Aldnoah.Zero

[MFauli]

I guess I was never in the mood for this series, but ... it all fell flat on me. Not only consisted every episode of showing Inhaho´s superior mind by showcasing the incompetency of all others. I had no emotion at all over their death in this last episode (quite ironic, eh, Inaho?! lol).

The writing of this anime just feels so incompetent, so rushed, so ... "wanna-be". Like it´s trying to emulate other, more famous, more popular anime series that had a theme of desperation and cruelty. But where other anime manage to present properly developed characters with properly developed motives and behaviors, Aldnoah.Zero never even got close to that. Instead, it´s formualic almost to Pokémon-levels: Episode begins with some exposition -> action scene -> hopeful occurence -> suddenly desperation -> cliffhanger ending on either positive or negative note, accompanied by awesome Sawano-music. And in before, no, you could not describe every anime like that. It was painfully obvious in this case.

In the end, I guess your enjoyment depended on what you were expecting. From the bombast, time-taking beginning, I expected a much more intelligent, satisfactory story. What I got was a China-ripoff of Attack on Titan.

[Ryllharu]

I shouldn't even touch this one but I have to.

What I got was a China-ripoff of Attack on Titan.

Emphasis mine.

What. the. Fuck.

If this is a ripoff of anything it is Gundam SEED. I have no idea what would make you possible think this could be a knockoff of Attack on Titan. This has more in common with Muv Luv Alternative or even Code Geass than it does Attack on Titan.

[MFauli]

I shouldn't even touch this one but I have to.


Emphasis mine.

What. the. Fuck.

If this is a ripoff of anything it is Gundam SEED. I have no idea what would make you possible think this could be a knockoff of Attack on Titan. This has more in common with Muv Luv Alternative or even Code Geass than it does Attack on Titan.

I don´t know Gundam SEED, so I cannot draw comparisons here.
The setting is closer to Code Geass, true, and the main character wishes he was 1/10 as smart as Lelouch (he´s not).
But the overall theme in atmosphere and mood is an attempt at Attack on Titan´s popularity. Introduce characters, have them unexpectedly die, raw gruesomeness and cruelty, desparation and despair ... yeah.