Japan Anime: Why Attack on Titan is a great Anime Adaptation

I finally went on a binge watch up to episode 23 of the anime series 'Attack on Titan' (or 進撃の巨人 Shingeki no Kyojin) and now I am understanding what the fuss is about.

For those of you living under an anime-culture shunning rock, 'Attack on Titan' is about humainty facing the brink of extinction by the invasion of Titans and a group of militia who fight back against the threat. *cough* Evangelion with giants *cough*

By no means is it a perfect anime, it and the original manga are flawed in some aspects, but Production I.G have made a great adaptation while staying true to the source material. It plays to the sources strengths while patching up the holes, and in fact, I would go as far as to say that it goes surpasses the manga.

 

Reasons why the anime is better than the manga:

Japan Film News: Studio Ghibli's "The Wind Rises" reaches 10 Billion Yen ($100 million US) at the box office

As of September 11th, Hayao Miyazaki's Swan song "The Wind Rises" reached over 10 Billion Yen ($100 million US) in at the Japanese Box Office, having more than 8.1 million people go see the film in the span of 54 days. The last film to reach the 100 million mark was Miyazaki's previous film "Ponyo".

Japan Sports News: Japanese Eintracht Frankfurt player Takashi Inui is fined for farting in German Customs

Eintracht Frankfurt player Takashi Inui has been having a good run playing in the Bundesliga.
But the German Tabloid Newspaper Bild posted an article claiming that the Japanese player farted in Customs after being detained at Frankfurt airport.

No! It was him!!

Tokyo to host 2020 Olympics!!

祝東京五輪２０２０！

Tokyo was officially selected as the host city for the 2020 summer Olympics.

Despite the radiation, water polution level problems, Japan had won by a landslide beating Istanbul and Madrid.

Let's see where the aging economy will go from hear.

Japan Film News: Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki Retires from Filmmaking

Hayao Miyazaki, the director of classic anime films such as "My Neighbor Totoro", "Kiki's Delivery Service" and Academy Award winning "Spirited Away", held a press conference yesterday officially announcing his retirement from filmmaking.