Anime Thoughts: Attack on Titan

A while ago now, as Kodansha Comics was just getting really started selling manga over here, they began promoting a new title called "Attack on Titan," as I recall pushing it pretty hard so far as manga goes in this market. It was easy enough to pick up on the general storyline of "people trapped inside walls by monstrous giants start fighting back." However, it also happened that at that time they were attracting a lot of negative attention for "getting off to a cheap start," and in particular I remember seeing one picky fan proclaim he wouldn't buy the manga because he'd been offended by the bonus pages being left out of the back of a late volume of Negima. (He since seems to have vanished into that ether that claims anime and manga fans consumed by disdainfulness of the "localization industry.") I can't say that was the sole factor in my not buying that manga either, but stay away from it I did even as I recall happening to overhear a major "spoiler" about the cliffhanger ending of the first volume.
( After a few more volumes, though... )