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30 Mar

Attack on Titan Season 4: Questions Part 2 Needs to Answer

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This article contains spoilers for Attack on Titan season 4 part 1. But not for season 4 part 2, or the manga (that we know of). Many anime come along and leave an undeniable mark on the industry, yet every season of Attack on Titan manages to dramatically increase in quality as well as deepen the series’ scope and themes. Attack on Titan season 4, dubbed as Attack on Titan: The Final Season has pushed these limits more than ever before and the anime’s latest collection of episodes brilliantly play with the audiences’ perception of who they should root for…

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29 Mar

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 16 Review: Above and Below

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 16 “There’s much to learn from an enemy.”“Including how to make more enemies.” Attack on Titan treats the Titan serum as one of the most powerful substances that can pollute and transform somebody’s body, but this final (sort of) season proves that denial and egotism make an even more dangerous cocktail. There’s a simple scene between Yelena and Dot Pixis where the latter is forced into submission and almost seems to respect Yelena’s cold and calculated ability to double cross her own people in favor of the…

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21 Mar

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episodes 14 and 15 Review

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These Attack on Titan reviews contain spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 14: Savagery “You know what I hate the most in the world? People who aren’t free. They’re no more than cattle.” ”I wanted to talk with you guys…” Those were the ominous words that Eren shared with his old comrades and new enemies at the end of Attack on Titan’s previous episode. This anime regularly features an exceptional amount of destruction courtesy of deadly powers and brutal battles, but this season’s development of Eren Jaeger is so substantial that seven words can be even more terrifying than…

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07 Mar

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 13 Review: Children of the Forest

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 13 “We’ve got to at least get these kids out of the forest…” In an episode where Levi, Zeke, and other literal children are currently in a forest, “Children of the Forest’s” namesake is actually in reference to a metaphor that’s cast by Sasha’s father. Mr. Blouse laments that despite Sasha’s nature and best intentions, the very nature of her pursuit was inevitably cursed. Sasha came back with victories, but she’s someone that would never completely remove themselves from the line of fire. Her very existence dictated…

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28 Feb

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 12 Review: Guides

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 12 “Of course, it would be nice if this is all just my wild speculation.” A major tenet of this final season of Attack on Titan is that every episode has played around with where the truth lies, who the heroes truly are, and what the dangers of an unmitigated God complex entail. However, “Guides” allows these ideas to evolve in order to demonstrate the chilling dangers of  propaganda and rebellion from a whole new and terrifying angle. “Guides” explores strong individuals that reach their breaking points,…

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22 Feb

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 11 Review: Counterfeit

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 11 “We can’t believe in anyone…” On its surface, the titular “counterfeits” in this Attack on Titan episode are “Mia” and “Ben,” the aliases that Gabi and Falco build for themselves while they evade Eldian capture. However, on a deeper level, Gabi and Falco’s very people and cause are counterfeits. The whole operation is a fake. The only people in this episode that are completely honest and open are Kaya and the other Eldians that Gabi and Falco encounter. This is a world that’s full of so…

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14 Feb

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 10 Review: A Sound Argument

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 10 “That guy is not Eren.” The past few episodes of Attack on Titan have looked at dissent and disagreements cropping up among the Eldians, but now the temperature turns up and begins to reach a boiling point. Time is running out and a sound strategy becomes increasingly important, which makes any moments wasted on arguments rather than unity feel like a dangerous exercise that will only culminate in doom. It’s never been more important for Eren and company to figure out a plan for how to…

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08 Feb

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 9 Review: Brave Volunteers

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 9 “Welcome to Paradis Island…” Attack on Titan’s final season has expertly played with the viewers’ expectations, but “Brave Volunteers” feels like the most atypical episode of what’s been an extremely unpredictable season.  On one level, an episode that’s largely set in the past and is almost entirely designed as an expository device shouldn’t be a very satisfying installment of Attack on Titan. The anime has done episodes like this before, but it actually feels appropriate for it to pump its breaks a little and take stock…

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31 Jan

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 8 Review: Assassin’s Bullet

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 8 “Meat…” “Assassin’s Bullet” painfully explores the cost of war as losses for both Marley and Eldia accumulate. “Assassin’s Bullet” makes sure to properly honor the member of the Survey Corps that perishes, but the previous episode saw the Warriors in Marley lose even more people that were important to Gabi, Reiner, and the rest of Marley, yet Attack on Titan doesn’t even allow time for Marley to grieve. Perspective has been an integral component of this final season and it’s fascinating how the Attack on Titan’s…

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25 Jan

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 7 Review: Assault

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 7 “These are the demons of Paradis Island…” Who are the good guys in this war again? Attack on Titan has been asking this question all season, but it’s beautifully articulated now that a full-fledged war is in swing between Marley’s best and the “Eldian Devils.” The previous episode begins this conflict, but every single character that the anime has carefully built over these four seasons comes into combat with each other in “Assault” and it’s just fantastic.  This is a very busy installment and it’s likely…

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18 Jan

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 6 Review: The War Hammer Titan

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 6 “A life is a life” Attack on Titan straddles many genres, but its premiere episode embraces horror tropes more than anything else. That first episode is scary, not just when the Titans first appear, but with the manner in which they terrorize Shiganshina District and devour so much of their population.  It’s a destabilizing and overwhelming experience and the beginning of “The War Hammer Titan” doesn’t only remember the anime’s horror roots, but it delivers carnage that’s even more frightening than what’s seen in Attack on…

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15 Jan

Attack on Titan: “No One is Safe” in Final Season, Stars Say

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Plenty of anime series grow into phenomena over time and build a reputation for themselves, but Attack on Titan in particular has seen great success ever since its debut. The anime’s premise, where a community of resistance fighters live in a walled city to protect themselves from gigantic man-eating monsters known as Titans, is instantly addictive. It’s not uncommon for popular anime to lose momentum over time or struggle to stick their landings, but each season of Attack on Titan has only improved upon what’s come before it.  Attack on Titan gloriously defies expectations and it’s led to a final…

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11 Jan

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 5 Review: Declaration of War

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 5 “If you were trying to save the world, well then I guess you didn’t have a choice, did you?” Attack on Titan’s previous episode addressed the idea of conscription returning to Marley and emphasized how the nation can’t help but engage in war. Conflict is in Marley’s very nature and they’ve developed an existence that consists of expansion or destruction. However, it doesn’t matter how much Marley acquires because it’s not even really about them strengthening their empire. It’s that they don’t know how to exist…

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27 Dec

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 4 Review: From One Hand to Another

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 4 “It kinda feels like something is about to change!” “Yeah. It does.” There’s a moment in “From One Hand to Another” when Willy Tybur and Theo Magath look upon a statue of Helos, a renowned Marleyan hero and an inspirational figure for the nation. Tybur admires the statue and what it stands for, but Magath informs him that the attractive idol is hollow. It’s an empty monument with nothing on the inside. Marley puts on a brave face and acts like their future against Eldia is…

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21 Dec

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 3 Review: The Door of Hope

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 3 “Just keep moving…” Attack on Titan’s new season has played with perspective in a surprising and satisfying way that’s kept the audience in the dark. A lot of this new season has focused on Falco Grice as he perseveres through Warrior Training and how he might be a Marleyan counterpart to Eren. However, “The Door of Hope” turns to Reiner’s past as a way to draw even more parallels and highlight that this new trainee may be able to accomplish what he can’t. “The Door of…

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14 Dec

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 2 Review: Midnight Train

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 2 “You’ve achieved great things.” “No, not yet.” Fringe is a television series about an unstable rift between two alternate Earths where the survival of one depends on the destruction of the other. The characters on these opposing Earths both view themselves as the heroes because by nature the very existence of the other Earth makes it the “enemy.” Neither side functions as a villain, but this necessity for survival demands that they’re both viewed in this light anyway. The alternative is to accept that the other…

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07 Dec

Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 1 Review: The Other Side of the Sea

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This Attack on Titan review contains spoilers. Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 1 “Isn’t war a terrible thing?” The third season of Attack on Titan ends with a lengthy jump forward in time where Eren and company are seemingly more ready than ever to realize their goal. The group has taken on some difficult opponents over the past three seasons, but as they prepare to invade Paradis Island and dethrone a corrupt king they begin to understand that the end to all of this warfare is finally within grasp. The final moments of last season posed the question, “If…

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04 Dec

Attack on Titan Recap: Essential Moments to Remember Before Season 4

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Many anime series are able to grab a hold of mainstream audiences, but the kind of attention that’s surrounded Attack on Titan is on a whole other level. The anime series only has three seasons, but it’s taken over seven years for it to reach its finish and the enthusiasm towards the property has never waned. Attack on Titan looks at Eren Jaeger and his fellow resistance fighters who wage war against man-eating beasts known as Titans.  What initially started as a war story with monsters has evolved into a truly epic character study and masterclass in serialized storytelling. Each…

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20 Oct

Giveaway: Win a Copy of Cory Doctorow’s Attack Surface

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Den of Geek is hosting this giveaway in partnership with  When I talked to Cory Doctorow during TorCon back in June, the author spoke about speculative fiction as “a sort of diagnostic tool,” comparing storytelling to the scientific process a doctor goes through when using a nasal swab to diagnose an illness. “When you want to solve something, you often simplify it,” said Doctorow, “like when the doctor sticks a swab up your nose, sticks it into a petri dish, and looks at it later. She’s not trying to build an accurate 1:1 scale model of your body, because it’s too…

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23 Sep

What The Attack On Titan Trailer Hints At For The Show’s Final Season

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Attack on Titan has proven itself to be a masterpiece in long-form storytelling. The end of the show’s third season exploded the anime’s mythology in drastic ways and suddenly increased the scope far beyond the core cast of characters. Eren and company head forward with a renewed sense of purpose, armed with more knowledge and power than ever before. It’s been announced that the upcoming fourth season of the series will also act as the show’s final year. Now that a full trailer has been released for these concluding episodes it looks like season four is only going to expand…

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