Audience reviews
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Sonicfan__
So, I'm watching the series in release order, which means after Season 1, I watch the OVAs. No Regrets, and then Season 2. I'll have each OVA have it's own little mini reviews since it's actually kind of hard to review something like these most of the time.
Ilse’s Notebook: I feel like this should've been included in the main series, even if it's a side story because it does add some plot significance in that it reveals that titans can speak some words and that they can have independent thoughts that aren't like a titan shifter. It might've slowed down the pacing of Season 1 a little if it was included, but at least it's adapted.
The animation of course is really nice with the impact of certain scenes, the voice acting was also really good in the dub thanks to the incredible voice cast,…
Read at the sourceAdmiralStalin
The first OVA, about Ilse’s notebook, was certainly interesting. It shows us the insight on unique titan behaviour, but honestly was dull if you don’t have a Titan obsession like Hange
The second OVA about the corp’s cooking contest was a fun break from the nonstop battle and bloodshed, the shows what the cadets might do on a random day, it has loads of comedy and shows Sasha’s serious and Jean’s competitive sides
The 3rd OVA about the “Krista” kidnapping was decent, it shows how the scouts each dealt with problems, it also give us an insight that “Krista” would be important later in the story
Read at the sourceRickyGgG
After completing the Final Chapters of Attack on Titan, I thought I had finished everything canon but then I find out there's OVA's. Not just these OVA's, multiple. So as I try to make peace with the bittersweet ending, clearly Jean's backstory and more Marco will keep me busy for a while.
All jokes aside, these 3 episodes are pretty good. They're obviously set in Season 1 prior to the battle of Trost which I find to be the weakest part of the season. In fact these episodes really didn't need to be stretched out to 23-24 minutes at all. A couple of flashbacks could be used to reference these somewhat relevant moments. I just didn't find it at all interesting or better yet important. I'd reckon to see the world in the walls more than just cadet missions. I do find the 1st episode the most…
Read at the sourceMtcAlpha
DO NOT WATCH DURING THE FIRST SEASON.
Now I will explain why, but I hope someone told me how bad it was, feel like I wasted time of my life, so... There are 3 episodes, totally not related to each other:
1 - The first one is very cute, I suggest you to watch, nice and interesting and full AOT style.
2 - THE second episode I suppose wants to be funny, but it's not. Also, you are supposed to watch these episodes between episodes 3 and 4, well, don't watch this one if you do not want to receive a no sense huge spoiler. Anyway, I think it wanted to be funny like as food wars, but failed.
3 - It's ok. Watching it you understand that there is something wrong, it's like showing things that the anime doesn't show, but these things should not exist in the first place, that why ok to watch but y…
Read at the sourceHUMAN_CFG
First of all, sorry for my terrible English, I'm using a translator XD
These OVAs are basically additional content for Shingeki so I'm going to say my opinion that no one asked for about the 3 OVAs
OVA 1: Definitely the best OVA of these 3, showing us a mysterious mystery about the titans (as if there weren't enough already), it is a pleasant chapter to watch and it fulfills its function perfectly: additional content, I give it a 9 out of 10
OVA 2: This OVA tells us about our favorite horse face: Jean , where we see an "epic" duel between him and Sasha , this OVA is not something to take seriously, it's 95% comedy, it's decent if you ask me, I give it a 7 out 10
OVA 3:I think this OVA is the worst thing that has come out of Shingeki no Kyojin, to begin with, there is no trace of titans,…
Read at the sourceShirogari
The OVA for Attack on Titan has three unrelated episodes that all happen while Eren and friends are still training. The episodes are all quite different in theme. The first one adds to the information you have about the world, the second one is attack on titan's attempt at comedy and the third one is mainly just a neat story. The animation, voice acting and music are the same as in the main anime.
At the end of the opening the episode number is given which could indicate in what order the stories happen:
Episode 1 is listed as episode 3.5
Episode 2 is listed as episode 3.25
Episode 3 is listed as episode 3.75
Do not take this as a watch order though. While episode 1 and 3 can be watched between episode 3 and 4 of the main anime, episode 2 of the OVA contains spoilers for something you'll…
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Attack on titan Ova is a side story that compliments season 1 as it happens before or in its time frame. Out of the three episodes 2 are serious and one is more like a comedy sketch.
The first episode is straight from the manga, I remember seeing this story quite early in the manga, like literally from the first or second chapter. The story adds a great bit of mystery to the titans and I think it sets up the vibe for the future story nicely since the series has ended and we already know how it has ended. Definitely a core episode of season 1.
The second episode is more like a comedy side story, a literal food battle between Sasha and Jean.I swear Jean gets the best character development in season 1. The episode was kind of funny, but what gets me every time is how the show uses AOT’s ori…
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These three OVAs all take place during the time skip between Episodes 3 and 4 of Season 1. I ended up stumbling upon and watching them after I finished Season 2, and I’d honestly recommend anyone else do the same, despite the fact that they were released after Season 1 but before Season 2. There’s no MAJOR spoilers for Season 2 in these OVAs, but there are hints and nods to some minor spoiler stuff, especially in the first and second OVAs. I find that they’re a lot more enjoyable if you’ve watched until the end of Season 2 before starting. Let me get into each to explain why.
OVA #1 - “Ilse’s Notebook: Memoirs of a Scout Regiment Member”
- This first OVA mostly deals with Hange as well as the Survey Corps before they’re formally introduced in the main story. It retains the serious tone of…
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These are 3 eps with completely independent content, so I will comment on each ep, of course, the art is of the same high quality as season 1, so I will not judge the art or the music.
Ep 1: The content is a new and interesting story, I think this ep is better than most of the eps in season 1. It arouses curiosity and has a strong connection with the story of titan. The survey corps characters also shine. Get A+
Ep 2: The content is half-hearted, the humor is not good and the drama is not there. Maybe it's just a relaxing ep, weirdness, and that's it. Jean is ruined because of this ep. I expect an opponent of Eren, also in terms of psychological value. Get an F
Episode 3: The content is quite simple. A tribute Marco. Behind the scenes story. And especially: the characters are nothing new,…
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A cheeky little OVA. Brief one shot stories. One of them is dark, one is funny, one has an interesting hook, I forgot the order these were in though lol. They help flesh out the characters more, I like them. There isn't much to say, it's what it sets out to do.
I believe they modify the intro for this one as well, at least for one of the episodes. The original opening is used, it really is a great opening to a show.
Watching this knowing spoilers afterwards didn't really change it much, which makes sense considering it's outside of the main story.
I recommend watching it if you want some more Attack on titan, particularly from that first season time period. If you like food you will like one of these episodes for sure. It's good and honestly is better than you'd expect, an 8/10.
Read at the sourceSamuelKris
This Extra episodes of Shingeki no Kyojin doesn't agree to the main history.
Are 3 episodes with a normal duration, the first episode is really good because is a side story of a girl who die on a mission of recognizer and write her last moments before she was killed by a titan, the girl discovered something new about the titan. The titan can understand her when she talk and regret about something that she can understand, all was written on a diary of the mission which is discovered years ago by the scientist and motivated to catch titan's for study reasons.
The second story is a parody of Shokugeki no Soma (food wars) and chance the constructed personality for some chapters begging more stupid.
The third episode is about a mission when they are in the academy, and have to go to get one spe…
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I can only really say that this is ok? I guess.
The OVA of Attack on Titan is a mixed bag, you’ll have the No Regrets or Lost Girls OVA which dives into really interesting stories. While this set of episodes are good they just miss the same level of interest that the other OVA had. The narrative leaps from truely interesting to unnecessary plot lines. The sound design is the same as the original if not kind of more ok. The animation is still amazing, and we do get some interesting character insight that we’ve never seen beforehand.
The best of the three episodes was the episode titled; Ilse’s notebook: Record of a Fallen Soldier. The episode followed the perspective of Hange, by far one of the best characters in Attack on Titan. We follow Hange attempt to capture a Titan, which leads to…
Read at the sourceTrhlaSlecna
I genuinely enjoyed this more than the actual first season of AoT. Im a sucker for filler episodes. What can I say? Seeing characters just dick around, and interact with each-other in ways not seen in the show is very appealing to me. Especially since the focus of all these episodes are my personal favourite characters, Hanji, Jean, and Sasha. Im glad Hanji especially got some spotlight, she got thrown under the rug in the show, and she's such a badass!
I kind of doubt somebody not holding the same stance as me would have the same opinion though, basically nothing of importance happens, I think there's nothing wrong with that, other probably won't. Well, except one pretty huge thing-that I won't spoil, it happens right in the first episode so see it for yourself!
Story- 3/10 -As I said,…
Read at the sourceWazThatTL
The story was very good. Ep 1 gave us some small clues about the mysteries of the titans. The story has flashbacks taking us back a year ago when Ilse of the 34th expedition gives us very important info on the titans. Ep 2 served as sort a comic filler episode, with Jean being the main focus and was based around a cooking competition between the leaders, Jean and Sasha and their groups, we also get to see how Jean was like when he was younger. And Ep 3 relived the the first "battle" of the 104th training corps when they encountered some bandits on a training mission.
The characters were decent. We get to see some of the popular characters such as Hange and Levi playing as the main charcters in the 1st episode. Tbh there wasn't much character exposition other than for Jean and his dynamic…
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I do like watching the OVAs just to see what extra little side stories might be hanging around that might be more in line with the manga but really aren't too far away from being a full episode. Only the second one with the cook off between Jean and Sasha felt like it wouldn't fit too well with the main series, but the little pose Sasha and Connie do as a "fighting stance" is always cute. The third episode about a training exercise gone wrong was perfectly fine, but reminded me of the many MHA training exercise OVAs. The first one was the best with some poor girl named Ilse writing down her thought until her death and meeting a titan with some strange, almost religious reverence towards her, thinking she's Ymir. It's got some good moments and Zoe is cool. If you want more from season 1 the…
Read at the sourceTyrannicswine117
Warning possible Spoilers
Usually I watch OVA's only if they provide some sort of continuation to the main series or give us more detail about like backstory stuff and this is one of those OVA's that was actually really enjoyable to watch.
The OVA consists of 3 episodes, The first concentrates on Hange's discovery of an important journal about a scouts recordings on a titan.
The second concentrates one Jean and his annoying selfish nature while he has a cook off battle with Sasha.
And the third concentrates on a exercise that the 104th cadet corps had to go on that didn't really go to plan.
I thought these episodes were pretty entertaining and interesting as the we get a little more insight one the Titans since we discover they can speak not easily, but they can speak which makes us thin…
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Overview:
"Seid ihr das Essen? Ja, wir sind die Jägerschnitzel!"
What happens when you have a HUGELY popular series, but you can only make a new season every 3 years and people are all begging for more? Obviously, you HAVE to give them something, otherwise too many people will abandon ship. Especially since most fans of the anime don't actually read the manga. To solve this dilemma, Attack on Titan created this OVA. However, they really didn't want to create filler material that might accidentally contradict something later on in the manga. The only way to ASSURE that this contradiction doesn't happen, is to make an OVA where absolutely NOTHING of any importance or substance happens.
I appreciate the massive handicap that the director of this OVA faced! However, there was a much better a…
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*This review is meant to poke fun and give insight.
Story (60/100) With all 3 OVA's together, it equals to an overall of 60. After seeing the first OVA, titled Isle's Journal, I had hope for the next OVA. Then I heard they were tacking on another OVA, to make it three in all...
Isle's Journal- By far the most interesting OVA. Hell, even better than the original series itself. You delve into an episode that happens in between episode 3 and 4 (If I am thinking correctly) of the original series. Levi goes on an adventure. Sounds interesting, right? Well, it is. But, I could have done without Levi's squad. I mean, Aluo's damn gag reel of biting his tongue was annoying as hell. (-5 points)
OVA #2- I don't even know what this one was named, but I don't care, because this episode was REALLY un…
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Out of the 3 OVA released so far, the first is the standout. It focus's on interesting characters that i wanted to see more of in the main anime so that's a plus. Zoë is a character with a very...unique personality, which is both interesting and entertaining since she's very unconventional. Levi and his squad are the supporting characters and it's nice to see them because i personally enjoy their characters and i wish they were around more in the anime. I'm not sure whether or not to consider this one filler, since it did seem story focus'd but vaguely. The episode talks about the Titans and shows something about them that we haven't seen before so it's cool to speculate what it's about. Overall the story on this one was fun to watch unfold and interesting.
The second was just fine, it wo…
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The OVAs takes place around the time skip in the series near episodes 3 and 4 in the regular anime. Moving away from just the usual trio of protagonists and their training to become professional titan slayers, the story also focuses on Hanji, Levi and his squad, and several others. This OVA adds a little more background into some of the elder and younger characters of the story as well as some more mysteries to the strange titans. The first episode is the only one adapted from the manga while the other two episodes are original material.
Episode 1: Hanji has become determined to capture a titan as the Survey Corps heads out on yet another difficult mission into titan territory. Being Hanji, she is obsessed with titans to the point where she blatantly disobeys the leader, Erwin, and goes o…
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