Today I watched Attack on Titan: The Movie Part 1, the live-action version.
There were a lot of differences between the movie and the anime. Some of them I liked, some I did not. The movie world definitely felt more real and slightly more advanced. There were remnants of old technology and the military had some upgrades as well, using motorized vehicles rather than horses. The anime feels like it takes place in Europe, but the movie obviously had a Japanese cast so a lot of the names were changed accordingly. Some characters seemed to be cut completely and new characters introduced, but it was kind of difficult to tell for sure who all was included because of the name changes. Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Hange, Levi, Jean, Sasha and Hannes were all definitely represented (some with name changes), but as for the others, I couldn't be sure. Backstories were also changed for the main characters and Mikasa is quite different while still being an awesome soldier. It was a fun movie, but I had to fight my brain at the beginning because I kept feeling like the story was wrong. Once I accepted that this was not going to be like the anime, I was able to settle in and enjoy the ride.
It's not as detailed or in depth as the anime, that's for sure, but I'll see where it leads because we already own Part 2 as well.
There were a lot of differences between the movie and the anime. Some of them I liked, some I did not. The movie world definitely felt more real and slightly more advanced. There were remnants of old technology and the military had some upgrades as well, using motorized vehicles rather than horses. The anime feels like it takes place in Europe, but the movie obviously had a Japanese cast so a lot of the names were changed accordingly. Some characters seemed to be cut completely and new characters introduced, but it was kind of difficult to tell for sure who all was included because of the name changes. Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Hange, Levi, Jean, Sasha and Hannes were all definitely represented (some with name changes), but as for the others, I couldn't be sure. Backstories were also changed for the main characters and Mikasa is quite different while still being an awesome soldier. It was a fun movie, but I had to fight my brain at the beginning because I kept feeling like the story was wrong. Once I accepted that this was not going to be like the anime, I was able to settle in and enjoy the ride.
It's not as detailed or in depth as the anime, that's for sure, but I'll see where it leads because we already own Part 2 as well.
