The Purpose of Titans and All 9 Shifter Titans Revealed - Attack on Titan

Purpose and History Titans

Over 1,800 years ago, Ymir Fritz discovered the "source of all organic material", or made a deal with the Devil, and gained the power of the Titans. The Eldia Restorationists believed that she used the Titans to build bridges, roads, and cultivate barren lands.  After she died 13 years later, her "soul" was split and passed down unto nine inheritors.

All Titans are originally humans of a race of people called the Subjects of Ymir.  Ymir was the first Titan, gaining the power of the Titans after locating the "source of all living matter", although Marley claims she made a contract with the Devil.

Subjects of Ymir being injected with Titan spinal fluid.  Subjects of Ymir become Titans after being injected with Titan spinal fluid, triggering a near-instantaneous transformation.  This is exploited by Marley after the Great Titan War, who turn undesirable Subjects of Ymir into Titans to use for war, or at Paradis Island to roam aimlessly beyond the Walls.  Titans oftentimes bear strong resemblance to their original human bodies, though women who are turned into Titans lose most feminine body features.

9 Shifter Titans

The 9 Shifter Titans are fragments of Ymir Fritz's soul.  Humans who inherit them have the power of the Titans, which enables them to transform into their inherited Titan at will, gaining its special abilities while retaining their human body and intelligence. A human with the power of the Titans has access to advanced Titan abilities, such as focusing regeneration to specific parts of the body to increase the healing rate. The are 9 Notable Titans of this type and their power holders:

1. Attack Titan:

- Eren Kruger

- Grisha Yeager

- Eren Kruger

2. Colossus Titan:

- Bertolt Hoover

- Armin Arlert

3. Armored Titan:

- Reiner Braun

4. Female Titan: 

- Annie Leonhart

5. Jaw Titan

- Marcel Galliard

- Ymir

- Porco Galliard

6. Beast Titan

- Zeke Yeager

7. Founding Titan

- Frieda Reiss

- Uri Reiss

- Mr. Reiss

- Karl Fritz

- Ymir Fritz

8. Cart Titan

- Pieck

9. War Hammer Titan

- Ms Tybur

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Answer to Why Titans Eat Humans Revealed - Attack on Titan

When I first watched Attack on Titan, my first impression was this show is very traumatizing and mysterious.  For a whole season, we were left with the impression that humans were shut in a walled off fortress in order to hide from giant Titans that only exist to eat humans.  As I watched the Anime and read the Manga, I started to piece together the reason why Titans only eat humans.

I watched the show paranoid that there was no way to stop these monsters that can be over 120 meters tall (393 feet).  Over time, humans captured Titans and research unlock the mystery behind Titans.  One fact that scientist discovered about Titans was Titans not needing to eat in order to live.  Titans use sunlight to live or for energy.  Also, Titans do not have a digestive tract.  When Titans eat humans, human body parts stay inside the Titan.  That explains how Eren was eaten alive by the Titan and survives on episode three.  After an encounter with Ymir, we learned more about why Titans eat humans from her experience as a Titan.

Ymir is the Jaw Titan.  We learned that Ymir was homeless Eldian girl that lived the streets of Marley.  For some reason, Ymir was made leader of a cult.  The authorities found the cult and punished the cult by injecting them with potion that turned them in mindless Titans that roam the outside the Maria Wall for 60 years.  One day, Ymir rose from the ground to attack a group of children humans.  Little did she know, one of the kids Ymir was the Jaw Titan, Marcel Gilliard.  By devouring Marcel. Ymir gained his powers and regained her humanity.

Hange Zoe speculates that this may be one reason Titans instinctively seek to devour humans and transformed intelligent Titans.  Later in the manga, we see Ymir transfer her Titan powers by "letting" Porco Gilliard eat her.  This confirms that Titans eat humans for the purpose of gaining the shifter power and return to being human. 

Dragon Ball Super Episode 122 - Final Chapter of the Arc Begins

Well after the show took a break to celebrate New Years, the broadcast will resume on 1/6/2018.  Looks like we are down to the last two teams. Universe 7’s fan-favorite folks–Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Android 17 and Frieza–  are ready to save the day again. They’ll go up against the remaining members of Universe 11–Toppo, Dyspo, and Jiren–in the final arc in this particular story.

I have to admit, I got caught up in the idea that there were multi-universes with characters just as strong as Goku and Vegeta.  Each character had his or her own move set.  We saw a lot of gender battles on this series that I felt showed the turned around the stereotypes of Dragon Ball such as making women weaker or more a joke than serious fighters.  With the female Saiyans like Kale, we saw that female fighters can be strong and threat just like any fighter. 

My question is will any of this be carried on into the real show since it is an arc. Dragon Ball Super has been locked into a series of tournaments for about 70 episodes, so it would be great to wrap this arc up and get back to a real story line again.

Amazons Officially Closed Anime Strike Channel

After launching Jan 12, 2017, Anime Strike less than a year ago, Amazon has shut down its anime-specific streaming channel. The company has also shut down Heera, its Bollywood-focused channel.

A spokesperson from Amazon stated"We have decided to move the curated catalogs of Anime Strike and Heera into Prime Video so that more customers can enjoy this content as part of their Prime membership." 

Amazon's catalog of streaming anime, which previously required both a Prime membership and a $5 per month Anime Strike subscription, is now available to all Prime members.  Amazon has been criticized for its double paywall . 

What is double paywall?  Double wall pay means you have to have the $100 Amazon prime membership plus pay $5 a month to watch the exclusively licensed anime featured only on its channel.

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A lesson from the anime Haikyuu: A negative attitude can't help a team win

Hello video gaming and Otaku community.  I haven't posted in a while since it's the holidays. To be honest, no good games have came out in a while.  In the meantime, I have been marathon watching some of my favorite anime.

One anime that caught my interest for 10 hours straights was Haikyuu.  It's a show about an under-qualified athlete that has the hope of winning a national championship in men's volley.  The reason the show caught my interest was the psychology of sports and the character analysis.  

The antagonist of the show character analysis really made me evaluate some of my social interactions. The antagonist is nicknamed the "King of the Court".  The reason he has that nickname is due to his tendency to be a dictator and an attitude to push those on his team hard to meet impossible goals he can't achieve himself.  At one point during a tournament, he was so hard on his teammates that his team leaves him and abandons him during the game.  The coach of the team calls a timeout to bench the King of the Court, which forever changes him and makes him doubt himself.

As a result of his character flaws, he was blacklisted from top sports programs due his behavior and bad attitude. Due to his blacklisting, the King of the Court ends up on a bad team that is not a contender for the nationals but he's glad to still have the chance to play again.  When he came to the new team, the his captain prevented him from joining the team until the King of the Court overcame his character flaws despite his talent.  The captain's reasoning for this demand was an understanding that someone who thinks he's better than everyone else and uncooperative can never work well with a team.

The antagonist trained with the protagonist Hinata until he was able to let go of his pride, bad attitude and arrogance.  Eventually, the protagonist and antagonist became the stars of the team.  The two stars cooperation helps the team evolve from being underdogs to the national champions.  It's an amazing anime, and I highly recommend you watch a few episodes.

Dragon Ball Super 66 - Future Trunks Defeats the Demon Zamasu

Done in true Japanese superstition, Trunks defeated the angry God that terrorized his future worse than the Androids.  Dragon Ball Super 66 brought out all they had to wrap this filler series up.

Big Mystery of Black Goku and the Immortal God Zamasu Solved

I have to admit it was really cheesy, but I like the way these time lapse were handled.  Basically Zamasu was a Kai (God) that hated humans and became so filled with hate that he abused the Dragon Balls to make evil wishes.  First wish involved, Zamasu switching bodies with an alternate Goku from a different dimension. Then Zamasu killed alternative Goku's family (Chi Chi and Goten) and convinced the alternate Goku to join him on a fight to end humanity. 

Somehow, the alternative Goku in Zamasu was made immortal by a second wish from the dragon balls a year later.  Then Alternate Goku started to terrorize the Future Trunks from Cell series dimension.  Trunks recognizes the Goku he sees is not the same Goku he knows, and he labels this Goku as Black Goku b/c he is evil.  Unable to defeat Black Goku, Trunks traveled in time to find Goku and Vegeta for help. runks would have went to Gohan since he was the strongest warrior at the end of the saiyan series, but family life has weak Gohan.  Krillin and Piccolo are actually stronger than Gohan now.

Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks encounter Black Goku by chance in their time.  Goku and Vegeta easily defeat Black Goku, but he escapes to Trunks Future to heal and improve.  When Goku, Vegeta and Trunks return to the Future to finish Black Goku, they get defeated.  After a few defeats we learn the mystery behind Black Goku and connection to the God Zamasu.  We learn how Zamasu body is immortal, but Black Goku body is human.

Episode 66 - Spoiler
Now you wonder why I took time to explain all that.  Zamasu and Black Goku fused to become all power God. But if you know anything about fusion, you energy and intention determine your fusion.  Zamasu/Goku is filled with hate, so their fusion was flawed.  Zamasu body is warped by his hate.  Instead of an immortal God, they are a monster demon that hate made him weak and mortal.  A fused Goku + Vegeta = Vegito matches the Zamasu fusion, but they become overpowered and defeated.

Then a Super Saiyan 2 Future Trunks steps in.  Amazingly SSJ 2 Future Trunks is strong enough to handle Demon Zamasu.   We learn Future Trunks has the ability of Goku to gain energy from surround life.  Future Trunks is a living Spirit Bomb.  At the end of the episode, Future Trunks forms a spirit bomb and absorbs the power.  Future Trunks then uses his sword to slice Zamasu in half and defeats him.

It was one of those moral lessons episodes, but it was good. In Japanese culture, they believe humans transform to Gods so you have to know that in order to get the lesson of the story.  It showed how a God who hates those he is sworn to protect can become evil and a demon.  Zamasu belittled and underestimated the value of those that looked up to him, and when they united they defeated him.  Don't know if Future Trunks became the new God of that dimension, but we will see in episode 67.

Anime Master Hayao Miyazaki Unretires to Make a Final Film

The news was dropped into a Japanese TV special broadcast over the weekend. Appropriately enough, it was titled Hayao Miyazaki: The Man Who Is Not Done. In it, Miyazaki revealed that he’d been dissatisfied with a recent 12-minute CG short film he’d been working on — Kemushi no Boro or Boro the Caterpillar — and instead wants to turn it into a full-length film. Although the special did not show Miyazaki getting a green light from studio bosses, he is seen starting work on animation for the project. We’ll have to wait for official confirmation, but, well, this is Miyazaki we're talking about — if he wants to make a film, presumably it’s going to get done.

Kemushi no Boro was originally being created for the Ghibli Museum, which opened in Tokyo in 2001 and showcases artifacts from Studio Ghibli, which Miyazaki co-founded. The studio’s many films include Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle. We don’t know much about Kemushi no Boro, but Miyazaki has apparently been developing the story for some 20 years. During the special, Miyazaki said the film was the "story of a tiny, hairy caterpillar, so tiny that it may be easily squished between your fingers." He noted that he might be 80 years old by the time it's finished (he's 75 now), but with his ideal timetable, the film will be done before the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

The Last Guardian is No Longer on Hold

I know I've been waiting on this day. Finally after many set backs, excuses, and announcements...The Last Guardian has an official release date.

On October 25, 2016 Playstation 4 owners will face unknown dangers in a strange and mystical land, an ordinary young boy and his gigantic feathered friend must rely on each other to survive in this harrowing story of friendship and trust.

In an interview by theguardian.com with Fumito Ueda, the creator of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus talks, about his hotly anticipated game and his nerves over its release.

When asked about the way in which intimate relationships have figured highly in his three PlayStation games, he shrugs and smiles. “It’s interesting,” he says. “From our side, we didn’t have a strong intent to portray relationships as a theme of our games. We actually tried not to do that. But as a lot of people played through Ico and Shadow of Colosuss, they said, ‘Oh, these games are about building a bond, they’re about trust.’ From my perspective, I just say, here, go ahead, play it – then at the end, the player can come to their own conclusion about what the game is trying to tell them. I don’t like to force feed themes.”

Indeed, it’s surprise about how players have interpreted his past work that led to the pairing at the centre of Last Guardian – the boy and the beast. “Once we were done with Shadow of Colossus there was a moment when I reflected on what we really wanted to communicate and portray in that game,” he says. “For me it was the main relationship between Wander and the girl, but after the release, I read a lot of feedback from players who were touched by the game, and they said that the relationship between Wander and the horse was the most important and appealing – we got the sense that this was what most people felt. I thought OK, if that’s the case, there are a lot of mechanics from that relationship that we could heighten and expand on. That’s where The Last Guardian came from.”

Dragon Ball Super Episode 56 Super Saiyan Rose Goku?

I don't usually post about anime unless an EPIC situation happened.  This is that situation!  Dragon Ball Super Episode 56 was a game changer for the series.

This week's episode opened with Trunks, Vegeta and Goku time traveling to Trunk's alternative future to rid his timeline of the human hating god, Zamasu...aka Black Goku.  Goku is attacked by the human army and confused for being Black Goku by the fearful humans. Trunks calms the conflict and reassures society Goku is a good person and never confuse him with the doppleganger Black Goku.  The army informs Trunks that a familiar face is waiting him at the base.

When returning to base, Trunks discovers Mai, his girl friend not girlfriend, is alive.  Otaku fans you know in anime the boy is too embarrassed to claim a girl as his girlfriend until they are married. Trunks wasn't concerned if Bulma was alive though, lol. After the happy reunion, the Z fighters set out to take Black Goku out once in for all. 

When the Z fighters confront Black Goku, something odd is in the air.  Immediately, Super Saiyan Vegeta charges Black Goku to prove he is the best fighter and do what Goku can't which is kill a threat to peace.  Vegeta becomes concerned as he realizes his attacks are not hurting Black Goku.

At this point, Vegeta falls back to re-evaluate Black Goku's abilities.  As expected, Black Goku unleashes his new stronger form, Super Saiyan Rose.  SSR Black Goku thanks Goku for showing him how to gain more power to rival a god.  In an instant, Vegeta is cut down by an energy sword attack to the heart by SSR Black Goku.  Goku turns Super Saiyan Blue and tells Trunks to take care of Vegeta.

Goku and Black Goku fight intensely until Black Goku hits the crap out of Goku to prove he is in another class of strength.  As the show wraps up, Black Goku poses to do a kamehameha to end Goku's life, then Zamasu shows up in the sky and lands beside Black Goku!

The whole time we thought Black Goku and Zamasu were the same person.  Now we know Black Goku is someone completely different, but Zamasu reveals he does harbor hatred to humans and plans to kill every human especially Goku.  Wow! Told y'all it was an epic turning point for the series.

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Attack on Titan Theatrical Release Dates

Like many anime fans, I'm excited to see a live action version of my favorite anime come to the big screen.

Fortunately for fans of the anime/manga, producers didn't compact every episode of the whole show in one movie.  There will be at least two movies with seperate release dates and showings.

The first  movie will be released September 31 in North America wit English subtitles.  The first movie will detail the origins of Attack on Titan all the way to the major conflicts which grabbed my attention. 

The second movie will be released on October 20.  The second movie will move forward the regular series, but no certainty on which episodes have been announced. 

Live action movies are famous for being the catalyst to bring a franchise down.  Eren and his gang are up against the impossible, so I hope the movie will provide me with the high quality entertainment I'm accustom to.