It's always fascinating to see those images that show size comparisons between fictional creatures and vehicles next to real-world equivalents in order to visualize how those sorts of things might look if they actually existed. Fans of the massively popular anime Attack on Titan have likely seen many images like that and maybe even pondered just such an idea. Well, that concept has just become much easier to imagine, and it's just as terrifying as it sounds.
The team over at VFX studio Corridor Digital, known for impressive CGI videos like their own spin on a Luke Skywalker Deepfake, decided to figure out exactly what the titular titans from Attack on Titan would look like in real life, not just as photorealistic recreations, but at their full building-stomping scale. Using their CGI expertise and knowledge of the show, they churned out some truly unnerving digital replicas of the creepy giants and added in some surprisingly interesting trivia to help contextualize the whole thing. But don't worry, they add their own humorous flair to make it all a bit more palatable for those with completely understandable megalophobia.
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The video, uploaded to Corridor's more entertainment-focused "Corridor Crew" channel, uses footage of real-world locations as a reference for the gargantuan titans. However, in a feat a bit more ambitious than their video adding Henry Cavill's mustache back into Justice League, they instead edit in giant naked monstrosities to locations like abandoned warehouses, football fields, and even the Statue of Liberty. The sheer scale exhibited by some of these huge humanoid creatures is enough to unnerve just about anyone, but at the same time, it turns out Attack on Titan might have made a few missteps when it comes to measurements.
When the team addresses the biggest titan of all, known as the Colossal Titan, they discover that the beast's 60 meter height doesn't quite feel as big in real life as it does on the show. This is where some of the humor comes in, as the fearsome, intimidating monster is shown reclining gently in a football stadium, barely covering half of the field. Further driving home the scale issue, Corridor then shows the same giant lounging next to two smaller breakdancing titans on top of the infamous Evergreen cargo ship, depicting them all as barely a percentage of the ship's size. A bit of a far cry from Corridor's recent video turning Harry Potter into an R-rated gorefest.
Really, the goal of the video is to point out how Attack on Titan seems to take liberties with how it depicts its measurements in order to maximize the effectiveness of its storytelling. The size discrepancy even applies to the wall surrounding the city on the show (as well as the original long-running Attack on Titan manga), which is described as 50 meters tall but appears more like it's at least double that. A common trope in media is what is known as the "Rule of Cool," which states in so many words that sometimes if something on-screen is cool or interesting enough, the audience is willing to overlook any scientific or story-related inaccuracies that brought it on. That seems to be the case here, and Corridor Digital appears to appreciate it.
Still, though, even at a more accurate size, the titans are just incredibly terrifying. Maybe Attack on Titan can take a cue from this video and start showing the beasties skipping around a meadow or playing tetherball or something. Just make it easier for those who might not be all that cool with giant things (not naming any names here).
Attack on Titan is available to stream on Tubi
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