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8. Attack on Titan (season 2) - Great_Paul
https://youtu.be/LKP-vZvjbh8

Unique: 6.75
Story: 7.5
Music: 9
Animation: 8.5
Personal: 9
Average: 8.15

This is one of the most intense and epic intros on the list. One major reason for that is the powerful theme song, which gives you this sense of constantly being on the verge of some legendary battle. While I am normally remiss to quote (or even read) a YouTube comment, I happened to notice a great one, where someone remarked that this song makes you feel patriotic for a nation that doesnt exist. And Im inclined to agree with that sentiment.

Although the intro provides hardly any sense of the personalities of the individual characters distinct from their will to fight, there is a strong story here based on how much the intro tells us about the world these characters inhabit. It is a horrifying world in which humans are like insects beneath the grotesque Titans. This is nicely shown near the start with the unique perspective of the humans huddled together at the bottom, with the background of the Titans taking up most of the screen. And in one of the best moments of the intro, we see all the humans descending from the top of a wall like tiny dots to battle the Titans on the other side.

Another thing I find interesting about the intro are the glowing dots within the chest of each of the humans (at around 0:54), which we also see inside the rampaging beasts near the end. This suggests some spark of life or humanity, making it all the more intriguing that we see it inside some of the monstrous creatures. Also the distortion of colors near the end of the intro leading into mostly black and white as the beasts charge makes for a very unique segment. The only reason I couldnt go higher with the Unique score is that some parts of the intro showing the human characters are on the conventional side.

As for the Animation score, it is slightly held back by the periodic use of still or nearly still moments (although even those have a lot of details). However, the battle running from about 1:04 to 1:12 is one of the most beautifully animated sequences Ive ever seen in anything, let alone an intro. Battle scenes in intros all too often tend to be dull, but you can barely even take a breath during this one. If the entire intro looked like that, Id have to give it a 10 for Animation.

Quite simply, this is one of the greatest anime intros of all time.