#Aot red swan series#

It’s these bittersweet moments that make the characters of AoT feel so real and allow us to get invested in them. Eren doesn’t remember this and the two people who do are no longer with us. Speaking of happiness that doesn’t exist anymore, this is a moment that is completely lost to time. I love this scene of baby Eren and his parents. This leads me to my second favorite moment of the OP. Same with the picture of Eren and co, like this happiness doesn’t exist anymore. You’ll notice this picture almost has an otherworldly feel to it.

One that we know Freida never got the chance to see thanks to Eren’s father. We learn about Historia and Frieda’s past and I feel this symbolizes their wish for a better future. What I love about this image is that dandelions are often associated with wishes. We then get a scene of Historia blowing dandelions with her half-sister Frieda Reiss. As someone who lost a parent at a young age, this scene really resonated with me and I think sets the stage for some of the awesome moments Erwin has in season three. This was one of the moments that I believe shaped Erwin into the person he became. I love this shot of Erwin looking back on his past self having a conversation with his father. The most interesting scene to me involves Commander Erwin. If this is your first time watching season three you might not know who Kenny is but trust me you will.

We get shots of a young Levi and a younger Kenny.

Next, we get some of the other characters involved. We don’t know how soon before the Colossal Titan makes his appearance this is but it’s a haunting reminder of what life was like before that day. I won’t say anything bad hadn’t happened, but for the most part, they were living happy carefree lives. Here we are reminded of when our heroes were just innocent kids. Next is when the first bout of nostalgia hits us. They get a majority of the screentime, being the main characters it makes sense, but others get time to shine as well. The video opens with Eren using his ODM gear to meet up with Armin and Mikasa. This is where we get into the meat of the analysis, and I can get some pictures of the points I will be discussing. Not only the music but the lyrics were carefully chosen to fit. How many different characters did we see break from the stress and fear? The soldier reloading the gun just to shoot himself in season one comes to mind. Hiding their fear and lying about it as the lyrics seem to state might be all they can do to keep from going insane. So I feel we need to cut Eren a little slack for being a “cry baby” cause I don’t think we could do much better. I don’t know about you but when I was fifteen I could barely talk to a girl let alone even think about fighting a fifty-foot tall monster. So, when the lyrics come up saying “Can hide your fear, can lie my dear” I think that encapsulates how they’re feeling. You might have forgotten that our heroes are around fifteen/sixteen years old during this show.

#Aot red swan series#

I think it fits the theme of the first part of season three and even the series as a whole perfectly. The song for this particular opening is a lot more somber and melancholic than what we’re used to from AoT. I wanted to spend a little time talking about that. You wouldn’t think an animated show about giant, human-like monsters eating people would be one of the best depictions of war and how it affects us but that is one thing AoT does really well.Ī big part of the opening song is well… the song. I feel the themes of this OP are nostalgia, loss of innocence, but also of hope and looking forward. I think as we get older we do a lot of looking back, nostalgia is sought after for a reason after all. I wasn’t even into anime at the time and I knew that opening song. Being popular does not mean “best” though, and hopefully, after this, you will have a newfound respect for “Red Swan” by Yoshiki featuring Hyde. I would even argue the first opening, “Guren no Yumiya” by Linked Horizon is part of what made Attack on Titan popular in the first place. Attack on Titan is mostly known for its bombastic, action-packed openings. Spoilers for Attack on Titan, through part one of season threeĪttack on Titan is wrapping up soon (though we recently got a part two announcement) and I thought this would be a good time to give some love to an underrated opening in the series.