Director Jon Enge and his Mars Rising film company partnered with Machinima to unleash two cosplayers and a GoPro onto the streets of Los Angeles. The goal? Capturing what a real-life member of the popular anime's Survey Corps might feel if they were battling a giant, naked, man-eating titan that's rampaging through the city.
We're pretty sure these guys did every single item on the list of things you should never do with a GoPro. But the effect was dizzying.
Enge's video starts out with a bunch of cosplayers having a rooftop party when they're interrupted by an invading titan. What's a good Survey Corps member to do? Strap on the cardboard sword and the world's most un-aerodynamic pulley device and start fighting.
The Attack on Titan anime tends to glorify the experience of actually fighting the titans with gorgeous animation and the thrill of flying, a bit like Spiderman.
But as the video shows, it's more like falling with style while trying not to get eaten.
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