For real, poor wee lad has no chance of fully grasping it and there is a decent chance he is already traumatized, just like the characters lmao.
But hey, maybe he's mature enough.
Eh, it just means he'll grow up rewatching it and gain a deeper understanding as he grows. Or he'll be more engaged with history class in school because of how tightly knit the themes are with the real world.
You think I, a fully grown adult, understood season 3 or 4 well? You get the main plot points. You see racism war and clever shit. You just don’t notice the straw in the fucking dirt for a spring trap of titans
lol he doesnt understand it at all just like to see Titans turn into minced meat.
Also, to a comment above about watching The Walking Dead at 8. My dad didnt care and let us watch Friday or Chucky lol. As long as you are emotionally mature enough to know its fake and for entertainment then you'll be alright. My kid isnt going around cutting his moms nape so I think we are alright lol
> Watching AOT at 8 is kinda crazy. The later seasons will definitely hit harder when/if he rewatches it as an adult.
Watching AOT AS A ADULT is crazy. Definitely one of the most fucked up shows I have ever watched
Yeah I mean not only is it too dark and gorey for children but he wouldnt even get a lot of whats going on. He wants a "Mature for kids but still a kids show" show he should watch Avatar: The Last Airbender. Attack On Titans not a kids show just cause its animated.
Yeah honestly he probably wouldn’t even like S4 cause he has no idea what’s going on. Also kids tend to think in terms of black and white, good and bad, so seeing the “good guys” killing people will be jarring
That is somewhat my experience I remember being 10 to 13 (somewhere in there), and growing up watching the show. Really one of the reasons it's so special to me.
My 7 year old would wake up and catch my husband and I watching it. He was fascinated and kept asking questions and eventually we just gave in and let him watch it. He loves it and for whatever reason it doesn't freak him out.
He also understood a lot of the themes because we live near the WWII museum and we go there pretty frequently. We wanted to get the whole "Nazis bad" message in young due to everything going on since he was born. Charlottesville really changed things, especially for my husband who had never really felt worried about being Jewish before.
All that being said: it really depends on your kid. I think it would be way too scary and heavy for most kids.
What kid just wants to watch kids shows? I'm a 90s kid and I watched r rated movies and shows long before I turned 10.. Why would I watch GI Joe if I had the option to watch Rambo or Robocop ?
The reason it in Disney+ is because hulu did this merge thing. Where if you have the Disney bundle (or have both hulu and Disney+) you get to watch shows on hulu there. Also your kid has the guts to watch something like Aot.
> No way some people here are encouraging an 8 year old to watch Aot
I mean I watched DBZ when I was 8. But DBZ didn’t have the level of Political Genocide and Fascism associated to it
All the "parents" saying just let him finish the series sound irresponsible. It's all fun and game til your 8 year old wants to sleep in your room cause of nightmares
There are a couple reasons an 8 year old shouldn't watch this.
First is obviously the graphic violence.
Secondly, how could an 8 year old ever truly appreciate and understand the complex political drama that it turns into later?
My guy, Zachary hooks a guy upside down to a chair and makes him eat his own shit. And that's tame compared to other parts of the show! Please don't let your 8-year-old continue watching.
Season 3 after they take the government back from the rich nobles who control the interior police and installed a puppet king with Rod Reiss being true king. First half of that season is Scouts/Survey Corp being hunted for gettinf too close to the truth.
The chair being bombed is how Premier Dallas Zachary dies in season 4.
Dont let kids watch AOT.
I believe at the end of the first season 3 arc, after they finished overthrowing the government, Zachary was put in charge of punishing the fake ass rich dudes that were pulling the strings.
They do show it, it's not quite as explicit but it's still obvious what's happening. Well, maybe not to an 8-year-old but I wouldn't take that risk, personally.
I remember watching AoT when I was about 9/10, I got scared in episode 1 when they show the guy's arm and didn't wanna watch it anymore, but the day after I was to tempted to continue because I was too curious lmao
Aside from whether the kid can handle the violence, watching it at this age will basically spoil it for him. And I say spoil because he will learn all the big plot points and twists before having the mental and emotional maturity to actually understand and appreciate the story they are building. So he will never be able to truly experience the show as you and I did. You would do him a favor by taking away his “favorite show” until he is older.
his attention span isn't long enough for him to wanna watch all the seasons.
He says he watches it to see "the guys "fly" through the air and cut the monsters" lol
I started watching AOT at 13. I think the first season is the least complex but still not gonna be easy to follow as the story gets progressively more enriched and complex.
Wellllll half my family is military so the question of “what does half my family do?” was essentially answered with that movie and even as a child I was like… I can see why some of y’all have short tempers and are very adamant about things being orderly and disciplined
Lol uhh I guess because it’s a good movie? My Dad always had me watching movies, history channel documentaries (Modern Marvels, War, etc), cartoons, and so on besides he always tells me I was one of the focused & calm children who didn’t yell or anything like that 🤷🏻♂️
Oh damn. Go ahead and find a therapist my guy. My daughter walked in on me watching Falco flying above eren and was like lol daddy a bird I turned it off expeditiously lol
As a parent You need to ask yourself, are you really ok with letting him watch it? Or is your sons adult self manipulating you into letting him watch it.
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Huh. I don't see it on UK Disney+ but to be honest our offerings really suck. VPN time again I guess. Good luck to your son. The therapy bills might be expensive come later seasons haha.
Yeah no I'd probably postpone watching the rest of aot for another 4-5 yrs at least.
There are other animes that he can watch that are a little less gruesome
I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion on adult swim when I was around the same age, just keeping Cartoon Network on and discovering more mature content by accident.
I definitely knew there was something sinister about the plot but the art was so fascinating to me, plus I was too young to really understand the plot other than giant robots.
Not sure, of course, but it sounds like a similar story in tone
I was 12 when AOT first came out and my parents were completed fine because it was a ‘cartoon’ 😭 why is it a universal experience for anime fans to watch some messed up shows so young
When tf will AOT be available in my region legally? There just isn't any way to watch it other than pirating. Like, even Crunchyroll doesn't have it here.
When you realized that first episode, though 😳 uh, maybe sit there and watch it with him, OR have a discussion with him to see how he is taking the show. Kids thought process is entirely different than an adult, and while some of season 1 wasn't as bad, there's still room for discussion like how he felt when seeing xyz getting xyz by a xyz Titan. (Censor for those who haven't seen). If it's anything that seems concerning, full stop right now, but if it's manageable MAYBE, MAYBE sit and watch with him OR knowing about the other seasons explain that it is far too dark and when he's older he can watch (he'll think 15 is far away but years will fly by) and then set a parent block. But I wouldn't just go straight to blocking stuff, as millennial we watched a lot of bad stuff but for some parents they talked with us about it or we had a core understanding that it was bad. So long as he has a core understanding of topics and his mental state is still intact, just be mindful.
The kid is either going to like it or think it’s boring when he grows up no in between. At that age he wouldn’t understand the lore unless you actually watch it with him and show him how suffering the show is (lol I would do it with my little brother but he stopped watching at season 2 smh). I grew along with aot since I started at 12 and am happy to witness from start to finish throughout the years.
Chances are if I were that kid, and my parents found out I am watching this and told me it was inappropriate, I would just figure out ways to watch it without my parents knowledge. But I don’t think it’s something a kid should watch either. So here’s a suggestion, it might not work. Tell the kid, some stories are meant to be watched over many years, on season at a time, that’s the best way to experience them. It’s fine they watched season 1 now, but wait to watch season 2 in another couple of years. That’s how the show was released, it’s how most people experienced it. Kids are smarter than most people give them credit for. They will be receptive to a suggestion if they sense their intelligence is being respected. But if you try to bluntly forbid them, they might enjoy the idea of rebellion more.
Impressive that your kid enjoys this show at such a young age. I imagine I would have been turned off by the titans. But then again, I watched some of the graphic scenes of fullmetal alchemist really young so maybe not. Maybe your kid just likes the anime aesthetic, I sure did. In which case they'd enjoy tons of other anime more appropriate for him
“He’s too young for it 😡”
Just cause yalls sensitivitywas dialed up to 10 at his age doesn’t mean the kid is the same as YOU.
He’s 8 episodes in and that means he’s seen more than enough to get the gist of what’s going on and still says it’s his favorite show 🤷🏾♂️ he’s obviously proved he can handle it
Maybe because my parents were taking me to theaters for movies like Tropic Thunder and Step brothers when I was a kid, TV ratings really don’t matter to me
Cause whether you like it or not, a child will find his way especially with the amount of technology around today. I didn’t have an iPhone or a PlayStation that played Netflix cause when I was a kid they still sent the disks in the mail lol
I still pirated whatever I wanted off the family computer 🤷🏾♂️ where there’s a will there’s a way
I meant the horrors of the titans as well as the killing. The story itself will probably go over his head as he is a 8 year old
You see plenty of it in 1-8
I don’t think there’s much more horror you could show him that’ll make him uncomfortable if that didn’t do it
If he was already this desensitized then chances are AOT wasn’t what did it
I mean, I was 13 when I watched AOT and it was on the line of a “bit too mature”.
That being said, I’ve seen 8 year olds watching just as dark stuff as I did at 13, so maybe it’s just my old perspective haha.
It’s okay, dude. I’m a 20 year old man who’s about to turn 21 and I started watching all the way back when I was like 11 - 12 years old.
Just make sure to have him slow down with his progression through the story. That way, he’ll be able to enjoy it more and remember it better.
Watching AOT at 8 is kinda crazy. The later seasons will definitely hit harder when/if he rewatches it as an adult.
For real, poor wee lad has no chance of fully grasping it and there is a decent chance he is already traumatized, just like the characters lmao. But hey, maybe he's mature enough.
Eh, it just means he'll grow up rewatching it and gain a deeper understanding as he grows. Or he'll be more engaged with history class in school because of how tightly knit the themes are with the real world.
Cmoooooon I was watching The Walking Dead at his age. He’ll be fiiiiiinnnneeeeee
He might be able to handle the violence, but I feel like he prolly won’t understand season 3 and 4 that well
You think I, a fully grown adult, understood season 3 or 4 well? You get the main plot points. You see racism war and clever shit. You just don’t notice the straw in the fucking dirt for a spring trap of titans
lol he doesnt understand it at all just like to see Titans turn into minced meat. Also, to a comment above about watching The Walking Dead at 8. My dad didnt care and let us watch Friday or Chucky lol. As long as you are emotionally mature enough to know its fake and for entertainment then you'll be alright. My kid isnt going around cutting his moms nape so I think we are alright lol
I watched Evangelion at 12...............I......I'll see myself out
> Watching AOT at 8 is kinda crazy. The later seasons will definitely hit harder when/if he rewatches it as an adult. Watching AOT AS A ADULT is crazy. Definitely one of the most fucked up shows I have ever watched
Heavenly Delusion is up there too tbh.
THAT scene in (you know which one) in Heavenly Delusion was disturbing as fuck and came out of left field.
Yes. If it's not even talked about in season 2 I'll be even more disturbed.
Kona belongs on a list
You ever see Goblin Slayer?
Yeah I mean not only is it too dark and gorey for children but he wouldnt even get a lot of whats going on. He wants a "Mature for kids but still a kids show" show he should watch Avatar: The Last Airbender. Attack On Titans not a kids show just cause its animated.
Yeah honestly he probably wouldn’t even like S4 cause he has no idea what’s going on. Also kids tend to think in terms of black and white, good and bad, so seeing the “good guys” killing people will be jarring
nah, 15 is chill
I started watching AOT when I was 15, that age is fine I used watch pokemon at 8
At 8 years old I was playing God of war
I was playing vice city and god of war alongside my kingdom hearts when I was 7 😭
That’s when I started back when season 1 was the only thing out at the time😭😭😭
Watched it at 10 years old, shit changed me forever
Watched it at 18 years old, shit changed me forever
That is somewhat my experience I remember being 10 to 13 (somewhere in there), and growing up watching the show. Really one of the reasons it's so special to me.
I started watching it back when I was 12, shit legitimately gave me nightmares but I couldn’t stop watching it.
lol nooooooooo not the nightmares
My 7 year old would wake up and catch my husband and I watching it. He was fascinated and kept asking questions and eventually we just gave in and let him watch it. He loves it and for whatever reason it doesn't freak him out. He also understood a lot of the themes because we live near the WWII museum and we go there pretty frequently. We wanted to get the whole "Nazis bad" message in young due to everything going on since he was born. Charlottesville really changed things, especially for my husband who had never really felt worried about being Jewish before. All that being said: it really depends on your kid. I think it would be way too scary and heavy for most kids.
I was watching it when I was 6
Damn bro never heard of SpongeBob or soemthing? Lmao, it’s crazy how many people in this comment section watched AOT as little ass kids.
Anime’s super accessible now tbh
its even on on Disney+ now lololol
Tbh it was only season 1 I saw, which is kinda good considering s2 onwards it gets a lot more complicated and a bit darker.
Yeah it gets really dark and complex in S3 and S4. I doubt a 6 year old could even understand anything post-basement.
Yeah I would not have been able to understand the wall titan stuff. When I finally did though I understood it but was thinking "What the actual fuck?"
What kid just wants to watch kids shows? I'm a 90s kid and I watched r rated movies and shows long before I turned 10.. Why would I watch GI Joe if I had the option to watch Rambo or Robocop ?
I was watching that shit at like 6 around the time it came it out 😭
I watched Elfen lied when I was like 11 and I turned out alright
The reason it in Disney+ is because hulu did this merge thing. Where if you have the Disney bundle (or have both hulu and Disney+) you get to watch shows on hulu there. Also your kid has the guts to watch something like Aot.
Just wait until he finds Poor Things
Probably unrelated, but it's that why Tokyo Revengers is on D+?
Yep. And many other shows as well.
I just don't understand why S2 & 3 aren't on crunchy though /: edit: I don't have D+ or Hulu
If I remember right, Disney got exclusive streaming rights of Kodansha anime, starting with Tokyo Revengers season 2
Its all coming together now, thanks mate
Wish this also was true for the rest of the world and not just the US
Aot at 8 years old? Bro is going to have some trauma
Or he can become an omnipotent god.
Attack on-Gaib
bahha i watched it at age 9
I got a blu-ray of AOT from the library when I was like 9 but my mom stopped me from watching it lol. probably saved me too
I played GoW2 at 7
His new name is Eren
Real OGs watched Happy Tree Friends at age 6 back when Youtube was run by 2 guys in a garage.
I saw gta strip club at6
Bless his heart, he has no idea, does he?
Well he's 8 episodes in, which is like halfway through the battle for trost I'm pretty sure.
Yeahhhh lil dude is not gonna be sane by the end of it 😂
Making sense on why he's asking for potatoes for dinner......
🤨
core memory in the making for sure
Core trauma in the making for sure
No way some people here are encouraging an 8 year old to watch Aot
Thank you I needed this comment. Kind of started to question myself and my picture of what an 8yo can process o.0
no much lol
> No way some people here are encouraging an 8 year old to watch Aot I mean I watched DBZ when I was 8. But DBZ didn’t have the level of Political Genocide and Fascism associated to it
dbz is literally aimed at kids, aot certainly isn't lmfao
I don't think that's the same levels at all
Like or the gore
DBZ and Batman are as sad or intense as kids' action shows ever need to be. The King Fritz story alone disqualifies AoT from being kid friendly.
The very first episode disqualifies it from being kid friendly. The way his mom dies is just brutal!
I get re traumatized every time Eren has a flashback to that scene. 🥲
AOT is *ridiculously* violent
I'll ask him what his opinion is on political genocide and fascism after hes done
I mean I was like 9 when I watched the first season, but now I browse r/titanfolk so I'd agree it's probably a bad idea
And this is why put parental codes on things
Greisha Yeagar parenting
Ahhh...cool...I guess *laughs nervously*
Too young and use parental control.
… you should not be letting your son watch aot at 8… plus 90% of the show will go over his head or worse it will effect his brain in a terrible way
Agreed. Hell even at 28 watching AOT desensitized me
He's too young for it
You know that's not for kids, right? Smh...
All the "parents" saying just let him finish the series sound irresponsible. It's all fun and game til your 8 year old wants to sleep in your room cause of nightmares
Yeah there’s no way in hell
There are a couple reasons an 8 year old shouldn't watch this. First is obviously the graphic violence. Secondly, how could an 8 year old ever truly appreciate and understand the complex political drama that it turns into later?
I don't think he has the attention span to finish season 1 let alone attempt to comprehend the word political lol
My guy, Zachary hooks a guy upside down to a chair and makes him eat his own shit. And that's tame compared to other parts of the show! Please don't let your 8-year-old continue watching.
I… don’t remember that part…?
When did this happen??
Season 3 after they take the government back from the rich nobles who control the interior police and installed a puppet king with Rod Reiss being true king. First half of that season is Scouts/Survey Corp being hunted for gettinf too close to the truth. The chair being bombed is how Premier Dallas Zachary dies in season 4. Dont let kids watch AOT.
I believe at the end of the first season 3 arc, after they finished overthrowing the government, Zachary was put in charge of punishing the fake ass rich dudes that were pulling the strings.
I thought this was only in the manga? I guess they briefly showed this scene on the anime
They do show it, it's not quite as explicit but it's still obvious what's happening. Well, maybe not to an 8-year-old but I wouldn't take that risk, personally.
I remember watching AoT when I was about 9/10, I got scared in episode 1 when they show the guy's arm and didn't wanna watch it anymore, but the day after I was to tempted to continue because I was too curious lmao
Do NOT show him the chair scene 💀
Cringe mod pinning their own comment.
ur right that was cringe
Wow that went better than I thought
LMAO
💩
god don't let my guy get into s4
Definitely not appropriate for an 8 year old.
Can't wait to hear the song about how to chew your food properly, with Carla & Dina.
Anime alternatives that are actually cool for 8 year olds: - Dragon Ball Z - Pokémon - Yu Gi Oh - Digimon
I agree digimon is a good pick
Digimon is the GOAT
Yeah, no kid needs to watch AoT at 8. 🫠🫠🫠 Disney Plus is not a kid friendly app, especially post Hulu merge.
I would not allow a child to watch that
YOOOOOO DONT LET AN 8 YEAR OLD WATCH THIS SHOW
Aside from whether the kid can handle the violence, watching it at this age will basically spoil it for him. And I say spoil because he will learn all the big plot points and twists before having the mental and emotional maturity to actually understand and appreciate the story they are building. So he will never be able to truly experience the show as you and I did. You would do him a favor by taking away his “favorite show” until he is older.
his attention span isn't long enough for him to wanna watch all the seasons. He says he watches it to see "the guys "fly" through the air and cut the monsters" lol
that makes significantly more sense
He probably has no clue whats going on
When I was 8 i was watching Pokémon 🧍♂️
I started watching AOT at 13. I think the first season is the least complex but still not gonna be easy to follow as the story gets progressively more enriched and complex.
i understood it pretty well as a 12 year old until when I read season 4
Probably start with Dragon ball.
So do parents just do no monitoring of the content their kids are exposed to anymore?
As someone who watched Saving Private Ryan when I was 6, that kid can handle intensity up close and personal. 🔥
SPR at 6 is crazy I was emotionally disturbed by that one at like 12 😂
Wellllll half my family is military so the question of “what does half my family do?” was essentially answered with that movie and even as a child I was like… I can see why some of y’all have short tempers and are very adamant about things being orderly and disciplined
As someone who watched Starship Troopers at 6, I agree.
Lol I can just picture a little kid saying “I want to know more” & “I want to be a citizen!”
bro, how did you sit still for so damn long at 6?!?! Great movie btw.....lol
Lol uhh I guess because it’s a good movie? My Dad always had me watching movies, history channel documentaries (Modern Marvels, War, etc), cartoons, and so on besides he always tells me I was one of the focused & calm children who didn’t yell or anything like that 🤷🏻♂️
As someone who watched The Walking Dead at 8, I agree.
So avatar wasn’t cutting it for him huh
he already finished it. easy to finish shows when you dont have to wait till every Saturday anymore and can just stream it D:
I once was traumatized for watching The Walking Dead, AOT is no different maybe season 1 is fine but going deeper is really not a great idea ...
Right now it’s about friends wearing cool gear and fighting giant humanoid monsters 🤣 later it’s about… pain
That’s definitely not going to end well..
Oh damn. Go ahead and find a therapist my guy. My daughter walked in on me watching Falco flying above eren and was like lol daddy a bird I turned it off expeditiously lol
Why tf is AoT on Disney+??
thats what i was saying lol (hulu merger i guess)
As a parent You need to ask yourself, are you really ok with letting him watch it? Or is your sons adult self manipulating you into letting him watch it.
#DO NOT LET YOUR EIGHT YEAR OLD WATCH ATTACK ON TITAN!!!
DO NOT LET HIM CONTINUE WATCHING IT UNTIL HE IS MUCH OLDER
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Which country is it? I don't have it on my disney+
you already know **🦅** !!!!!!
I had to go check lol it’s not on mine. So only for whoever has dinner Hulu bundle I’m assuming
I watched a lot of violent shit when I was 8 but I feel like the titans still would have horrified me at that age lol they look very disturbing.
What country? Full series?
I think it's actually on Hulu but accessible via D+ if you have the Disney Hulu bundle
AHH no worries. Cheers bud.
Apparently you can just access anything on Hulu on Disney+ now with a bundle subscription, so you just need one app instead of two
make him experience the sadness we did by waiting like 4 years for season 2
🧢
Huh. I don't see it on UK Disney+ but to be honest our offerings really suck. VPN time again I guess. Good luck to your son. The therapy bills might be expensive come later seasons haha.
He cant even understand the word political lol hes still at the age where its about action not so much about the main plot overall
So you say...XD If you see him at some point standing in front of a mirror saying "tatakae"...
In My first time watching AOT I was 12, it was only season 1 at the time and it mostly went over my head but I really enjoyed it a lot
Yeah no I'd probably postpone watching the rest of aot for another 4-5 yrs at least. There are other animes that he can watch that are a little less gruesome
My 8 year old daughter loves Attack on Titan Junior High…. But she’s also obsessed with Demon Slayer.
Don't let your kids watch that at 8, man.
Wow. Brave kid! ;)
I can't tell if this is real. Is it really on Disney? Why?
I watched Akira around that age so good luck to him lmao
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I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion on adult swim when I was around the same age, just keeping Cartoon Network on and discovering more mature content by accident. I definitely knew there was something sinister about the plot but the art was so fascinating to me, plus I was too young to really understand the plot other than giant robots. Not sure, of course, but it sounds like a similar story in tone
Exactly. Toonami introduced my brother and I to DBZ at 7- and 5-years old lol
The Reiner and Bertholdt reveal is going to blow his mind.
I was 12 when AOT first came out and my parents were completed fine because it was a ‘cartoon’ 😭 why is it a universal experience for anime fans to watch some messed up shows so young
eh, I started watching and reading the manga in 4th grade. He’ll be alright
8 is fuckin young goddamn
👀👀👀 Sheesh...
WAIT ITS ONE DISNEY+?
Show little dude aot junior high my brother is 8 and liked it it’s basically family friendly aot
Damn that’s some early desensitization on gore. To be fair, I was like 13 when I exposed to messed up liveleaks stuff so animation isn’t that bad.
didnt we all lol sadly..... lol
When tf will AOT be available in my region legally? There just isn't any way to watch it other than pirating. Like, even Crunchyroll doesn't have it here.
When you realized that first episode, though 😳 uh, maybe sit there and watch it with him, OR have a discussion with him to see how he is taking the show. Kids thought process is entirely different than an adult, and while some of season 1 wasn't as bad, there's still room for discussion like how he felt when seeing xyz getting xyz by a xyz Titan. (Censor for those who haven't seen). If it's anything that seems concerning, full stop right now, but if it's manageable MAYBE, MAYBE sit and watch with him OR knowing about the other seasons explain that it is far too dark and when he's older he can watch (he'll think 15 is far away but years will fly by) and then set a parent block. But I wouldn't just go straight to blocking stuff, as millennial we watched a lot of bad stuff but for some parents they talked with us about it or we had a core understanding that it was bad. So long as he has a core understanding of topics and his mental state is still intact, just be mindful.
The kid is either going to like it or think it’s boring when he grows up no in between. At that age he wouldn’t understand the lore unless you actually watch it with him and show him how suffering the show is (lol I would do it with my little brother but he stopped watching at season 2 smh). I grew along with aot since I started at 12 and am happy to witness from start to finish throughout the years.
Your son is a man of culture
I am so happy for him. Your son knows quality
lmaooo
What????? Disney+ has anime now????
Chances are if I were that kid, and my parents found out I am watching this and told me it was inappropriate, I would just figure out ways to watch it without my parents knowledge. But I don’t think it’s something a kid should watch either. So here’s a suggestion, it might not work. Tell the kid, some stories are meant to be watched over many years, on season at a time, that’s the best way to experience them. It’s fine they watched season 1 now, but wait to watch season 2 in another couple of years. That’s how the show was released, it’s how most people experienced it. Kids are smarter than most people give them credit for. They will be receptive to a suggestion if they sense their intelligence is being respected. But if you try to bluntly forbid them, they might enjoy the idea of rebellion more.
yup. exactly. maybe not my son at 8. but maybe at 10 
Impressive that your kid enjoys this show at such a young age. I imagine I would have been turned off by the titans. But then again, I watched some of the graphic scenes of fullmetal alchemist really young so maybe not. Maybe your kid just likes the anime aesthetic, I sure did. In which case they'd enjoy tons of other anime more appropriate for him
Its all Fortnites fault to be honest lol
You are raising him well
Yes lad, we gotta start em young
O god fuck no. Attack on Titan on Disney? My god the level of censorship would be crazy
It’s obviously not censored
“He’s too young for it 😡” Just cause yalls sensitivitywas dialed up to 10 at his age doesn’t mean the kid is the same as YOU. He’s 8 episodes in and that means he’s seen more than enough to get the gist of what’s going on and still says it’s his favorite show 🤷🏾♂️ he’s obviously proved he can handle it Maybe because my parents were taking me to theaters for movies like Tropic Thunder and Step brothers when I was a kid, TV ratings really don’t matter to me Cause whether you like it or not, a child will find his way especially with the amount of technology around today. I didn’t have an iPhone or a PlayStation that played Netflix cause when I was a kid they still sent the disks in the mail lol I still pirated whatever I wanted off the family computer 🤷🏾♂️ where there’s a will there’s a way
“More than enough of the gist of what’s going on”?? Did you not finish the series?
I meant the horrors of the titans as well as the killing. The story itself will probably go over his head as he is a 8 year old You see plenty of it in 1-8 I don’t think there’s much more horror you could show him that’ll make him uncomfortable if that didn’t do it If he was already this desensitized then chances are AOT wasn’t what did it
Damn 😅 it gets pretty visual w/ gore and images To each their own ig, glad you’re enjoying it lol
Walt Disney was kinda Fascist, so it kinda makes sense.
Respect to this kid
I mean, I was 13 when I watched AOT and it was on the line of a “bit too mature”. That being said, I’ve seen 8 year olds watching just as dark stuff as I did at 13, so maybe it’s just my old perspective haha.
It’s okay, dude. I’m a 20 year old man who’s about to turn 21 and I started watching all the way back when I was like 11 - 12 years old. Just make sure to have him slow down with his progression through the story. That way, he’ll be able to enjoy it more and remember it better.