is a main character ✨. the way isayama hajime (the writer) connects every single character and makes it all comes in full circle really blows my mind every time too. it tells how important each character is for the plot no matter how small their actions are. storyline aside, the songs... ugh, every single op/ed/ost sounds like it deserves to win the grammy. the openings always makes me feel patriotic for a country that doesn't exist and the osts are so beautiful, especially like call of silence. i love the way isayama doesn't only use german culture to name the characters or for the world building inside the story, but also to the songs. bauklotze, vogel im kafig, and some parts in the openings are in german so it helps to grasp the nuance more. another important thing behind the screen, the directors and seiyuus. i've been watching the same behind the scene of the production process many times and i'll keep saying this, the people behind aot are definitely respectfully insane. the seiyuus (kaji yuki, Ishikawa yui, inoue marina, shimono hiro, kamiya hiroshi, park romi, koyasu takehito, and many more i can't mention because there's just TOOOO many of good seiyuus in this anime) did their job really well. like... they weren't just voicing the characters, they ARE the characters 🗯️ i can't stop myself from rewatching this anime every month, even with full awareness that the ending won't change (i do love the ending 💌). it's such a masterpiece #1