Revisiting Attack On Titan's Incredible Animation

[@egsir]

Mankoman and probably pretenious videos almost back to back? Im living in heaven

[@TheSideGuy]

EXACTLY LOL probably pretentious feels like a much more shortened and normie version of manko whereas manko feels like the dude who writes a goddamn 300 page essay as a script every vid

[@KNM_Piash]

😑🥱😮‍💨

[@abdullahmalik2589]

Lmaooo frrrr, prolly two of the only few channels on this platform I enjoy watching

[@machinegunkela7197]

​@@TheSideGuyfr they both are goated

[@heisenberg3206]

the 2 Indian Sakugatards

[@KNM_Piash]

If an AOT episode has a great, impactful and fast cut there is a 97.58% chance that its animated by Imai.

[@lebyandsmartiel318]

I think this really goes to show how much time and passion Imai was putting into the project. I don’t think he’s ever stepped into a staff role as heavily as he did here.

[@ahmedadel830]

Did anyone did this amount of work on a season ? the only one I know is park for god of high school ,and I read he had a good schedule ?

[@simplyrohith2163]

​​@@ahmedadel830If I remember Makoto Shinkai made a whole episode by himself (yes everything except music and sound design), Yoshimichi Kameda and Hironori Tanaka animated like 20 episodes each in FMAB, But yeah, Imai is a different kind of beast.

[@carloscauan7967]

​​@@ahmedadel830Kenichiro Aoki in OPM

[@ahmedadel830]

@simplyrohith2163 Wow !! I heard someone did the same for space Dandy , Takeshi Koike for Redline , Hiroyuki Okiura for his movies and I'm sure there's others , I just still don't know much about the industry. However, did they have the same amount of time to do so ?

[@ahmedadel830]

@carloscauan7967 I actually thought of him, but it doesn't look as much and good as Imai's , however, I could be wrong

[@TheDormantP]

I'm surprised people don't talk more about WiT studio's lighting and textures... They are astonishing. It's so bizzare how almost every background shot looked so detailed and beautifully drawn

[@A1000-b9s]

You mean Asahi productions and studio bihou? Lmao

[@jhovanielperez4763]

AoT animation is crazy, one of my fav part of it (that you mentioned) is the consistency in character design, the lively and human body language and expressions that convey perfect emotions, how dynamic it is, the choreography, the impact in the action, the tone, the atmosphere and compositing. Imai is a monster. That scene where the Female Titan is chasing Eren looked incredible, sort of reminded me of Jurassic Park Trex chase scene lmao. Hopefully my future manga has the same treatment!

[@walidheraz3309]

Arifumi Imai literally carried AOT.. he is built different

[@just1narcissist]

I'm so excited to see how mappa handles the action sequences in the last part. Their production schedule is still very bad despite that I think that they are capable of surpassing S1 in terms of animation

[@A1000-b9s]

The production time is good after part 2

[@lazyworkingsloth]

@@A1000-b9s I would say it's decent but not good. As seen in the 100cams video, the deadline is still pretty tight that they had to push back final part 4 so I don't really think it's that good. However, I can't wait to see what Hayashi is cooking considering he has more animator firepower with Imai to achieve his vision

[@A1000-b9s]

@@lazyworkingsloth it's still insanely complicated because of the Scale of the production. If they had to animate both parts, yeah that would be a bad production time. It's almost one year for each part which is very good by industry Standards (regardless of the Scale). Which thankfully they didn't had to animate both parts. Idk how but Mappa managed to get extra time from greedy kondansha. W for that

[@palexplains]

I really didn't even cared how good AOT looked , it was just so suspensful , the titans , i still remember when Female titan appeared and it was concluded its an abnormal titan than she smiles seeing eren terrified me .This brings back memories when i just started watching anime

[@adelboukabous8225]

I believe Eren vs Annie (forest) is the best looking 1v1 titan fight in the show so far it's why i hope Imai and some old animators come back in the final episode.

[@BonezJones93]

Great video! I can tell this took a lot of work. As an animator I think your analysis is really helpful and informative. While thick lines can help hide small errors the varying and dynamic line width in AOT can be difficult to maintain. Props to any animation team putting in that work.

[@TaxiTCG]

I miss this, the ODM scenes felt like you were there with them.

[@Awindow]

This channel is slowly becoming my favorite

[@JustAsh001]

It's already my fav 🎉

[@JuliusCaesar103]

Thank you for this video. I haven't seen all anime out there, but this season of Attack on Titan right here remains in my mind as the best animated anime season I've ever seen, and I don't want people to forget, along with the second season and the first season of One Punch Man. I mean every single frame is picture perfect, with the thick lines and colors adding so much character to every second. Not to mention the hand drawn titans, mindblowing. This presentation is an enormous reason why the first and second seasons are my favorite in AOT.

[@petra-fied4154]

That head & shoulders cut “it bounces with every strike” 😂🤣 great video as always, love these analysts and ur perspective 😎

[@markanderson7236]

6:15 When I re-watched the series, I had the same critique of that camera movement. It caught me off guard because of how comical it came across.

[@Raditc]

It would be really cool to see you go through the other seasons, it could take some time considering it's 60+ more episodes, but still cool

[@DarkKing-z6b]

All this great directing in the first season was due to the director Tetsuri Araki, his touche are also present in his other works such as Death Note and High School of the Dead, a legendary director

[@zenitsuthunder3946]

Yeah imagine he worked in all AOT seasons. Aot deserved that Death Note type direction in many scenes

[@DarkKing-z6b]

@@zenitsuthunder3946 I just love his consistency, he can make a show that exceeds 25 episodes with a great animation in each episode, if the studio production I.G worked on AOT instead of Wit, we would have seen Araki the director to this moment but unfortunately it did not happen

[@catlike9444]

The first season was really amazing and if anything back then was the golden age of anime productions because their wasn't as many high profile shows like now.

[@ahmedadel830]

Thanks for this amazing video ! I really love AOT and wanted to know more about it animation wise. So the show had not a good schedule, however Imai did all this work for the first season and I saw he did animation director for a lot of episodes and as u mentioned storyboard and they look this good !! Outstanding ! I hope to see more for S02 and S03

[@cineglasses]

To me personally, Ebara's ODM style is the gold standard. it elevates the "possible-realism" and functionality of the gear itself imo if that makes any sense

[@thomasffrench3639]

I would love to see a video on season 2 and 3, just to compare the animation to this one.

[@sanykorodrigues8790]

Manko and and probably pretentious should defo collab or maybe do a sakuga podcast

[@pradeepdungdung4379]

I'm still mad we never got Attack on Titan Junior High continuation

[@sumitsikderfilms]

I somehow liked the latest an hour episode more than the 1st season. It was much ahead of its time similar to One Punch Man S1

[@JohnWick-ut1tj]

I thought that IMAI mostly did Levi or other action cuts but He has been carrying AOT since the start...... It wont hv been this great without him

[@HuellBabineaux909]

My favourite anime content creator talking about my favourite anime. What can i ask more?

[@A1000-b9s]

Congrats on 8k❤️. Way on 10k

[@NoahBailie]

your videos are insanely good man

[@Arsalan_82]

Great vid. Ok know do this 6 more times for the rest of the show

[@kiratwo4u]

The stellar animation IS the reason this show got big in the first place. anyone who disagrees, try to prove me wrong.

[@Parshwa_Nathwani]

Amazing breakdown as usual! Any plans about s2/3?

[@catlike9444]

Arifumi imai was godlike

[@Comicbroe405]

An Aot retrospective? I'm excited!

[@Zoro-go1mc]

Season 1 the GOAT for ever. Tetsuro Araki at his best

[@Comicboy6758]

I really wish is you could do a video like this on a studio shaft or kyoto animation anime

[@bigman-xg7wl]

Goat channel

[@catlike9444]

Eren vs female titan is still the best titan vs titan fight in the whole series especially anime

[@AjaniThomas-k4l]

Yo another recommendation for this reviewing anime animation- my hero academia ❤

[@kirinyoshikage3871]

Bro doesn’t miss 🔥

[@Sunil-uy9cx]

Mankoman :- jjk Probably pretentious:- Aot

[@TryHardSlippers]

Imai putting up sung hoo park numbers

[@shiroko69]

been waiting for this ❤

[@ProtocolAbyss]

Do one on world trigger PLEASE!!

[@hrishiraj1114]

Imai ain't human

[@JustAsh001]

His work is straight up peak 🔥

[@KNM_Piash]

he is an AI

[@coolduck6374]

​@@KNM_Piashcomparing AI with Arifumi Imai is kinda disrespectful

[@simplyrohith2163]

​@@coolduck6374I think it's a nice complement

[@KNM_Piash]

@@coolduck6374 Arifumi (A) Imai (I) AI 🙃

[@dhanyakiran8774]

Im waiting for the Shibuya arc video of you

[@JustAsh001]

This man just can't stop making banger videos one after the another 🔥

[@melloooo8968]

Where is the animation breakdown of jujutsu kaisen ep ???

[@seya_2]

He posted a community post about it

[@chrisrey0018]

Canipa effect made me learn so much

[@erichfreitas5758]

My favorite show

[@KNM_Piash]

Despite being a MAPPA fanboy I have to agree that S1 was the best AOT series (animation wise) (S4 p3 not included its not a series)

[@agssilv5919]

Idk man its between s1 and s2

[@Manuel_Chinaski]

Season 3 would like a chat .

[@marcioamaral7511]

​@@Manuel_Chinaski Really? LOL

[@A1000-b9s]

​@@Manuel_Chinaskinot even close. Specially part 2

[@erichfreitas5758]

​@@Manuel_Chinaskino.

[@perky...]

Nahh, Eren going berserk on the Female Titan was just too good. You feel the impact every time you watch it. Peak stuff.

[@saoirseorourke1599]

Ever thought about doing a one piece episode animation breakdown?

[@Madddorash]

Was season 1 really the best looking? I always had in my mind that season 2 and 3 looked better, or atleast the art did, but it's been so long since i don't remember a thing so I'm probably wrong. I hope you do a video on the other seasons or a comparison.

[@JustAsh001]

Season 1 was easily the best looking it was the most polished and season 3 was the weakest but it did have the best cuts but wasn't consistently great as previous seasons but I think season 2 had the best animated aot episode ever ep 7 eren vs reiner was out of the world

[@Hetsu..]

s3 looked like shit, it was completely carried by the viewers sense of hype and immersion.

[@uminekopeak]

Do you think there will be any bleach episode that will worth making the video on it? Please reply

[@JustAsh001]

Of course the last one because it's gonna be a very high priority episode just like cour 1 ep 6

[@KNM_Piash]

He said that if a episode has something worth talking than he would do one

[@Skeptical_Nerd]

Can you make a video a about one piece episode 1071 PLEASE

[@palexplains]

Hey PP(if that makes your shortform) ,Arifumi Umai is working on JJK S2(Source: MAL) as well ,which is under studio MAPPA , than why such a experienced member in AOT animation is not involved in AOT Season 4s.

[@ProbablyPretentious]

He only worked on JJK s2 (different teams/producers, production conditions etc) and nothing else yet, although he is rumored to be working on the final aot episode

[@KNM_Piash]

I think MAPPA only hired him for JJK, because he is not a employee he is a freelancer

[@A1000-b9s]

​@@KNM_Piashhe is a freelancer as you said. Mappa didn't hired him. He decided to do work on a project

[@Daniellechi_]

i love this channel

[@JohnWick-ut1tj]

9:45 do you understand what you hv just said......😅💀

[@anujsreenivasan5040]

Post 12 of asking PP to review Shigurui

[@notmuzammil]

Jujutsu kaisen sesson 2 episode 6 animation breakdown

[@felipelopes6087]

I believe the second season is the most visually appealing. All the characters were impeccably rendered, in the close up shots, thanks to the implementation of advanced painting technology. The scenes with only characters talking received significantly more attention to detail, unlike in the first season, where at times, it seemed like only their mouths were moving. In my opinion, it was an overall superior season.

[@heisenberg3206]

"advanced painting technology" wtf is that? they just hired make up artists its not "advanced painting technology" bs

[@tnl-warrior3218]

I wish that WIT wasnt as underrated as it is

[@jxbuyo]

they'll sleep on this but eat up anything mappa has to shit out, they bite the hands that fed them, the O.G the Godfather of this anime in the first place and created just to produce AoT

[@belfinjinish5268]

❤❤

[@tater8960]

incoming "i miss wit" comments

[@yatharthrai4658]

S1 is like the objectively best animated season of AOT (even though i massively prefer the newer style). Even Wit peaked with this season. Especially since it was released in 2013, there weren't people scrutinizing "compositing", still frames etc. They did go overboard with the camera movements (considering the show isn't actually a shounen) but i like how it throws people off in to believing that it is an action show. For what it had to do, i strongly believe S1 is absolute perfection (my fav is still s4 p 2&3 but that is a lot due to the content)

[@carloscauan7967]

Attack on Titan *is* a shonen.

[@seya_2]

It actually is a shounen

[@thomasffrench3639]

I think that they changed the style at the exact right moment of the story. I prefer the old style, but I don’t think it would fit the modern story of the show

[@AM17titan]

@@thomasffrench3639the new style is dark which perfectly fits s4 The old style is kind of bright

[@justsomeguywithamustache2901]

Wit studios truly did something amazing for attack on titan, s1 the animation was crazy, although s2 and s3 had production issues, the animation on certain episodes was still god tier, plus the composition was crazy if not the best I've ever seen in any anime, sorry but mappa has yet to reach on par with wit studios adaptation OF AOT 😊

[@1heilpeatler1]

npc

[@randomannoyance]

you dont even know what youre talking about. s1 and s3 were absolute production hell, s2 had the best schedule but still suffered from it, and season 3 only has good moments because of Imai, Ebisu and Ebara. comp in season 3 was bad and half of the eps were static mouthflops

[@harrlerr3998]

Alot of people with disagree with you, but I agree with everything you said, wit studios artsyle and animation for AOT was way better, plus I loved the lighting effects on the characters faces, unlike the blurred effect mappa puts for aot

[@seya_2]

I agree with you on that one that Mappa did a Subpar Job with AoT compared to Wit Studios. But what Mappa did with recent season was pretty good aswell. Had some pretty nice ODM sakuga and compositing on par with Wit. Thanks to Q Kawa, Malcolm Wope and Takashi Kojima

[@JustAsh001]

Mappa is overall a better studio but for aot wit was perfect

[@_.Jenstu]

First

[@Awindow]

I'm not here to debate about the animation comparison between mappa and wit but all the wit scenes looked impactful , they carried a weight , on the other hand I dont even remember any of the mappa produced anime ( including aot ) to carry that same sense of impact , their style is more on the quicker and lighter side , but anyways aot will remain a masterpiece forever , atleast for me as it was my first anime ever

[@seya_2]

Well obviously It'll be impactful it was your first show and it's a damn good show, I still remember the Impact my first show did, HxH. Still one of my favourites. I don't see how Studios would be the differentiating point here.

[@Awindow]

​@@seya_2I I don't mean impactful in terms of feeling I'm talking about the animation , the animation by wit carried weight , you'd feel the impact of the movement in it

[@mortex6634]

I have noticed you have never talked about demon slayer

[@pixel-storm5442]

Amazing compositing with some horrendously awful storyboarding, and apart from the 2-3 scenes we get from Masayuki Kunihiro or Abe per season, the animation is virtually nonexistent, it's a slideshow.

[@JohnnyBoy7267]

Season 1 has the best animation sure but it’s not the best looking season, not even close.. often times it looks very cartoonish now, especially after the final season. The best looking season is S3 part 1 the last 5 eps of S3 part 2 and the Final Season.

[@initialdosth8221]

lol he accepted mappa could never do sakuga like wit studio in s4

[@madmouse4400]

This video is an analysis of the first season of AOT . The quality of WIT animation on the show took progressively a dip dive as seasons went . Actually , you can already see some cracks appear as early as season 2 , during the last 3-4 episodes, they overused still frames with motion lines and the decrease of sakuga animation . Season 3 part 1 only had great animation at the beginning and end of the arc because it was not as action heavy as the previous seasons (the rest had a decent animation) . Season 3 part 2 had the worst compositing and the worst animation in any AOT related content produced by WIT . The one and only scene with great animation was Levy fight against the Beast titan and was animated by Arifumi Imai , the quality of rest of the animation ranges from decent, to mediocre (there was no ODM scene , only the background moving ; there was no titan fight , only awkward close up and still frames).

[@A1000-b9s]

​@@madmouse4400bud he always trashes Mappa even it's has some of the same animators. Ignore him

[@Devang-rs8xn]

Man this is why i love wit studio😢😢 The way crappa ruined this show is insane..fkin hayashi can never replace araki...

[@seya_2]

but he already did💀 Imai is now working with Mappa💀

[@JustAsh001]

Pretty sure he's just as good lol and stop with this "crappa" Thing you are just embarrassing yourself

[@obi-wankenobi343]

Certified clown moment

[@Devang-rs8xn]

@@seya_2 u sure jst bcz he worked on jjk does not mean he gonna work on aot blud Also his work on jjk was not good, probably bcz that fished eye shot man directed him to make it a particular way which was jst bad

[@Devang-rs8xn]

@@obi-wankenobi343 i mean if spitting facts make me a clown then your mom marrying your dad makes her a h**??